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Electric Light Orchestra - Out of the Blue Audio CD

A fair review of the Electric Light Orchestra "Out of the Blue" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Electric Light Orchestra reviews here, or go back to the Electric Light Orchestra tabs.

Electric Light Orchestra Band: Electric Light Orchestra
Title: Out of the Blue
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Release Date: 2007-02-20
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Turn to Stone 2: It's Over 3: Sweet Talkin' Woman 4: Across the Border 5: Night in the City 6: Starlight 7: Jungle 8: Believe Me Now 9: Steppin' Out 10: Standin' in the Rain 11: Big Wheels 12: Summer and Lightning 13: Mr. Blue Sky 14: Sweet Is the Night 15: Whale 16: Birmingham Blues 17: Wild West Hero

Typical remastering destruction
They sound exactly as I remembered them on the albums (as it should be). Is it just me or do these remastered versions of everything ruin the originals? I`m in my mid 40`s and have many CD`s I purchased in 80`s and 90`s that were recorded off of the original master tapes. This remaster is one of the worst. If your young enough to never have heard this in it`s original state, then please do so before wasting your money on this!.


Worth an upgrade if you already have the CD


I was wrong. I was skeptical as to whether it was worth buying this album again, as the previous CD sounded good enough to me. Right from the first side, everything is clearer and more detailed.

The remastering becomes very apparent on "Across The Border"; the brass section break is clear and distortion-free, and the final orchestral slide is breathtaking.

I could argue with the bass levels at a few points. "Sweet Talkin' Woman" is a little bass-heavy at one point, and "Standin' in the Rain" is a little muddy until the second chorus--but to be fair, that just means it sounds like the previous release. Lacking personal access to the master tapes I'm willing to believe that's how it should have sounded.

Things get better again for "Summer and Lightning". "Mr Blue Sky" isn't amazingly improved, perhaps because it has always received careful attention in previous remasterings.

Improvements in the second half of the album are less noticeable, but still welcome.

On the down side, there are (still) a few fadeouts in the high end of the right channel of "Night in the City", but the tape dropout/fadeout at the end of "It's Over" is removed. The transient peak towards the end of "Standin' in the Rain" is still there.

Overall, well worth the upgrade, unless you're prepared to spring $25+ for the Japanese import.


Not better than the original Jet/CBS CD version.
The somewhat exaggerated trebles and sizzle of the original recording (which I never found objectionable-and to my ear sounded "period" correct) have been deliberately toned down in this latest remaster, it has been at the expense of the vocals, which are now more subdued and distant-as if they were deliberately mixed into the background. While there are some tracks that sound better than the original Jet/CBS CD version of this album, most do not. What's worst is there has been an attempt to pump up the admittedly weak bass of the original version, which has succeeded somewhat but unfortunately at the expense of the upper bass/low midrange- which is now bloated sounding and muddy. Overall, it's a darker sounding muddier mix. I can achieve a similar effect just by simply turning up the bass and turning down the treble on my amplifier using the original version. I wouldn't consider this remastered version an improvement over the original CD version of the album. It's just different. Bad different. I'll keep it as part of my ELO collection, but I'll listen to the original Jet/CBS CD.


Out of the blue - perfect
But this is diamond in my collection. I'm fan of ELO more then 13 years and have many items. I got it in digipack super quality of cover and big bootleg. Many interestiong things inside. And ofcouse Latitude 88 North, i don't know why Jeff Lynne don't relase this song in 1997 on this album. It's really hit! I highly recomended this CD to all fans!!!
Long live ELO.


The Best ELO Album!
When I first bought this as an record album I wore the vinyl down until the grooves were dull and flat. I have always been a late 70's rock fan. Now with the CD version that same excellent sound is there. This album shows more range of the group then any of ELO's other albums. This album was the turning point of the group from Classic Rock with violins too Pop-rock and the high tech sound, like in their albums Discovery and Time. To know Electric Light Orchestra you need to own this album, Out of the Blue.


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