Electric Light Orchestra – Live (2013)
Electric Light Orchestra‘s 2013 concert album Live brings together tracks Jeff Lynne and his band recorded for a PBS special at CBS Television City in 2001. This is the ensemble that toured in support of ELO’s 2001 studio album, Zoom, and appeared on VH1 Storytellers. Lynne has always been an avowed studio rat, more comfortable crafting his rock productions behind a soundboard than playing them in front of a live audience. This is partly the reason that the Lynne-helmed version of ELO stopped touring after 1981's Time.
Subsequently, there haven’t been very many proper ELO concert albums. Which is not to say that the band doesn’t sound fantastic here, because it does.
Lynne is a musical perfectionist who never fails to deliver on the grand, orchestral rock aesthetic he crafted on so many classic albums. All of which makes this 2001 collection a welcome addition to ELO’s discography.
Electric Light Orchestra Live (Recorded in 2001, released Frontiers Records, 2013)
Evil Woman
Showdown
Secret Messages
Livin’ Thing
Sweet Talkin’ Woman
Mr. Blue Sky
Can’t Get It Out of My Head
Twilight
Confusion
Don’t Bring Me Down
Roll Over Beethoven
Out of Luck (previously unreleased bonus track, rec. 2010)
Cold Feet (previously unreleased bonus track, rec. 1992)
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