"The Electric Light Orchestra" is the debut studio album by English rock ba… Read Full Bio ↴"The Electric Light Orchestra" is the debut studio album by English rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), released in December 1971. In the US, the album was released in early 1972 as No Answer, after a misunderstood telephone message made by a United Artists Records executive asking about the album name. The caller, having failed to reach the ELO contact, wrote down "no answer" in their notes, and this was misconstrued to be the name of the album.
"Queen of the Hours", which became the b-side to "Roll Over Beethoven" from the band's second album, was the first ever ELO published song, released by Harvest Records in November 1971 in a compilation called The Harvest Bag which featured various Harvest records artists.
The original LP was mixed in Quadrophonic sound but was only released in this format in South America. Many of these "quad" tracks appeared with the SQ encoding intact on the "First Light" series edition of the album and on a later double-CD release entitled Early ELO, 1971–1974 (available only as an import in the US). The entire "quad" version with SQ encoding intact has since been released on Disc 3 of the Harvest Years compilation. The original album art was designed by Hipgnosis and the photographs of the band on the back of the album cover, dressed in seventeenth century period costume, were taken at the Banqueting House in Whitehall, adding to the Baroque flavour and emphasis on Stuart Britain found on the record. "Mr. Radio" was intended to be the second single from the album, but was subsequently withdrawn. The edited single version made its first appearance on the 2005 compilation album Harvest Showdown instead.
Personnel
Jeff Lynne – Vocals, Piano, Electric guitar, Percussion, Bass guitar
Roy Wood – Vocals, Cello, Acoustic guitar, Bass guitar, String bass, Oboe, Bassoon, Clarinet, Recorders, Slide guitar, Percussion, Krumhorn
Bev Bevan – Drums, Percussion
Bill Hunt – French horn, Hunting horn
Steve Woolam – Violin
Additional personnel
Rick Price – Bass guitar on some original tracks (erased and redubbed by Wood and Lynne respectively)
Richard Tandy – Bass guitar, keyboards
Wilfred Gibson – Violin
Hugh McDowell – Cello
Mike Edwards – Cello
Andy Craig – Cello
"Queen of the Hours", which became the b-side to "Roll Over Beethoven" from the band's second album, was the first ever ELO published song, released by Harvest Records in November 1971 in a compilation called The Harvest Bag which featured various Harvest records artists.
The original LP was mixed in Quadrophonic sound but was only released in this format in South America. Many of these "quad" tracks appeared with the SQ encoding intact on the "First Light" series edition of the album and on a later double-CD release entitled Early ELO, 1971–1974 (available only as an import in the US). The entire "quad" version with SQ encoding intact has since been released on Disc 3 of the Harvest Years compilation. The original album art was designed by Hipgnosis and the photographs of the band on the back of the album cover, dressed in seventeenth century period costume, were taken at the Banqueting House in Whitehall, adding to the Baroque flavour and emphasis on Stuart Britain found on the record. "Mr. Radio" was intended to be the second single from the album, but was subsequently withdrawn. The edited single version made its first appearance on the 2005 compilation album Harvest Showdown instead.
Personnel
Jeff Lynne – Vocals, Piano, Electric guitar, Percussion, Bass guitar
Roy Wood – Vocals, Cello, Acoustic guitar, Bass guitar, String bass, Oboe, Bassoon, Clarinet, Recorders, Slide guitar, Percussion, Krumhorn
Bev Bevan – Drums, Percussion
Bill Hunt – French horn, Hunting horn
Steve Woolam – Violin
Additional personnel
Rick Price – Bass guitar on some original tracks (erased and redubbed by Wood and Lynne respectively)
Richard Tandy – Bass guitar, keyboards
Wilfred Gibson – Violin
Hugh McDowell – Cello
Mike Edwards – Cello
Andy Craig – Cello
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The Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra Lyrics
10538 Overture Did you see your friend crying from his eyes today Did…
First Movement (Jumping Biz) <Instrumental>…
Look at Me Now Someone is waiting, lurking in the trees The spirit of her…
Manhattan Rumble (49th Street Massacre) <Instrumental>…
Mr. Radio Hello, Mr. Radio, you friendly station, So glad of your comp…
Nellie Takes Her Bow Who thanked the Lord for the clothes That she wore and…
Queen of the Hours Queen of the hours, lies Waiting for the wind, To…
Whisper in the Night Whisper in the night Over silent evening air Angel's gown sh…
Robert Cochran
on State of Mind
An overlooked album which more people should listen to
Rodney
on Rockaria!
Weit in die Ferne , man hört, man hört die Musik
Philip Kassabian
on Starlight
A nice ELO song.
Philip Kassabian
on Starlight
A lovely ELO song.
Philip Kassabian
on Wild West Hero
An absolutely beautiful song.
Philip Kassabian
on Last Train to London
Never heard this ELO song before.
Philip Kassabian
on All Over the World
An ELO song that surprisingly few people know about. To me this rivals Mr. Blue Sky.
Philip Kassabian
on Ticket to the Moon
A song about a person being utterly confused in a difficult situation. He can't even fathom the journey he's about to take to the moon. It's surreal to him.
Philip Kassabian
on Strange Magic
A very mysterious and awe inspiring song. Definitely one of ELO's better songs.
Philip Kassabian
on Livin' Thing
It's a great song and to me it symbolizes the meaning of loss and how absolutely devastating it can be for a person.