elo videos

[john anderson]

does anyone know or seen any of elo's promo videos.i know they released the discovery video with last train to london and don't bring me down.did they make promos for sweet talkin' woman,i'm alive,all over the world,twilight,here is the news,secret messages and so serious.

[Richard Hunter]

John

I know there was an official video of "So Serious" as I remember watching it in a wine bar down in Brighton when it came out in 1986.

[Westy 2]

I think this was in 1989, at the time of Telstar's release of 'The Very Best Of' (the one with the dark blue cover!), there was a companion video issued, running under an hour.

It wasn't a straight match to the album though !

Haven't got the video to hand though, to go through the listing, & I got rid of the LP ages ago, when new 'Best Of's ' came out on CD !

[John Stewart Miller]

In terms of the earlier line up (71 -72), I understand quite a bit of stuff exists which hasn't really surfaced. The two examples that have are the 10538 T/R promo, which looks like TOTP but which was filed apparently at the BBC under OGWT. The other was clips of 'Roll over Beethoven' (on todays the day) & 'Showdown' (on TOTP 2) both from TOTP 1973 editions.

Stuff that hasn't surfaced are: a 1972 science fiction film short ELO provide music to (and may appear in) quoted in the booklet of 'ELO first - special edition' CD set. Also '2Gs & the pop people' a Granada pop show and 'set of six' another Granada pop show. The latter was most interesting as it featured other parts of their live set rock & roll medley (great balls of fire), from which 'R over Beethoven' was drawn) and was all numbers including LP stuff, by ELO.

[Westy 2]

How rare, on the collector's circuit, is the Mike Mansfield Cue The Music series, transmitted on ITV around 1991, on the overnight service in Central land ?

There was a 2 part ELO Part 2 concert transmitted in that series.

Bev Bevan was still there, as was a few other members, but Pete Haycock & Eric Troyer had joined by then(Troyer providing the vocals on the 1991 single 'Honest Men' !)

(I think Jeff Lynne had left by 1986, because the last/only ELO TV appearence I saw at that point, was on an early 'Wogan' in 1985, performing 'So Serious' !)

[Kev]

Remembering the 70's has got one of them performing at some tatty old social club near Solihull.

[gary jordan brum]

I remember taping MM cue the music shown only in the midlands but can't find tape anywhere here's what I have E.L.O wise also in 1987 they did a charity concert at Brums NEC called heartbeat this maybe was their last tv? anyway here's what I have on them:

E.L.O. 10538 OVERTURE 1972 BBC TV
E.L.O. ALL OVER THE WORLD ( LEGS & CO) 1980 TOP OF THE POPS
E.L.O. CONFUSION 1979 PROMO
E.L.O. DON'T BRING ME DOWN 1987 HEARTBEAT
E.L.O. DON'T BRING ME DOWN (LEGS & CO) 1979 TOP OF THE POPS
E.L.O. EVIL WOMAN 1976 SUPERSONIC
E.L.O. EVIL WOMAN 1976 TOP OF THE POPS
E.L.O. HOLD ON TIGHT (LEGS & CO) 1981 TOP OF THE POPS
E.L.O. LIVIN' THING 1976 PROMO
E.L.O. MR BLUE SKY 1978 TOP OF THE POPS
E.L.O. ROCKARIA 1977 TOP OF THE POPS
E.L.O. SHINE A LITTLE LOVE 1979 PROMO
E.L.O. SHOWDOWN 1973 TOP OF THE POPS
E.L.O. SWEET TALKING WOMAN 1978 TOP OF THE POPS
E.L.O. TELEPHONE LINE 1987 HEARTBEAT
E.L.O. THE DIARY OF HORACE WIMP 1979 PROMO
E.L.O. TURN TO STONE (LEGS & CO) 1977 TOP OF THE POPS
E.L.O. WILD WEST HERO 1978 PROMO


Keep on rockin'

[stephen doran]

can someone tell me if im right were they ever on the kenny everett show in 1978?

[Richard Hunter]

Gary

I'd like to see "Showdown" any chance of a copy?

By the way I've got that ELO Pt 2 Cue The Music concert somewhere up in the loft at home. I think I've got both parts as it was shown over two Saturdays.

[John Stewart Miller]

The film produced 1972 featuring the ELO and songs was called 'Freedom city' and is referred to in the notes of the CD 'ELO special edition' box set. The Granada show 'set of six' features five songs, the title therefore meaning the time of day it was shown. The sound is used on the CD, so it seems to exist. The songs were '10538 overture', 'whisper in the night', 'great balls of fire', 'Jeffs Boogie No 2' and 'Queen of the hours'. The ELO were live, which they probably weren't on 'Lift off' & 'Top of the pops'. The Xmas TOTP of 'Roll over Beethoven' ELO back to back with 'California man' with the Move/ELO line ups overlapping ('I'm off to see the WIZZARD' circular stickers on guitars) doesn't exist. Neither does the 'Lift off' stuff apparently, but the '2Gs and the pop people' appearence for 10538 overture does.

[Keith Brockway]

Guest-Westy said:

How rare, on the collector's circuit, is the Mike Mansfield Cue The Music series, transmitted on ITV around 1991, on the overnight service in Central land ?

There was a 2 part ELO Part 2 concert transmitted in that series.

Bev Bevan was still there, as was a few other members, but Pete Haycock & Eric Troyer had joined by then(Troyer providing the vocals on the 1991 single 'Honest Men' !)

(I think Jeff Lynne had left by 1986, because the last/only ELO TV appearence I saw at that point, was on an early 'Wogan' in 1985, performing 'So Serious' !)

Actually Westy, ELO performed "So Serious" on 'Wogan' in April 1986. At that point all ELO consisted of mainly was Jeff Lynne & Bev Bevan. Still didn`t help the song though, which stalled just outside the top 75. Jeff finally threw in the towel with ELO later that year.

[Westy 2]

Guest-Keith said:

Actually Westy, ELO performed "So Serious" on 'Wogan' in April 1986. At that point all ELO consisted of mainly was Jeff Lynne & Bev Bevan. Still didn`t help the song though, which stalled just outside the top 75. Jeff finally threw in the towel with ELO later that year.

I was close ! (I only have an isolated clip, not the full show !)

I knew it was "early" Wogan anyway, but I was a year out !

[Keith Brockway]

That April 1986 performance was the first time ELO had performed at BBC TV centre since exactly 10 years previous when they performed "Nightrider" on TOTP. That song also didn`t chart. Shame they never performed at TV centre during their peak years of 1977 to 1982.

[John Stewart Miller]

For all ELO fans, new DVD release, available in the West end Virgin branches 'INSIDE ELO'. Features a slection of Move and ELO clips. The ELO clips include '2Gs and the pop people' (LWT 1972), 'SET OF SIX' (Granada 1972), and 'EVIL WOMAN' on SUPERSONIC(1975).

Seems to consist of live material probably included in the Fairfield halls Croydon, and Guildford civic centre tour of 1972. One audio bootleg is rumoured to exist. The set would be very interesting as they did Woods 'Dear Elaine' and a version of 'Strawberry fields' I read.