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Electric Light Orchestra | Artist Essentials
First released: 1976 (year verified)
Original 1976 ELO studio recording and original mix; not a later 2012 version
MusicAtlas editorial note: The emphatic guitar chords provide a firm frame for the rising vocal harmonies.
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Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1976 (year verified)
The original studio recording was released in 1976 and belongs to the original A New World Record program. Year precision does not assign an album day to a single or a later reissue.
Recording: Original 1976 ELO studio recording and original mix; not a later 2012 version
Credit: Electric Light Orchestra
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original album: A New World Record
Original album association; the supported year is not an exact worldwide release day.
A New World Record - licensed original studio album program
The public licensed program identifies the original 1976 studio recordings, full artist credit and original track sequence. Only year precision is adopted, cross-checked with the official artist chronology. Later bonus recordings, remixes and anthology dates are not used as first release. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
Jeff Lynne official music archive - original album chronology
The Sony-hosted artist archive separately dates original ELO albums from 1971 through 1986, later ELO releases, Jeff Lynne solo albums and Traveling Wilburys releases. Only original album years are adopted. Its US title No Answer is cross-checked against the museum catalog of the 1971 UK debut; month/day discrepancies are not resolved by assertion. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
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About Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra grew from the British group The Move, with Jeff Lynne, Roy Wood and Bev Bevan involved in its beginnings. The music combined rock rhythms and strong pop melodies with instruments associated with an orchestra. Strings, layered voices and increasingly elaborate studio arrangements became recurring features. Later albums also used disco rhythms and electronic textures. The original ELO recordings, Lynne's solo work and the Traveling Wilburys occupy separate parts of the official archive, while later ELO versions require their own recording identities.
Artist background sources
ELO - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame musical profile
The museum discusses orchestral instruments, strong pop melodies, disco rhythms and electronic studio treatments; names Bev Bevan, Jeff Lynne, Richard Tandy and Roy Wood as inducted members. Used for concise career context, not recording release dates. | Retrieved 2026-10-18
ELO - Rock Hall Library original debut and earlier band context
The library identifies the original Harvest SHVL 797 debut as a 1971 release and describes The Move as the group from which ELO grew, with Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne and Bev Bevan. Its separate later-reissue personnel list is not treated as the original debut lineup. | Retrieved 2026-10-18
Jeff Lynne official music archive - original album chronology
The Sony-hosted artist archive separately dates original ELO albums from 1971 through 1986, later ELO releases, Jeff Lynne solo albums and Traveling Wilburys releases. Only original album years are adopted. Its US title No Answer is cross-checked against the museum catalog of the 1971 UK debut; month/day discrepancies are not resolved by assertion. | Retrieved 2026-10-18
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-18. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
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