Electric Light Orchestra – Out Of The Blue

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Label:	Jet Records – JTLA-823-L2
Format:	2 x Vinyl , LP, Album
Country:	Scandinavia
Released:	1977
Genre:	Pop
Style:	Symphonic Rock

Tracklist

A1	Turn To Stone	3:48
A2	It's Over	4:08
A3	Sweet Talkin' Woman	3:48
A4	Across The Border	3:52
B1	Night In The City	4:02
B2	Starlight	4:30
B3	Jungle	3:51
B4	Believe Me Now	1:21
B5	Steppin' Out	4:38
	Concerto For A Rainy Day
C1	Standin' In The Rain	4:20
C2	Big Wheels	5:10
C3	Summer And Lightning	4:13
C4	Mr. Blue Sky	5:05
D1	Sweet Is The Night	3:26
D2	The Whale	5:05
D3	Birmingham Blues	4:21
D4	Wild West Hero	4:40

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – United Artists Music And Records Group, Inc.
Copyright © – United Artists Music And Records Group, Inc.
Manufactured By – United Artists Music And Records Group, Inc.
Distributed By – United Artists Music And Records Group, Inc.
Made By – Liberty/United Artists Records Ltd.
Published By – Unart Music Corp.
Published By – Jet Music Inc.
Recorded At – Musicland Studios
Mixed At – Musicland Studios

Credits

Arranged By [Orchestra & Choral Arrangments], Conductor – Louis Clark
Arranged By [Orchestra & Choral Arrangments], Guitar [Gibson S.G. Custom], Synthesizer [Polymoog, Mini-moog, ARP 2600, Odyssey, Omni, SLM Concert Spectrum], Mellotron [M 400], Clavinet [Hohner], Piano [Yamaha C7B], Electric Piano [Wurlitzer E.P. 200], Sequenced By [Sequencer], Effects [Minus Noise Mixer] – Richard Tandy
Art Direction, Design – Ria Lewerke
Artwork [Portraits] – Michael Bryan (4)
Cello [William Lewis Cello] – Melvyn Gale
Drums [Slingerland], Rototoms [Remo Roto Toms], Cymbal [Avedis Ziljian Cymbals], Other [Slingerland 'Bev Bevan' Drumsticks], Drums [Remo Drum Heads], Gong, Percussion [Various Percussion Instruments], Backing Vocals – Bev Bevan
Engineer, Effects [Special Effects] – Mack (2)
Illustration [Cover] – Shusei Nagaoka
Producer, Arranged By [Orchestra & Choral Arrangments], Words By, Lyrics By, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar, Slide Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Guitar [Gibson EDS 1275, Les Paul Custom, Marauder], Twelve-String Guitar [Ovation 1615/4], Acoustic Guitar [Ovation 1619/4], Percussion, Electric Piano [Wurlitzer E.P. 200], Synthesizer [Mini-moog] – Jeff Lynne
Violin [Barcus Berry Violin] – Mik Kaminski
Vocals, Backing Vocals, Bass [Gibson G.3], Percussion – Kelly Groucutt

Notes

Gatefold sleeve with printed inner sleeves, poster and a push-out cardboard ELO space station.
Sleeve printed in U.S.A. and label printed in Sweden

Label reads: JT-LA 823
Inner sleeve reads: JTLA-823-L2
Spine reads: JTLA-823-L2 1198

Back cover:
©℗1977 United Artists Music & Records Group Inc.
Manufactured & distributed by United Artists Music & Records Group Inc.
Printed in U.S.A.

Labels:
Made in Sweden
[Publishing] Unart Music Corp./Jet Music Inc.
℗ 1977 United Artists Music and Records Group, Inc.
Manufactured in England. A product of Liberty-United Artists Records Ltd.

Inner sleeve:
[Publishing] Copyright © 1977 United Artists Music Ltd. and Jet Music Incorporated. All rights for U.S.A. & Canada istered by Unart Music Corporation.
©UAMARG, Inc.

Special Effects:
EMS, Vocoder 2,000, Eventide Harmonizer, Digital delay, MXR flanger, Analog delay line, Electronic mistress, Systec flanger, Roland space echo, Shafter Vega diversify systems, Musictronics octave divider, Mutron 3M, Maestro stage phaser, fire extinguisher, Tarzan.

Amplification
Acoustic Control Corp, Harmon Kardon, Marshall amps (Tony Frank custom built for Jeff Lynne), Gauss speakers.
All road cases by Anvil.

Recorded and mixed at Musicland, Munich, .
All songs composed in Bassins, Switzerland.
Dance sequence by Spratley's Dancing Academy featuring Bladys and Goreen Turvis.

Special thanks to Mack, who slaved over a hot mixer for 1,127 hours and wins the award.
Special thanks to Brian Jones who made everything run smoothly throughout this project, and wins the other award.
Unique keyboard sounds and effects from the magic fingers of Richard Tandy.
Also thanks to Gerhard, Sid and Anna.
A very special thanks to Don and David Arden for all their help and guidance.

Special thanks to Harry Markewitz, Roy Guzman, and George Chacon.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Rights Society: n©b
Price Code (Spine): 1198
Matrix / Runout (variant 1 Stamped Side A): JTLA 823 A
Matrix / Runout (variant 1 Stamped Side B): JT LA 823B
Matrix / Runout (variant 1 Stamped Side C): JT LA 823 C
Matrix / Runout (variant 1 Stamped Side D): JT LA 823 D
Matrix / Runout (variant 2 Stamped Side A): JTLA-823-A sr/2
Matrix / Runout (variant 2 Stamped Side B): JTLA-823-B sr/2
Matrix / Runout (variant 2 Stamped Side C): JTLA-823-C sr/2
Matrix / Runout (variant 2 Stamped Side D): JTLA-823-D sr/2

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Out Of The Blue (2×LP, Album, Stereo, Richmond Pressing)	Jet Records	JT-LA823-L2	US	1977
Recently Edited	Out Of The Blue (2×LP, Album, Gatefold)	Jet Records	JETDP 400	UK	1977
Recently Edited	Out Of The Blue (2×LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold)	Jet Records	UAR 100, JTLA 823, UAS 1100, UAS 2100	UK	1977
Recently Edited	Out Of The Blue (2×LP, Album, Gatefold)	United Artists Records	5C 154-60170/71	Netherlands	1977
	Out Of The Blue (2×LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold)	Jet Records	UAS 30 309 FT		1977