ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA – OUT OF THE BLUE 2LP + POSTER – Nr MINT UK JEFF LYNNE

Electric Light Orchestra – Out Of The Blue
(Jet Records  1977  UAR100)
Matrix No’s: A2/B3/A2/B2 – UK Pressing

Gatefold Sleeve in Nr MINT/Excellent+ condition
– some slight wear to edges and small mark near bottom
First Inner Sleeve is Nr MINT but second inner has 4 inch split in the bottom
Poster in Nr MINT condition
No Space Ship Cut Out

Double Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some light surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)

Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) were a British rock group from Birmingham who released eleven studio albums between 1971 and 1986 and another album in 2001. ELO were formed to accommodate Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne’s desire to create modern rock and pop songs with classical overtones. After Wood’s departure following the band’s debut record, Lynne wrote and arranged all of the group’s original compositions and produced every album.

Despite early singles success in the United Kingdom, the band were initially more successful in the United States, billed as “The English guys with the big fiddles”. They soon gained a cult following despite lukewarm reviews back in their native United Kingdom. By the mid-1970s, they had become one of the biggest-selling acts in music. From 1972 to 1986, ELO accumulated 27 Top-40 hit singles in both the UK and the US. The group also scored 20 Top 20 UK hit singles, as well as 19 Top-20 hit singles in the US (as charted by Billboard Magazine). The band also holds the record for having the most Billboard Hot 100, Top 40 hits of any group in US chart history without ever having a number one single.

ELO collected 19 CRIA, 21 RIAA and 38 BPI awards, and sold over 50 million records worldwide during the group’s active period of recording and touring.

Out of the Blue is the seventh studio album by the British rock group Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), released in October 1977. Written and produced by ELO frontman Jeff Lynne, the double album is among the most commercially successful records in the group’s history.

Track listing

All songs written by Jeff Lynne.

Side one

1. “Turn to Stone” – 3:47
2. “It’s Over” – 4:08
3. “Sweet Talkin’ Woman” – 3:47
4. “Across the Border” – 3:52

Side two

5. “Night in the City” – 4:02
6. “Starlight” – 4:30
7. “Jungle” – 3:51
8. “Believe Me Now” – 1:21
9. “Steppin’ Out” – 4:38

Side three – Concerto for a Rainy Day

10. “Standin’ in the Rain” – 4:20
11. “Big Wheels” – 5:10
12. “Summer and Lightning” – 4:13
13. “Mr. Blue Sky” – 5:05

Side four

14. “Sweet Is the Night” – 3:26
15. “The Whale” – 5:05
16. “Birmingham Blues” – 4:21
17. “Wild West Hero” – 4:40

Personnel

ELO

• Jeff Lynne – lead vocals, backing vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion
• Bev Bevan – drums, percussion, backing vocals, fire extinguisher on “Mr. Blue Sky”
• Richard Tandy – keyboards, guitar
• Kelly Groucutt – co-lead vocals on “Sweet Is the Night”, backing vocals, bass guitar, percussion
• Mik Kaminski – violin
• Melvyn Gale – cello, piano
• Hugh McDowell – cello
• Louis Clark – Orchestra conductor

Production

• Jeff Lynne – Producer
• Mack – Engineer
• Jeff Lynne – Orchestral and Choral arrangements
• Richard Tandy – Orchestral and Choral arrangements
• Louis Clark – Orchestral and Choral arrangements