Electric Light Orchestra - BBC Sessions, Volume 1: 1973-1977

It's time I turn my attention to what the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) did for the BBC. I've found enough for four albums. Here's the first one.

There's an official album called "Live at the BBC." That's the source of the first six tracks. Those come from a BBC concert at the Paris Theatre, in London, Britain, on April 19, 1973. Note that Roy Wood had already left the band by this time.

But that concert was only 35 minutes long. I thought that was rather short, so I looked around to see if any other material could be added. It turns out ELO often lipsynced on TV show appearances, or sent in music videos instead. Truly live performances were rare. But one exception to that was the U.S. TV show "The Midnight Special." Tracks 7 and 8 are from a 1974 appearance on that show. Then tracks 9 through 12 are from another appearance. I could have included a few more songs, but I only chose ones that the band didn't do on other BBC appearances.

This album is one hour long.

01 From the Sun to the World (Electric Light Orchestra)
02 talk (Electric Light Orchestra)
03 Kuiama (Electric Light Orchestra)
04 talk (Electric Light Orchestra)
05 In the Hall of the Mountain King (Electric Light Orchestra)
06 Roll Over Beethoven (Electric Light Orchestra)
07 Can't Get It Out of My Head (Electric Light Orchestra)
08 Laredo Tornado (Electric Light Orchestra)
09 Livin' Thing (Electric Light Orchestra)
10 Do Ya (Electric Light Orchestra)
11 Telephone Line (Electric Light Orchestra)
12 Rockaria (Electric Light Orchestra)

https://www.upload.ee/files/15983988/ElectrcLghtO_1973-1977_BBSessonsVolum1_atse.zip.html

The cover photo was taken at an ABC TV show in August 1973.