Remember the Electric Light Orchestra


Anyone on this forum remember ELO? I have all of their original albums from the 70's and 80's but they are starting to show a little wear from play... Wonder why they have not re-released their best work on good quality, heavy duty vinyl? Seriously, Jeff Lynne is a bona fide musical genius.

I'm ready to re-buy all their albums!
stickman451
Why not just buy some nice clean used copies of the ELO LPs you desire - they're common enough and for the most part sound pretty good too. While they may not be the last word in extension or detail, I find them quite musically involving - an artifact I'm sure whatever over-zealous knob twiddler they find to "remaster" (an oxymoron if there ever was one) the LPs will promptly dispose of in favor of hi-fi wizardry.

There ought to be a Hippocratic Oath that audio engineers, and particularly mastering engineers are sworn to: Do No Harm.

One of the first concerts I went to as a kid(13 yrs old) was ELO's "Out Of The Blue" tour at Anaheim stadium in 1978. The stage was a giant lighting-laden recreation of the spaceship on the album that hydraulically opened to reveal the band complete with a Laserium laser light show. Mind-blowing at the time, but pretty cheesy now in hindsight.

Here's a great account of the tour technical details

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Done that already; I have at least 5 copies of 'Out of the Blue' that I purchased off of Ebay; just wondering if MFSL took a stab at these recordings what we would end up with.

The MFSL pressing of "The Cars" debut album sounds pretty darn good...
Remember the Electric Light Orchestra

Unfortunately,yes.The link Riley804 provived above hits the nail on the head.
I remember studying for a science exam in high school to their music. After the test, we had to stay put in the room till everyone was finished, and I still recall, many years later, replaying that music in head while sitting there. Haven't heard them in years though, have to have another listen. Wonder if my science exam will come back to me while I listen?