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Sincethe Electric Lightorchestra's debutalbum in 1972,thelnglishgroupledbyguitar-
ist, c0mposer, vocalistandsongwriter JeffLynne, hasbeenan innovating furceat everystep
of theircareer.
Begunas an experimenkl attemptto usestringsandsomeclassical influences in the
contextof a rockandroll group,ELohasbecome one0I the giants of today'smusicscene,
bothcommercially and artistically.
Withtheirn€walbum"A NewWorldRecord," thegroup's lourth"gold"album in a row,
coupled with theirlasttour leaturinq sell-0uts acrossthe UnitedStates, ELo'ssuperstar
credentials arebeyond question.
"A NewWorldRecord," released in 0ctoberof 1976, contains soneoI Lynne's mosl
original ideas.0n "Telephone Line,"a songabout a guy trying to call a girland perpetually
gettingno answer.he usedthe soundtroman American phonesystem.Fecording in
Germany, he tapeda ringing phone from sixthousand miles away, and lhen Tandy re-created
the soundon the moog.0n "Rockaria," a songabout8noperasinqer tryingto singrock'he
useda soDmno lromthe London 0pera."Shereallygototf on hearing hervoice0n a rock
track,"saysLynne.other classicalmusicians havenot been as involved.0n an earlierELo
session, a stringsection slopped playingrightin themiddle of a song,because theclockhad
struckthe hour,andas unionmembers, they were playing strictly according t0 the rules
Alsoon the newalbumis "DoYa."a re-make of themostpopular hit JeffhadwithThel\40ve
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in the U.S. wanted t0 make it an ELo song," he says.
UnlikemanyolherEnglish rockgroups, ELodoesnot throwtelevision setsout ot
windows,makeembarrassing scenesin publicplaces or losetheirtempers irrationallyat
perfectstrangers. lf Lynnedislikes the term "classicalrock." he certainly realizes he has
created something farmoreprogressive thanmostrockandroll ln a calegory alltheirown,
the Electric Light0rchestra continues to blazetrails rather than copy yesterday's heroes
Evenso, Lynnedespairs that "Weall havethe sametwentychordsto workwith..."
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ABOVE THECLOUDS..48
D0 YA..52
L IVIN 'TH IN G ..42
MlSSl0N(AWorldRecord)..28
R0cKARtA!..18
SHANGRI.LA..61
SOFINE..35
TELEPHONE LINE..12
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