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Electric Light Orchestra: Out of the Blue

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Artist: Electric Light Orchestra
Title: Out of the Blue
Released: 1977
Label: Jet Records
Time: 70:23
Producer(s): Jeff Lynne, Harvey Brooks, Walter Peters
Appears with: Traveling Wilburys, Jeff Lynne
Category: Pop/rock
Rating: ******.... (6/10)
Media type: CD
Purchase date:  1999
Price in €: 9,99
Web address: www.elo.biz











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[1] Turn To Stone (J.Lynne) - 3:47
[2] It's Over (J.Lynne) - 4:08
[3] Sweet Talkin' Woman (J.Lynne) - 3:48
[4] Across The Border (J.Lynne) - 3:53
[5] Night In The City (J.Lynne) - 4:01
[6] Starlight (J.Lynne) - 4:26
[7] Jungle (J.Lynne) - 3:51
[8] Believe Me Now [Instrumental] (J.Lynne) - 1:21
[9] Steppin' Out/Standin' In The Rain (J.Lynne) - 8:59
[10] Big Wheels (J.Lynne) - 5:05
[11] Summer And Lightning (J.Lynne) - 4:14
[12] Mr. Blue Sky (J.Lynne) - 5:05
[13] Sweet Is The Night (J.Lynne) - 3:26
[14] The Whale [Instrumental] (J.Lynne) - 5:01
[15] Birmingham Blues (J.Lynne) - 4:22
[16] Wild West Hero (J.Lynne) - 4:41

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JEFF LYNNE - Lead vocals, backing vocals, lead guitar, slide guitar, rhythm guitar, Gibson EDS 1275, Les Paul Custom, Marauder, Ovation 1615/4, 1619/4, Wurlitzer E.P. 200, Mini-moog, percussion
BEV BEVAN - Slingerland drums, Remo Roto Toms, Avedis Zildian Cymbals, Slingerland "Bev Bevan" drumsticks, Remo drum heads, gong, various percussion instruments, backing vocals
RICHARD TANDY - Polymoog, Mini-moog, ARP 2600, Odyssey, Omni, Sequencer, minus noise mixer, Wulitzer E.P. 200, Yamaha C 7B piano, SLM concert spectrum, mellotron M 400, Hohner clavinet, Gibson S.G. custom guitar
KELLY GROUCUTT - Vocals, backing vocals, Gibson G.3 bass, percussion
MIK KAMINSKI - Barcuss Berry violin
HUGH MCDOWELL - William Lewis cello
MELVYN GALE - William Lewis cello

KOSH - Cover Design
RIA LEWERKE - Cover Design
SHUSEI NAGAOKA - Illustrations

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Special effects EMS, Vocoder 2,000, Eventide harmonizer, Digital delay, MXR flanger, Analog delay line, Electronic mistress, Systec flanger, Roland space echo, Shaffer Vega diversify systems, Muictronics octave divider, Mutron 3M, Maestro stage phaser, fire extinguisher/Tarzan.
Orchestra and Choral arrangements: Jeff Lynne, Richard Tandy and Louis Clark
Orchestra conducted by: Louis Clark
Amplification Acoustic Control Corp, Harmon Kardon, Marshall amps (Tony Frank custom built for Jeff Lynne), Gauss speakers.
All road cases by Anvil.

Recorded at Musicland Studios Munich W. Germany.
Engineer: Mack.
special effects: Mack.
All songs composed in Bassins, Switzerland.
Dance sequence by Spratley's Dancing Academy featuring Bladys and Goreen Turvis.
Special thanks to mack, who slaved over a hot mixer for 1,127 hours and wins the award.
Special thanks to Brian Jones who made everything run smoothly throughout this project, and wins the other award.
Unique keyboard sounds and effects from the magic fingers of Richard Tandy.
Also thanks to gerhard, Sid and Anna. A very special thanks to Don and David Arden for all their help and guidance.
Cover illustration by Shusei Nagaoka.
Portraits by Michael Bryan.
Art Direction and design: Ria lewerke with Kosh.
Special thanks to harry Markewitz, Roy Guzman, and George Chacon.



Lush and overproduced, Out of the Blue is the zenith of ELO's infatuation with orchestral rock. While there is one straightforward rocker in {&"Birmingham Blues,"} the band is often nearly blotted out by the string section. The hidden obsession of this production is its creative use of vocals: backing harmonies, vocoder effects, Mellotron choirs, and multitracked leads abound. "Across the Border" and "Wild West Hero" provide a soundtrack of Western themes, with boxcars and saloon pianos clattering in the background, while the strings lend a charming melodrama to "Steppin' Out" and "Turn to Stone." The highlight of the album is "Mr. Blue Sky"; topping off the four-movement suite "Concerto for a Rainy Day," it rises to a level of Beatlesque grandeur not seen since Lynne's days with the Move.

Paul Collins - All-Music Guide



This one's the tops! It's powerful and pop at the same time. The ELO chemistry never worked better than on this album! It of course helps that this double album contains the song that got me hooked on ELO. I must have listened to Sweet Talkin' Woman over a hundred times back in the late seventies. This album has several other greats on it. Listen to Starlight again. It's a sad and beautiful song. Listen to the entire Concerto for a Rainy Day. Try listening to it on a sunny day. It's just as good. I'm a big fan of instrumentals, and there's two great ones on this album. Believe Me Now is slow and sad and wonderful as such. The Whale is a perfect blend of ELO's emerging techno style and the wonder of nature.

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Turn To Stone

The city streets are empty now
(The lights don't shine no more)
And so the songs are way down low.

A sound that flows into my mind
(The echoes of the daylight)
Of everything that is alive
(In my blue world).

CHORUS:
I turn to stone, when you are gone
I turn to stone
Turn to stone, when you coming home?
I can't go on.

The dying embers of a night
(A fire that slowly fades till dawn)
Still glow upon the wall so bright.

The tired streets that hide away
(From here to everywhere they go)
Roll past my door into the day
(In my blue world).

REPEAT CHORUS

I turn to stone, when you are gone
I turn to stone.

Yes I'm turning to stone 'cos you ain't coming home
Why ain't you coming home if I'm turning to stone
You've been gone for so long and I can't carry on
Yes, I'm turning, I'm turning
I'm turning to stone.

The dancing shadows on the wall
(The two-step in the hall)
Are all I see since you've been gone.

Through all I sit here and I wait
(I turn to stone, I turn to stone)
You will return again some day
(To my blue world).

REPEAT CHORUS

I turn to stone, when you are gone
I turn to stone.

REPEAT CHORUS

I turn to stone, when you are gone
I turn to stone.



It's Over

It's over, it's over, it's over

Summer came and passed away
Hardly seemed to last a day
But it's over
And what can I do?

Music playing in the air
Silence on a darkened stair
'Cos it's over
And what can I do?

CHORUS:
It's over, it's over, all over
It's all over now
And the way you looked
Don't even mean I'm down
When you kick out the sea
And the sun says goodbye
There is nothing much to speak of

Looking over sunny days
Searching for the righteous wave
'Cos it's over
And what can I do?

Looking from this distant shore
You ain't sailing by no more
'Cos it's over
And what can I do?

REPEAT CHORUS

REPEAT CHORUS

It's over, it's over, it's over
It's all over
And what can I do?

It's over, it's over, it's all over

It's over, yeah it's over
Don't shed a tear for me, it's over
Don't shed a tear although it's over.


Sweet Talkin' Woman

I was searching on a one-way street
I was hoping for a chance to meet
I was waiting for the operator on the line
(She's gone so long) What can I do?
(Where could she be?) Don't know what I'm gonna do
I gotta get back to you.

CHORUS:
Slow down, sweet talking woman
You got me running
You got me searching
Hold on, sweet talking lover
It's so sad if that's the way it's over
Sweet talking woman.

I was walking, many days go by
I was thinking, about the lonely nights
Communication breakdown all around
(She's gone so long) What can I do?
(Where could she be now?) Don't know what I'm gonna do
I gotta get back to you.

REPEAT CHORUS

I've been living on a dead-end street
I've been asking everybody I meet
Insufficient data coming through
(She's gone so long) What can I do?
(Where could she be?) Don't know what I'm gonna do
I gotta get back to you.

REPEAT CHORUS


Across The Border

I've been work so hard baby, trying to get to you
I'm gonna be there soon

In the heat of the day, many miles away
When the sun is beating down upon the main street
I'll be waiting at the station
I gotta move down the line.

They'll be dancing and singing and doing their thing
And they'll be rocking and rolling until the day is done
You know I've got to make the deadline.

CHORUS:
I gotta get that southbound train tonight
If I don't get to the border then I'll write.

The Mardi Gras will be blowing strong
And the people dancing all across the city
I'm leaving here tonight
I gotta move down the line.

I'm gonna catch a ride on the 9:05
I'm gonna ride the rails until we reach the morning
Maybe three or four hundred miles.

REPEAT CHORUS

When the wind is blowing softly through the streets
Of a little town and the music's playing
You're waiting somewhere over the horizon.

REPEAT CHORUS

You know I'm coming, baby
You know I'm coming, baby.


Night In The City

Standing at the airport looking down the strip
She was drying her eyes, she was biting her lip
747 just left from gate eleven and there's no turning around
'Cos it's just leaving the ground and getting higher.

Standing at the dockside, looking out to sea
When I saw her but she did not see me
There she stood with no hope because she'd missed the boat
And as her dreams sailed away she headed back for the day
Back to the city.

CHORUS:
Night in the city
Oh, oh, oh
Madness at midnight
Night in the city
Driving you insane.

In the city...
In the city...

REPEAT CHORUS

I was running kinda lonely at the ciI waited for an hour,
I never saw her face
Crazy ladies that wait and slide around like a snake
I just can't take anymore, I'm going in through the door
Into the city.

I'll get you, yes I'm gonna get you
I'll get you, yes I'm gonna get you
I'll get you, yes I'm gonna get you
I'll get you, yes I'm gonna get you
I'll get you, yes I'm gonna get you
I'll get you, yes I'm gonna get you
Driving you insane.

REPEAT CHORUS

Driving you insane
Driving you insane.


Starlight

Starlight
I hear you calling out to me
Sweet love
Rolling across my mind again
I want you, yes I do
I need you, yes I do

CHORUS:
But then you run -- you gotta stop
Fooling around, keep your feet
On the ground little girl
And starlight will shine
All around, little girl
You had me all
Summer long, little girl

Starlight
Your eyes are looking out so far away
Constellation in the sky is smiling down on me
I wonder, wonder why
I can feel you're so real
I can see you're so near

REPEAT CHORUS

Moon glow, come light the way up to my window
As you roll across the night
Don't tell nobody that I told you so
I want you, yes I do
I need you, yes I do

REPEAT CHORUS


Jungle

I was standing in the jungle, I was feeling alright
Mmmhmmm, Mmmhmmm
I was wondering in the darkness, in the middle of the night
Mmmhmmm, Mmmhmmm
The moon began to shine, I saw a clearing ahead
Mmmhmmm, Mmmhmmm
But what's that going on, I think I'm outta my head
Mmmhmmm, Mmmhmmm.

CHORUS:
Chooka chooka hoo la ley
Looka looka koo la ley.

A hundred animals were gathered 'round in the night
Mmmhmmm, Mmmhmmm
And they were singing out a lovely song under the pale moonlight
Mmmhmmm, Mmmhmmm
I stood and stared for quite a while
Then a lion sang to me and smiled:
"Come join us if you so desire."

REPEAT CHORUS

I said now please explain the meaning of this song you sing
Mmmhmmm, Mmmhmmm
"Wondrous is our great blue ship
That sails around the might sun
And joy to everyone that rides along!"

REPEAT CHORUS

AND THEY DANCED!!!

Pretty soon I knew the tune and
We sat and sang under the moon
And the jungle rang in joyful harmony.

REPEAT CHORUS

REPEAT CHORUS

"Wondrous is our great blue ship
That sails around the might sun
And joy to everyone that rides along!"


Believe Me Now

(Instrumental)


Steppin' Out

Pack up all your things
We're gonna be leaving
Sooner than I thought
Take the things you bought
Clouds are gathering.

Say goodbye to all your friends
We're gonna be sorry
For a while, that's how it goes
But then again, who knows
About the rain.

CHORUS:
I'm steppin' out
I'm moving on
I'm gonna see the world
Like a rolling stone
I'm gonna be somebody...
Oh, I'm steppin' out.

Did you hear what he said?
He said they sold me down the river
They thought I was a fool
They said the rain would fall
What did they know?

Then I saw your face
And the song that you were singing
Though I thought I knew the words
The tune was quite absurd and out of key
Doo dah dah dee.

REPEAT CHORUS

I'm steppin' out, I'm steppin' out
I'm steppin' out, I'm steppin' out
I'm steppin' out, I'm steppin' out
I'm steppin' out, I'm steppin' out
I'm steppin' out, I'm steppin' out
I'm steppin' out, I'm steppin' out
Steppin' out, steppin' out, steppin' out.

Don't know where I'm going
Gonna see the world, gonna be somebody
Don't know where I'm going
I'm just steppin' out
I'm steppin' out
I'm steppin' out.


Standin' In The Rain

(Concerto for a rainy day...)
(Rain...)

I'm standing in the rain
I'm waiting all alone
I'm so tired
I wanna go home.

I'm standing in the rain
Getting soaking wet
I'm doing my best
But what do I get?

I'm standing in the rain
Can't seem to get along
People rushing by
Wish they could hear my song.

I'm standing in the rain
It's teeming down on me
Cats & dogs
I wanna be free.

I'm standing in the rain
Doing my thing
I'm trying my best
What does it bring?
I'm standing in the rain
Getting soaking wet
I'm doing my best
But what does it get?

The good intentions and the pain
Lay drowned now in the pouring rain
I tried to be so good this time
But here I am under the sky.

The good intentions and the pain
Lay drowned now in the pouring rain.


Big Wheels

I've been thinking it over
So many times they say
You got it made
They never understand
The answer lies within your soul
'Cos no one know which side
The coin will fall.

Big wheels turning
Baby I know
Big wheels turning
Baby I know
Big wheels turning, turning...

Save it for a rainy day
For when the cold wind blows
Just to see how they run
I thought they'd know
I tried my best, all I could do
But somehow it was not enough for you.

Big wheels turning
Baby I know
Big wheels turning
Baby I know
Big wheels turning, turning,
Turning, turning...

CHORUS:
I remember the dead of night
A lonely light that shines upon the window
I see it all so clear
The tenderness, the silent tears
Out here in the pouring rain
Through cold dark waiting days
I see you standing there
I see the big wheels turning
Never ending, on and on they go.

I think I'm going home
I think I'm gonna have to start again
It's rather sad
Because I've looked around, can't seem to find
Whatever's always rolling through my mind

Big wheels turning
Baby I know
Big wheels turning
Baby I know
Big wheels turning, turning
Turning, turning...

REPEAT CHORUS


Summer And Lightning

I have waited
For your love
For so long
How do I go on?
I have told you
So many times
It's no good
You're treating me so wrong.

Out there so far away
Above the sky will say
For you...
Here it comes again
It's all around me
It must be magic
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I can see you
In my mind
The lost time
That you're saving
I could reach out
And touch you
What can I do?
The sun ain't shining.

Out there so far away
Above the sky will say
For you...
Only for you.

Here it comes again (summer and lightning)
It's all around me (summer and lightning)
It must be magic (summer and lightning)
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Here it comes again.

Here it comes again (summer and lightning)
It's all around me (summer and lightning)
It must be magic (summer and lightning)
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Here it comes again (summer and lightning)
I can feel it (summer and lightning)
It's all around me (summer and lightning)
Yeah, yeah, yeah.


Mr. Blue Sky

(Good morning! Today's forecast calls for blue skies!)

Sun is shining in the sky
There ain't a cloud in sight
It's stopped raining, everybody's in a play
And don't you know
It's a beautiful new day.

Running down the avenue
See how the sun shines brightly
In the city
On the streets where once was pity
Mr. Blue Sky is living here today.

CHORUS:
Mr. Blue Sky, please tell us why
You had to hide away for so long
Where did we go wrong?

REPEAT CHORUS

Hey you with the pretty face
Welcome to the human race
A celebration
Mr. Blue Sky's up there waiting
And today is the day we've waited for

REPEAT CHORUS

Hey there, Mr. Blue
We're so pleased to be with you
Look around, see what you do
Everybody smiles at you.

Hey there, Mr. Blue
We're so pleased to be with you
Look around, see what you do
Everybody smiles at you.

Mr. Blue, you did it right
But soon comes Mr. Night
Creeping over
Now his hand is on your shoulder
Never mind -- I'll remember you this...
I'll remember you this way.

REPEAT CHORUS

Hey there, Mr. Blue
We're so pleased to be with you
Look around, see what you do
Everybody smiles at you.


Sweet Is The Night

When the day is done and there's nowhere to run
And the people of the city have all lost and won
In your city dress you stand and stare
And you smoke another cigarette and comb your hair
And the light that shines
Paints a trace of sadness
On the street I wait
But I can't seem to get to you.

Well, you start to sway, check your Cartier
'Cos it's getting late, you can't afford to wait
So you move along where it's going on
And the people of the night are playing 'till the dawn
And the sun that shines
Paints a trace of sadness
In your eyes that cry
Wishing and hoping
Oh...

CHORUS:
Sweet, sweet is the night
Now you are near
Dark, dark were the days
They disappear
Sweet, sweet is the night
Now you are near.

Well you did your thing and you lost your wings
And you hurt so bad you lost everything
And the tears that fall on the city wall
Will fade away with the rays of morning light that shines
Paints a smile across your pretty face
I know
Everything is alright
Alright...

REPEAT CHORUS


The Whale

(Instrumental)


Birmigham Blues

Working on the road across this great big world
I've been rolling like a stone, I never get back home
Yes, I've been long-gone
And boy, I've got the Birmingham Blues.

Been across the ocean to the south sea isles
Yeah, I travelled to the east and west for mile and miles and miles
And I've been long-gone
And boy, I've got the Birmingham Blues.

CHORUS:
Across the world I've seen
People and places
Could be the same
But with a different name.

I wouldn't change the things I do for anything
But I'd just like to hear the message of the streets again
Give me a ticket
Cause boy, I've got the Birmingham Blues.

It may be kind of homely but it sure is sweet
Industrial Revolution put it on its feet
But it's a long, long way
Boy, I've got the Birmingham Blues.

REPEAT CHORUS

I'll go and stay awhile and all the folks I meet
They'll say "You won't stay long, you got them travelling feet
You'll soon be long-gone
'Cos boy, you got the rest of the world blues!"

REPEAT CHORUS

REPEAT CHORUS


Wild West Hero

(Wish I was... a wild west hero)

Sometimes, I look up high
And then I think there might
Just be a better life
Away from all we know
That's where I want to go
Out on the wild side
And I wish I was (oh, oh, oh, oh)
A wild west hero.

CHORUS:
Ride the range all the day
Till the first fading light
Be with my western girl
Round the fire, oh so bright
I'd be the Indians' friend
Let them live to be free
Riding in to the sunset
I wish I could be.

I'd ride the desert sands
And through the prairie lands
Trying to do what's right
The folks would come to me
They'd say "We need you here"
I'd stay for the night
Oh, I wish I was (oh, oh, oh, oh)
A wild west hero.

REPEAT CHORUS

Oh, I wish I was (oh, oh, oh, oh)
A wild west hero
I wish I was (oh, oh, oh, oh)
A wild west hero
Oh, I wish I was (oh, oh, oh, oh)
A wild west hero
Wish I was (oh, oh, oh, oh)
A wild west hero.

Wish I was... a wild west hero.

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