I’ve always had a soft spot for Secret Messages. I’m fairly sure that it was the second ELO album that I ever bought, on compact cassette because it was the late 80s and cassettes were still a thing. I have … Continue reading Hello, My Old Friend: ELO’s Secret Messages Revisited
By the mid-80s, Jeff Lynne was getting pissed off with Electric Light Orchestra, the band that he had co-founded in 1971 and been the driving force behind for the next 14 years. He had become much more interested in producing … Continue reading Stuck in the Middle: The Rise and Fall of Electric Light Orchestra Part II
*The album, not the band (but yes, also the band). There is a classic rock ‘n’ roll anecdote surrounding the release of the Electric Light Orchestra’s eponymous first album and like most stories of this nature, it’s only probably true. … Continue reading Still No Answer: 50 Years of Electric Light Orchestra*
The original version of the Electric Light Orchestra released their final album Balance of Power in 1986; it was a contractual obligation album, Jeff Lynne was desperate to get out of his contract with Epic Records and concentrate on producing. … Continue reading Jeff Lynne’s ELO – From Out of Nowhere
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