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Post by pack8398 on Apr 25, 2015 18:59:19 GMT
Long time lurker, first time poster. I guess my situation is unique which made me wonder how all of you initially came to love ELO.
For me, I had an aunt that I was particularly close to that was a member of the old Columbia Records Club or whatever it was called. You paid X amount of money each month and received a number of albums. I loved going through her records and particularly, admiring the cover art of the old vinyl albums. One that really caught my eye for no reason in particular was ELO's A New World Record.
Weirdly enough, there's nothing particularly special about the cover art but I liked it and asked if I could borrow it. I was only 10 years old and had no clue who the Electric Light Orchestra was. I started playing it and my addiction was born. I literally played that record on my old player until the grooves were nearly worn out. Livin' Thing and Telephone Line were the obvious hits but my favorites were Shangri La and Mission. That record led to 'Ole Elo' which led to Discovery, which led to Time and finally Secret Messages. At that point I was completely hooked and went backwards to the start of ELO and purchased their early work.
I guess I happened onto ELO by chance but to this day I can listen to Evil Woman, Strange Magic or Shine a Little Love and still enjoy it as much as the very first time. So how/when did you become a fan?
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Post by Chippa on Apr 26, 2015 1:54:14 GMT
Mid-80's. Friend's parents had a boatload of vinyl stashed away, and I gravitated towards the ELO, since I knew them from the radio hits. That was it...I was hooked.
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Post by pikerman on Apr 26, 2015 7:21:31 GMT
Mr blue sky all them years ago i now have single signed by jeff and bev thank god for ebay
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Post by Horacewimp on Apr 26, 2015 8:21:13 GMT
My brother borrowed ANWR from a friend, thats when it all started.
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Post by Platypus on Apr 26, 2015 9:49:28 GMT
Nothing flash for me, liked Telephone Line playing on the radio, bought ANWR LP. And the rest.
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Post by BSJ on Apr 26, 2015 18:12:02 GMT
Very shaky memory. I was aware of The Move - can't remember how or why (sisters boy friend?). I picked up No Answer when it came out. On The Third Day really helped set in the madness. To this day I experience the same feelings I had when first hearing Showdown.
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Post by Helmut83 on Apr 26, 2015 18:30:57 GMT
When I was 8 or 9 I caught "Midnight Blue" on the radio almost by chance and managed to press the "rec" button on an old cassette recorder. Then played it over and over and over. When my mother came she told me it was ELO.
But I never really got into their discography until 3 years ago, when by own initiative and curiosity I decided to search throughout the rest of their discography. That's when I became a fan.
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Post by unomusette on Apr 26, 2015 21:29:35 GMT
Liked the singles especially Telephone Line, then actually bought Wild West Hero and got totally hooked. Been a helpless slide into fandom since then (and I love it!)
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Post by wilko on Apr 26, 2015 23:16:52 GMT
Hearing Livin' Thing on Radio 1 aged 12 and being totally hooked. That violin intro still gets me all these years later.
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Post by Timeblue on Apr 27, 2015 13:37:31 GMT
Always liked them since Livin Thing but didn't buy first single until Sweet Talking Woman when they were arguably the biggest band on the planet at that moment in time.
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Post by nickheynes on Apr 27, 2015 19:37:04 GMT
Heard Mr Blue Sky when I was 14. Loved it but always bought albums and not singles.Unfortunately I didn't have the money to by out of the blue. I perseuded my brother telling him he'd love it.He did but not as much as me so it went on permanent loan to me.I then bought the back catalogue from a mates brother inc "three light yrs" love em all!
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californiaman
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Post by californiaman on Apr 28, 2015 1:03:14 GMT
One day I was listening to the radio and heard Confusion. Once I found out who was the band that was playing it, I realized it was the same as Last Train To London. So I decided to get the complete discography and there I discovered ELO completely.
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Post by Nisse on Apr 28, 2015 15:34:01 GMT
Somewhere late 2011 my dad put Zoom Tour Live in the DVD player. I didn't really pay attention to it until Ordinary Dream played, which I absolutely loved. I looked ELO up on YouTube and downloaded Out Of The Blue (probably because either I'd heard the name before or I liked the album picture. Don't worry though, I've bought all CDs legit by now, haha) From there I just started to branch out, downloading a new album every couple weeks. Funny how I ended up with Zoom last, since it's a song on that album that got me into ELO.
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brianpaone
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Post by brianpaone on Apr 29, 2015 0:41:09 GMT
My mother brought Out of the Blue home on vinyl when I was about 6 years old. Blew my mind. When I was about 10, and had an allowance, I would spend all my money on buying the backcatalogue of ELO cassettes until I had everything they released. I was probably the only 10 year old in 1986 in Lynn, Massachusetts that walked around listening to ELO from a boombox.
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Post by janne on May 2, 2015 7:59:44 GMT
In 1976, I was nine years old. I had been listening to ABBA, KC & The Sunshine Band and Bay City Rollers, mostly. These records were birthday gifts and records that my mother had picked up for me.
When I first picked out a record for myself, in a record store in Stockholm, I chose A New World Record. I didn't know much - or anything - about ELO, but I liked the cover with the embossed logo.
I came home, started listening to it and couldn't stop. I was baffled that anything could sound so good.
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