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 | Standin In The Rain | Out Of The Blue |
| 2 | Showdown | ELO's Greatest Hits |
| 3 | Secret Messages | Secret Messages |
| 4 | Heavy Head | Friends And Relatives |
| 5 | Can't Get It Out Of My Head | ELO's Greatest Hits |
| 6 | Ria | Friends And Relatives |
| 7 | Telephone Line | ELO's Greatest Hits |
| 8 | Under The Blue Asteroid | Friends And Relatives |
| 9 | Bluebird is Dead | On the Third Day |
| 10 | Roll Over Beethoven (Live) | Friends And Relatives |
| 11 | Stranger | Secret Messages |
| 12 | Loser Gone Wild | Secret Messages |
| 13 | Last Train to London | Discovery |
| 14 | Danger Ahead | Secret Messages |
| 15 | Rock 'n' Roll Is King | Secret Messages |
| 16 | Midnight Blue | Discovery |
| 17 | Violinksi / Clog Dance | Friends And Relatives |
| 18 | Confusion | Discovery |
| 19 | Hold On Tight | 101 Running Songs Lap 2 |
| 20 | Mr. Blue Sky | ELO's Greatest Hits |