Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) was a very successful rock music group of the 1970s and 1980s, formed in Birmingham, England. They incorporated the sounds of string ensembles, vocoders and dub echos into rock songs, thereby creating a very sophisticated studio version of rock. The musical content of ELO songs often went far beyond usual chord structures, mixing pop songwriting with classical romanticism and synthesized sounds. The band claim that their music 'picks up where The Beatles left off.' Formed in 1970 by Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne and Bev Bevan (the remaining members of the 1960s rock group The Move). The band used cellos, violin, horns and woodwinds to give their music a classical sound. This was an idea Roy Wood initially had while with The Move, to take rock music in a new direction. In 1970 when Carl Wayne left the The Move, Jeff Lynne, front man with fellow Brum band Idle Race, responded to Wood's second invitation to join the line-up, with the lure of starting the new band. To help finance the fledgling project, two more Move albums were released during the recording of their eponymous first album in 1971 which produced the UK hit 10538 Overture. In the US this album was released with the mistaken title of
| 1 | Dreaming of 4000 | On the Third Day |
| 2 | Night In The City | Out Of The Blue |
| 3 | Telephone Line | ELO's Greatest Hits |
| 4 | Fire Brigade | Friends And Relatives |
| 5 | Mr. Blue Sky | ELO's Greatest Hits |
| 6 | Oh! What A Shame | Friends And Relatives |
| 7 | Sweet Talkin' Woman | ELO's Greatest Hits |
| 8 | Strange Magic | ELO's Greatest Hits |
| 9 | Steppin Out | Out Of The Blue |
| 10 | Under The Blue Asteroid | Friends And Relatives |
| 11 | Let There Be Drums | Friends And Relatives |
| 12 | Letter From Spain | Secret Messages |
| 13 | Need Her Love | Discovery |
| 14 | Carl Wayne & Choral Union / Someday | Friends And Relatives |
| 15 | Rockaria! | Friends And Relatives |
| 16 | Are You Ready To Rock | Friends And Relatives |
| 17 | This Is The Story Of My Love (Baby) | Friends And Relatives |
| 18 | Miss You Nights | Friends And Relatives |
| 19 | Ma-Ma-Ma Belle | ELO's Greatest Hits |
| 20 | New World Rising / Ocean Breakup Reprise | On the Third Day |