I loved ELO and all its incarnations.
The first time I saw them was at the Pacific Colosseum in Vancouver.
ELO was the opening act.
They were virtually unknown at the time and they blew the audience away to the point that they got several standing ovations.
That was reported to have pissed off the main artist they were opening for.
Some guy named Rod Stewart.

 

mic'em wrote:

ELO was a unique sound , especially with Brian Eno . 

I think you mean Roy Wood. Brian Eno was the Roy Wood of Roxy Music.

ELO was the brain child of Roy Wood. They were essentialy an off shoot of the Move of which Roy was a founding member and leader. Jeff Lynne joined them ( The Move) later and the two groups existed at the same time for a short period. You can clearly hear the genesis of ELO in some later Move tracks.

Here's a track from the first and only album by ELO with Roy Wood:




and here is the original version of Do Ya by the Move:




Do Ya sounded like the Move but here's a Move track where the ELO concept is more apparent.





but the Move were a very eclectic band with many diffrent sounds.A personal favorite for me is their cover of Ars Nova's Fields of People:







 

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