Electric Light Orchestra – Out Of The Blue

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Out of the Blue is the seventh studio album by the British rock group Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), released in October 1977.

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Written and produced by ELO front man Jeff Lynne, the double album is among the most commercially successful records in the group’s history, selling about 10 million copies worldwide by 2007.Jeff Lynne wrote the entire album in three and a half weeks after a sudden burst of creativity while hidden away in his rented chalet in the Swiss Alps. It took a further two months to record in Munich. Side three of the original double LP consisted of the symphonic Concerto for a Rainy Day, composed of four separate tracks which together made up a cohesive suite, instead of one continuous track. The weather effects heard on “Concerto” were real and recorded by Lynne during a very rainy summer in Munich. It was one of the first pop albums to have an extensive use of the vocoder, and helped to popularize it.

Additional information

Catalog#

40AP 1094

Artist

Electric Light Orchestra

Album

Out Of The Blue

Label

CBS/Sony

Format

2xLP, Reissue, Gatefold

Released

1978

Media/Sleeve

NM/NM

Pressing

Japan