ELO 2xCD: Eldorado & Secret messages.

Released: 2006
Produced by: Jeff Lynne
Engineered by: Dick Plant / Mike Pela / Bill Bottrell
Recorded in: De Lane Lea Studios, London / Wisselord Studios, Hilversum, Holland

Eldorado:
Jeff Lynne: Guitar, Moog & vocals.
Bev Bevan: Drums & percussion.
Richard Tandy: Moog, guitar, backing vocals & piano.
Michael D´Albuquerque: Bass.
Hugh McDowell: Cello.
Mik Kaminski: Violin.
Mike Edwards: Cello.
Louis Clark: Orchestra and choral arrangements and conducting
Peter Ford-Robertson: Prologue spoken by.

This album was released as "A Symphony By The Electric Light Orchestra" and achieved a 16 place in the US and sold gold.

The single Can´t get it out of my head (Mar. 1975) will be the band's first Top 10 hit in the US as a 9th place, here, for the first time they used a 30-man string section.

Secret Messages:

Jeff Lynne: Vocals, backing vocals, guitar, bass guitar, percussion, Oberheim DMX & synthheizers.
Bev Bevan: Drums & percussion.
Richard Tandy: Grand piano, electric piano, syntheizers, harmonica & Oberheim DSX.
Kelly Groucutt: Bass guitar & backing vocals.
Dave Morgan: Additional background vocals.
Mik Kaminski: Violin solo on Rock´n´roll is King.
Louis Clark: Strings conducted.

This album obtained (July 1983) a 4 place in the UK and only a 36 place in the United States.

The single Rock´N´Roll is King (June 1983) achieves a 13 place in the UK and (20 Aug. 1983) obtains the a 19 place in the United States.

2 single release Secret Messages (Sept. 1983) achieves only a 48 place in the UK.

3 single release Four little diamonds (8 Oct. 1983) achieves only 86 place in the US.

This track is the band's last hit in two years!

Cover design by: John Kehe / John Williams
Label: Sony BMG, 82876824952
Barcode: 828768249529
Country: EEC
Still sealed
Item: 290
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/release/5961894-Electric-Light-Orchestra-Eldorado-Secret-Messages
Runout A:
Runout B:

A1: Eldorado overture (Jeff Lynne) (2:12)
A2: Can't get it out of my head (Jeff Lynne) (4:21)
A3: Boy blue (Jeff Lynne) (5:19)
A4: Laredo tornado (Jeff Lynne) (5:29)
A5: Poor boy (the Greenwood) (Jeff Lynne) (2:57)
A6: Mister Kingdom (Jeff Lynne) (5:29)
A7: Nobody's child (Jeff Lynne) (3:56)
A8: Illusions in G major (Jeff Lynne) (2:37)
A9: Eldorado (Jeff Lynne) (5:17)
A10: Eldorado finale (Jeff Lynne) (1:30)
A11: Eldorado instrumental medley (Jeff Lynne) (7:55)
Eldorado ouerture
Can't get it out of my head
Laredo tornado
Nobody's child
Eldorado
Eldorado finale
A12: Dark city (Jeff Lynne) (0:47) (demo)
B1: Secret messages (Jeff Lynne) (4:44)
B2: Loser gone wild (Jeff Lynne) (5:27)
B3: Bluebird (Jeff Lynne) (4:13)
B4: Take me on and on (Jeff Lynne) (4:58)
B5: Time after time (Jeff Lynne) (4:01)
B6: Four little diamonds (Jeff Lynne) (4:05)
B7: Stranger (Jeff Lynne) (4:27)
B8: Danger ahead (Jeff Lynne) (3:52)
B9: Letter from Spain (Jeff Lynne) (2:51)
B10: Train of gold (Jeff Lynne) (4:21)
B11: Rock'n'roll is King (Jeff Lynne) (3:15)
B12: No way out (Jeff Lynne) (3:26)
B13: Endless lies (Jeff Lynne) (3:25)
B14: After all (Jeff Lynne) (3:15)