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Track: Duran Duran Inject Disco Swagger Into ELO’s ‘Evil Woman’ With Bold New Cover

With their North American tour looming and the release of Danse Macabre – De Luxe just around the corner, Duran Duran have dropped a surprise—a shimmering, swagger-filled cover of ELO’s…

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Not Forgotten: Electric Light Orchestra – On The Third Day

Prior to On the Third Day, The Electric Light Orchestra looked to be in jeopardy. With co-leader Roy Wood having departed part-way through sessions for the band’s second album, and…

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A Buyers Guide to Electric Light Orchestra

The Move were one of those psyche-pop acts of the late 60s that were able to release great singles, but albums success always seemed to elude them. Originally formed in…

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Classic Album: Electric Light Orchestra – Out of the Blue

When it comes to bloated and pompous 70s pop / rock not many matched Electric Light Orchestra for ridiculously overwrought statements, and 1977’s Out Of The Blue is their most…

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Classic Album: Electric Light Orchestra – A New World Record

By October 1976 Electric Light Orchestra had managed to morph themselves into a slick prog-pop group, scoring hit singles the world over and releasing a string of increasingly impressive albums.…

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Not Forgotten (Glastonbury 2016 Special Pt3): Electric Light Orchestra – Eldorado

The clue is in the name. Electric Light Orchestra. The brainchild of Jeff Lynne and fellow Brummie and future Wizzard Roy Wood, they had initially started out as sideshoot of…

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News: Jeff Lynne’s Electric Light Orchestra Tour Dates

After a career in which even their frontman / creative director regarded them more as studio specialists than a live act, Electric Light Orchestra’s Jeff Lynne has finally decided that,…

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