01 - Mr. Blue Sky
02 - Evil Woman
03 - Don-t Bring Me Down
04 - Sweet Talkin- Woman
05 - Shine A Little Love
06 - Turn To Stone
07 - The Diary Of Horace Wimp
08 - Confusion
09 - Hold On Tight
10 - Livin- Thing
11 - Telephone Line
12 - All Over The World
13 - Wild West Hero
14 - Showdown
15 - Ma-Ma-Ma Belle
16 – Xanadu			play
17 - Rockaria!
18 - Strange Magic
19 - Alright
20 - Rock and Roll Is King		play

Personnel:
    Jeff Lynne – vocals, guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, drums, cello, producer, songwriter, composer, arranger (1970–1983, 1985–1986, 2000–01)
    Roy Wood – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, cello, clarinet, bassoon, oboe, drums, recorder, producer, songwriter, arranger (1970–1972)
    Bev Bevan – drums, percussion, vocals (1970–1983, 1985–1986)
    Richard Tandy – keyboards, synthesizers, bass guitar, guitar, backing vocals, arranger (1972–1983, 1985–1986, 2000–01)
    Louis Clark – orchestra arranger, conductor (1974–1980, 1983)
    Kelly Groucutt – bass guitar, vocals (1975–1983)
    Mik Kaminski – violin (1973–1979, 1981–1983, 1986)
    Hugh McDowell – cello (1972, 1973–1979)
    Melvyn Gale – cello (1975–1979)
    Mike Edwards – cello (1972–1974)
    Mike de Albuquerque – bass guitar, vocals (1972–1974)
    Wilfred Gibson – violin (1972–1973)
    Colin Walker – cello (1972–1973)
    Bill Hunt – keyboards, French horn, hunting horn (1970–1972)
    Steve Woolam – violin (1970–1971)

Electric Light Orchestra was a symphonic rock band which formed in Birmingham, England in 1970. The band was formed by Jeff Lynne (vocals, guitar, multiple instruments), Roy Wood (multiple instruments, vocals), Richard Tandy (keyboards, vocals) and Bev Bevan (drums). Lynne, Wood and Bevan were former members of the psychedelic rock band The Move. The band’s lineup would flucuate throughout its original incarnation, although Lynne, Tandy and Bevan would remain constant members.

They incorporated the sounds of string ensembles, vocoders and dub echos into rock songs, thereby creating a very sophisticated studio version of rock. The musical content of ELO songs often went far beyond usual chord structures, mixing pop songwriting with classical romanticism and synthesized sounds. The band claim that their music “picks up where The Beatles’ 1967 song I Am the Walrus left off.”

Formed in 1970 by Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne and Bev Bevan (the remaining members of the 1960s rock group The Move). The band used cellos, violin, horns and woodwinds to give their music a classical sound. This was an idea Roy Wood initially had while with The Move, to take rock music in a new direction. In 1970 when Carl Wayne left the The Move, Jeff Lynne, front man with fellow Brum band Idle Race, responded to Wood’s second invitation to join the line-up, with the lure of starting the new band. To help finance the fledgling project, two more Move albums were released during the recording of their eponymous first album in 1971 which produced the UK hit 10538 Overture. In the US this album was released with the mistaken title of No Answer, due to a mix-up with an uncompleted telephone call to the American label and subsequent secretarial message.

However, tensions soon surfaced between Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne. With most of the media attention focused on Roy Wood, differences in musical direction, and a disastrous first live outing, it was no surprise when the band went through the first of its many line-up changes as Wood took Hugh McDowell and Bill Hunt with him to form Wizzard. Despite the music press’s predictions that the band would fold without Wood, Jeff Lynne stepped up to lead the band, with Bevan remaining on drums, bassist Richard Tandy switching to moog synthesizer, Michael d’Albuquerque on bass, Mike Edwards, Colin Walker (cello) and Wilfred Gibson replacing Steve Woolam on violin. They released ELO 2 in 1973, from which came their first U.S. chart hit, a hugely elaborate version of the Chuck Berry classic Roll Over Beethoven. After their second album, violinist Gibson was dismissed and replaced by Mik Kaminski. They also released On The Third Day in 1973, with Mike Edwards playing all the cello parts due to Colin Walker leaving the band. Later that same year saw the return of Hugh McDowell, who had jumped ship the year previous, to replace cellist Colin Walker.

In 1974 Lynne hired a thirty-piece orchestra, choir and Louis Clark, then began work on the next LP Eldorado, A Symphony, a concept album about dreams, scoring their first U.S. Top Ten hit with Can’t Get It Out Of My Head in 1975. Eldorado would become ELO’s first gold album. After the release of Eldorado, bassist and vocalist Kelly Groucutt and cellist Melvyn Gale joined, replacing de Albuquerque and Edwards respectively.

The band split in 1983. In 1985, Lynne, Tandy and Bevan reunited and recorded the album “Balance of Power”. This reunion was short lived and the band split once more in 1986. Bev Bevan and Louis Clark, with the consent of Lynne, toured and recorded as ELO Part II from 1988 until Bevan’s retirement in 1999. In 2000, Lynne and Tandy reformed Electric Light Orchestra and released a new record, “Zoom”. “Zoom” proved to be a commercial failure, and the duo split once more in 2001.

Dwadzieścia największych przebojów Electric Light Orchestra – brytyjskiej grupy rockowej działającej od lat siedemdziesiątych. Ich muzyka zaliczana jest do rocka symfonicznego, rocka progresywnego i klasycznego, jest bogata brzmieniowo i wykorzystuje szerokie i nietypowe dla rocka instrumentarium, między innymi instrumenty smyczkowe jako wiodące. Zespół zaliczany jest do czołowych grup rockowych i zdobył olbrzymią popularność. Album All Over The World: The Very Best Of ELO udowadnia ,że wciąż Rock and Roll Is King !

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01. In Old England Town (Boogie No.2) - 6:57
02. Momma... - 7:04
03. Roll Over Beethoven (Chuck Berry) - 7:06
04. From The Sun To The World (Boogie No.1) - 8:23
05. Kuiama - 11:21
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06. Showdown - 4:11
07. In Old England Town (instrumental) - 2:43
08. Baby I Apologise - 3:43
09. "Auntie" (Ma-Ma-Ma Belle Take 1) (previously unreleased) - 1:19
10. "Auntie" (Ma-Ma-Ma Belle Take 2) (previously unreleased) - 4:03
11. "Mambo" (Dreaming Of 4000 Take 1) (previously unreleased) - 5:02
12. Everyone's Born To Die (previously unreleased) - 4:40
13. Roll Over Beethoven (Take 1) (previously unreleased) (Berry) - 8:22

- Jeff Lynne – vocals, guitar, moog
- Bev Bevan – drums, percussion
- Richard Tandy – keyboards, moog
- Mike de Albuquerque – bass, backing vocals
- Wilfred Gibson – violin
- Mike Edwards – cello
- Colin Walker – cello
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- Marc Bolan - guitar on tracks 10-12
- Roy Wood – bass, cello on tracks 1 and 4

Cut during the fall of 1972, Electric Light Orchestra II was where Jeff Lynne started rebuilding the sound of Electric Light Orchestra following the departure of Roy Wood from the original lineup. It was as personal an effort as Lynne had ever made in music, showcasing his work as singer, songwriter, guitarist, sometime synthesizer player, and producer, and it is more focused than its predecessor but also retains some of the earlier album's lean textures. Lynne, drummer Bev Bevan, bassist Mike D'Albuquerque, and keyboardist Richard Tandy comprise the core of the band, with two cellists and a violinist sawing away around them. There were holes in their sound that made the group seem somewhat ragged, as on the pounding "In Old England Town (Boogie #2)"; Lynne's singing would also have to develop, and some of the material also showed the need of an editor. On the other hand, "From the Sun to the World (Boogie #1)" was a succinct progressive rock workout, and "Kuiama" was a decent showcase for the different sides of the group that worked about as well as any 11-minute progressive rock track of the period. But the very fact that the group's cover of "Roll Over Beethoven" was the hit off of this album also showed how far Lynne had to go as a songwriter -- there's nothing else here one-half as good as that as a song, and the fact that the band attacked it like a buzzsaw made it one of the most bracing pieces of progressive rock to make the charts. As a patchwork job, the album holds up well, and it and the single did go a long way toward getting them the beginnings of an audience in America. ---Bruce Eder, allmusic.com

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CD 1
1. 10538 Overture
2. Showdown
3. Ma-Ma-Ma Belle
4. Mr. Radio
5. Roll Over Beethoven
6. Mama New Edit]
7. One Summer Dream
8. Illusions In G Major								play
9. Strange Magic
10. Eldorado Overture
11. Can’t Get It Out Of My Head
12. Eldorado
13. Eldorado – Finale
14. Do Ya Unedited Alternative Mix]
15. Mister Kingdom
16. Grieg’s Piano Concerto In A Minor

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CD 2

1. Tightrope
2. Evil Woman
3. Livin’ Thing
4. Mr. Blue Sky
5. Mission (A World Record) Alternative Mix]
6. Turn To Stone
7. Telephone Line
8. Rockaria!										play
9. Starlight
10. It’s Over
11. The Whale
12. Sweet Talkin’ Woman
13. Big Wheels
14. Shangri – La
15. Nightrider
16. Tears In Your Life

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CD 3

1. Don’t Bring Me Down
2. Diary Of Horace Wimp
3. Twilight
4. Secret Messages
5. Take Me On And On
6. Shine A Little Love
7. Rock And Roll Is King
8. Last Train To London
9. Confusion
10. Getting To The Point
11. Hold On Tight
12. So Serious
13. Calling America
14. Four Little Diamonds
15. Great Balls Of Fire Live]
16. Xanadu New Version]
17. Indian Queen Demo]
18. Love Changes All
19. After All										play
20. Helpless
21. Who’s That

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Personnel:
    Jeff Lynne - Vocals, Guitars
    Roy Wood - Vocals, Guitars, Cello, Bass, Wind Instruments 
    Bev Bevan - Drums, Percussion
    Richard Tandy- Keyboards, Guitar
    Kelly Groucutt - Bass, Vocals 
    Michael d'Albuquerque - Bass 
    Steve Woolam - Violin 
    Mik Kaminski - Violin
    Wilfred Gibson - Violin 
    Mike Edwards - Cello 
    Melvyn Gale - Cello 
    Hugh McDowell - Cello 
    Colin Walker - Cello 
    Marc Bolan - Guitar on "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle"
    Bill Hunt - French Horn 

Flashback is a box set compilation by Electric Light Orchestra. In 2000, Jeff Lynne found a new impetus to work on the music of his old band and returned to the recording studio to work on an ELO project for the first time in some 15 years just prior to the comeback Zoom in 2001 resulting in a digitally remastered compilation released in late 2000. Unlike its predecessors, this project was personally approved and endorsed by Lynne. The set includes songs featured from all 11 studio albums up to that point, including an edit of "Great Balls of Fire" from their live album The Night the Light Went on (in Long Beach), plus some new recordings amongst the bands extensive back catalog, most notably a reworking of Lynne's only UK number one hit "Xanadu". The album includes liner notes on each song from Lynne and a booklet inside. –wikipedia

The very fact that Electric Light Orchestra released a second three-disc box set is a tacit admission that, yes, 1987's Afterglow wasn't everything it should be. Happily, 2000's Flashback is. Assembled with the cooperation of Jeff Lynne, Flashback covers all the bases, featuring all the hits, a good selection of album tracks, and seven previously unreleased tracks, two alternate mixes and "After All," previously unavailable on CD. The sequencing is roughly chronological, with each of the three discs spotlighting a different era, then sequenced for maximum listenability within that -- so "10538 Overture" segues to "Showdown" and "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle" then doubles back to the first album. It's a gambit that works, since Flashback winds up flowing as gracefully as ELO's best albums. And, make no mistake, this is one of their best albums, a rare box set that satisfies the needs of both casual and mildly dedicated fans, while offering the hardcore not just a bunch of rarities but an enjoyable album with its own character. So, it trumps Afterglow in every possible way, then, and thereby eliminates the need for yet another three-disc ELO box. --- Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

CD1
01. Electric Light Orchestra - From The Sun To The World (11:39)
02. Electric Light Orchestra - Kuiama (10:26)
03. Electric Light Orchestra - In The Hall Of The Mountain King (08:09)
04. Electric Light Orchestra - Roll Over Beethoven (05:09)
05. Electric Light Orchestra - King Of The Universe (04:53)
06. Electric Light Orchestra - Bluebird Is Dead (04:09)
07. Electric Light Orchestra - Oh No Not Susan (02:42)
08. Electric Light Orchestra - New World Rising (06:39)
09. Electric Light Orchestra - Violin Solo / Orange Blossom Special (02:36)
10. Electric Light Orchestra - In The Hall Of The Mountain King (04:55)
11. Electric Light Orchestra - Great Balls Of Fire (03:24)

CD2
01. Electric Light Orchestra - Fire On High (05:35)
02. Electric Light Orchestra - Poker (04:20)
03. Electric Light Orchestra - Nightrider (04:58)
04. Electric Light Orchestra - Medley - On The Third Day (13:13)
05. Electric Light Orchestra - Showdown (04:45)
06. Electric Light Orchestra - Eldorado - Can't Get It Out Of My Head (06:05)
07. Electric Light Orchestra - Poor Boy (The Greenwood) (02:42)
08. Electric Light Orchestra - Illusions In G Major (03:39)
09. Electric Light Orchestra - Strange Magic (03:36)
10. Electric Light Orchestra - Evil Woman (05:19)
11. Electric Light Orchestra - Ma Ma Ma Belle (05:32)

Jeff Lynne – Vocals, Guitar
Bev Bevan – Drums
Richard Tandy – Keyboards
Kelly Groucutt – Bass, Vocals
Mik Kaminski – Violin
Hugh McDowell – Cello
Melvyn Gale – Cello

I love early live ELO! I even have one of the BBC Transcription Services records of one of the shows and a CD of another. When I first got this set I was thrilled, but that was tempered by there being multiple obvious pops in 'Great Balls of Fire' (Disc 1-Track 11). Maybe they didn't have great audio software to try and DeClick it and I tried to manually do it with free audio software not long after I got it. Never could get a smooth result.

Now six years later I tried again and got it right this time! After my original multiple attempts I'm not sure what clicked in my brain this time to solve it rather quickly. I ended up just using Audacity since DeClick software did not remove them completely and distorted the applause at the end. I also removed a pop from 'Kuiama' and 'Mountain King' (Disc 1-10) (one loud pop each). For a legit commercial CD I would think they could have done something (as I compared my CD to downloads and they have the same pops). I originally thought it might be defective until the comparison.

I haven't checked Disc 2 again yet, but GBOF always stuck in my obsessive brain. Now I can burn my own clean version. I wish Eagle had saved me the trouble. The sound quality otherwise is EXCELLENT. My quest is complete...six years later. --- Doug Hazlewood, amazon.com

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1-1 	Hold On Tight 	3:07
1-2 	Rock 'n' Roll Is King 	3:05
1-3 	Calling America 	3:28
1-4 	I'm Alive 	3:43
1-5 	Confusion 	3:40
1-6 	Last Train To London 	4:32
1-7 	Do Ya 	3:45
1-8 	Showdown 	4:10
1-9 	The Way Life's Meant To Be 	4:39
1-10 	Turn To Stone 	3:47
1-11 	Here Is The News 	3:44
1-12 	Evil Woman 	4:15
1-13 	Can't Get It Out Of My Head (7" Edit) 	3:07
1-14 	Shine A Little Love 	4:10
1-15 	Strange Magic (7" Edit) 	4:06
1-16 	Twilight 	3:37
1-17 	Wild West Hero 	4:40
1-18 	Nightrider (7" Edit) 	3:43
1-19 	Xanadu 	3:27
2-1 	Don't Bring Me Down 	4:03
2-2 	Livin' Thing 	3:32
2-3 	All Over The World 	4:01
2-4 	Mr. Blue Sky 	5:03
2-5 	Sweet Talkin' Woman 	3:47
2-6 	Don't Walk Away 	4:39
2-7 	10538 Overture (7" Edit) 	3:56
2-8 	Secret Messages (Special Version From The LP) 	3:34
2-9 	Ticket To The Moon 	4:07
2-10 	Telephone Line 	4:41
2-11 	Ma Ma Ma Belle (7" Edit) 	3:11
2-12 	Rockaria! 	3:14
2-13 	Getting To The Point 	4:29
2-14 	Across The Border (EP Version) 	3:51
2-15 	Roll Over Beethoven (7" Edit) 	4:34
2-16 	So Serious 	2:41
2-17 	Illusions In G Major 	2:38
2-18 	The Diary Of Horace Wimp 	4:17
2-19 	Four Little Diamonds 	4:06

The British pop band The Move enjoyed several hits in their native country through 1970, many directly inspired by the experiments of The Beatles: "Blackberry Way," "Tonight," and "I Hear The Grass Grow," sometimes balanced with rather heavy power-pop numbers. Founder Roy Wood was growing dissatisfied with singer Carl Wayne, however, and envisioned a new project: a symphonic pop band that would "pick up where the Beatles left off." Wood enlisted fellow members Jeff Lynne and drummer Bev Bevan to add cellos to a planned Move b-side, "10538 Overture." The result was a hit, and the trio left The Move to form ELO.

Electric Light Orchestra (often abbreviated ELO) made a very baroque self-titled debut, but Wood, already growing restless, left to form the glam rock band Wizzard, leaving Lynne to go it alone with Bevan. Jeff fleshed out the band, even going so far as to add two cellists and a violinist, and forged ahead, making some inroads into the US with a very literal cover of Chuck Berry's "Roll Over Beethoven." After dabbling in prog rock, however, Lynne turned to pop, and the hits began to come: "Showdown," "Can't Get It Out of My Head," "Evil Woman." The hits, along with an elaborate arena show, made ELO a 70s favorite.

The group only became poppier and more popular, but it soon allied itself with the burgeoning disco movement, leading to their "Xanadu" duet with Olivia Newton-John and alienating the band's base. Even though ELO landed a few more hits, its time was largely over. Lynne, however, went on to become one of the great producers of the 80s and 90s, producing Tom Petty's "Full Moon Fever," George Harrison's comeback "Cloud Nine," and Roy Orbison's comeback single "You Got It"; eventually all of the above joined Bob Dylan in the Traveling Wilburys. An abortive attempt at relaunching the ELO brand was attempted in 2001. ---thoughtco.com

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1 	Last Train To London 	4:32
2 	Don't Bring Me Down 	4:03
3 	Evil Woman 	4:11
4 	Livin' Thing 	3:31
5 	Can't Get It Out Of My Head 	4:22
6 	Do Ya 	3:44
7 	Telephone Line 	4:36
8 	Turn To Stone 	3:46
9 	Sweet Talkin' Woman 	3:47
10 	Mr. Blue Sky 	5:04
11 	All Over The World 	4:03
12 	Hold On Tight 	3:03
13 	Rock And Roll Is King 	3:06
14 	Strange Magic 	4:07
15 	Twilight 	3:34
16 	Showdown 	3:51
17 	Rockaria! 	3:13
18 	Roll Over Beethoven 	4:32
19 	Shine A Little Love 	4:44

An incredible 35 years since their formation, the music of the Electric Light Orchestra is still as popular as ever. All over the world, people are tuning into the sound of ELO via radio, the internet, cinemas and TV. The seemingly ageless songs of ELO leader Jeff Lynne are even being heard again in the singles charts, thanks to the cream of today's young dance acts sampling the band's original music and turning on a whole new generation of fans.

ELO thrived under the guidance of Lynne, recording twelve original studio albums and releasing twenty-eight hit singles in the UK alone. At their peak between 1974 and 1981, ELO amassed a string of nine consecutive gold, platinum and multi-platinum albums. The band were one of the biggest arena and stadium draws during the seventies and early eighties, with spectacular shows including massive flying saucer stage sets and vibrant light and laser displays.

Originally a 1970 experimental offshoot of sixties English hitmakers The Move, ELO's initial concept of a rock band augmented by a string section struggled to find success. Though early singles such as 'Showdown' and 'Ma-Ma-Ma-Belle' were hits, ELO albums failed to make the charts in the UK and the group was virtually ignored as a live act.

It was the USA that first embraced ELO, thanks to lengthy coast-to-coast tours that helped propel singles 'Evil Woman' and 'Strange Magic' and albums 'On The Third Day', 'Eldorado' and 'Face The Music' into the American charts. UK acceptance finally came in 1976 with 'A New World Record' and Top 10 singles 'Livin' Thing', 'Rockaria!' and 'Telephone Line'.

A double album masterpiece, 1977's 'Out Of The Blue' was a worldwide smash on pre-orders alone and featured global hits 'Turn To Stone', 'Wild West Hero', 'Sweet Talkin' Woman' plus the song Lynne considers to be his greatest ELO achievement, 'Mr. Blue Sky'. Recently voted "Anthem Of The Midlands" by the public, the track continues to appear in film soundtracks and ads to this very day. The bands' legendary 1978 tour set audience attendance records wherever it played and established ELO as one of the most popular acts in the world.

'Discovery' in 1979 consolidated that success with the singles 'Shine A Little Love' (sampled back into the charts in 2005 by The LoveFreekz), 'Don't Bring Me Down' 'The Diary Of Horace Wimp' and 'Confusion'. While subsequent albums 'Xanadu', 'Time', 'Secret Messages', and 'Balance Of Power' were huge sellers, together with later hits 'Hold On Tight' and 'Rock 'N' Roll Is King', Lynne decided to disband ELO in 1986 for newer challenges.

During 2000, Lynne decided to reactivate the Electric Light Orchestra with 'Flashback', a retrospective 3-CD boxset, followed a year later by new album 'Zoom' and single 'Alright' plus a DVD of ELO's first live shows for over 15 years, filmed in Los Angeles. ---Rob Caiger, progarchives.com

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1. Tightrope (Lynne) [05:05]
2. Telephone Line (Lynne) [04:40]
3. Rockaria! (Lynne) [03:13]
4. Mission (A World Record) (Lynne) [04:26]
5. So Fine (Lynne) [03:55]
6. Livin’ Thing (Lynne) [03:32]
7. Above The Clouds (Lynne) [02:17]
8. Do Ya (Lynne) [03:45]
9. Shangri-La (Lynne) [05:34]
Bonus Tracks:
10. Telephone Line (Different Vocal) (Lynne) [04:39]
11. Surrender (Lynne) [02:34]
12. Tightrope (Instrumental Early Rough Mix) (Lynne) [04:53]
13. Above The Clouds (Instrumental Rough Mix) (Lynne) [01:12]
14. So Fine (Instrumental Early Rough Mix) (Lynne) [04:13]
15. Telephone Line (Instrumental) (Lynne) [04:51] 

Jeff Lynne (vocals, guitar, slide guitar, Wurlitzer organ, percussion); 
Kelly Groucutt (vocals, bass guitar, percussion, background vocals); 
Richard Tandy (guitar, grand piano, electric piano, Clavinet, Wurlitzer organ,
 Mellotron, mini-Moog synthesizer, percussion, background vocals); 
Mik Kaminski, Hugh McDowell, Melvyn Gale (cello); 
Bev Bevan (mini-Moog synthesizer, drums, percussion, background vocals).

Jeff Lynne reportedly regards this album and its follow-up, Out of the Blue, as the high points in the band's history. One might be better off opting for A New World Record over its successor, however, as a more modest-sized creation chock full of superb songs that are produced even better. Opening with the opulently orchestrated "Tightrope," which heralds the perfect production found throughout this album, A New World Record contains seven of the best songs ever to come out of the group. The Beatles influence is present, to be sure, but developed to a very high degree of sophistication and on Lynne's own terms, rather than being imitative of specific songs. "Telephone Line" might be the best Lennon-McCartney collaboration that never was, lyrical and soaring in a way that manages to echo elements of Revolver and the Beatles without ever mimicking them. The original LP's second side opened with "So Fine," which seems like the perfect pop synthesis of guitar, percussion, and orchestral sounds, embodying precisely what Lynne had first set out to do with Roy Wood at the moment ELO was conceived. From there, the album soars through stomping rock numbers like "Livin' Thing" and "Do Ya," interspersed with lyrical pieces like "Above the Clouds" (which makes striking use of pizzicato bass strings). ---Bruce Eder, AllMusic Review

Kariera Elektrycznej Orkiestry Kameralnej rozwijała się w co nieco paradoksalny sposób. Choć po sukcesie, jakim nieoczekiwanie okazał się singiel z „10538 Overture”, zespół zdobył pewną popularność na Wyspach – skala brytyjskiego sukcesu ELO miała się nijak do kariery, jaką zespół zaczął nieoczekiwanie robić po drugiej stronie Atlantyku. „Eldorado”, jako pierwszy album grupy, pokryło się złotem; „Face The Music” cieszyło się niewiele mniejszą popularnością. Tymczasem w Zjednoczonym Królestwie o podobnym sukcesie muzycy mogli jedynie marzyć; o ile inne brytyjskie zespoły długo czekały na przebicie się w Stanach, na wskroś angielscy ELO nie mogli się doczekać przebicia się na rodzimym rynku… Wydana we wrześniu 1976 „A New World Record” (tytuł wymyślił Tandy, spędzający czas wolny na oglądaniu transmisji z igrzysk w Montrealu) zmieniła wszystko. Album wdarł się do pierwszej dziesiątki na Wyspach, był też bestsellerem w innych częściach globu. W ciągu roku ożeniono ponad pięć milionów egzemplarzy

Całkowicie zasłużenie. O ile „Face The Music” po wyśmienitym „Eldorado” był pewnym rozczarowaniem, „A New World Record” w pełni to wynagradza. Chwilami można mieć wrażenie, że „Face…” był głównie swoistym szkicownikiem, zbiorem pomysłów przed właściwym albumem. Z drugiej strony zaś, „A New World Record” to płyta, na której Jeff Lynne bodaj najbardziej w całym dorobku Elektrycznej Orkiestry Kameralnej daje upust swej miłości do Beatlesów. Zwraca też uwagę świetne, wielobarwne, bardzo plastyczne brzmienie: „A New…” to jedna z najlepiej brzmiących płyt Orkiestry. ---Piotr „Strzyż” Strzyżowski, artrock.pl

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1. Ocean Breakup/King of the Universe (4:05)
2. Bluebird Is Dead (4:25)
3. Oh No Not Susan (2:52)
4. New World Rising/Ocean Break up (Reprise) (4:40)
5. Showdown (4:15)
6. Daybreaker (3:50)
7. Ma-Ma-Ma Belle (3:52)
8. Dreaming of 4000 (5:00)
9. In the Hall of the Mountain King (6:35)
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10. Auntie (Ma-Ma-Ma Belle Take 1) (1:19)
11. Auntie (Ma-Ma-Ma Belle Take 2) (4:02)
12. Mambo (Dreaming Of 4000 Alt Mix) (5:03)
13. Everyone's Born To Die (3:40)
14. Interludes (Previously Unreleased) (3:40)

Personnel:
- Elton John - piano, organ, electric piano, harpsichord, vocals
- Caleb Quaye - electric and acoustic guitars, conga drums
- Tony Murray - bass
- Roger Pope - drums, percussion
- Don Fay - tenor saxophone, flute
- Graham Vickery - harmonica
- Nigel Olsson - drums (05)
- Steve Brown – producer

All songs written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin.

Electric Light Orchestra's third album showed a marked advancement, with a fuller, more cohesive sound from the band as a whole and major improvements in Jeff Lynne's singing and songwriting. This is where the band took on its familiar sound, Lynne's voice suddenly showing an attractive expressiveness reminiscent of John Lennon in his early solo years, and also sporting a convincing white British soulful quality that was utterly lacking earlier. The group also plugged the holes that made its work seem so close to being ragged on those earlier records. "Showdown" and "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle" (the latter featuring Marc Bolan on double lead guitar with Lynne) became AM radio fixtures while "Daybreaker" became a concert opener for the group and, along with "In the Hall of the Mountain King," kept the group's FM/art rock credentials in order. ---Bruce Eder, AllMusic Review

“On The Third Day” zawiera co prawda “aż” dziewięć utworów, a żaden z nich nie trwa więcej niż sześć i pół minuty. Ale trudno nie zauważyć, że pierwsze cztery utwory – od "Ocean Breakup/King of the Universe" do "New World Rising/Ocean Breakup (reprise)" tworzą leguralną suitę, trwającą ponad szesnaście minut, którą rozdzielono na cztery części, żeby nie przestraszyć potencjalnych słuchaczy. A na finał mamy przeróbkę z klasyki, dokładnie z Griega – czyli nieśmiertelne “W grocie króla gór”. Muzycznie obie te płyty są na podobnym (czyli wysokim) poziomie. Żadnej z nich nic pod tym względem nie brakuje, ale słychać, że przez ten rok, który dzieli ich wydanie, zespół dojrzał, okrzepł i zarobił kasę na lepsze studio. Co prawda ELO jeszcze całkiem nie dopracowało się swojego stylu, bo dopiero “Eldorado” jest ich taką pierwszą “kanoniczną” płytą. Jednak “On The Third Day” to bardzo dobry album, efektowny, na którym dużo się dzieje. Wspomniana suita/cykl utworów to najlepsza jej część – piękne melodie, zaaranżowane z rozmachem, bogate od smyczków, płynnie przechodzące jedna w drugą i nieco podobne do siebie, utrzymane w podobnym nastroju, tonacji, żeby tworzyły całość nie tylko dlatego, że są ze sobą połączone. Finał całej płyty też niezgorszy. Zastanawiam się co prawda, czy “elektryczna” transkrypcja kompozycji Griega jest bardziej efektowna, czy efekciarska, za to wcześniejszy “Dreaming of 4000” nie ma w sobie nic z muzycznego kuglarstwa – świetny utwór, wczesne ELO w całej swojej orkiestrowej okazałości. Innym bardzo ciekawym utworem jest instrumentalny “Daybreaker” – prosty, ale chwytliwy motyw perfekcyjnie rozpracowany przez klawiszowca. Lynne lubił też zamieszczać na płytach ELO kawałki stricte rockowe, a raczej rock’n’rollowe. Na “ELO 2” był pomysłowy cover “Roll over Beethoven”, na tej znalazła się autorska propozycja Jeffa – “Ma-Ma-Ma Belle”. Nie przepadam za tym aspektem twórczości ELO. Te wszystkie “Rock’n’Roll Is King”, “Hold on Tigh” czy podobne traktuję trochę jako dopust Boży. Jest – to jest, da radę to jakoś przełknąć. W tym wypadku wspomniany rocker nie ma żadnego negatywnego wpływu na moją ocenę trzeciej płyty Electric Light Orchestra. ---Wojciech Kapała, artrock.pl

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