In 2001, ELO reformed after disbanding back in 1986, and released a new album, called "Zoom." But it was basically just the band's lead singer and songwriter Jeff Lynne using the ELO name. Only one other original member, Richard Tandy, was involved, and he only played on one song.
The plan was to tour to support the album. However, the tour was cancelled due to poor ticket sales. But two concerts were performed. There was a full show done for PBS, which was later released on DVD, and which I've posted in full here. Then there also was this concert, for the "VH-1 Storytellers" TV show. For both concerts, Tandy played on all the songs, making it somewhat more of an actual ELO performance.
ELO typically has a very full and produced sound, with lots of musicians performing on any given song. Sometimes, whole orchestras are involved. But this concert, while not exactly "unplugged," at least was more stripped down, making these arrangements a bit unique. The fact that the concert took place in front of only a couple hundred people was also highly unusual. The band only played two songs from the new album: "Alright" and "Moment in Paradise." Everything else were classic hits from the 1970s.
The actual concert had more songs. Unfortunately, as usual for this show, the first song, "Do Ya," started midway through.
This album is 42 minutes long.
01 Do Ya [Incomplete] (Electric Light Orchestra)
02 Evil Woman (Electric Light Orchestra)
03 talk (Electric Light Orchestra)
04 Telephone Line (Electric Light Orchestra)
05 talk (Electric Light Orchestra)
06 Don't Bring Me Down (Electric Light Orchestra)
07 talk (Electric Light Orchestra)
08 Alright (Electric Light Orchestra)
09 talk (Electric Light Orchestra)
10 Can't Get It Out of My Head (Electric Light Orchestra)
11 talk (Electric Light Orchestra)
12 Mr. Blue Sky (Electric Light Orchestra)
13 talk (Electric Light Orchestra)
14 Livin' Thing (Electric Light Orchestra)
15 talk (Electric Light Orchestra)
16 Moment in Paradise (Electric Light Orchestra)
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The cover photo is a screenshot taken from this exact concert. I upgraded the image with the Krea AI program.
it's strange to go from poor ticket sales to recently sold out tours... he must have gotten the nostalgia boost!
ReplyDeleteThanks for another great show. A heads up that the info (date of 2/10/96) on the cover doesn't agree with the the date in your description of 4/20/01.
ReplyDeleteOops, you're so right. It should be fixed now.
DeleteIt is. Thanks again!
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