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''Live: The Early Years'' is a UK DVD compilation of three
Electric Light Orchestra The Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) are an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1970 by multi-instrumentalists Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood and drummer Bev Bevan. Their music is characterised by a fusion of pop and classical arrangement ...
concerts from the 1970s that includes '' Fusion – Live in London'' (1976) along with two other never before released live performances at
Brunel University Brunel University of London (BUL) is a public research university located in the Uxbridge area of London, England. It is named after Isambard Kingdom Brunel, a Victorian engineer and pioneer of the Industrial Revolution. It became a university ...
(1973) and on a German television programme ''
Rockpalast ''Rockpalast'' (''Rock Palace'') is a German music television show that broadcasts live on German television station Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR). ''Rockpalast'' started on 4 October 1974. Hundreds of rock, heavy metal and jazz bands have perf ...
'' (1974),
Eagle Rock Entertainment Eagle Rock Entertainment is an international producer and distributor of music films and programming. It operates two record labels (Eagle Records and Armoury Records), a full-service production company (Eagle Rock Productions) and a music publis ...
released it on 9 August 2010. The US had a slightly edited release on 24 August 2010.


Track listing

;Brunel University 1973 #"King of the Universe" #"
Ma-Ma-Ma Belle "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle" is a song recorded by the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). Release It was taken from the 1973 album ''On the Third Day''. In the UK, the single version had a slightly different mix from the album original featuring a descending ...
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In the Hall of the Mountain King "In the Hall of the Mountain King" () is a piece of orchestral music composed by Edvard Grieg in 1875 as incidental music for the sixth scene of act 2 in Henrik Ibsen's 1867 play ''Peer Gynt''. It was originally part of Opus 23 but was later ex ...
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Great Balls of Fire "Great Balls of Fire" is a 1957 popular song recorded by American rock and roll musician Jerry Lee Lewis on Sun Records and featured in the 1957 movie '' Jamboree''. It was written by Otis Blackwell and Jack Hammer. The Jerry Lee Lewis 1957 reco ...
" ;Germany 1974 – On The Third Day Tour, Live At Rockpalast, Studio Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, Friday, October 4th, 1974 #
  • "Daybreaker" #"
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    Day Tripper "Day Tripper" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles that was released as a double A-side single with "We Can Work It Out" in December 1965. The song was written primarily by John Lennon with some contributions from Paul McCartney and ...
    " '' #"Orange Blossom Special" #"Ma-Ma-Ma Belle" #"In the Hall of the Mountain King" #"Great Balls of Fire" #"
    Roll Over Beethoven "Roll Over Beethoven" is a 1956 song written by Chuck Berry, originally released on Chess Records, with "Drifting Heart" as the A-side and B-side, B-side. The lyrics of the song mention rock and roll and the desire for rhythm and blues to be a ...
    " '' ;London 1976 – Face The Music Tour, Fusion Live, The New Victoria Theatre, London, England, Sunday, June 20th, 1976. #
  • "Poker" #"
    Nightrider Night Rider, Nightrider, or variants thereof may refer to: Literature * ''Night Rider'' (novel), a 1939 novel by Robert Penn Warren * ''Night Rider'', a 2001 novel by W. A. Harbinson written under the Shaun Clarke pseudonym * Nightrider (DC C ...
    " #"Showdown" #" Eldorado Overture" #"
    Can't Get It Out of My Head "Can't Get It Out of My Head" is a song written by Jeff Lynne and originally recorded by Electric Light Orchestra (also known as ELO). First released on the band's fourth album ''Eldorado (Electric Light Orchestra album), Eldorado'' in Septemb ...
    " #" Poor Boy (The Greenwood)" #"
    Illusions in G Major "Illusions in G Major" is a song recorded by Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) and is track eight on the band's 1974 album '' Eldorado''. It was used as the B-side to the popular hit "Can't Get It Out of My Head", a 1975 hit in the United States. ...
    " #" Strange Magic" #"
    10538 Overture "10538 Overture" is the debut single by the English band the Electric Light Orchestra. It was released on 23 June 1972 as the lead single from their self-titled debut studio album (1971). It is a hard rock song influenced by psychedelic musi ...
    " #" Do Ya" #" Evil Woman" #"Ma-Ma-Ma Belle" #"Roll Over Beethoven" '' *Bonus Feature: Rockpalast interview ;Notes *1 ^ Not included on the US release.


    Personnel

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    Jeff Lynne Jeffrey Lynne (born 30 December 1947) is an English musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. He is the co-founder and, latterly, sole member of the rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) which was formed in 1970. He has written all of ...
    – vocals, guitar *
    Bev Bevan Beverley Bevan (born 25 November 1944) is an English rock musician who was the drummer and one of the original members of the Move and Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). After the end of ELO in 1986, he founded ELO Part II. Bevan also was a drum ...
    – drums *
    Richard Tandy Richard Tandy (26 March 1948 – 1 May 2024) was an English musician. He was the full-time keyboardist in the band Electric Light Orchestra ("ELO"). His palette of keyboards (including Minimoog, Clavinet, Mellotron, and piano) was an important ...
    – keyboards *
    Mik Kaminski Michael Kaminski (born 2 September 1951) is an English musician. He played violin in the rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) between 1973 and 1980 and toured with the band from 1981 to 1986. He was a member of Electric Light Orchestra Pa ...
    violin The violin, sometimes referred to as a fiddle, is a wooden chordophone, and is the smallest, and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in regular use in the violin family. Smaller violin-type instruments exist, including the violino picc ...
    *
    Hugh McDowell Hugh Alexander McDowell (31 July 1953 – 6 November 2018) was an English cellist and member of the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) and related acts. Career McDowell started playing the cello at the age of four-and-a-half; by the age of 10, he ...
    cello The violoncello ( , ), commonly abbreviated as cello ( ), is a middle pitched bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), tuned i ...
    *
    Mike de Albuquerque Mike de Albuquerque (born 24 June 1947, Wimbledon, Surrey) is an English musician, who was a member of the progressive rock band Electric Light Orchestra from 1972 to 1974. Biography In 1971, in partnership with percussionist Frank Ricotti, A ...
    – bass, 73/74 *
    Kelly Groucutt Kelly Groucutt (born Michael William Groucutt; 8 September 1945 – 19 February 2009) was an English musician best known as the bassist and secondary vocalist for the rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) between 1974 and 1982. Early career ...
    – bass, 76 * Mike Edwards – cello, 73/74 *
    Melvyn Gale Melvyn Gale (born 15 January 1952) is an English cellist. Career Born in London, Gale attended the Royal Academy of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He played his first professional concert with the London Palladium Orchestra ...
    – cello, 76


    References

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