The partnership between founders Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne fell apart in the 13 months that separated Electric Light Orchestra’s 1971 debut LP and the band's 1973 follow-up ELO 2. They'd initially ...

When Electric Light Orchestra's self-titled debut arrived in December 1971, the band's core trio of Jeff Lynne, Roy Wood and drummer Bev Bevan were still in the Move. ELO would far surpass their ...

Electric Light Orchestra (often abbreviated ELO) was a British rock group from Birmingham, who released eleven studio albums between 1971 and 1986 and another album in 2001. ELO was formed to ...

Claim: A record label inadvertently mistitled the U.S. version of the Electric Light Orchestra's debut album because of a misunderstood phone message. Origins: In the early 1970s, Jeff Lynne, Roy Wood ...

A New World Record is ELO’s sixth studio album and a shoo-in for any list of essential ELO albums. It’s one of their most financially successful albums, but it didn’t just appeal to the mainstream ...