![]() For me however, this was all just a taunt, a tease and a frustrating glimpse into what might ELO might sound like if we could only hear it in genuine discrete multi-channel surround. Yeah, I hear ya! You see, some people collect Quadraphonic albums just to play them on their regular stereos (the discs were often “compatible” with stereo) because the recordings would sound different in some instances there might have even been different takes used. What’s that you say? ‘That doesn’t make sense!’ ![]() Curiously - and most frustratingly for this writer - those reissues offered stereo versions of the Quadraphonic mixes. Both offer the original album with a selection of bonus tracks, single mixes, a rare acetate, a BBC performance and more. This first album by ELO has seen numerous reissues over the years - mostly in the UK - including a two CD set in the early ’90s and another in 2001. Its a fascinating period of the band’s music as the group was defining its sound that would include elements of vintage rock and roll - electric guitars, harmonies - as well as the essence of classical music: Cellos, Violins! Bassoons! ![]() This was the time when ELO was being formed as a parallel band designed to replace The Move (for a short time both existed simultaneously). Twitter Facebook Email Print LinkedIn Pinterest SMS WhatsAppįace the music, if you like The Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) you probably fall into one of two categories: the casual listener who enjoys their later period pop hits from albums like Discovery and Xanadu or the more prog-rock leaning fans of their seminal mid-period albums from Eldorado through Out Of The Blue.Īnd then there are the hardcore fans who - like me - also dig the really adventurous and sometimes “out there” early stuff created at the dawn of the seventies.
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