Jeff Lynne's ELO - From Out Of Nowhere

Not heard pre Eldorado albums in a long time, I’ll have to re-purchase them. Have DCC Eldorado cd (ear candy ).

 

Some great moments on those. Oh No Not Susan, Kuiama, 10538.....

I would suggest you go even back to the very beginning and check out The Idle Race.

 

Have the first one gatefold German vinyl.
Half speed mastering for Discovery.

 

What’s ELO‘s biggest selling album ?

 

As I pointed out the other day on here, FOON is made up of old recordings and modern digital recordings, then that interview I posted, where he said that one was pulled off the shelve and re-recorded.

FOON is what it is! a mix of old new and From Out Of Nowhere dusted off and recent recordings. That's probably the truth. Even the song about Wembley concerts is at least 18 months plus old. I suspect RT probably made that piano solo before his illness.

If this is mostly archive and dusted off songs, it really opens up a question about what else of this great standard, could be released.

The problem is the record companies Sony and Warner, need to get busy and at least, in the UK make some moves.

 

Probably 'Discovery' as it was #1 for 5 weeks in the UK. unless anyone else has other sales figures? I could be wrong.

 

Going purely by certifications, it would be Discovery. Double Platinum in the US, Platinum in the UK and multi-Platinum in several territories.

Next up would be Xanadu - it did 2 million US and Gold in the UK. Of course, certifications are not wholly representative. I'd be willing to bet Out of the Blue sold more than 1 million copies in the US, for example.

 

Chart success.
What was the appeal of Discovery, disco elements?

Xanadu > JL&ONJ should have become lovers. Thought her voice serviced JL’s music very well.

 

Cool. I think Time is their only LP that is consistent most of the way through, so in ranking the others, for me it comes down to how many good-to-great songs are on each. So something like:

Time - (like an 8.5)
On the Third Day
A New World Record
Discovery
Zoom
Xanadu
Face the Music
Out of the Blue
Balance of Power
Secret Messages
Eldorado
Everything else

 

If I had to guess, I'd say it was the strength of the 4 charting singles? It's also the the only LP with two US Top 10 hits: Shine a Little Love, and Don't Bring Me Down - which was their highest charting single in the US.

Go Jeffy, it's your birthday

Yeah, her lead vocal on that track is ethereal. They did a bunch of takes (8?), all in one day. Then Jeff picked the two best for each lyric and double-tracked every line, all the way through the song.

ONJ has said a few times she never got to know Jeff. She only interacted with him briefly during the recording of her vocal, once or twice during promotion, and virtually never again afterwards.

 

Here's how I rank ELO albums as of today (and this ranking is fluid with only the top 3 set in stone)

A New World Record
Eldorado
Out Of The Blue
Face The Music
Discovery
Balance Of Power
From Out Of Nowhere
On The Third Day
Time
Zoom
Secret Messages
Alone In The Universe
ELO 2
The Electric Light Orchestra

 

I’ll have to get a box set. What’s available?

 

Ohh Lets have a go at this:

ELO: 8 (yes I even like battle of Marsden … and love the Quad mix)
ELO 2: 7
On the Third Day: 8
Eldorado: 9.5
Face the Music: 8
A New World Record: 9
Out of the Blue: 9.5
Discovery: 6
Xanadu : 5
Time: 10
Secret Messages Single/double reissue: 7/8.5
Balance of Power: 7 (i've grown to appreciate this but its the demise of the band feel)
Zoom: 7 (underrated)
Alone in the Universe: 6
From Out of Nowhere: 6

 

That includes the bonus tracks-
This is about it.
Electric Light Orchestra - The Classic Albums Collection

 

Great!

 

The only omissions from this set (not sure if all B sides are included in the bonus tracks) are the ELO tracks from the movie Xanadu (which are essential!) - I think if they ever do a complete box set of ELO's entire output it would nice to have the albums as they were and all the bonus tracks / B-sides / non-album tracks on separate discs.

 

An included Xanadu would of been nice, including Drum Dreams. Being under a different label (MCA) not sure who owns the rights anymore.

 

Well funnily enough, at the time of release the UK version of Xanadu was on Jet/CBS Records with the ONJ side licenced from MCA, and in the US I assume it was the other way around, i.e. on MCA with the ELO side licenced from Jet/CBS, so I do wonder how that works now...?

 

Screwy!
No clue, let's hope these master's weren't lost in the fire!
It's possible the US manufacture used dubs.

 

Saw The Orchestra last night. Can't believe that they opened the show with From Out Of Nowhere! Just kidding, but it was a fun show and Mik is still awesome. First time seeing the alt line up.

My top albums, which often change places:

Eldorado
A New World Record
Discovery
Face The Music
Time
Out Of The Blue
From Out Of Nowhere
On The Third Day
Secret Messages
Alone In The Universe
Zoom
1st 2 albums
Balance Of Power

 

My local said it take 4 weeks( Christmas)40.00 ..so looks like I’ll wait till the new year, unless I see it second hand somewhere.

 

These were released in jewels separately as well. Picked up a slew of them when released for cheap at Wal-Mart years ago

 

https://www.amazon.com/Classic-Albums-Collection-Electric-Orchestra/dp/B005LTDPJI Friday, Nov. 29 - Monday, Dec. 2
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005LTDPJI Standard Delivery (6-10 business days)

 

May just start looking for the original CDs.

 

Yeah ..I want it now.