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"Strange Magic" is a song written by Jeff Lynne and performed by Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). It was originally released on their 1975 Face the Music album. The 'weeping' guitar lick was provided by keyboardist Richard Tandy while Jeff Lynne played a 12-string acoustic guitar fed through a phase shifter.
The track opens with a 21-second orchestra intro before cutting to a guitar lick with a soft piano. The choruses feature Lynne solely singing "Strange magic" three times, before jumping an octave higher singing "Got a strange magic" along with Groucutt, Greenwich, Collins, O'Neill and Raymond on harmony vocals. Each chorus features more ...
Strange Magic: The Best of Electric Light Orchestra is a compilation album by Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), released in 1995 only in the US. The compilation favours album versions rather than single versions; tracks such as " Rock 'n' Roll Is King ", " Shine a Little Love " and " Boy Blue " are longer.
Its instrumentation consists of drums, bass, guitar, cellos, horns, and woodwinds. [13] Wood and Lynne share lead vocals on the song. It was recorded at Philips Studios, in London. [14] It opens with a descending, [15] arpeggiated electric guitar riff, [16] before a French horn part and Wood's aggressive, multitracked cello performance are ...
Eldorado is the first complete ELO concept album; bandleader Jeff Lynne conceived the storyline before he wrote any music. [2] The plot follows a Walter Mitty-like character who journeys into fantasy worlds via dreams, to escape the disillusionment of his mundane reality.
"Fire on High" is the opening instrumental track from the 1975 Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) album Face the Music. The song was the UK B-side to the band's worldwide hit single " Livin' Thing ", issued in blue vinyl.
Richard Tandy (26 March 1948 – 1 May 2024) was an English musician. He was the full-time keyboardist in the band Electric Light Orchestra ("ELO"). [1] His palette of keyboards (including Minimoog, Clavinet, Mellotron, and piano) was an important ingredient in the group's sound, especially on the albums A New World Record (1976), Out of the Blue (1977), Discovery (1979) and Time (1981).
Marc Mann is an American keyboardist, guitarist, programmer, arranger and conductor. He has a Master's Degree in Music from UCLA.Mann is known for his work with Oingo Boingo, Jeff Lynne and the Electric Light Orchestra.