Electric Light Orchestra - On The Third Day (Expanded Edition) [Limited]

Artist:

Electric Light Orchestra

See Also:

Kinks (The) Dylan, Bob

Description:

Electric Light Orchestra: Jeff Lynne (vocals, guitar); Mik Kaminski (violin); Mike Edwards (cello); Richard Tandy (piano, Moog synthesizers); Michael De Albuquerque (bass); Bev Bevan (drums).
Electric Light Orchestra: Jeff Lynne (vocals, guitar); Mik Kaminsky, Wilf Gibson (violin); Colin Walker, Mike Edwards (cello); Richard Tandy (piano, Moog synthesizer); Michael De Albuquerque (bass guitar); Bev Bevans (drums).
Additional personnel: Marc Bolan (guitar).
In some ways, 1973`s ON THE THIRD DAY is the first "true" ELO album. Though co-founder Roy Wood had left the band to form the more experimental Wizzard after the first album, his influence was still all over 1972`s ELO II, especially on the orchestrated cover of Chuck Berry`s "Roll Over Beethoven." ON THE THIRD DAY, however, is pure Jeff Lynne, the first album completely devoted to his soon-to-be enormously successful blend of psychedelic-era Beatles and 19th-century classical music. The pristinely recorded results are ultra-melodic and incredibly lush, with ballads like "Bluebird Is Dead" and rockers like the hits "Showdown" and "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle." The recurrent "Ocean Breakup" theme foreshadows the concerto-like elements of ELO`s next record, ELDORADO, while the group`s rockish rearrangement of "In the Hall of the Mountain King" is the group`s final attempt at Emerson, Lake & Palmer-like classical-rock fusion.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Ocean Breakup/ King Of The Universe
2. Bluebird Is Dead
3. Oh No Not Susan
4. New World Rising/ Ocean Breakup Reprise
5. Showdown
6. Daybreaker
7. Ma-Ma-Ma Belle
8. In The Hall Of The Mountain King
9. Auntie Ma Ma Ma Belle - (alternate take)
10. Auntie Ma Ma Ma Belle - (alternate take)
11. Mambo (Dreaming Of 4000) - (Alternate mix, Bonus Track)
12. Everyone`s Born To Die
13. Interludes - (previously unreleased)

Album Information

Release Date:

09/29/2006

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Art Rock

Label:

Sony Bmg (Japan)

Producer:

Jeff Lynne (Reissue); Jeff Magid (Reissue)

Catalog Number:

1094

Original Release Year:

1973

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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