![]() ![]() “Forty years on, I would never have imagined that this music would take on a life of its own,” says Lynne.įormed in Birmingham, England in 1970, ELO was designed to create progressive modern pop music combining classical and rock elements. Out of the Blue is the first double album in UK chart history to spawn four Top 20 singles. ![]() ![]() The album, which peaked at #4 on the Billboard 200 has gone on to sell upwards of 10 million copies worldwide. Out of the Blue was the first ELO album to feature the group’s logo as a three-dimensional flying saucer/space station, a visual motif central to ELO’s live shows. The musical and conceptual brainchild of Jeff Lynne, who wrote and produced the entire album, Out of the Blue is among the most ambitious double albums in classic rock history, a complex and visionary work that included, as the album’s complete Side 3, Lynne’s “Concerto for a Rainy Day,” a coherent song suite comprised of four movements and authentic ambient weather effects recorded by Lynne and incorporated into the soundscape of the record. One of the indisputable masterpieces–and most commercially successful titles–in the ELO canon, Out of the Blue, the group’s seventh studio album, was originally released in October 1977. Out of the Blue is available for pre-order now here.ĮLO was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on April 7, 2017. This 2LP collector’s picture disc edition of Out of the Blue was remastered from the original master tapes and includes a digital download of the album. Available from Friday, September 29.Ĭelebrating the 40th anniversary of ELO’s top-selling double album, Out of the Blue, Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release the first-time-ever picture disc edition of the ELO classic available everywhere on Friday, September 29. From the official Sony Legacy press release.Ĭelebrating the 40th Anniversary of ELO’s Out of the Blue, Legacy Recordings to Release First-Ever Picture Disc Edition of Classic Double Album. ![]()
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