Fusion - Live in London is a concert film by Electric Light Orchestra

Electric Light Orchestra

Electric Light Orchestra were a British rock group from Birmingham who released eleven studio albums between 1971 and 1986 and another album in 2001. ELO were formed to accommodate Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne's desire to create modern rock and pop songs with classical overtones...

, recorded at the New Victoria Theatre

Apollo Victoria Theatre

The Apollo Victoria Theatre is a West End theatre, located on Wilton Road near Victoria station in the City of Westminster. Opened as a cinema and variety theatre, the Apollo Victoria became a venue for musical theatre, beginning with The Sound of Music in 1981, and including the long-running...

 in London

London

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Filmed in 1976 whilst on their Face the Music Tour, sees the band live in London for the first time in three years, due to their popularity in the US. Released in VHS

VHS

The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....

 format in 1990.

Aside from Out of the Blue: Live at Wembley

Out of the Blue: Live at Wembley

Out of the Blue: Live at Wembley is a concert film by The Electric Light Orchestra.In 1978 the band played the Wembley Arena for a record eight appearances...

, this is the only concert footage of the classic lineup known to exist (with Zoom Tour Live

Zoom Tour Live

Zoom Tour Live is a concert by Electric Light Orchestra.After the release of the 2001 album Zoom, Jeff Lynne announced a North American tour, their first live concerts in fifteen years...

 and a VH1 Storytellers appearance from 2001 forming the only other pieces of live footage). This provides a rare look at ELO before the Out Of The Blue tour, lacking the vast UFO stage (which caused numerous performance and filming difficulties) as well as CBS' often intrusive video editing techniques.

On 9 August 2010 the concert finally saw its official DVD

DVD

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 release by Eagle Rock Entertainment

Eagle Rock Entertainment

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 in the UK as a part of their compilation Live - The Early Years, then stateside 24 August 2010 as a slightly edited release.

Track listing

1. "Poker""
2. "Nightrider"
3. "Showdown"
4. "Can't Get It Out Of My Head"
5. "Poorboy (The Greenwood)"
6. "Illusions in G Major"
7. "Strange Magic"
8. "10538 Overture"/"Do Ya"
9. "Evil Woman"
10. "Ma-Ma-Ma-Belle"
11. "Roll Over Beethoven"

Personnel

• Jeff Lynne
  Jeff Lynne
  Jeffrey "Jeff" Lynne is an English songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer who gained fame as the leader and sole constant member of Electric Light Orchestra and was a co-founder and member of The Traveling Wilburys together with George Harrison, Bob...
  
   - guitars and vocals
• Bev Bevan
  Bev Bevan
  Bev Bevan is an English rock musician, who was the drummer and one of the original members of The Move and Electric Light Orchestra...
  
   - drums, percussion, backing vocals
• Richard Tandy
  Richard Tandy
  Richard Tandy , is best known as the keyboard player in the rock band, Electric Light Orchestra...
  
   - piano, moog, mellotron
• Kelly Groucutt
  Kelly Groucutt
  Kelly Groucutt , born Michael William Groucutt, was an English musician who was best known for being the bass player for the band Electric Light Orchestra , between 1974 and 1983. He was born in Coseley, West Midlands.-Early career:Groucutt began his musical career at 15 as Rikki Storm of Rikki...
  
   - bass guitar, vocals
• Mik Kaminski
  Mik Kaminski
  Mik Kaminski is best known for playing violin in the Electric Light Orchestra between 1973 and 1979.-Biography:...
  
   - violin
• Hugh McDowell
  Hugh McDowell
  Hugh McDowell is an English cellist best known for his membership in Electric Light Orchestra and related acts.-Career:...
  
   - cello
• Melvyn Gale
  Melvyn Gale
  Melvyn Gale is an English cellist.-Career:Gale obtained his classical music orientated education at the Royal Academy of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Before joining the Electric Light Orchestra, he had already played with the London Palladium Orchestra, with whom he had his...
  
  - cello, piano