This video brings back memories of seeing ELO on this tour in Knoxville, Tennessee, amazingly enough. I was 14 years old and had just started high school and had just bought the "Out of the Blue" album. When I heard "Tightrope", "Rockaria", and other songs not on the "Out of the Blue" album at the show, I knew I needed to buy their earlier albums. "Tightrope", "Rockaria", and "Living Thing", among others, make "A New World Record" the best ELO album extant, at least IMHO. Thanks for posting.
I remember Mik Kaminski doing the Violin solo in Melbourne, Australia, the laser beam shining off the Mirrorball hanging from the roof of the Myer Music Bowl, bloody awesome!!!!!
There were rumors that ELO would visit in our country in Finland in 1978 but that didn´t happen though they toured in our neighbour country Sweden. Jeff Lynne was interviewed in 2001 in Zoom project. He said, yes I have never been in Finland but maybe this time. Well, maybe this year 2011 !. Anyway Tightrope is a great track.
When I first watched the tape of this concert many, many years ago, I thought it looked like Bevan had boobs. Said to myself, WTF? Had to rewind to see if I was seeing things. Nope, it still looked like it. Of course the tape I had (still have) wasn't very clear, and we didn't have hi-def back then. Watching farther, we can all see that it's just his shirt flapping open as he moves. Bev DID have some gorgeous hair, there, didn't he?
that was pretty good, too fast though, very close to album track which i reckon hard to do live so many different notes n instruments coming together, well done elo, cheers.
Wow! I didn't know Kelly Groucut had died. Man, that's sad, great musician. I think that ''A New World Record'' was the best album they ever did. I didn't like OOTB at all, or Discovery or any of their later stuff.
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This annoys me, its too fast paced. You cant really get into the song as, since the fast tempo makes it impossible for the musicians to play the song properly.
When I first heard this version, I thought "whew, that's fast." But live concert performances can be that way sometimes. Some bands will play or sing something in a different key, which bugs me more, cause you have that recorded audio in your head to compare it to. I like this peppy version. Sometimes now when I hear the album version, it sounds kinda slow for me. Like children, I love them both, equally, for different reasons.
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yeah, yeah, fast can be good, but here it is annoying because they rush things. The vocals, the violins, the drums... because of the fast tempo, they cant really put any feeling into it, and sometimes they just play, or sing it wrong alltogether, some false falsetto-singing from jeff proves my case. If they slowed down a bit, they would have time to concentrate and get it right.
I think part of the thing, too, with them playing a little faster paced, is that when a band with as many hit songs as they have, tries to fit in most of their songs into a concert, the faster pace can happen, for time's sake. They are certainly not the first band in concert to do this, and it just doesn't bug me.
Bassist Kelly Groucutt has sadly passed away on the 19th of February 2009, I am sure all ELO fans around the world will join me in condolences to his family and friends.
My faith in ELO has been restored! When I bought the original DVD I was 100% certain that they were playing to a backing tape and occasionally lip-syncing, and my respect for them took a huge knock. Now it appears they were really on-the-level after all.
How the "restored audio" could make this difference I don't understand, but the evidence seems to be there!
The reason we had to wait this long for the proper release of this concert was because they had misplaced the high quality master recording and they had to instead utilize the made for TV master mixed with the studio recordings to make it sound decent. However it was still monophonic and inferior to high quality stereo master of the original performance. Thus the infamous "they lip-synced" rumors were started. Thanks ELONut once again for the upload!
Its my pleasure to sink all the Lip-sync accusers! I urge everyone who has any liking for this band to seek out the remastered DVD of this, its the one Without the Discovery vids attached! on Eagle-vision
The sound is a lot clearer on this, the old video didn't do it justice. Nice to hear lots of twiddly guitar bits & strings that were inaudible before!
Sounds so fuckin AWESOME!!!
maxboye1122 1 week ago
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MusicAndMore3 1 week ago
Sido - Goldjunge/ Nazar - HDF Gold ? :D nice
Bello4sav 2 weeks ago
This video brings back memories of seeing ELO on this tour in Knoxville, Tennessee, amazingly enough. I was 14 years old and had just started high school and had just bought the "Out of the Blue" album. When I heard "Tightrope", "Rockaria", and other songs not on the "Out of the Blue" album at the show, I knew I needed to buy their earlier albums. "Tightrope", "Rockaria", and "Living Thing", among others, make "A New World Record" the best ELO album extant, at least IMHO. Thanks for posting.
poopologist96 1 month ago
@sweetbrowneyedlady You mean you've NEVER seen the Out of the Blue, Live at Wembley video?
no1elofaniknow 5 months ago
I remember Mik Kaminski doing the Violin solo in Melbourne, Australia, the laser beam shining off the Mirrorball hanging from the roof of the Myer Music Bowl, bloody awesome!!!!!
wezza60 6 months ago
There were rumors that ELO would visit in our country in Finland in 1978 but that didn´t happen though they toured in our neighbour country Sweden. Jeff Lynne was interviewed in 2001 in Zoom project. He said, yes I have never been in Finland but maybe this time. Well, maybe this year 2011 !. Anyway Tightrope is a great track.
FinnMove 10 months ago
How sad I will forever be in knowing I will never get to see ELO live.
uzi4u182 1 year ago
powerful and amazing intro.
rizocarpaso 1 year ago
I just downloaded this mp3 at instantmp3s..com
hungry226 1 year ago
at 1:15 was it always done by piano??
hbkgirl75 1 year ago
@hbkgirl75 on the studio version i believe it was slide guitar
ELONut 1 year ago
Only thing I don't like about this video (and some of the others from this performance) are the stupid camera effects they used.
lonstar70 1 year ago
@lonstar70 I agree! Too bad those can't be edited out!
no1elofaniknow 1 year ago
The chelloist with the goate is FINE!! wow..
Starlitblond 1 year ago
@Starlitblond That Hugh McDowell, the world's first "bad boy cellist".
no1elofaniknow 1 year ago
When I first watched the tape of this concert many, many years ago, I thought it looked like Bevan had boobs. Said to myself, WTF? Had to rewind to see if I was seeing things. Nope, it still looked like it. Of course the tape I had (still have) wasn't very clear, and we didn't have hi-def back then. Watching farther, we can all see that it's just his shirt flapping open as he moves. Bev DID have some gorgeous hair, there, didn't he?
no1elofaniknow 1 year ago
'twas a dude.
dictionar1 1 year ago
that was pretty good, too fast though, very close to album track which i reckon hard to do live so many different notes n instruments coming together, well done elo, cheers.
richtensail 1 year ago
Epic
brynolfbrynja 1 year ago
Absolutely great performance !! Its a bit fast, but it is the live adrenaline. They do this very well, with enormous precision i think.
mickviking1 1 year ago 4
oh shit... I just noticed... is that a chic drummer....
Starlitblond 1 year ago
@Starlitblond lol, no! it was the 70s! Its Bev Butch Bevan
ELONut 1 year ago
sooooo goood..
Starlitblond 1 year ago
god what a great band.. we miss you Jeff.
Starlitblond 2 years ago
is that one drummer making all of those beautiful sounds?
Starlitblond 2 years ago
Bev Bevan is a very Talented and busy drummer Live
ELONut 2 years ago
lol.. I grew up with them in high school... man they are awesome..
Starlitblond 2 years ago 2
epic intro
foyeey 2 years ago 4
Wow! I didn't know Kelly Groucut had died. Man, that's sad, great musician. I think that ''A New World Record'' was the best album they ever did. I didn't like OOTB at all, or Discovery or any of their later stuff.
alphabetgreen1996 2 years ago 2
GREAT
Polorf 2 years ago 4
"it's TOO fast waaaaaa!!!" - I think some of you people are just getting TOO OLD!!!!
trap0001 2 years ago 6
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This annoys me, its too fast paced. You cant really get into the song as, since the fast tempo makes it impossible for the musicians to play the song properly.
abcakl 2 years ago
When I first heard this version, I thought "whew, that's fast." But live concert performances can be that way sometimes. Some bands will play or sing something in a different key, which bugs me more, cause you have that recorded audio in your head to compare it to. I like this peppy version. Sometimes now when I hear the album version, it sounds kinda slow for me. Like children, I love them both, equally, for different reasons.
eclecticear 2 years ago 3
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yeah, yeah, fast can be good, but here it is annoying because they rush things. The vocals, the violins, the drums... because of the fast tempo, they cant really put any feeling into it, and sometimes they just play, or sing it wrong alltogether, some false falsetto-singing from jeff proves my case. If they slowed down a bit, they would have time to concentrate and get it right.
abcakl 2 years ago
I think part of the thing, too, with them playing a little faster paced, is that when a band with as many hit songs as they have, tries to fit in most of their songs into a concert, the faster pace can happen, for time's sake. They are certainly not the first band in concert to do this, and it just doesn't bug me.
eclecticear 2 years ago
OLD SCHOOL ELO FAN 4-EVER
LADYHW 2 years ago 3
Love the sound. I'd given up on the OOTB tour due to the ropy sound. Thanks for posting it.
Eltoniobonio 2 years ago 7
Thank you Kelly. R.I.P. my friend
lerxt42 2 years ago 5
I just purchased this DVD. Must have for any ELO fan. Sound is fantastic!
HazMatCFO 2 years ago 5
R.I.P. Kelly.
HazMatCFO 2 years ago 5
Bassist Kelly Groucutt has sadly passed away on the 19th of February 2009, I am sure all ELO fans around the world will join me in condolences to his family and friends.
RIP Kelly, you will never be forgotten
ELONut 2 years ago 4
ELONut congratulations !
Finally this show sounds as great as it deserves.
FinnMove 2 years ago 5
My faith in ELO has been restored! When I bought the original DVD I was 100% certain that they were playing to a backing tape and occasionally lip-syncing, and my respect for them took a huge knock. Now it appears they were really on-the-level after all.
How the "restored audio" could make this difference I don't understand, but the evidence seems to be there!
Muffysb 2 years ago 17
The low voice from Elderado and Fire On Hight not here. They replaced it with an electric guitar.
britfrenir 3 years ago
all those other previous SHITTY sounding versions of this concert should all be put on a bonfire and set alight!
lilyallenSux 3 years ago 9
Excellent
HazMatCFO 3 years ago 8
whats the dvd called?
AscendentInLeo 3 years ago
Out Of The Blue: Live at Wembley (special edition) (2006)
ELONut 3 years ago
Just got hold of the 'remastered' DVD. Watched it. Great.
trap0001 3 years ago 14
@trap0001 Where did you get it? This has the real live audio it sounds so AWESOME!!!
maxboye1122 1 week ago
@maxboye1122 - HMV Music Store, that was 3 years ago though. Might find it on Amazon now or eBay.
trap0001 6 days ago
@maxboye1122 u will find it on amazon
ELONut 5 days ago
The reason we had to wait this long for the proper release of this concert was because they had misplaced the high quality master recording and they had to instead utilize the made for TV master mixed with the studio recordings to make it sound decent. However it was still monophonic and inferior to high quality stereo master of the original performance. Thus the infamous "they lip-synced" rumors were started. Thanks ELONut once again for the upload!
movejefflynnelo 3 years ago 4
Its my pleasure to sink all the Lip-sync accusers! I urge everyone who has any liking for this band to seek out the remastered DVD of this, its the one Without the Discovery vids attached! on Eagle-vision
ELONut 3 years ago
The sound is a lot clearer on this, the old video didn't do it justice. Nice to hear lots of twiddly guitar bits & strings that were inaudible before!
onemorethingsir 3 years ago 3
Though it is an undoubted favorite track of mine I never got to perform this track. Shame.
trap0001 3 years ago 2
Thanks ELONut excellent!!
movejefflynnelo 3 years ago 3
Huge improvement thanks
Englishjustice66 3 years ago 2