Lots and lots of tape was employed for that concert - I saw them in Mobile in 1981 and recall that all of "Prologue", and a lot of "Twilight" and "Your's Truly" were lifted from studio tapes. I don't blame them - how could you re-create "Prologue" live in 1981?
This is wonderful, I have never seen any vid of this tour yet alone the Dortmund concert, I was there, what a fantastic night it was. I was serving with the British Army at the time and had never been to a concert before in Germany, man the germans rocked that night. Thanks for the Video, quailty does not matter it's the memory. 5 stars for that. P.S Shame the robot intro is not on this clip what a grea start to a concert.
Jeff is a perfectionist, and since he can't control everything on stage, a stage concert will not be perfect. That is why he felt their live shows were never like the records. Well, duh! But think about how technology has advanced since 1986. If he had taken a reformed ELO out on the road after 1990 or 1995, the technology would have made the band even closer to the records. This video also shows how much ELO misses Kelly Groucutt. And Kelly, RIP.
Jeff must've been a little drunk. He screwed up 'Night is day and twilight's gone away'. He started saying 'Twilight' and fumble an improv. He also screwed up 'That now is day and once was night' and then started the following line with 'Twilight' and more jarbled lyrics. Also, they cut out the "You brought me here but can you take me back again/BRIDGE" that comes prior to the last chorus.
The Rod concerts were selling poorly so a big act was drafted in at the last minute (as special guests) so Bev organised it. Jeff wasn't too keen and spent most of the time pissed out of his head in 86. I was at the wembley stadium show and took a few photos too! Great times!
It was pretty well known by the summer of 1986 that ELO was on its last legs. Jeff was not interested in maintaining ELO as a headlining act. He was producing more artists all the time. If he was truly interested in keeping ELO as a headliner, he wouldn't have turned down headlining Knebworth in 1979.
I get the impression Jeff hated playing live. I recall in the Afterglow booklet, he mentions that the cellists were bouncing around the stage so much during the uptempo songs that Richard would have to cover for them. And I get the impression that, similiar to Abba, Jeff just prefered being in the studio, creating music, rather having to recreate it onstage. While ELO were a great live band, they sounded really different onstage and I think maybe Jeff thought it was too much of a compromise.
Well done for sneaking a camcorder into a concert in 1986 - it must have been huge compared to today's technology! (Though I suppose it could have been hidden inside someone's shoulder-pads or bouffant hairdo...)
Incredible...I have heard the audio of this, but never the video. Listen to Jeff botch up the verses that Kelly used to sing live (on the Time tour)! Does anyone know if this came before or after the excellent Heartbeat 86 concert?
ELO did not Lip Synch!! thats a lame lie thats been circulating for years! unless your talking about promo videos and tv music shows, cos ALL bands lip synch on those
People accused them of lip synching because when the Live At Wembley concert from the Out Of The Blue tour was aired on TV, they dubbed the studio versions of the songs over the live tracks. If I'm not mistaken the most recent DVD release has the real live audio.
@mbarsky@mikewall Heartbeat was 15th March 1986.I was studying out in Regensburg,and flew back from Munich just for the NEC concert - flight cost a bloody fortune,but was worth it for that legendary night.I actually thought that 60-min set was better than their concert performance on the Time tour,which I had seen at Wembley Arena on December 4th 1981.(God i wish i'd known that ELO were touring Germany in '86 = Queen and ELO etc in the same year was quite epic
If I was time traveler I would go to that concert and record in HD
Beulve 3 days ago
I friggin LOVE this song. Lynne is a genius. God knows I wasn't a big fan back then, but I was the slow one.
hartistry1957 2 months ago
ELO should have kept with the strings a great sound ! TIME was the worst album they made and started the decline in record sales
REACEANN 4 months ago
@REACEANN nowhere near it
quality album...but i guess you dont get it.
mrbarleymob 3 months ago
Remembering one of my ELO-CONCERTs in the early 80ies in COLOGNE-will never forget!
GenesisAfterglow 7 months ago
Yeah it sounds like Jeff started celebrating just a weee bit early! LOL
no1elofaniknow 10 months ago
Wonder if there is an official video of this concert tour. I'd pay ready money if there was.
trossachs2003 1 year ago
Fantastic ROCK Version!
ramonmaza 1 year ago
電車、おれはいまでもお前を見守ってるぞ
sayaandkeisuke 1 year ago
Too much alcohol.
shleml 1 year ago
「でんしゃ～ぁ！」
kamenowo 1 year ago
~sigh~ I have no explanation. Jeff MUST have been drunk. That's just TOO much flubbin' of the lyrics.
no1elofaniknow 1 year ago
i belive its dave morgan
a friend of richard tandy
arielfranchesco 1 year ago
@mikewail, I sent you a pm, pls give me a short answer
sashboy10 1 year ago
that is not the ELO i know is this the horror from the split of 1986 we musst suffer.
willobi 1 year ago
Wow they sound amazing live!
newpixeldude 2 years ago
who is strumming guitar in front of richard???
endrizo 2 years ago
Saw them live at Providence in 1978...they were, of course, GREAT!!!
mca19580 2 years ago
I'm not convinced that there is a lot of tape used. I'm seeing lots of multitasking in the video.
80dKeys 2 years ago
I was there!
Can you see me?
schusterlehrling 2 years ago
Yes!! Thank you, I love this song!!
erinn144 2 years ago
This is excellent! Wish I could have seen them live. I'm surprised they performed this very technical studio song live!
//dan
dvnobles 2 years ago
Lots and lots of tape was employed for that concert - I saw them in Mobile in 1981 and recall that all of "Prologue", and a lot of "Twilight" and "Your's Truly" were lifted from studio tapes. I don't blame them - how could you re-create "Prologue" live in 1981?
jsmaye 2 years ago
Without Groucutt it isn't really ELO
Mehrunhess 2 years ago
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johnto 2 years ago
@Mehrunhess
I totally agree - just doesn't seem the same here.
johnto 2 years ago
This is wonderful, I have never seen any vid of this tour yet alone the Dortmund concert, I was there, what a fantastic night it was. I was serving with the British Army at the time and had never been to a concert before in Germany, man the germans rocked that night. Thanks for the Video, quailty does not matter it's the memory. 5 stars for that. P.S Shame the robot intro is not on this clip what a grea start to a concert.
strider712 2 years ago
Jeff is a perfectionist, and since he can't control everything on stage, a stage concert will not be perfect. That is why he felt their live shows were never like the records. Well, duh! But think about how technology has advanced since 1986. If he had taken a reformed ELO out on the road after 1990 or 1995, the technology would have made the band even closer to the records. This video also shows how much ELO misses Kelly Groucutt. And Kelly, RIP.
lawrev 3 years ago
He did! Zoom!
shleml 2 years ago
Jeff must've been a little drunk. He screwed up 'Night is day and twilight's gone away'. He started saying 'Twilight' and fumble an improv. He also screwed up 'That now is day and once was night' and then started the following line with 'Twilight' and more jarbled lyrics. Also, they cut out the "You brought me here but can you take me back again/BRIDGE" that comes prior to the last chorus.
charlespeterwatson 3 years ago 2
Wow what a freakin massive video. I feel like I just went to an ELO concert! Thank-you
Endunator 3 years ago
Jeff sounds great but the backing vocals leave a little to be desired. Thanks for sharing this excellent video.
elorulz 3 years ago
I like Jeffs voice on this...he improvised the words a bit maybe, but it is his own song after all!
onemorethingsir 3 years ago 2
I've been there! Right in front of the stage!
Norbert from Germany
norbertitoelo 3 years ago
The Rod concerts were selling poorly so a big act was drafted in at the last minute (as special guests) so Bev organised it. Jeff wasn't too keen and spent most of the time pissed out of his head in 86. I was at the wembley stadium show and took a few photos too! Great times!
shleml 3 years ago
It was pretty well known by the summer of 1986 that ELO was on its last legs. Jeff was not interested in maintaining ELO as a headlining act. He was producing more artists all the time. If he was truly interested in keeping ELO as a headliner, he wouldn't have turned down headlining Knebworth in 1979.
lawrev 3 years ago
I get the impression Jeff hated playing live. I recall in the Afterglow booklet, he mentions that the cellists were bouncing around the stage so much during the uptempo songs that Richard would have to cover for them. And I get the impression that, similiar to Abba, Jeff just prefered being in the studio, creating music, rather having to recreate it onstage. While ELO were a great live band, they sounded really different onstage and I think maybe Jeff thought it was too much of a compromise.
Kohntarkosz 3 years ago
in 1986 in Dortmund, was not a really ELO concert.
they where only the supporting act for Rod Stewart. Yes, it´s a shame, but it´s true.
mrbluesky2 3 years ago
Oh no! Say it isn't so! Second fiddle to Rod fricken Stewart?
dl1027 3 years ago 4
Thanks..closet I ever got to seeing ELO live..
tifflover 3 years ago
Jeff sure do fluff his lines a lot here.
trap0001 3 years ago
fuckin hell man ive bin searching for a live video of twilight for ages and this is the first ive found so cheers for uploading!
spoonfull22 3 years ago
Well done for sneaking a camcorder into a concert in 1986 - it must have been huge compared to today's technology! (Though I suppose it could have been hidden inside someone's shoulder-pads or bouffant hairdo...)
joecostellomusicvids 3 years ago
all my life waiting this moment to see ELO in 86¡¡¡
Thanks a lot. It is not easy to see them and these last shows of the band¡¡
victorchestra 3 years ago
ELO on this show (1986) in Dortmund is:
Jeff Lynne, guitars & vocals
Bev Bevan, drums
Richard Tandy, keyboards
mik kaminski, violin & keyboards
Louis clark, orchestral keyboards
Dave Morgan, acustic guitar & vocoder vocals
Martin Smith, bass, backing vocals
heavyheadrecords 3 years ago
This concert was ELO's second last, on July
12, 1986, and Bev is definitely on drums.
lawrev 3 years ago
This is a gem. I never knew much of ELO from this period. Is Bev on drums?
dl1027 3 years ago
it could be,but on this tour he had to take 1 night away for a visit to hospital so a stand in was used
leselo 3 years ago
The Heartbeat Concert was in March, 1986, before the very short Balance of Power tour.
lawrev 3 years ago
Nice one anymore?
shleml 3 years ago
SWeeeeeTTT! Thanks!
Maroon1Mike 3 years ago
Unbelievable! That show was totally mind-blowingly wonderful!
AllaBest 3 years ago
Incredible...I have heard the audio of this, but never the video. Listen to Jeff botch up the verses that Kelly used to sing live (on the Time tour)! Does anyone know if this came before or after the excellent Heartbeat 86 concert?
mbarsky 4 years ago 2
On my video-tape is written July, 12th 1986. I think the Heartbeat concert came later.
mikewail 3 years ago
@mikewail is this the last e.l.o concert with jeff lynne?
arielfranchesco 1 year ago
@mikewail Couldn't be, mate. Heartbeat was March 1986
trap0001 1 year ago
Definately no lip-synch here (hard to tell what JL's trying to say, though)! Love how lively the crowd looks!
dogboner2001 3 years ago
ELO did not Lip Synch!! thats a lame lie thats been circulating for years! unless your talking about promo videos and tv music shows, cos ALL bands lip synch on those
ELONut 3 years ago
People accused them of lip synching because when the Live At Wembley concert from the Out Of The Blue tour was aired on TV, they dubbed the studio versions of the songs over the live tracks. If I'm not mistaken the most recent DVD release has the real live audio.
Kohntarkosz 3 years ago 2
Yes you are absolutely right! I have both versions on dvd and the remastered one sounds GREAT
ELONut 3 years ago
@mbarsky @mikewall Heartbeat was 15th March 1986.I was studying out in Regensburg,and flew back from Munich just for the NEC concert - flight cost a bloody fortune,but was worth it for that legendary night.I actually thought that 60-min set was better than their concert performance on the Time tour,which I had seen at Wembley Arena on December 4th 1981.(God i wish i'd known that ELO were touring Germany in '86 = Queen and ELO etc in the same year was quite epic
ucfbtm 3 months ago
WOW!! This is rare!!! Thanks!
jongreening 4 years ago