Mr. Radio (song)
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Mr. Radio is a song recorded by the Electric Light Orchestra
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The song was the scheduled second single release from the bands debut album written by Jeff Lynne
and is track number six on their 1971 debut album The Electric Light Orchestra
(No Answer, USA). The song is written in a 1920s American style about a man whose wife has left him and his only companion is his radio. The orchestral intro to the song is played backwards and is an early example of what would be Lynne's trademark ELO production style; another oddity is that the track does not feature any bass notes.
The single edit can be found on a 2005 compilation album, "Harvest Showdown". A remastered version would appear on the box set Flashback
and later on remastered versions of their first album.
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...
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The song was the scheduled second single release from the bands debut album written by 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...
and is track number six on their 1971 debut album The Electric Light Orchestra
The Electric Light Orchestra (album)
The Electric Light Orchestra is the debut studio album by English rock band Electric Light Orchestra, released in December 1971. In the US, the album was released in early 1972 as No Answer, after a misunderstood telephone message made by a United Artists Records executive asking about the album name...
(No Answer, USA). The song is written in a 1920s American style about a man whose wife has left him and his only companion is his radio. The orchestral intro to the song is played backwards and is an early example of what would be Lynne's trademark ELO production style; another oddity is that the track does not feature any bass notes.
The single edit can be found on a 2005 compilation album, "Harvest Showdown". A remastered version would appear on the box set Flashback
Flashback (Electric Light Orchestra box set)
Flashback is a box set compilation by Electric Light Orchestra. See also: Afterglow.-History:In 2000, Jeff Lynne found a new impetus to work on the music of his old band and returned to the recording studio to work on an ELO project for the first time in some 15 years just prior to the comeback...
and later on remastered versions of their first album.