ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA (ELO)

**discofrank** · March 30th, 2005, 07:06 PM

I always loved the groups crossover disco DISCOVERY album. Were any tracks from this LP ever released as extended disco mixes??? I would love to hear tracks like "Shine a little LOve" and "Last Train to London" extended! :D

**usagi-san** · March 30th, 2005, 08:47 PM

HI discofrank, I am a fan of all ELO's stuff. I would love to hear extended versions of those songs, too but I don't know of any. Jeff Lynne solo had a couple of 12 inch singles I have, though, "Doin' That Crazy Thing" with disco dance steps on the cover, and "Video!" with extended and other version of his song from the "Electric Dreams" soundtrack.

**discofrank** · March 30th, 2005, 09:01 PM

usagi-san - thanks for replying. I had no idea Jeff Lynn released solo Material - Was this during the late 70s? :-?

Someone out there HAS to own or know about something from that DISCOVERY album as a 12" single. :cry:

**Noman** · March 31st, 2005, 03:24 AM

I've got a couple of ELO 12" that I got in promotion back then, but it's only short "radio" edits.
Haven't seen any extended versions :cry:

**Bernie** · March 31st, 2005, 08:39 AM

Frank,
Continuing on from where usagi-san left off: I do have a Hot Tracks remix of Jeff Lynn's "Video" and the date is 1984. It certainly retains that ELO sound with a very Euro/NRG feel so you may want to check it out.

As fir "Shine A Little Love" I do have the ELO box-set, "Afterglow" that claims to contain rare versions and B-sides. "Shine..." is listed as 4:39, but since I don't own the original album can't confirm if this is extended or not.

**Davicillo** · March 31st, 2005, 11:35 AM

Hi, As far as I know they were on 12" but were not extended versions, in fact 'Shine' came out on 12" white vinyl in 1979.
I know there is an US Ultimix remix of 'Don't bring me down' which runs for a longer time time and still keeps to the original.

**hotdiscomix** · March 31st, 2005, 11:44 AM

Ultimix has published "Don't Bring Me Down" (5:32), but with new beats and produced in 90s style.
Direct Hit Vol. 15 is incl. a remix of "Xanadu" (6:33) Olivia Newton-John / Electric Light Orchestra and
Hot Tracks has remixed Jeff Lynne's "Video" (6:25)

**billywho** · March 31st, 2005, 03:07 PM

Originally Written by discofrank

I always loved the groups crossover disco DISCOVERY album. Were any tracks from this LP ever released as extended disco mixes??? I would love to hear tracks like "Shine a little LOve" and "Last Train to London" extended! :D

I trust you've heard "Shine" by The Lovefreekz (2005), which samples "Shine A Little Love" extensively.

**usagi-san** · March 31st, 2005, 08:44 PM

Thanks to everyone who has contributed to this thread. Some more info on my Jeff Lynne solo vinyl:

* "Doin' That Crazy Thing" b/w "Goin' Down To Rio", 1977, 12 inch single, United Artists/Jet, JT-DW1072 (USA)

* "Video!" b/w "Sooner Or Later" & "Video! (instrumental)", 1984, 12 inch single, Virgin, VS695-12A (UK)

* "Armchair Theatre", 1990, album, Reprise, 92-61841 (Canada)

**bryanbergman** · March 31st, 2005, 08:54 PM

"Shine..." is listed as 4:39, but since I don't own the original album can't confirm if this is extended or not.

Hey guys, I have the original LP here, time listed is 4:42, so it will be the same as the version Bernie describes above.

Listening to it's structure, it wouldn't be too hard to extend... anyone willing to issue me with the challenge?
8)

**usagi-san** · April 2nd, 2005, 11:47 PM

I'll leave that to the remix experts and good luck.

By the way, ELO's Kelly Groucutt's solo album 'Kelly" contained a great single "Am I A Dreamer?" which was disco-ish.

Daft Punk's "Face To Face" samples ELO's "Evil Woman." It is on the "Discovery" album. I wonder if ELO inspired the album title.

**Jimmy-Michaels** · April 3rd, 2005, 04:41 AM

Evil Woman is on the "Face The Music" LP 1975

**Anonymous** · April 3rd, 2005, 07:34 AM

I'll leave that to the remix experts and good luck.

suddenly I feel compelled to prove myself... :o

**dfc99bb** · April 3rd, 2005, 09:29 AM

ELO may have 'crossed over' into Disco territory in the 1980s, but their roots were solid Rock-N-Roll. Most of ELO's member came from a (Manchester?) British rock band called 'The Move'. In the 1960s 'The Move' were known for the Who-like antics of smashing their guitars on stage. ELO's Roy Wood was also in a 1970s rock band called 'Roy Wood's Wizzard', about as far away from disco as you can get. The Move and Wizzard got some progressive-rock FM airplay in the 1970s but were otherwise unknown in the US. ELO had a bigger US following both before and after crossing over.

**usagi-san** · April 3rd, 2005, 02:54 PM

When I wrote "it is on the Discovery album", I meant Daft Punk's "Discovery" albnum, not ELO's "Discovery" album. Then I wondered if ELO inspired Daft Punk to name that album of theirs "Discovery." I knew "Evil Woman" was on "Face The Music" albuim. I hope nobody else misunderstood. "Evil Woman" was not a disco song but Daft Punk's "Face to Face" and many other songs are danceable.

dfx99bb, thanks for the background about ELO; I like all thjeir stuiff. I have been pleased any time a rock band (or in this case classical rock origin band) is not afraid to get into the disco area for some of their material.

**Greg Wilson** · April 4th, 2005, 09:49 AM

Originally Written by dfc99bb

ELO may have 'crossed over' into Disco territory in the 1980s, but their roots were solid Rock-N-Roll. Most of ELO's member came from a (Manchester?) British rock band called 'The Move'. In the 1960s 'The Move' were known for the Who-like antics of smashing their guitars on stage. ELO's Roy Wood was also in a 1970s rock band called 'Roy Wood's Wizzard', about as far away from disco as you can get. The Move and Wizzard got some progressive-rock FM airplay in the 1970s but were otherwise unknown in the US. ELO had a bigger US following both before and after crossing over.

Hi dfc99bb: The Move were from Birmingham. A interesting piece of British pop trivia is that the first track ever played on BBC Radio 1, on its launch in 1967, was 'Flowers In The Rain' by The Move.

Wizzard were very much regarded as a pop, rather than rock band, here in the UK. They scored a couple of #1 hits with 'See My Baby Jive' and 'Angel Fingers', although their best known single is 'I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday', which is still a seasonal favourite over 30 years on.

ELO pretty much built their sound around a single Beatles track- the epic 1967 classic 'I Am The Walrus'. Jeff Lynne would later record with George Harrison as part of the Travelling Wilburys and would, of course, produce 'Free As A Bird' and 'Real Love', the 'new' Beatles recordings issued in 1995 and 1996.

BTW pre-dating The Lovefreekz track by a number of years, Atomic Kitten's disco flavoured single 'Be With You' (2002), which was based around ELO's 'Last Train To London', was an international hit (it reached #2 on the UK chart).