Electric Light Orchestra Out Of The Blue CD

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 best ELO album ever!
I love this album!!!! Lynne's production talents really shine through on this 1977 classic.Can you believe they were the biggest band of 1978???? The remastering is good,but not great. There's definitely tape warbles and a couple dropouts ("Sweet Talkin Woman" and "Night In The City"),but the sound is a little cleaner. Considering the age of the 2-track master(which was recently discovered in Europe some- where),it's pretty good. (If you want the ultimate version of "OOTB",check out the Japanese import!)
Submitted by rickyandcolleen (Chicago,Illinois USA) 
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 My favourite album
I can still vividly recall one night in 1979 when I was given this album as gift from my father. When we put on track one, side one it was to be a moment that would stay embedded in my memory forever. The opening track (“Turn to Stone”) imitated the sound of a star cruiser landing, and the combination of sound effects, strings and synthesisers with rock instruments provided a strange, futuristic mood. I was mesmerised. ELO are known for their disco–like sound, and before too long, I was spinning myself around the lounge room (a form of dance that I developed as soon as I heard this record!), caught up in the cadence of this music that was to become so much a part of my life from this moment hence. The words and music felt like they were reaching out to me while they made their journey as sound waves onwards through space and time; out into the stars and across the universe. The Electric Light Orchestra released "Out Of The Blue" in 1977. It was a highly successful album, going multi–platinum and spurring the band on to the ‘Out of this World’ tour in 1978. The album showcased some fantastic artwork, with an elaborately painted flying saucer, sporting the ELO logo at its centre. The album’s inside cover showed the interior of the craft, with each of the seven members of the band acting as crewmembers of the ship, setting the controls of a recording studio – cum flight deck to broadcast their music out into the heavens. They clearly were a visionary band both musically and commercially. Lynne carefully marketed their image and crafted elegant concertos with rock music and synthesised effects that could easily pass as the soundtrack to a science fiction film. The Electric Light Orchestra walked the lines between disco, baroque, progressive rock and middle of the road with every track on each of their albums. But "Out of the Blue" is the best: it's ethereal and beautifully orchestrated. It has great dance music with a perfect combination of rock and funk; together with concertos as well! Lynne's lyrics are fantastic and the album boasts first class production standards. Essentially it's the most artistically ambitious and well crafted album ever.
Submitted by James Richardson (Elizabeth, South Australia)
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 Close to being the perfect ELO album...
Almost perfect but the CD starts off grand but then starts to fall a bit musically with what could be considered filler material but when the song, "stepping out" starts the rest of the album never lets down. For me that is. So hang in there when playing this CD for the first time because it gets better. Music is sometimes about pure fun and this band delivers in spades. A true musical fun ride. I think some people take music way too seriously for their own good when really you should have a but of fun sometimes when listening to whatever. Open you mind. Not saying ELO has to be that choice but Bob Marley is a good example. Happy music basically. When the media seems to shovel so much bad news it good to get away from that during your day for a few hours. I'll throw on an old ELO album like this and all of a sudden you feel better afterwards.
Submitted by mrbluesky (mars, milky way)
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 GREAT LTD EDITION PACKAGE!
This limited edition comes in a little hard cover gatefold cover instead of a jewel case. It also comes with a little reproduction of the punch out space station that came in the original vinyl set! The cd in my copy was fine with no scratches. This remaster sounds incredible compared to the original cd. The song "Latitude 88 North" is worth the price of the cd! I can't believe it was left off the original album. Note to record companies; stop ruining cd packaging with all of that FBI warning crap plastered everywhere, we get it!
Submitted by Ernie (Battle Creek, MI. USA)
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 Scratched Disc Alert
This limited edition comes with a pocket that scratches the disc in it. I've had two copies; both came with scratched discs. I put an unblemished disc into the pocket and very carefully pulled it out--voila, another scratched disc. When this album was originally released on vinyl, Lynne charged that the company flooded the market with inferior pressings. It almost seems as if someone tried to make history repeat itself. Thankfully, the regular edition of this remastered CD contains a scratch-free disc. About the music: this album is anything but "insular." It's inconceivable without the influence of mid- to late-seventies Bee Gees: the harmonies, the rhythms, the attitude. "Out of the Blue" came from "Main Course" and "Children of the World," among other albums.
Submitted by eurocrank (Ketchikan, AK)
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