The Electric Light Orchestra* – The Electric Light Orchestra
Tracklist
| A1 | 10538 Overture | 5:30 | |
| A2 | Look At Me Now | 3:16 | |
| A3 | Nellie Takes Her Bow | 5:58 | |
| A4 | The Battle Of Marston Moor (July 2nd, 1644) | 6:02 | |
| B1 | First Movement (Jumping Biz) | 2:58 | |
| B2 | Mr. Radio | 5:02 | |
| B3 | Manhattan Rumble (49th Street Massacre) | 4:21 | |
| B4 | Queen Of The Hours | 3:21 | |
| B5 | Whisper In The Night | 4:48 |
Companies, etc.
- Record Company – E.M.I. Records
- Record Company – The Gramophone Co. Ltd.
- Pressed By – The Gramophone Co. Ltd.
- Printed By – Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
- Made By – Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
- Recorded At – Philips Studios
- Published By – Carlin
- Published By – Roy Wood Music
- Published By – Sugartown Music Ltd.
Credits
- Design [Lamp] – Ingo Maurer
- Drums, Percussion – Bev Bevan
- French Horn, Horn [Hunting] – Bill Hunt
- Producer – Jeff Lynne, Roy Wood
- Sleeve – Hipgnosis (2)
- Violin – Steve Woolam
- Vocals, Cello, Oboe, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Bass [String Bass], Bassoon, Clarinet, Recorder, Slide Guitar, Percussion – Roy Wood
- Vocals, Piano, Electric Guitar, Percussion, Bass – Jeff Lynne
Notes
Similar to The Electric Light Orchestra but this release uses a broader font on the labels. On the A-side label the tracklisting is 7 lines of text, not 6.
Released in a textured gatefold cover.
Recorded at Philips Studios London
Thanks very much Roger and Pete for your great engineering and patience.
℗1971
Lamp by Ingo Maurer from Habitat London.
TPS Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
Patent No. 1224339
Publishing:
A1, A3, B2, B4: Carlin. Roy Wood Mus. Sugartown.
A2, A4, B1, B5: Roy Wood Mus. Carlin.
B3: Sugartown Publ. Co. Ltd.
Labels: Made in Gt.Britain
Cover: Made and Printed in Great Britain
Runouts are stamped.
Released in a textured gatefold cover.
Recorded at Philips Studios London
Thanks very much Roger and Pete for your great engineering and patience.
℗1971
Lamp by Ingo Maurer from Habitat London.
TPS Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
Patent No. 1224339
Publishing:
A1, A3, B2, B4: Carlin. Roy Wood Mus. Sugartown.
A2, A4, B1, B5: Roy Wood Mus. Carlin.
B3: Sugartown Publ. Co. Ltd.
Labels: Made in Gt.Britain
Cover: Made and Printed in Great Britain
Runouts are stamped.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Other (Printing date): 7112
- Matrix / Runout (Label Side A): SHVL.797A
- Matrix / Runout (Label Side B): SHVL.797B
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 1): SHVL-797 A//2 SHVL 797A-1U
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 1): SHVL-797 B//2 SHVL 797B-1U
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 2): SHVL 797A-1U ML 2 S̶H̶V̶L̶-̶7̶9̶7̶ ̶A̶/̶/̶2̶
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 2): SHVL 797B-1U OG 1 S̶H̶V̶L̶-̶7̶9̶7̶ ̶B̶/̶/̶2̶
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 3): SHVL 797A-1U GD 1 S̶H̶V̶L̶-̶7̶9̶7̶ ̶A̶/̶/̶2̶
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 3): SHVL 797B-1U R 1 S̶H̶V̶L̶-̶7̶9̶7̶ ̶B̶/̶/̶2̶
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 4): SHVL 797A-1U AA 2 S̶H̶V̶L̶-̶7̶9̶7̶ ̶A̶/̶/̶2̶
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 4): SHVL 797B-1U AM 1 S̶H̶V̶L̶-̶7̶9̶7̶ ̶B̶/̶/̶2̶
Other Versions (5 of 109)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Recently Edited | The Electric Light Orchestra (LP, Album, Gatefold) | Harvest, Harvest | SHVL 797, 1E 064 ◦ 92970 | UK | 1971 | ||
Recently Edited | The Electric Light Orchestra (LP, Album) | Harvest, Harvest | 1C 062 - 92 970, 1 C 062 - 92 970 D | Germany | 1971 | ||
New Submission | The Electric Light Orchestra (LP, Album) | Harvest | SHVL 797 | Denmark | 1971 | ||
New Submission | The Electric Light Orchestra (LP, Album, Stereo, Textured Gatefold) | Harvest | SHVL 797 | Netherlands | 1971 | ||
New Submission | The Electric Light Orchestra (LP, Album) | Harvest | SHVL 797 | Australia | 1971 |
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Reviews
- Isn't it probable that there are errors within this versions' list? It seems rather unlikely that the first album known only in the US as 'No Answer', and everywhere else as 'The Electric Light Orchestra', would have re-issue versions in Europe and Australia named 'No Answer', as well as 'The Electric Light Orchestra'? Could I suggest that someone rationalises this list and corrects as required?
The title in America ("No Answer") is reportably due to the label asking a secretary to phone the band and find out the title of the album, since they only saw 'Electric Light Orchestra' tape. She was unable to reach the band at the contact number and therefore wrote down "No Answer" on her pad!
With a decent copy Id like to review the overall sound of this album. I was expecting really high quality as it is a first press UK issue, but I was left a little on the fence. The first side especially feels very balanced, almost too much so. Rarely does anything stick out, except when some instruments and even the vocals do the opposite, feeling too recessed. Stereo imaging is very simplistic in the sense that vocals are in the middle most of the time and instruments emanating directly from either speaker. It makes it hard to focus on individual performances of the musicians sometimes, particularly drums on most of side A, and while I admit that some vocals might sound recessed and distorted as an artistic choice it leaves more to be desired. Only on Side B does the dynamics and presence of the music take it up a notch as a whole.
I might have sounded overly negative but its again mostly concerning side A which perhaps just was not recorded as well or had different intentions with the music. The experience with this record is still a pleasant one, if you can get it clean enough.
Equipment used:
Rega RP1 with Nagaoka MP-110 cartridge
Cyrus 2 Amplifier
System Fidelity SF-3050 tower speakers
Custom Made HQ speaker cables
Release
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