All Over The World: The Very Best Of Elo

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With huge worldwide sales since they formed in 1970, it's a hard task for any fan to pick just one favourite track. The song was released as a single the following year, and despite only charting at 38 in the UK, has become one of their most popular and famous tracks.

When Jeff Lynne joined Roy Wood's British band the Move in 1970, it was with the condition that the group blend their basic rock moves with classical music, in a nod to Sgt. By their fourth album, Wood was long gone and Lynne steered ELO away from the classical pretensions (a drawn-out cover of Chuck Berry's "Roll Over Beethoven," originals like "10538 Overture") and toward strings-assisted rock songs with huge pop riffs. Electric Light Orchestra are an English symphonic rock band which formed in Birmingham, Warwickshire in 1970. The title track, performed by ELO and Olivia Newton-John topped the UK charts - their only single to ever do so. Some great songs on the album, but sadly it was released in 1979 before some of their later hits came along.

Yet, it wasn't meant to be as Roy Wood, Andy Craig, Bill Hunt and Hugh McDowell all quit to form another group, leaving Jeff Lynne to front the band.

Products labelled '*item fulfilled by Exertis on behalf of hmv' will be supplied to you directly by Exertis via their approved couriers. The Electric Light Orchestra (ELO for short), was a classic rock band active from 1970 to 1986, led by front-man and singer Jeff Lynne. Describing this love as walking meadows is thought to refer to this person taking up all of his thoughts, with the scale of the meadows indicating they're walking through them constantly. Celebrating the gift of life, 'All Over The World' was also celebrated by critics and fans on both sides of the Atlantic. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH).Jeff Lynne said: "A bit of a disco beat on this one, and quite a lot of things going on, forty piece string section and all. Fissinger’s musical approach is refreshingly uncomplicated, allowing the beauty of the song’s simplicity to shine through. ELO were one of the first notable bands to make use of the vocoder, a vocal synthesising instrument, and 'Sweet Talkin' Woman' put it to good use. And it wasn't just world records they were setting over the pond, the band played at London's Wembley Arena for eight straight sold-out nights during the tour, setting yet another world record at that time.