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Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), from Birmingham, England, was a successful rock music group of the 1970s and 1980s.

The band, formed by Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne and Bev Bevan (the remaining members of The Move) in 1970, used cellos and violins to give their music a "classical" sound. Initially an idea Roy Wood had within the Move to take rock music in a new direction, although no doubt inspired by The Beatles on their late sixties piece "I am the Walrus". In 1970 when Carl Wayne left Wood's band 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 project. Two more 'Move' albums were released during the recording of their eponymous first album in 1971 (which produced the UK hit "10538 Overture") to help finance the fledgling project. In the USA, 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. [1]

However tensions soon surfaced between Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne, With most of the media attention focused on the Move's Roy Wood and differences in musical direction, coupled with 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, up stepped Jeff Lynne to lead the band including a new keyboardist, Richard Tandy with cellists Mike Edwards, Colin Walker and Wilfred Gibson replacing Steve Woolam on Violin. They released Electric Light Orchestra II in 1973, from which came their first U.S. chart hit, a hugely elaborate cover of the Chuck Berry classic "Roll Over Beethoven". After their second album Violinist Wilfred 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 also. 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 and Choir and began work on the next album Eldorado, scoring their first U.S. Top Ten hit with "Can't Get It Out Of My Head".

After the release of Eldorado, bassist and vocalist Kelly Groucutt and Cellist Melvyn Gale joined replacing Mike D'Albuquerque and Mike Edwards respectively ,At this point the line-up would be at it's most stable and enjoy worldwide stardom throughout the remainder of the decade. In 1975 Face The Music was released, from which the major singles were "Evil Woman" (whose instrumental string hook was sampled in 2006 by Pussycat Dolls to form the basis of their hit "Beep") and "Strange Magic", marking a shift to a more "radio friendly" sound. From the same album, the instrumental "Fire On High," with its mix of strings and blazing acoustic guitars, saw heavy exposure as background music on CBS Sports Spectacular montages, though most viewers had no idea of the song's origins. The multi-platinum album A New World Record was released in 1976 with hits such as "Livin' Thing" (remade by The Beautiful South in 2004), a re-recording of The Move's "Do Ya", "Telephone Line" and "Rockaria!". The songs "Livin' Thing" and "Telephone Line" were prominently featured in the films Boogie Nights and Billy Madison, respectively.

That was followed by the double album Out of the Blue, featuring the singles "Turn To Stone", "Sweet Talkin' Woman", "Its Over, "Mr. Blue Sky" and "Wild West Hero". The band then set out on a world tour, with an enormous (and hugely expensive) space ship set in tow.

In 1979, Lynne set out to capitalize on the growing popularity of disco with the album Discovery (or "Disco very" as he has been quoted). The album generated their biggest hit "Don't Bring Me Down" (the first ELO track not to feature strings), along with "Shine A Little Love" (sampled in 2005 by Lovefreekz for a dance hit called "Shine") and "Last Train To London" (sampled in 2003 by Atomic Kitten on their hit "Be With You"). Not long after this album, the violinist Mik Kaminski and the two cellists Hugh McDowell and Melvyn Gale were considered surplus to requirements and dismissed.

Soon after in 1980 ELO were enlisted to provide half of the soundtrack for the musical film Xanadu, the other half provided by Olivia Newton-John, who starred in the movie along with Gene Kelly. The movie bombed but the soundtrack did very well, with hit singles from both Newton-John ("Magic", #1 in the U.S.) and ELO ("I'm Alive" and "All Over the World") as well as the title track to the movie, performed by Newton-John with ELO which reached #1 in the UK single charts and #8 on the U.S. Billboard top 40 chart. Bev Bevan's memoirs from his early days and throughout his career with The Move and ELO were also published this year, entitled "The Electric Light Orchestra Story".

In 1981, ELO's sound changed again, moving away from disco and into the 1980s, with the science-fiction concept album Time (singles: "Hold On Tight", "Twilight") on which synthesizers largely replaced classical strings.The band embarked on what would be their last World Tour to promote the new 'LP' However the live line-up would have no cello players for the first time ever,instead they recruited Louis Clark (who had previously conducted the strings on their classic 70's albums) and 'Dave Morgan' to play the string sounds on synthesizers although Mik Kaminski did appear with his famous Blue violin.

By 1983 it was becoming clear that band leader Lynne was becoming tired of the project that he helped to create thirteen years previous when he announced that there would be no tour to promote the new album Secret Messages, this coupled with the news that drummer Bevan was to play drums for Black Sabbath and last but not least bassist Kelly Groucutt quit the band also. Rumours that the group were splitting up were denied by Bev Bevan, however sales for the new album were relatively slow and most music critic reviews further added to the problems. Secret Messages was originally recorded as a double album, however, the record company had different ideas, citing that it would be too expensive (due in part to ELO's declining popularity). Some of the songs that did not survive the hatchet job cropped up as single B-sides and on later box sets; however, the tribute song "Beatles Forever" is still unavailable. It has been reported that Jeff Lynne is embarrassed by this song, hence its unavailability. Shortly after this album Kelly Groucutt sued Jeff Lynne, Bev Bevan and ELO's management for alleged lost royalty fees. The matter was settled out of court.

With Bevan expressing a desire to join Black Sabbath permanently, Lynne and Tandy recording tracks for the Electric Dreams soundtrack under Jeff Lynne's name, and Groucutt having departed, it appeared that ELO were no more by 1984. But Bevan left Black Sabbath because of his objection to the band performing in apartheid South Africa, and Lynne needed to make one more ELO album to fulfil his contract, so Lynne, Bevan and Tandy returned to the studio in 1985 as a 3-piece (with Christian Schneider playing saxophone on some tracks) to record ELO's final album of the 20th century, Balance of Power, released early in 1986. Though the single "Calling America" placed in the Top-20 in the USA (#28 UK), subsequent singles failed to chart. The album, jokingly called "Balance Of Payment" by Lynne, was totally absent of classical strings (except on the Secret Messages leftover track "Endless Lies") and had minimalist album art missing the customary ELO logo that had appeared on every album since 1976. Lynne reformed the 7-piece Time tour band (with Martin Smith replacing Groucutt on bass) for a small number of live ELO performances in England and Germany, including the Heartbeat charity concert (organized by Bevan) on March 15 in ELO's home town of Birmingham and ELO's last performance (prior to reforming) on July 13 in Stuttgart. A hint of Lynne's future was seen when George Harrison appeared onstage during the encore at Heartbeat, joining in the all-star jam of "Johnny B. Goode".

There was no announcement made of ELO's breakup during the next two years, when Harrison's Lynne-produced album Cloud Nine and the pair's follow-up (with Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan and Tom Petty) Traveling Wilburys Volume One were released to critical acclaim and commercial success. Only when Bevan approached Lynne to make another ELO album in 1988 was it declared that ELO had ceased to exist.

In 1988, ELO drummer Bev Bevan approached Jeff Lynne, wanting to do another ELO album. After Lynne declined to participate, Bevan intended to continue the band without him. Lynne objected, and lawyers were soon involved. The legal agreement reached between Lynne and Bevan resulted in ELO disbanding and Bevan forming a new band, initially called Electric Light Orchestra Part Two. Bevan recruited longtime ELO string conductor and co-arranger Louis Clark into his new band, along with Eric Troyer (keyboards and vocals), Pete Haycock (guitar and vocals) and Neil Lockwood (guitar and vocals). ELO Part Two released a self-titled album in 1991 which featured former ELO violinist Mik Kaminski on one track. The album was intended to harken back to ELO's classic sound of the mid-to-late 1970s, but opinion is strongly divided as to whether or not it succeeded. The first tour featured the band performing live with The Moscow Symphony Orchestra, and was well-received in the UK. Approximately two-thirds of the songs performed were ELO hits. The concert in ELO's home town of Birmingham was captured on video and on the live album with the long-winded title Performing ELO's Greatest Hits Live Featuring The Moscow Symphony Orchestra. Kaminski, former ELO cellist Hugh McDowell, and former ELO bassist Kelly Groucutt were part of the live band, with Groucutt sharing lead and backing vocals with Troyer, Haycock and Lockwood. Kaminski and Groucutt were initially appearing as guest artists from another ELO offshoot band they had formed called OrKestra, but eventually they ended their own band and joined ELO Part Two full-time. McDowell's tenure with the band was short, as some personality conflicts emerged and he was let go. Plans to tour the USA with the MSO were cancelled, as costs became prohibitive.

The band continued to tour Germany and the UK in 1992 with Louis Clark playing keyboards to duplicate the strings of the absent orchestra. In 1993, Haycock and Lockwood left the band, and were replaced by guitarist/vocalist Phil Bates, who had been in the band Trickster which were the opening act for ELO's 1978 world tour. An ambitious world tour was undertaken by ELO Part Two in 1993, including dates in the USA and Eastern Europe.

Now a six-piece band with a slightly altered name, Electric Light Orchestra Part II recorded a second studio album, Moment Of Truth, which was released in 1994. The album was not a commercial success, but was generally considered superior to their first album. The band continued its rigorous tour schedule over the following years, sometimes augmenting the core band with a backing orchestra. On these occasions, they took only a small number of string players on the road and added local musicians to the orchestra at each venue to cut down costs. This was one of the features that distinguished ELO Part II from ELO, as the original band never played live with orchestral accompaniment. Another live album with orchestral backing was recorded in Sydney, Australia in 1995 and was released the following year in Germany as a double album One Night, and the year after that in the USA as a single album One Night - Live In Australia. The band sold the master tapes of this album, and it has since been remixed, remastered, and re-released under so many guises that the original CD may prove difficult to acquire.

Bates remained with the band until 1998 and was replaced by Parthenon Huxley (guitar, vocals). As the decade progressed, the percentage of original material in the band's set list tended to decrease, and their concerts often consisted of 90% ELO songs. Bevan started to get frustrated, especially with their inability to break through in the United States, where the band sometimes performed in bars or at festivals where they were not the centre of attention. In November 1999, Bevan played his last show with the band at the Sands Hotel in Atlantic City.

Unlike the original ELO, which were under the creative control of writer/producer Lynne, ELO Part II were often portrayed as more of a democracy, with various band members sharing songwriting and lead vocals. But Bevan was still the leader of the band, and he issued a press release in early 2000 indicating that ELO Part II were disbanded. The remaining members of the band, now including drummer Gordon Townsend, disputed this. But Bevan sold his 50% share of the ELO name and the rights to the ELO Part II name to Lynne, and Lynne, now the full owner of the ELO name, took legal action to prevent the band from continuing to call themselves ELO Part II. They initially tried to call themselves "ELO 2", but they eventually submitted and changed their name to The Orchestra.

In 2001, The Orchestra released an extremely limited number of their CD No Rewind which was produced and released without involvement from a major record label (but was later released in Argentina by Art Music in 2005). The album contains The Orchestra's best known non-ELO song, "Over London Skies", and a cover of "Twist and Shout" which begins in a slow, plaintive minor key with arpeggiated chords before building to the familiar, rocking major progression. The band continues to tour, albeit irregularly, in the United Kingdom, India, Spain, Argentina, Brazil, and occasionally the United States.

The Orchestra have been touring in 2006 using the name "Electric Light Orchestra Part II Former Members". Lynne, owner of the names Electric Light Orchestra and Electric Light Orchestra Part II, has sued The Orchestra, claiming copyright infringement. The matter is presently in litigation.

Jeff Lynne's comeback with ELO started in 2001 when he reformed the band with completely new members and released the album Zoom. Former ELO member Richard Tandy rejoined the band a short time afterwards for a tour that was cut short due to poor ticket sales. A DVD of the opening concert was released in the wake of the aborted tour. Zoom was made after Lynne had collaborated with The Traveling Wilburys and took on a more organic sound, with less emphasis on strings and electronic effects. Guest musicians included former Beatles Ringo Starr and George Harrison as well as Roy Orbison and Bob Dylan.

The touring ELO act of the 1970s was an audio-visual extravaganza due to the elaborate spaceship sets, but towards the end of the decade the band was criticized for using taped backing tracks providing orchestral riffs.

In recent years, many ELO songs have been used in advertising, soundtracks and similar:

• In 2002, Mike Myers movie Austin Powers in Goldmember, "Evil Woman" was used in the prison visit scene
• In 2005, "Hold On Tight" was used in an Ameriquest commercial
• "Do Ya" has been used in a Monster.com commercial and also in trailers for the movie The 40-Year-Old Virgin
• "Four Little Diamonds" was featured in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
• In the 1996 comedy movie Kingpin, "Showdown" was used as background music during a one-on-one bowling tournament
• In the 1995 comedy movie Billy Madison, "Telephone Line" was used as background music when Billy Madison (Adam Sandler) calls Danny McGrath (Steve Buscemi) to apologize for how he acted in high school.
• "Twilight" from Time was used as the theme song for the popular Japanese TV series Densha Otoko and in the opening of the 1983 Japanese sci-fi convention Daicon IV
• In 2000, The New Jersey Devils used, along with video clips, the song "Fire on High" in an opening ceremony to all its games. They won the Stanley Cup that season.

JCPenney used "Livin' Thing" in its 2005 Christmas commercials

• TV comedy show My Name Is Earl also used "Livin' Thing" in 2005 for the episode "Quit Smoking", as well as "Hold on Tight" in the season one finale
• In 2006, New Zealand rap group Frontline sampled a piece of "Dreaming of 4000" (from "On The Third Day") for their latest release "Hold 'em"
• The song "Sweet Talkin' Woman" has been covered by the Christian Ska band Five Iron Frenzy on their Quantity Is Job 1 ep.
• "Mr. Blue Sky" has enjoyed a particular resurgence:
  • In 2003 and 2004, it appeared in a commercial for the Volkswagen Beetle convertible
  • It was featured as a song sung by the main characters in the movie adaptation of The Magic Roundabout
  • It was used in the trailers for the films Adaptation and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • It was the theme song of the television series LAX
  • It is part of the soundtrack for the Atari video game Driver:Parallel Lines, featuring prominently in the 1970s section of the game
  • In 2005, it was used in a successful advertising campaign on British television for a new clothes range from the retailer Marks & Spencer
  • It featured as backing music for the Doctor Who episode 'Love & Monsters', and a few other ELO tracks were performed by members of the cast during the course of the episode.

ELO's latest release is a remastered compilation, All Over The World: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra.

A famous, deliberately recorded backward message comes from the beginning of the song "Fire on High," where the mysterious deep mumbling reverses to "The music is reversible, but time is not ... turn back! Turn back! Turn back!" — ostensibly a shot at the hysteria surrounding "reversed speech" at the time the album was released.

At the end of "Mr. Blue Sky," there is a section of vocoder speech. Jeff Lynne says "please turn me over" as this was the last song on the first side of the 2nd vinyl included as part of this double-album.

In 1989, Ace Frehley released a cover version of "Do Ya" on his album Trouble Walkin'. The song was suggested by Frehley's bassist, John Regan. The video for this version of the song is sometimes seen on VH1 Classic.

In 2006, the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who featured a character who was a fan of Jeff Lynne and ELO in the story Love & Monsters.

In 2006, Electric Light Orchestra was mentioned in VH1's I Love the '70s Volume II in I Love 1974 Volume II, the fifth episode of the series.

Livin' Thing topped a Q magazine list of uncool records it is okay to love.

In 2006, "Don't Bring Me Down" was used in the trailer for the Will Ferrell film "Stranger than Fiction".

• Jeff Lynne - producer, lead vocal, guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, drums, cello, backing vocals (1970–1986, 2000—)
• Roy Wood - guitars, bass guitar, cello, clarinet, bassoon, oboe, recorder, lead vocal (1970–1972)
• Bev Bevan - drums, backing vocals (1970–1986)
• Richard Tandy - keyboards, bass guitar, guitars (1972–1986, 2000—)
• Michael d'Albuquerque - bass guitar, backing vocals (1973–1974)
• Kelly Groucutt - bass guitar, lead vocal, backing vocals (1974–1983)
• Steve Woolam - violin (1971)
• Wilfred Gibson - violin (1972-1973)
• Mik Kaminski - violin (1973–1979, 1981-1982 time tour,1983,1986 Balance of Power tour)
• Andy Craig - cello (1971–1972)
• Trevor Smith - cello (1971–1972)
• Hugh McDowell - cello (1972, 1973–1979)
• Mike Edwards - cello (1972–1974)
• Colin Walker - cello (1972–1973)
• Melvyn Gale - cello (1974–1979)
• Bill Hunt - horn (1971–1972)
• Marc Bolan - Guitar (1973) On The Third Day (album)
• Dave Morgan - guitar, vocoder, backing vocals (1981– 1983, 1986)
• Louis Clark - orchestral arrangements (1974—1979, 1983) keyboards (1981—1982, 1986)
• Martin Smith - bass guitar (1986) Balance Of Power Tour
• Christian Shnieder - saxophone (1986) Balance of Power (Electric Light Orchestra album)
• George Harrison - slide guitar, backing vocals (2001) Zoom (album)
• Ringo Starr - drums (2001) Zoom (album)
• Rosie Vela - backing vocals (2000—2001) Zoom (album)
• Marc Mann - guitars, keyboards, backing vocals, cello arrangements (2000—) Zoom (album)
• Suzie Katayama - cello (2001) Zoom (album)
• Roger Lebow - cello (2001) Zoom (album)
• Dave Boruff - saxophone (2001) Zoom (album)
• Laura Lynne - backing vocals (2001) Zoom (album)
• Gregg Bissonette - drums, backing vocals (2001) Zoom Tour
• Matt Bissonette - bass guitar, backing vocals (2001) Zoom Tour
• Peggy Baldwin - cello (2001) Zoom Tour
• Sarah O'Brien - cello (2001) Zoom Tour

Studio albums

• 1. Electric Light Orchestra - 1971, Harvest Records (UK) / United Artists Records (US, as "No Answer"); #32 (UK), #196 (US) Billboard's Pop Album charts
  1. Electric Light Orchestra - 1971,
  Harvest Records (UK) / United Artists Records (US, as "No Answer"); #32 (UK), #196 (US) Billboard's Pop Album charts
  
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  2. ELO 2 - 1973,
  Harvest Records (UK) / United Artists Records (US, as "Electric Light Orchestra II" with different cover); #35 (UK), #62 (US) Billboard's Pop Album charts
• 3. On The Third Day - 1973, Warner Brothers Records (UK, with different cover) / United Artists Records (US); #52 (US) Billboard's Pop Album charts
  3. On The Third Day - 1973, Warner Brothers Records (UK, with different cover) / United Artists Records (US); #52 (US) Billboard's Pop Album charts
• 4. Eldorado - 1974, Warner Brothers Records (UK) / United Artists Records (US); #16 (US) Billboard's Pop Album charts, Gold Record
  4. Eldorado - 1974,
  Warner Brothers Records (UK) / United Artists Records (US); #16 (US) Billboard's Pop Album charts, Gold Record
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  5. Face the Music - 1975,
  Jet Records (UK) / United Artists Records (US); #8 (US) Billboard's Pop Album charts, Gold Record
• 6. A New World Record - 1976, Jet Records (UK) / United Artists Records (US); #6 (UK), #5 (US) Billboard's Pop Album charts, Platinum record
  6. A New World Record - 1976, Jet Records (UK) / United Artists Records (US); #6 (UK), #5 (US) Billboard's Pop Album charts, Platinum record
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  7. Out of the Blue - 1977,
  Jet Records; #4 (UK), #4 (US) Billboard's Pop Album charts, Platinum record
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  8. Discovery - 1979,
  Jet Records; #1 (UK), #5 (US) Billboard's Pop Album charts, Platinum record
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  9. Xanadu - 1980,
  Jet Records (UK) / MCA Records (US); #2 (UK), #4 (US) Billboard's Pop Album charts, Platinum record
  (Soundtrack with Olivia Newton-John)
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  10. Time - 1981,
  Jet Records; #1 (UK), #16 (US) Billboard's Pop Album charts, Gold Record
• 11. Secret Messages - 1983, Jet Records; #4 (UK), #36 (US) Billboard's Pop Album charts
  11. Secret Messages - 1983, Jet Records; #4 (UK), #36 (US) Billboard's Pop Album charts
• 12. Balance of Power - 1986, Epic Records (UK) / CBS Associated Records (US); #9 (UK), #49 (US) The Billboard 200
  12. Balance of Power - 1986, Epic Records (UK) / CBS Associated Records (US); #9 (UK), #49 (US) The Billboard 200
• 13. Zoom - 2001, Epic Records; #34 (UK), #94 (US) The Billboard 200, #14 Billboard Top Internet Albums
  13. Zoom - 2001,
  Epic Records; #34 (UK), #94 (US) The Billboard 200, #14 Billboard Top Internet Albums

1. Live At The BBC (1972-1976)
2. BBC Sessions(1972-1973)
3. The Night The Light Went On (In Long Beach) (May 12, 1974)
4. Live At Winterland 76 (Face The Music Tour) (1998)
5. Live At Wembley (Out Of The Blue Tour 1978) (1998)

• Eldorado (expanded) (2001)
• Discovery (expanded) (2001)
• Time (expanded) (2001)
• Secret Messages (expanded) (2001)
• First Light: The Electric Light Orchestra (first album 2CD expanded) (2001)
• First Light: ELO 2 — The Lost Planet (2CD expanded) (2003)
• No Answer (expanded US version) (2006)
• ELO II (expanded US version) (2006)
• On The Third Day (expanded) (2006) Legacy Recordings
• Face the Music (expanded) (2006) Legacy Recordings
• A New World Record (expanded) (2006) Legacy Recordings
• Out Of The Blue (expanded) (2007)
• Balance Of Power (expanded) (2007)
• ELO's Greatest Hits (expanded) (2007)

04:37, 5 September 2006 (UTC)Bootiemusicltd===Compilation albums===

• Showdown (1974) First Harvest Records compilation.
• Olé ELO (1976) US#32 Billboard's Pop Album charts, Gold Record
• The Light Shines On (1977)
• Three Light Years (1978) 3LP
• The Light Shines On Vol 2 (1979)
• ELO's Greatest Hits (1979) UK#7, US#30 Billboard's Pop Album charts, Platinum record
• Four Light Years (1980) 4LP
• A Box of their Best (1980) 4LP
• The Best Of ELO (1981) 2LP
• A Perfect World Of Music (1985)
• First Movement (1986)
• The Very Best Of The Electric Light Orchestra (1989) 2LP
• Afterglow (1990) 3CD including previously unreleased songs
• ELO Classics (1990)
• Burning Bright (1992)
• ELO's Greatest Hits Vol. Two (1992)
• Strange Magic: The Best of Electric Light Orchestra (1995) 2CD
• Light Years: The Very Best of the Electric Light Orchestra (1997) 2CD
• Definitive Collection (1999)
• World Ballads: Electric Lights Orchestra (1999) Storm Records 17 track Russian import? The spelling of Lights is not a typo.
• Flashback (2000) 3CD including previously unreleased and new songs
• The Essential Electric Light Orchestra (2003)
• Early Years (2004)
• All Over the World: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra (2005) UK#6, Gold Record, Billboard European Top 100 Albums

Today many of those songs are famous in Jive competitions, for example "Rockaria!" and "Rock 'N' Roll Is King".

• Bev Bevan - drums, percussion, backing vocals (1988—1999)
• Eric Troyer - keyboards, vocals, guitar (1988—1999, as "The Orchestra" 2000—)
• Louis Clark - keyboards, orchestra arranger and conductor (1988—1999, as "The Orchestra" 2000—)
• Pete Haycock - guitar, bass guitar, vocals (1988—1993)
• Neil Lockwood - guitar, vocals (1991—1993)
• Kelly Groucutt - bass guitar, vocals (1991—1999, as "The Orchestra" 2000—)
• Mik Kaminski - violin (1991—1999, as "The Orchestra" 2000—)
• Hugh McDowell - cello (1991—1992)
• Phil Bates - guitar, vocals (1993—1998)
• Parthenon Huxley - guitar, vocals (1998—1999, as "The Orchestra" 2000—)
• Gordon Townsend - drums (as "The Orchestra" 2000—)

• Electric Light Orchestra, Part Two (1990) UK#34
• Moment of Truth (1994)
• No Rewind (as "The Orchestra") (2001)

• Performing ELO's Greatest Hits Live Featuring The Moscow Symphony Orchestra (1992)
• One Night (1996) 2CD
• One Night - Live In Australia (1997)

• The Beatles
• Chuck Berry
• Roy Orbison
• Del Shannon
• The Beach Boys
• Jerry Lee Lewis
• Classical Music

• Status Quo
• Marc Bolan
• Aerosmith
• KISS (band)
• Todd Rundgren
• Tom Petty
• Boston
• Dire Straits
• Steve Winwood
• The Cars
• R.E.M.
• Eurythmics
• Guns N' Roses
• Depeche Mode
• Robert Lange
• Shania Twain
• Smashing Pumpkins
• Sheryl Crow
• Def Leppard
• Grandaddy
• Asia (band)
• Tal Bachman
• Elton Pope
• Air (band)
• La Casa Azul
• Autoliner
• Bejole

• Paul McCartney
• Cheap Trick
• Dave Edmunds
• Olivia Newton-John
• Tom Petty
• Ringo Starr
• Supertramp
• The Traveling Wilburys
• The Tubes
• Queen
• The Beatles

• Tom Petty
• Utopia
• Cheap Trick
• A House
• Supertramp
• The Tubes
• Ringo Starr
• Alan Parsons
• Yes
• Eddie Reader

• Face The Music - official ELO and related artists information site
• Rockaria.com - fan site with full history and discographies of ELO and the Move
• ELO Fans.com - news and discussion for fans of the Electric Light Orchestra
• MusicMoz category for ELO
• Under London Skies - unofficial fanzine for The Orchestra, the band formerly known as ELO Part II
• Light Years Ahead - fan site with the rarest collection of 7" single sleeves on the web
• Electric Light Orchestra Lyrics
• ELO's Music (a Rhapsody Playlist)
• The Official Mail List for the ELO Appreciation Society
• Unofficial Mailing List for fans of The Electric Light Orchestra

• http://music.aol.com/artist/main.adp?artistid=4177

Hold on Tight

• http://www.mediamob.co.kr/tearsfor/Post/PostView.aspx?PKId=50754

So Serious

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ0teOXOi4Q

Evil Woman

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MIW_Rr3AIg

Livin' Thing

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBMpWw6ceBo

Diary of Horace Wimp

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2ldSgsqbxY

Telephone LIne

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqMrZjaPDV8

Tightrope

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DnPlwcf_7Q&search=elo

It's Over

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=479p8fekZwI

Calling America

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0swWN2emZJw

All Over The World

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSS3S3T25qw

Rock n' Roll Is King

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsgxkPRCYJY

Twilight (FLCL)

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VycCt4jh1aY

"Prologue" / "Twilight" / "Hold on Tight" ([DAICON IV])

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C60UYTH7IQ

Telephone Line Live

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H93_OalYWkM

So Serious Live

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGdgngSBsxY

Can't Get It Out Of My Head

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZiTyE1lTto

Mr. Blue Sky

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnhsNaOgnjw

Turn To Stone

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QdG2gd_gp8

Do Ya & Rockaria Live

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG99lYC2-1M

Hold On Tight Live

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKGkHB4qkO8

Don't Bring Me Down Live

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMxlDXtJFH0

Wild West Hero

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDyqDpiOerI

Sweet Talkin' Woman

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3dLR14ag3Y

Wild West Hero (Anime)

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6EXMOUt7Ew

10538 Overture

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dK5wwe9mqLA&search=electric%20light%20orchestra

Midnight Blue

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DnPlwcf_7Q&search=elo

Nightrider

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6haulExVkY&search=elo

Showdown

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSHTcCi2d8w&search=elo

Roll over Beethoven

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNR_8WE8szk&NR

Jeff Lynne Video- Promo from Electric Dreams

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piXcYnsUxvg