Description: The Seventies was the decade when rock became show business. And nobody put on a better show than the Electric Light Orchestra. This double feature highlights both sides of ELO, with their space-age live show in the 'Out of the Blue Tour: Live at Wembley' (1978, 62 min.), with no less than nine Top Thirty hits, and the conceptual music videos of 'Electric Light Orchestra: Discovery' (1979, 39 min.). When 'Star Wars' met Chuck Berry, the result had to be seen to be believed! Songs: 'Live' - Standing in the Rain, Night in the City, Turn to Stone, Tightrope, Telephone Line, Rockaria!, Wild West Hero, Showdown, Sweet Talkin' Woman, Mr. Blue Sky, Do Ya, Livin' Thing, Roll Over Beethoven; 'Discovery' - Shine a Little Love, Confusion, Need Her Love, The Diary of Horace Wimp, Last Train to London, Midnight Blue, On the Run, Wishing, Don't Bring Me Down.
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Rating: - For the Hardcore ELO Fan
I saw ELO's "Out of the Blue" concert when it came to the Oakland Coliseum Arena many years ago. It was one of the best concert performances I have ever seen. This DVD, however, was a disappointment to this ELO fan. The concert footage is excusable given the era, but the audio is not. I'd hope that in the future when someone brings old concert footage to DVD, they put some work into enhancing the audio, if needed. If you're buying this DVD for the "Out of the Blue" concert footage alone, you may be disappointed as I was. If for the additional "Discovery" videos (good audio), then you won't be totally disappointed.
Rating: - Interesting...
Well, this dvd has completed my elo collection. I have all their albums and both concert dvds. Having listened to their albums over the last 15 or so years, I always imagined ELO would do an amazing concert.
Pros
- It's good to see some elo footage from the late 70's and the stage spectacle that everyone talks about. I wasn't born until the 80's, so never saw ELO live. However I did see ELO ptII in 1997 and they were amazing, wish they would come back to Australia.
Cons
- They lip-synched on many of the songs
- Sound quality is poor
- Video quality is average, the effects are terrible. However, it was probably acceptable back in the 70s.
Like another reviewer said, the Zoom dvd is much better. Neither this nor Zoom are that watchable. Jeff isn't a very interesting performer. Unless you're a big fan, don't bother with this dvd, get Zoom instead.
Rating: - Disappointing
I've been a fan of ELO for many years now. Before I saw this DVD, this was probably my favorite band, after the Beatles. Not anymore. WHAT is with "Standing in the Rain"? They lip-synched it! Does Jeff Lynne think we're fools? Or was the sound quality (which is poor even on the truley live pieces) that bad that they had to get the album version for audio? I've seen ELO Part II, WITHOUT JEFF LYNNE, DO THIS SONG COMPLETEY LIVE, so WHY COULDN'T JEFF? "Standing in the Rain" is not the only song they do this to. If you listen very closely to the audio, you will hear more strings than you see. The guys are playing, but you don't hear them, you hear a track that was synched up to the performance. If I was one of those guys, I would be pissed, unless the sound THAT poor. Heck, the strings have the best sound quality, just listening to the other insturments, it wouldn't suprise me if it was that bad. On other songs, you hear ... Read More
Rating: - Performance great-sound and quality makes it only 4 stars
Jeff Lynne is fabulous as always, but voice hindered a bit by back up vocals in band. This is nice to have in your collection for ELO/classic rock fans. The sound and picture need some remastering, but this is vintage footage w/great performance. I highly recommend the Zoom DVD between the two, simply because it's the greatest concert I've ever seen on DVD or in person, but this "Out of the Blue" DVD does give you a couple of different songs than that one like "Sweet Talkin' Woman", which sounded great. If you want to buy one, buy Zoom DVD, if you like ELO more than a little, buy both. You will be very pleased.
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- For the Hardcore ELO Fan
- Interesting...
- Disappointing
- Performance great-sound and quality makes it only 4 stars
