0:00 queen of the hours 5:10 Jeff’s boogie no. 2 (though the lyrics here are different than the actual song) 13:00 Whisper In the Night 19:06 great balls of fire 25:25 10538 overture
Amazing footage. That folks is early ELO - live, raw, unpolished, original. No other group ever dared to approach music the same way they did. A piece of musical history.
I had no idea they were like this! I love an album from 1974 by German double bassist Eberhard Weber that had an army of cello players playing with a standard jazz quartet with fluegelhorn as the main lead player, ad now I'm wondering if Weber was influenced by ELO!
As much as I love the solo Wood/Wizzard stuff, you have to wonder what all that more "polished" radio era ELO would have been like with both of them involved, and splitting the lead vocal duties up like this. Thanks for the footage!
This footage is definitely priceless. Jeff Lynne isn't wearing sunglasses, and Roy Wood looks like Santa Claus. More importantly, I'm grateful that this footage exist as the group was touring for the ELO I album (a.k.a. No Answer), which is one of my favorite albums by them.
This performance confirms Bev Bevan as one of the greatest drummers of all. Wish Jeff and Bev would get back together for one final performance before they depart this earth.
He’s much more versatile than most ELO albums would indicate. It’s well documented how much be enjoyed his stint with Sabbath. His Move work also offers evidence of his ability. Would be nice to see him, Jeff, and Roy reunite for a Move show or three.
It's amazing to see Jeff, Roy, Bev, and Richard so committed to creating something new and probably not even imagining commercial success. Jeff's dad had a point and thank goodness he was provoked into finding out what more they were capable of, but it's hard to imagine it starting any other way. This art house swamp wizard rock is the foundation that never swept away.
ELO's first live performance in April 1972 consisted of no less than nine musicians: in addition to Wood, Lynne and Bevan, they had four cellists (including Andy Craig, Mike Edwards, Hugh McDowell and, of course, Wood himself) and one violinist (Wilf Gibson) along with keyboardist and horn player Bill Hunt and bass guitarist Richard Tandy. But the nine-member lineup wouldn't last: cellist Andy Craig was the first to leave. Then, during the recording sessions for Electric Light Orchestra II, Wood and Lynne had an argument over their manager, Don Arden. Wood's only contributions to this album were on the two "Boogie" songs. When Wood left, both cellist McDowell and keyboardist/horn player Hunt followed him to form Wizzard. Lynne and Bevan quickly snatched up replacements: Colin Walker was brought in to replace McDowell on cello, while Richard Tandy moved from bass to keyboards (including the MiniMoog synthesizer) to fill in for Hunt. Mike DeAlbuquerque became ELO's new bassist. The new lineup made their live debut in August 1972 at the Reading Festival. 1973 would see further departures: during the recording sessions for On the Third Day, violinist Wilf Gibson was fired over a salary dispute, while Colin Walker quit to spend more time with his family. Lynne replaced Gibson with Mik Kaminski (who played on the first four tracks on side 1), while Mike Edwards overdubbed Walker's unfinished cello parts. Walker was then replaced by none other than the man he had replaced the year before: Hugh McDowell, who, despite having no part in contributing to the recording of On the Third Day, had left Wizzard to rejoin ELO just in time to participate in the U.S. album's cover shoot. 1974 would, as before, be another year of departures: while Eldorado was being recorded, bassist Mike DeAlbuquerque left (like cellist Colin Walker, he too quit to be with his family), with Lynne himself playing bass to fill the void; DeAlbuquerque was replaced by Kelly Groucutt. Cellist Mike Edwards also quit at this time to become a mailman, with McDowell overdubbing Edwards' incomplete cello parts. Edwards was then replaced by Melvyn Gale (both he and Kelly Groucutt made their live debut with ELO in January 1975). Lynne also hired conductor Louis Clark to liven up the sound by having an actual orchestra play on some tracks. This new lineup would make its studio debut on 1975's Face the Music, their first album to be released on Jet Records and was the first album to be recorded in Munich, Germany, where they would do the next four albums (1976's A New World Record, 1977's Out of the Blue, 1979's Discovery and 1981's Time) as well.
ELO's first live gig was on 16th April 1972 at The Greyhound pub in Croydon, there were more members in the band than there was in the audience, how times have changed for Jeff Lynne and his version of ELO.
I believe ELO had good times in Munich (my home town) as they recorded their best albums here 😊. Well of course maybe it had something to do with "Mack".. Their sound engineer in the Munich studio.
@@deep6293 Reinhold Mack (age 74 now) also produced Sparks, Queen and the support band on the 'Time' tour, After the Fire (a favourite of mine at the time - their drummer depped for Bevan when he was briefly unwell).
Thank you so much for that info! I didn't know that Time was recorded in Munich. For me "Time" is an absolutely outstanding album. One of the very few ones which hasn't a single flaw. And the lyrics are surprisingly relevant even today.
What a treasure. Kind of reminds me of all the experimental stuff Genesis was doing before going mainstream.Nice seeing Jeff without his trademark sunglasses. Ugh and Roy Wood..just brilliant.....
@@misterteaification sure, the guy on the right with the striped t-shirt is Hugh McDowell, the guy in the middle with the beard and the hat is Mike Edwards and the guy on the left with I think glasses is Andy Craig
The longer i live, the more i start to realise that it's all been done before. There's very little that's genuinely innovative now. I mean... Mathematically speaking, What's left to do that's not been done already?
There's actually a vsauce video on this exact topic. There's actually plenty that can still be done. Just look up "vsauce will we ever run out of music"
@@StereoClassics Cheers, I'll check that out. I had always thought that we wouldn't run out but I'm losing the faith now! There just doesn't seem to be any will to break the mold in a new, exciting direction that doesn't involve AI technology.
@@glinteastwood I should have emphasized that this was Roy's final performance with ELO & Jeff now taking the position as lead singer... So No he doesn't sit on his ass throughout this show. That's Roy Wood singing "Whisper in the Night" & playing multiple instruments looking like a Wizzard in his white hair "get up". And yes he plays the cello. Which instrument is he not able to play.?😊💜🔥
I was lucky to see jeff lynne w/dhani harrison opening a few yrs back, was a show i'll never forget. On another note...interesting to see lynne playing a strat.
The early years of this group and its songs are intriguing and fascinating as they established themselves as a fairly unique group. ELO showed and proved that rock and roll and pop and classical can co exist and mix together very well. They put on a great live show too with their touring, special effects, technology etcetera........
How brilliant to see this. Back in the early 70’s I was obsessed with ELO as I thought they were truly pushing the boundaries of what music could be. I would have chopped my right arm off to have access to a video like this instead of anxiously waiting snatches of ELO on the radio! I lost a bit of interest after Eldorado as I preferred their more progressive style. But looking at this now it rekindles that early enthusiasm and my word Jeff and Roy are truly talented!
Thank you very much for this wonderful and musically historical video. I'm a huge Jeff and Roy fan and this rare jewel really made my day. I have met Roy, Richard and Bev [see my avatar] and they are lovely, friendly Brummie legends. x
@@yesman2755 "it wouldn’t have been commercially viable for the mass public of today. They couldn’t care less as long as Jeff is there singing his tunes." Surely (notwithstanding the pandemic) it would be commercially viable, in the sense that there would be enough money to pay the musicians and make a profit, given that they would be playing Jeff's famously big-selling tunes. Surely the only real issue is that Jeff wants to hog the lion's share of the cash for himself, and as the major creative force he feels justified in doing so, and as (effectively) the owner of the songs he can do so.
@@misterteaification Kelly Groucutt, Mike Edwards, Louis Clark and Hugh McDowell have all passed away. That only leaves Roy Wood who left voluntarily in the early 70’s and Bev Bevan who Jeff hasn’t spoken to for 30 years. How could he put the original band together ?
@@yesman2755 the elo name sells the seats on bums ,even Ian Anderson has gone back to the jethro Tull name , no Jeff lynne or Ian Anderson albums have sold as well there band names , suppose people much prefer to see the band name up there .
@@raymondbonington9355 yeah absolutely. A band name sells tickets, no question. Only die hard fans will attend a gig under the band leaders name, even if the music coming from the stage is exactly the same. You have to have huge respect for Led Zeppelin for not touring the world after the 2007 gig out of respect for John Bonham. Guess Plant reasoned it was only three quarters Led Zep. He’d rather tour and fill town halls rather than do stadiums under a false pretence.
holy cow, since i was only 12 years old, i've had these tunes locked inside my head, this is my first view of this video, of what lite up my music world, which, at the time, was only music on my FM radio, being lucky enough to have a local San Jose, Ca DJ at KOME 98.5 FM, Greg Stone, who's Progressive music program called Stonetrek, which aired at 11:00pm on Sunday nights, he was the one, that introduced me to ELO, i was still in grade school at the time, so i had to stay up late, until i could hit the record buttons on my Teac cassette player, then fall fast asleep, i couldn;t wait to get home, to play what i had captured on my Maxell tapes, then i would head striaght to my local record store, to buy the (longplay) elpee or 45 rpm single, years later i would see them live, in 1976 the played in my down hometown, for Face The Music, i bought three tix, and dragged two of my best friends, to the gig of a lifetime, then again in 1978, by which time i was in the music business, in 1982, i moved to Los Angeles, where on one sunny day, loading into The Whiskey A-Go-Go, i looked up the block, to find none other than Bev Bevan, standing in front of the record store three doors down, i waved, he waved back, so i walked up and introduced myself, i gave him a perview of this boys life, he was stuck by my ELO knowledge, having seen them twice, and once with Black Sabbath, for Born Again, we shook hands, and bid farewell, he was a kind & gentile man, God bless his soul...
Love this, thanks for posting. Setlist: Queen of the Hours (incomplete) Jeff’s Boogie No. 2 Whisper in the Night (vocal: Roy) Great Balls of Fire 10538 Overture (incomplete)
We can see here how brilliantly innovative early ELO was. Perhaps Roy's influence pushed Jeff into a more proggy direction, but this is fabulous. While the unpolished performance is far away from the world-conquering tours of later and recent years, this is all about the music - and that is just right for me. I'd have loved it if 'Jeff Lynne's ELO' had not become just about the big hits, but I suppose it was inevitable. Jeff's improvising of lyrics to his Boogie No. 2 (which became 'In Old England Town') is quite priceless. And to see the great man on bass guitar - wooh! Richard Tandy takes up a guitar for a slightly bizarre, strings-laded 'Great Balls of Fire'... no-one would try it now. Jeff and Roy appear relaxed and having a fine old time. Compare that to recent tours in which Jeff seems defensive and unsure of whether the vast audience that has paid large sums to listen to his music even knows any of his songs. Isn't it obvious?
From a big ELO fan was never crazy about this first album, but watching it live completely changes everything. Jeff Lynne is so full of life and it's great seeing his expressions, eyes, smiles, jokes, etc. Interesting you can definitely feel the Lynne tidal wave just taking over Roy Wood and his negative feelings about there not really being enough room left for him in the band.
@@misterteaification Was it actually known what would be released under ELO and what under The Move (the record co's idea I think to have two groups for double money in the charts !)
@@highpath4776 I think there were definitely different intentions at the recording sessions of the two groups, partly because of the different instrumentation and line-ups, and partly because the last Move LP was an afterthought that was only recorded to fulfil an old contract. If the record company had really wanted the Move to continue after that, it could have insisted, but it knew the group was on life support as things were.
I have the “Total Rock Review” DVD with the four songs that are included as extras. Problem is the songs on the DVD are zoomed in and therefor cropped. What’s great about this upload apart from the inclusion of 10538 Overture is the full show from start to finish is presented here in it’s original form. OK pity about the timecode but we can’t have everything lol. Thanks again for the upload.
Wow this is amazing thank you SO much! I love all these early year lives with the best bands of all time. I got a kick out of Jeff's untitled songs 1-18 or whatever lol. This is my first Roy Wood vocals, love him! All that raw talent everywhere! I adore that instrumental break at 16:06. And for the record, Jeff without eyeglasses is gorgeous. He has such a commanding voice. On "Great Balls of Fire when Jeff conducts and that funky instrumental erupts lol. Genius. And Bev one of the best drummers! Oh, to have a time machine... I guess this is pretty close.
The first album I ever bought was ELO 2, followed by ELO 1. There was no doubt the group was incredibly talented, and also slightly crazy. Very much in the manner of Salvador Dali,,, Bev was a great drummer by the way! talented
Gees, awesome to have this footage! The last two Move albums and this first ELO wer e some kind of pinnacle pf prog that got lost in the welter of early 70's experimentation. The road from Fire Brigade to this!
Tenerissimo Jeff, emozionato ancora alle prime armi, si fa per dire. Grande Maestro, Roy Wood. Quanto mi piaceva quel periodo. Col senno di poi, si può comprendere il perché Roy e Jeff non potevano stare nella stessa Band, nonostante la loro grande amicizia. In fondo, Jeff deve essergli tanto grato. È anche grazie a lui che è diventato l'indiscusso leader della discografia mondiale. Peccato che abbia dimenticato che esiste anche l'Italia
This is about the time I became aware of elo at the tender age of 4. I think I may have seen this at the time. I know its not here & was a bit later but " can't get it outa my head was the 1st tune (of anybody) that stuck me as being another league With the intro of course "High on a hill in Eldorado "
I love how 10538 overture sounds nothing like the record. I also find it funny that when Jeff sings "did you see that maaan..." and Hugh McDowell and Mike Edward's look at Jeff like, "uhh wrong line dude.."
I.like to sing the melody to "dear prudence" at half-speed when the main Overture 102538 riff plays. This song? It's like the "... Prudence" riff combined with the clattering drums from the Beatles B-side "Rain", combined. It's a good blend. :)
This is how I prefer Elo.. The early days before getting more commercial this is much better than Mr blue skies.. Living thing.. Telephone line etc I really wish they had stayed like this.. In the same way Fleetwood Mac were in the early days with Peter Green.. Bands change to be a commercial success and lose their raw edge
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks this as talented as jeff is far to popy for me 10538 is their best ever song me thinks .woody is the jimi hendrix of cellos. Wish they'd sorted things out but thank you mr arden and son.
The number of people who claim to have been at that thinly-attended gig rivals, perhaps, only those who claim to have seen the Sex Pistols at Manchester Lesser Free Trade Hall on 4 June 1976 and been inspired to start a band afterwards.
@@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx whatever you are inferring, I was there for ELO, as I was on many Sunday gigs there, including Roxy Music, Genesis, Mott the Hoople, and many others. Incidentally, I don't remember it being "thinly attended" - there had been a lot of anticipation due to coverage in the music papers. I'd be interested to know your source of information, other than the usual "it's well known" or "a mate's dad".
No, Roy left ELO due to the manager Don Arden meddling in the future direction of the bands music and driving a wedge between Roy and Jeff. Arden made it quite clear that he preferred Jeff's more pop orientated songs over Roy's baroque style. Roy departed to save his friendship with Jeff and he realised that with his proven track record he had more chance of forming a new successful band than Jeff had. "10538 Overture" was Jeff Lynne's only charting composition at that time as he'd had no chart success with The Idle Race. Roy handed the reigns of ELO over to Jeff and Arden was delighted to manage two bands instead of one with Jeff in ELO and Roy in Wizzard.
I’m glad he left. Would’ve stumped the ensuing mastery of Jeff. Roy had hits too, but he always spent too much making the record that the royalties only recouped losses.
@@lucyfoster4082 Yes, Roy left on his own, so perhaps “forced out” is a bit too... forceful. But he wouldn’t have made that choice, at least not so soon, were it not for the involvement of that thug Don Arden.
@@jillshinault9442 Roy was always strange, preferring to be shy and at the back, yet needing to be a frontman at the same time, nuturing new and emerging talent - like ayesha and others as producer. Once Jeff had found a confidence - from Roy, he could see what ELO could do, and Roy could see a pop output- which fitted better in Wizzard, but for local off the main bands recording and touring committments they could work with each other from time to time (would like to see Roy, Jeff etc with Jools Holland for a final interesting outcome)
Arte en estado puro! Qué pedazos de músicos! Y lo que era el respeto del público a los artistas ... algo increíble. ¿Se trataba de algún encuentro, concurso o festival de música?
Era un programa en el que invitaban a musicos noveles a presentar sus propuestas musicales podian interpretar 6 canciones la ELO interpreto menos de 6 si no recuerdo mal debido a la duracion de las mismas
God I love ELO so fuckin much Jeff don't die on us please. Some people did not like the alone in the universe album. What!? We're lucky to have that album at all!!!! loving rain is so beautiful 🤩🤩🤩❤️❤️❤️❤️!!!!!
0:00 queen of the hours
5:10 Jeff’s boogie no. 2 (though the lyrics here are different than the actual song)
13:00 Whisper In the Night
19:06 great balls of fire
25:25 10538 overture
Amazing footage. That folks is early ELO - live, raw, unpolished, original. No other group ever dared to approach music the same way they did. A piece of musical history.
Early ELO was phenomenal! They had such a raw talent about them.
I had no idea they were like this! I love an album from 1974 by German double bassist Eberhard Weber that had an army of cello players playing with a standard jazz quartet with fluegelhorn as the main lead player, ad now I'm wondering if Weber was influenced by ELO!
You said it! totally agree.
Brilliant comment!!
@@sarahloughlin3724Sarah, spot on!
Roy Wood has one of the sweetest, most emotional voices in British Rock ❤️
I love the first ELO album. One of my favourites. Roy’s vocals on Whisper in the Night are incredible. He had such a good vocal range. 👍
Has me filling up every time.
R.I.P. Mike Edwards, Wilf Gibson and Hugh McDowell.
Roy Wood is such a sweet and humble guy.
As much as I love the solo Wood/Wizzard stuff, you have to wonder what all that more "polished" radio era ELO would have been like with both of them involved, and splitting the lead vocal duties up like this. Thanks for the footage!
This footage is definitely priceless. Jeff Lynne isn't wearing sunglasses, and Roy Wood looks like Santa Claus. More importantly, I'm grateful that this footage exist as the group was touring for the ELO I album (a.k.a. No Answer), which is one of my favorite albums by them.
Ok. I’m dying over here! 😮❤ Did I really just witness this? GLORIOUS! 👍🏽⭐️
Roy is very talented but highly underrated.
This is such a treasure. Always loved both Roy and Jeff separately and together. "Whisper in the Night" really gave me goosebumps. What a voice.
This performance confirms Bev Bevan as one of the greatest drummers of all. Wish Jeff and Bev would get back together for one final performance before they depart this earth.
I’ve always considered Bev Bevan to be a human metronome! A fantastic and steady drummer.
Yes, in all there various live shows I've found here, he is phenomenal
Along with Roy
I was there to witness the time tour. When bevan started the drums no one was sitting!
He’s much more versatile than most ELO albums would indicate. It’s well documented how much be enjoyed his stint with Sabbath. His Move work also offers evidence of his ability. Would be nice to see him, Jeff, and Roy reunite for a Move show or three.
It's amazing to see Jeff, Roy, Bev, and Richard so committed to creating something new and probably not even imagining commercial success. Jeff's dad had a point and thank goodness he was provoked into finding out what more they were capable of, but it's hard to imagine it starting any other way. This art house swamp wizard rock is the foundation that never swept away.
Haha yeah it is swampy! Love this era of the band to pieces ❤️
ELO's first live performance in April 1972 consisted of no less than nine musicians: in addition to Wood, Lynne and Bevan, they had four cellists (including Andy Craig, Mike Edwards, Hugh McDowell and, of course, Wood himself) and one violinist (Wilf Gibson) along with keyboardist and horn player Bill Hunt and bass guitarist Richard Tandy.
But the nine-member lineup wouldn't last: cellist Andy Craig was the first to leave. Then, during the recording sessions for Electric Light Orchestra II, Wood and Lynne had an argument over their manager, Don Arden. Wood's only contributions to this album were on the two "Boogie" songs. When Wood left, both cellist McDowell and keyboardist/horn player Hunt followed him to form Wizzard. Lynne and Bevan quickly snatched up replacements: Colin Walker was brought in to replace McDowell on cello, while Richard Tandy moved from bass to keyboards (including the MiniMoog synthesizer) to fill in for Hunt. Mike DeAlbuquerque became ELO's new bassist. The new lineup made their live debut in August 1972 at the Reading Festival.
1973 would see further departures: during the recording sessions for On the Third Day, violinist Wilf Gibson was fired over a salary dispute, while Colin Walker quit to spend more time with his family. Lynne replaced Gibson with Mik Kaminski (who played on the first four tracks on side 1), while Mike Edwards overdubbed Walker's unfinished cello parts. Walker was then replaced by none other than the man he had replaced the year before: Hugh McDowell, who, despite having no part in contributing to the recording of On the Third Day, had left Wizzard to rejoin ELO just in time to participate in the U.S. album's cover shoot.
1974 would, as before, be another year of departures: while Eldorado was being recorded, bassist Mike DeAlbuquerque left (like cellist Colin Walker, he too quit to be with his family), with Lynne himself playing bass to fill the void; DeAlbuquerque was replaced by Kelly Groucutt. Cellist Mike Edwards also quit at this time to become a mailman, with McDowell overdubbing Edwards' incomplete cello parts. Edwards was then replaced by Melvyn Gale (both he and Kelly Groucutt made their live debut with ELO in January 1975). Lynne also hired conductor Louis Clark to liven up the sound by having an actual orchestra play on some tracks. This new lineup would make its studio debut on 1975's Face the Music, their first album to be released on Jet Records and was the first album to be recorded in Munich, Germany, where they would do the next four albums (1976's A New World Record, 1977's Out of the Blue, 1979's Discovery and 1981's Time) as well.
ELO's first live gig was on 16th April 1972 at The Greyhound pub in Croydon, there were more members in the band than there was in the audience, how times have changed for Jeff Lynne and his version of ELO.
I believe ELO had good times in Munich (my home town) as they recorded their best albums here 😊. Well of course maybe it had something to do with "Mack".. Their sound engineer in the Munich studio.
@@deep6293 Reinhold Mack (age 74 now) also produced Sparks, Queen and the support band on the 'Time' tour, After the Fire (a favourite of mine at the time - their drummer depped for Bevan when he was briefly unwell).
Thank you so much for that info! I didn't know that Time was recorded in Munich.
For me "Time" is an absolutely outstanding album. One of the very few ones which hasn't a single flaw. And the lyrics are surprisingly relevant even today.
What a treasure. Kind of reminds me of all the experimental stuff Genesis was doing before going mainstream.Nice seeing Jeff without his trademark sunglasses. Ugh and Roy Wood..just brilliant.....
I love the early Genesis stuff. Their second album Trespass was brilliant, pity Anthony Philips left just after..
Lineup:
Jeff Lynne - vocals, guitar, bass guitar
Roy Wood - vocals, guitar, bass guitar, cello, saxophone
Bev Bevan - drums
Bill Hunt - french horn, piano
Richard Tandy - bass guitar, piano
Wilf Gibson - violin
Hugh McDowell - cello
Mike Edwards - cello
Andy Craig - cello
Is it possible to identify which cellist is which?
@@misterteaification sure, the guy on the right with the striped t-shirt is Hugh McDowell, the guy in the middle with the beard and the hat is Mike Edwards and the guy on the left with I think glasses is Andy Craig
@@jasonread1746 many thanks for that!
Bill Hunt also on Hammond organ here! :)
@@peterharrington8709 I guess that was when they were performing Jeff's Boogie No.2 (later called In Old England Town)
ELO became the best band of the '70s with so much versatility and innovation.
The innovation of the 1967-1973 period has never been matched since.
The longer i live, the more i start to realise that it's all been done before. There's very little that's genuinely innovative now. I mean... Mathematically speaking, What's left to do that's not been done already?
There's actually a vsauce video on this exact topic. There's actually plenty that can still be done. Just look up "vsauce will we ever run out of music"
@@StereoClassics Cheers, I'll check that out. I had always thought that we wouldn't run out but I'm losing the faith now! There just doesn't seem to be any will to break the mold in a new, exciting direction that doesn't involve AI technology.
The original line up in action what a jewel!
This is the first time that I heard this version of "Whisper in the Night". It's better than the album version!
Whisper in the Night is one of my favorite songs from ELO and hearing the live version started to bring a tear to my eye, it's such a beautiful song.
Whisper In The Night: You are a genius Roy!!
Roy Wood is a one of a kind talent.
As The Move became ELO; a rare moment in musical evolution.
Both THE MOVE and ELO were brilliant in their own way!
WOW a rare gem on UA-cam, thanks for uploading this
Jeff Lynne without sunglasses! The universe has been turned inside out! Cats and dogs living together! The Lion lies with the lamb! On broadway!
Wolf and the lamb ..Isaiah 11:6
Jeff Lynne stole everything from Roy wood you know it's Roy wood has a sunglasses now
This is Roy Wood who was the frontman for ELO, until his departure and that's when Jeff took over being frontman 🌺
@@pgraham7528You’re just doing a lil joke right? Roy’s on his ass playing cello and looking like a Wizzard.
@@glinteastwood I should have emphasized that this was Roy's final performance with ELO & Jeff now taking the position as lead singer... So No he doesn't sit on his ass throughout this show. That's Roy Wood singing "Whisper in the Night" & playing multiple instruments looking like a Wizzard in his white hair "get up". And yes he plays the cello. Which instrument is he not able to play.?😊💜🔥
Superb historical gem. Loved the early stuff.
I was lucky to see jeff lynne w/dhani harrison opening a few yrs back, was a show i'll never forget. On another note...interesting to see lynne playing a strat.
The early years of this group and its songs are intriguing and fascinating as they established themselves as a fairly unique group. ELO showed and proved that rock and roll and pop and classical can co exist and mix together very well. They put on a great live show too with their touring, special effects, technology etcetera........
No hace falta mucho para darse cuenta que este es el verdadero Rock sinfónico, los comienzos de la ELO son increíbles,que experimentación!! por Dios!!
Press F to pay respects to Queen of the Hours. I hope a full HQ live version of that song exists somewhere
Bloody hell... my year is made 😍👍😊
This is precious and priceless - thanks for posting!
How brilliant to see this. Back in the early 70’s I was obsessed with ELO as I thought they were truly pushing the boundaries of what music could be. I would have chopped my right arm off to have access to a video like this instead of anxiously waiting snatches of ELO on the radio! I lost a bit of interest after Eldorado as I preferred their more progressive style. But looking at this now it rekindles that early enthusiasm and my word Jeff and Roy are truly talented!
Makes you wonder what if Roy had stayed with them.
I could listen to Jeff or Roy or both sing all day and be happy. Love them both.
Thank you very much for this wonderful and musically historical video. I'm a huge Jeff and Roy fan and this rare jewel really made my day. I have met Roy, Richard and Bev [see my avatar] and they are lovely, friendly Brummie legends. x
So great to see these music heroes ! Thanks a lot for all !!
ELO were really deep prog back then. Bet Jeff Lynne would never have imagined he’d fill Wembley Stadium 45 years later with a different line up.
Wembley and Hyde Park would have been even better with some of the original band members. Too bad Jeff's ego got i the way.
@@yesman2755 "it wouldn’t have been commercially viable for the mass public of today. They couldn’t care less as long as Jeff is there singing his tunes."
Surely (notwithstanding the pandemic) it would be commercially viable, in the sense that there would be enough money to pay the musicians and make a profit, given that they would be playing Jeff's famously big-selling tunes. Surely the only real issue is that Jeff wants to hog the lion's share of the cash for himself, and as the major creative force he feels justified in doing so, and as (effectively) the owner of the songs he can do so.
@@misterteaification Kelly Groucutt, Mike Edwards, Louis Clark and Hugh McDowell have all passed away. That only leaves Roy Wood who left voluntarily in the early 70’s and Bev Bevan who Jeff hasn’t spoken to for 30 years. How could he put the original band together ?
@@yesman2755 the elo name sells the seats on bums ,even Ian Anderson has gone back to the jethro Tull name , no Jeff lynne or Ian Anderson albums have sold as well there band names , suppose people much prefer to see the band name up there .
@@raymondbonington9355 yeah absolutely. A band name sells tickets, no question. Only die hard fans will attend a gig under the band leaders name, even if the music coming from the stage is exactly the same. You have to have huge respect for Led Zeppelin for not touring the world after the 2007 gig out of respect for John Bonham. Guess Plant reasoned it was only three quarters Led Zep. He’d rather tour and fill town halls rather than do stadiums under a false pretence.
Roy doing that sweet high falsetto vocal on the 3rd piece there... Cool.
Thoroughly enjoyed watching this! Thanks for putting this up.
holy cow, since i was only 12 years old, i've had these tunes locked inside my head, this is my first view of this video, of what lite up my music world, which, at the time, was only music on my FM radio, being lucky enough to have a local San Jose, Ca DJ at KOME 98.5 FM, Greg Stone, who's Progressive music program called Stonetrek, which aired at 11:00pm on Sunday nights, he was the one, that introduced me to ELO, i was still in grade school at the time, so i had to stay up late, until i could hit the record buttons on my Teac cassette player, then fall fast asleep, i couldn;t wait to get home, to play what i had captured on my Maxell tapes, then i would head striaght to my local record store, to buy the (longplay) elpee or 45 rpm single, years later i would see them live, in 1976 the played in my down hometown, for Face The Music, i bought three tix, and dragged two of my best friends, to the gig of a lifetime, then again in 1978, by which time i was in the music business, in 1982, i moved to Los Angeles, where on one sunny day, loading into The Whiskey A-Go-Go, i looked up the block, to find none other than Bev Bevan, standing in front of the record store three doors down, i waved, he waved back, so i walked up and introduced myself, i gave him a perview of this boys life, he was stuck by my ELO knowledge, having seen them twice, and once with Black Sabbath, for Born Again, we shook hands, and bid farewell, he was a kind & gentile man, God bless his soul...
Nice piece of history! Thanks for the upload.
Love this, thanks for posting. Setlist:
Queen of the Hours (incomplete)
Jeff’s Boogie No. 2
Whisper in the Night (vocal: Roy)
Great Balls of Fire
10538 Overture (incomplete)
This is pretty amazing! Great quality footage and sound!
Audio quality much better than previous version I've heard or could find.
Whisper in the Night has always been my favourite ELO song but I’ve never heard it sound so beautiful - nearly crying listening to this
Proof that ELO were as good as anyone in terms of songwriting and originality.
ELO was actually much better than anyone else!
Brilliant... thanks for uploading.
Hooray! Finally got to see thew whole thing! Thank you!
We can see here how brilliantly innovative early ELO was. Perhaps Roy's influence pushed Jeff into a more proggy direction, but this is fabulous. While the unpolished performance is far away from the world-conquering tours of later and recent years, this is all about the music - and that is just right for me. I'd have loved it if 'Jeff Lynne's ELO' had not become just about the big hits, but I suppose it was inevitable. Jeff's improvising of lyrics to his Boogie No. 2 (which became 'In Old England Town') is quite priceless. And to see the great man on bass guitar - wooh! Richard Tandy takes up a guitar for a slightly bizarre, strings-laded 'Great Balls of Fire'... no-one would try it now.
Jeff and Roy appear relaxed and having a fine old time. Compare that to recent tours in which Jeff seems defensive and unsure of whether the vast audience that has paid large sums to listen to his music even knows any of his songs. Isn't it obvious?
From a big ELO fan was never crazy about this first album, but watching it live completely changes everything. Jeff Lynne is so full of life and it's great seeing his expressions, eyes, smiles, jokes, etc. Interesting you can definitely feel the Lynne tidal wave just taking over Roy Wood and his negative feelings about there not really being enough room left for him in the band.
Jeff never reach Roy, never.
@The SNES Man True Roy was in good terms with Jeff and the band members but he didn’t like the crooked manager Don Arden. This is exactly why he left.
@@Jovolution Wrong they are in very good terms but they last met in 2017.
supposeddly Roy left to start up the Wizard Band @@thesnesman5235
I think Jeff and Roy are equally talented but in different ways. @@Jovolution
That's some history there!
Thanks so much for sharing, this is awesome footage of two of my greatest inspirations, now I know why I'm so musically crazy.
Interesting very early ELO!! Thanks for uploading!! Tiger.
Awesome, it got unblocked! Glad you liked it Tiger!
Not *that* early.. the first ELO recording session was in July 1970.
@@misterteaification Was it actually known what would be released under ELO and what under The Move (the record co's idea I think to have two groups for double money in the charts !)
@@highpath4776 I think there were definitely different intentions at the recording sessions of the two groups, partly because of the different instrumentation and line-ups, and partly because the last Move LP was an afterthought that was only recorded to fulfil an old contract. If the record company had really wanted the Move to continue after that, it could have insisted, but it knew the group was on life support as things were.
@@misterteaification yep I forgot the contract.
Superb!! Love ELO FOREVER!!
Actually the more i listen the more i like these songs. These songs never been favorite except overture.
My Jeff how good looking you were even in this, Gorgeous xxx
I have the “Total Rock Review” DVD with the four songs that are included as extras. Problem is the songs on the DVD are zoomed in and therefor cropped. What’s great about this upload apart from the inclusion of 10538 Overture is the full show from start to finish is presented here in it’s original form. OK pity about the timecode but we can’t have everything lol. Thanks again for the upload.
I just feel this is so much more interesting and what came later, post 77 !
It is wonderful.
@@mikewest1542 Agreed. They were a totally different band after Roy left. A great pop band, but not as innovative and creative as this version.
No lo creo.. Roy solo participo en el primer disco y un poco en el segundo.
Yes this is so unique and one of a kind talent. @@mikewest1542
The pickup technology just wasn't there yet, truly ahead of their time
This is amazing thank you!
Wow this is amazing thank you SO much! I love all these early year lives with the best bands of all time. I got a kick out of Jeff's untitled songs 1-18 or whatever lol. This is my first Roy Wood vocals, love him! All that raw talent everywhere! I adore that instrumental break at 16:06. And for the record, Jeff without eyeglasses is gorgeous. He has such a commanding voice. On "Great Balls of Fire when Jeff conducts and that funky instrumental erupts lol. Genius. And Bev one of the best drummers! Oh, to have a time machine... I guess this is pretty close.
The first album I ever bought was ELO 2, followed by ELO 1. There was no doubt the group was incredibly talented, and also slightly crazy. Very much in the manner of Salvador Dali,,, Bev was a great drummer by the way!
talented
Gees, awesome to have this footage! The last two Move albums and this first ELO wer e some kind of pinnacle pf prog that got lost in the welter of early 70's experimentation. The road from Fire Brigade to this!
Agreed, on all counts!
Yezzir gotta get to the bottom of late Move/early ELO meself, Roy is a freakin hoot
Holy F this is so Fing good!
Pure gold!
Tenerissimo Jeff, emozionato ancora alle prime armi, si fa per dire. Grande Maestro, Roy Wood. Quanto mi piaceva quel periodo. Col senno di poi, si può comprendere il perché Roy e Jeff non potevano stare nella stessa Band, nonostante la loro grande amicizia. In fondo, Jeff deve essergli tanto grato. È anche grazie a lui che è diventato l'indiscusso leader della discografia mondiale. Peccato che abbia dimenticato che esiste anche l'Italia
This is about the time I became aware of elo at the tender age of 4.
I think I may have seen this at the time.
I know its not here & was a bit later but " can't get it outa my head was the 1st tune (of anybody) that stuck me as being another league
With the intro of course
"High on a hill in Eldorado "
Great Balls is CLASSIC !!!Hall of Fame now for Mr. Roy Wood !!!!!!
Have this on cd but what great footage
Very raw-but great! That dissonant Great Balls of Fire!
Bizarre version that, honestly, doesn't quite work for me - the strings interrupt the flow of a simple rocker.
Great stuff - thanks for putting this up
I love how 10538 overture sounds nothing like the record. I also find it funny that when Jeff sings "did you see that maaan..." and Hugh McDowell and Mike Edward's look at Jeff like, "uhh wrong line dude.."
that was funny
Great balls of fire, the only time i've seen Richard Tandy pick up a bass with ELO
Wow. Such Talent
Such Natural Talent,
15:40
Roy hits those high notes like an angel.
🤍
Roy Woods actually is a very sweet man.
Sweet and singing like an angel.
👼🏻❤
I.like to sing the melody to "dear prudence" at half-speed when the main Overture 102538 riff plays. This song? It's like the "... Prudence" riff combined with the clattering drums from the Beatles B-side "Rain", combined. It's a good blend. :)
superb !!!!!!!
Awesome
Oooooh! Thank-you Sir!!!
Love it
Beautifully original.
I really enjoyed the second album .
marvelous
This is how I prefer Elo.. The early days before getting more commercial this is much better than Mr blue skies.. Living thing.. Telephone line etc I really wish they had stayed like this.. In the same way Fleetwood Mac were in the early days with Peter Green.. Bands change to be a commercial success and lose their raw edge
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks this as talented as jeff is far to popy for me 10538 is their best ever song me thinks .woody is the jimi hendrix of cellos. Wish they'd sorted things out but thank you mr arden and son.
Fantastic!!!
Another proof of how much they had with experiments at that time.
And it's really wonderful to actually see them play.
There debut is a strong favourite of mine!10538 Overtime is just so far ahead of its time!
Jeff Lynne without glasses... impressive :v
Impressive big blue eyes!
I was lucky enough to see what I believe was their first gig at the Croydon Greyhound
Oh my goodness you're making us all jealous.
The number of people who claim to have been at that thinly-attended gig rivals, perhaps, only those who claim to have seen the Sex Pistols at Manchester Lesser Free Trade Hall on 4 June 1976 and been inspired to start a band afterwards.
@@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx whatever you are inferring, I was there for ELO, as I was on many Sunday gigs there, including Roxy Music, Genesis, Mott the Hoople, and many others. Incidentally, I don't remember it being "thinly attended" - there had been a lot of anticipation due to coverage in the music papers. I'd be interested to know your source of information, other than the usual "it's well known" or "a mate's dad".
Zaskoczona jestem tak bardzo poważną twórczością
I guess this is why Roy Wood left, thinking the strings weren't working with the rock'n'roll instruments. Jeff persisted and you know the rest.
No, Roy left ELO due to the manager Don Arden meddling in the future direction of the bands music and driving a wedge between Roy and Jeff. Arden made it quite clear that he preferred Jeff's more pop orientated songs over Roy's baroque style. Roy departed to save his friendship with Jeff and he realised that with his proven track record he had more chance of forming a new successful band than Jeff had. "10538 Overture" was Jeff Lynne's only charting composition at that time as he'd had no chart success with The Idle Race. Roy handed the reigns of ELO over to Jeff and Arden was delighted to manage two bands instead of one with Jeff in ELO and Roy in Wizzard.
@@davidmacgregor5193 reins. Jesus.
@@davidmacgregor5193 correct Jeff was going nowhere with idle race no hits joining the move was good Move for him.
@@andshits Thought Rpy/Ace wanted Jeff for the move much earlier. the idle race were good, just around at a crowded chart time
@@highpath4776 roy did asked him to join the move previously but jeff thought he could still make it with his own band
In Old England Town version here is awesome, good lyrics
Beautiful to see and hear our late Hugh! Unfortunately, the string section sounds awful 😞(I am a cellist.)
They sound rough, but then live TV audio wasn't then what it is now, and it perhaps suits the proggy direction of the band at the time.
This must have been jus before Roy left the band as they play In Old England Town from the second album.
Roy Woods Move & ELO ftw
Thank you,makes you wonder what would have happened if Roy Wood had not been forced out ?so many interesting ideas between the two of them.
ian wright Forced out? Thought he chose to leave?
I’m glad he left. Would’ve stumped the ensuing mastery of Jeff. Roy had hits too, but he always spent too much making the record that the royalties only recouped losses.
@@lucyfoster4082 Yes, Roy left on his own, so perhaps “forced out” is a bit too... forceful. But he wouldn’t have made that choice, at least not so soon, were it not for the involvement of that thug Don Arden.
@@jillshinault9442 Roy was always strange, preferring to be shy and at the back, yet needing to be a frontman at the same time, nuturing new and emerging talent - like ayesha and others as producer. Once Jeff had found a confidence - from Roy, he could see what ELO could do, and Roy could see a pop output- which fitted better in Wizzard, but for local off the main bands recording and touring committments they could work with each other from time to time (would like to see Roy, Jeff etc with Jools Holland for a final interesting outcome)
Roy Wood may have been a shining star writer/instrumental genius but it was Jeff Lynne's voice that won out.
WOW 10538 is incredible
Arte en estado puro! Qué pedazos de músicos! Y lo que era el respeto del público a los artistas ... algo increíble. ¿Se trataba de algún encuentro, concurso o festival de música?
Era un programa en el que invitaban a musicos noveles a presentar sus propuestas musicales podian interpretar 6 canciones la ELO interpreto menos de 6 si no recuerdo mal debido a la duracion de las mismas
Se siente la consecución que viene de The Move
"Jeff's Booogey #2" sounds like something you'd buy at Weasley's Wizarding Whizzes.
Early ELO with hints of Wizzard to come.
God I love ELO so fuckin much Jeff don't die on us please. Some people did not like the alone in the universe album. What!? We're lucky to have that album at all!!!! loving rain is so beautiful 🤩🤩🤩❤️❤️❤️❤️!!!!!
So many cellos...