Despite predictions from the music press that the band would fold without Wood, who had been the driving force behind the creation of ELO, Lynne stepped up to lead the band, with Bev Bevan remaining on drums, joined by Gibson, Richard Tandy ( now on the Moog synthesiser ), Mike de Albuquerque on bass and vocals and Mike Edwards and Colin Walker on cellos.

ELO had reached the peak of their stardom, selling millions of albums and singles, and even inspiring a parody / tribute song on the Randy Newman album Born Again, titled " The Story of a Rock and Roll Band ".

The album also shed the customary ELO logo that had appeared on every album since 1976.

Upon completion of the album Lynne reformed the band with completely new members including his then-girlfriend Rosie Vela ( who had released her own album " Zazu ", in 1986 ) and announced that ELO would tour again.

* 2004, a team of computers ( Hydra, Deep Junior and Fritz ), wins 8. 5 – 3. 5 against a rather strong human team formed by Veselin Topalov, Ruslan Ponomariov and Sergey Karjakin, who had an average ELO rating of 2681.

ELO had soundtrack hits of their own with " I'm Alive " and " All Over the World ".

It includes an extra 21 minutes of music, considerably lengthening what had been the shortest ELO album.

It was while playing with Barefoot in Birmingham that he was spotted by ELO's Jeff Lynne ; and after Lynne, Bev Bevan and Richard Tandy had watched him play, he was invited to join ELO, to replace Mike de Albuquerque, who had recently left the band.

Upon joining, he was immediately asked to adopt a stage name because ELO had already had several members named Michael, Mike or Mik ; he chose Kelly as being a school nickname.

By this time ELO had become one of the most popular bands in the world, and Jet reissued ELO's back catalogue albums and some new singles in many different colours of vinyl.

In 1985 Tandy formed the Tandy Morgan Band featuring Dave Morgan and Martin Smith, both of whom had worked with ELO in live concerts.

Ponomariov had an ELO rating of 2710 at the time of the match.

It was also the final ELO studio album to become a worldwide top 40 hit upon release.

The album spawned hit singles from both Newton-John (" Magic ," No. 1 in the United States, and " Suddenly " with Cliff Richard ) and ELO (" I'm Alive ", which went gold, " All Over the World " and " Don't Walk Away ").

The title track, performed by both Newton-John and ELO, is ELO's only song to top the singles chart in the United Kingdom.

Time topped the UK charts for two weeks and was the last ELO studio album to date to be certified platinum in the United Kingdom.

" Roll Over Beethoven " was the second single released by the band, and became their second consecutive top ten hit in the UK, as well as a hit in the United States when an edited version of the track was taken from ELO 2.

Lynne, with the 7-piece line-up that supported Time ( with the exception of bassist Groucutt being replaced by Martin Smith ), played a small number of live ELO performances in 1986, including shows in England and Germany along with US appearances on American Bandstand, Solid Gold, then at Disneyland that summer.

Former ELO member Tandy rejoined the band a short time afterwards for two television live performances: VH1 Storytellers and a PBS concert shot at CBS Television City, later titled Zoom Tour Live, that was released on DVD.

Overall, he scored 3½ / 6, conceding one loss to GM Zhang Pengxiang ( ELO 2649, at time of match ) in round four.

* ELO 2 ( 1973 ) – ELO ( although uncredited at the time, Wood played cello and bass on " In Old England Town " and " From the Sun to the World ").

HIARCS author Mark Uniacke said in a video interview that one of his current priorities in development is improving HIARCS to play in a more " human-like fashion " at different ELO strengths. http :// www. hiarcs. com / Games / wcsc11 / wcsc11. htm

From June 11 – 21, he made his debut at the Bazna Kings Tournament in Romania in a field including Carlsen, world No. 5 Vassily Ivanchuk, world No. 6 Sergey Karjakin, world No. 13 Teimour Radjabov and Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu ; the tournament was a Category XXI event with an average ELO of 2760, making it the third strongest tournament in history ; Nakamura finished 4½ / 10 ; the tournament was won by Carlsen on tiebreak over Karjakin.

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* " Drum Dreams " ( ELO ) ( non-soundtrack LP track released as B-side of the " I'm Alive " and " All Over The World " singles ) beginning of Xanadu opening night roller disco sequence, with Danny leading the group on skates ; segué into ...

For several television appearances behind these songs, The Move added two musicians who became members of the group after its transition into ELO: Bill Hunt ( horns, woodwind, piano ) and Richard Tandy ( guitar, bass ).

Hipgnosis was an English art design group based in South Kensington, London that specialised in creating cover art for the albums of rock musicians and bands, most notably Pink Floyd, T. Rex, The Pretty Things, UFO, 10cc, Bad Company, Led Zeppelin, AC / DC, Scorpions, Yes, The Alan Parsons Project, Genesis, Peter Gabriel, ELO & XTC.

On 3 September 2010, on the A381 in Halwell near Totnes, Devon, UK an early member of British rock group ELO Mike Edwards was killed when his van was crushed by a round bale.

The group claimed to be influenced by Fleetwood Mac, Wilco, The Beach Boys, Tom Petty, Ryan Adams, Beck, ELO, Big Star, Queen, The Replacements, The Beatles, Old 97's and The Flying Burrito Brothers.

It was on the American tour that ELO first debuted their use of coloured lasers.

It was the first ELO tour without cellists, although Mik Kaminski returned to play his famous " blue violin.

However, Lynne was contractually obligated to make one more ELO album.

ELO effectively disbanded after that final show in Stuttgart in 1986, but there was no announcement made of it for the next two years, during which George Harrison's Lynne-produced album Cloud Nine and the pair's follow-up ( with Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan and Tom Petty as Traveling Wilburys ) Traveling Wilburys Vol.

Bevan approached Lynne to make another ELO album in 1988, but Lynne was not interested and went on to announce that ELO was no more.

Though billed and marketed as an ELO album, the only returning member other than Lynne was Tandy, who performed on one track.

Guitarist / vocalist / songwriter / producer Phil Bates ( Trickster, ELO Pt2, Quill and solo artist ) was born in Tamworth, and played in local bands the Teenbeats and Source of Power until moving away from the area in 1971.

However, the band began to develop a fan base in Japan and " ELO Kiddies " was a hit single in Europe.

The UK was one of the two main countries in the development of rock music, and has provided global acts including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Pink Floyd, Queen, Elton John, David Bowie, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, The Kinks, Yardbirds, Sex Pistols, The Clash, Van Morrison, Eric Clapton, Dire Straits, Bee Gees, Rod Stewart, The Animals, Iron Maiden, Def Leppard, Whitesnake, Motörhead, Phil Collins, Duran Duran, Billy Idol, ELO, The Hollies, Sting, Annie Lennox, George Michael, Genesis, The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Police, UB40, Ozzy Osbourne, The Smiths, Joy Division, Foreigner, Elvis Costello, Dusty Springfield, Status Quo, Cat Stevens, Judas Priest, Bonnie Tyler, Pet Shop Boys, Joe Cocker, T. Rex, Depeche Mode, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Roxy Music, The Jam, Rainbow, Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, Seal, Eurythmics, Free, King Crimson, Moody Blues, The Troggs, Steve Winwood, Robert Palmer, Cream, The Foundations, Herman's Hermits, Procol Harum, Yes, The Pretenders, Simple Minds, Marillion, Nazareth, The Sweet, Human League, Supertramp, Tears for Fears, New Order, Bad Company, Brian Johnson, The Stone Roses, Pulp, Suede, Manic Street Preachers, Travis, Oasis and Blur.

Well aware that Wood was intent on setting up his new orchestral rock project ( which eventually became ELO ), he suggested that Wood could concentrate on performing with his new band while continuing to write songs for The Move.

Bates departed in July 2007 to rejoin ELO Part II, now renamed The Orchestra and was replaced with Gordon Healer.

When The Move was still on tour, he founded, together with his band colleagues Jeff Lynne and Bev Bevan, the Electric Light Orchestra ( ELO ), which was later to gain major commercial success.

The original intention was to continue with both The Move and ELO, but the former soon ceased to exist.

The internationally oriented but US based Electronic Literature Organization ( ELO ) was founded in 1999 to promote the creation and enjoyment of electronic literature.

Discovery is notable in that it was the first ELO album not to feature their resident string trio of Mik Kaminski, Hugh McDowell and Melvyn Gale, although they did make an appearance on the Discovery music videos that were created as a substitute for a live concert tour.

A number of " ELO firsts " can be attributed to this album: it was the first ELO album not to feature any strings whatsoever ; the first to feature a saxophone solo ; and the band's first compact disc issued.