This is part 2 of the series, " Me? I'm just listening to the music ". Before I start though, I need to tell you why the US version of this album is called "No Answer". An executive from the United Artists Records executive rang someone on the ELO side to find out the name of the album. When they didn't get through they wrote down, "no answer" and so that became the album title. I had ELO1 on tape in my teenage years, but never the whole album, so some tracks are very familiar and I heard some for the first time when I listened to it recently. 10538 overture is prehistoric ELO. I love that it's firmly rooted in the sixties in its sound. It's like an old uncle that you don't want to change. It introduces the heavy string sound that we're going to get familiar with on this album. Look at me is sung by Roy Wood, not Jeff Lynne and it doesn't age well. Nellie takes her bow is lovely and dramatic. It's a long song - nearly 6...
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