Wembley or Bust (Live)

My 2nd favorite live album of all time. Pure Joy and Mr. Blue Sky Always Goes Last For Me!

I saw this concert but not at wembley but somewhere in California and they played all of these songs and it was great and so is this but they could have played Confusion. ELO

saw him at msg. what a epic show! If you like ELO , you have to get this album.

Jeff has done it again. Excellent on stage performance and ever song is just as good as it was in the day but even better. Such a great performer and a good guy.

All the strings wonderful

The ELO discography played as true to form as it was over the years, a musical genius at work and as good a live set as you can buy! Just buy it ......

5 stars just for the setlist. Jeff Lynne has done so much great music as composer, performer, and producer.

All that needs to be said...Jeff Lynne = Musical Guru/Genius.

I've been a fan of ELO since the early 70's and while Jeff was the front man, songwriter and voice the "orchestra" brought something else, soul, individuality and the true ELO sound. For whatever reason Jeff fell out with those guys and a few years back even brought out a greatest hits where he removed every one of them and inserted himself on lead vocals, backing vocals, bass guitar, synths renaming the whole thing as "Jeff Lynne's ELO" when in reality it was just a Jeff Lynne record. Just compare the original "Turn to Stone" to the reworked version and you'll hear what I mean. When I think of ELO I think of Jeff Lynne of course, but I also think of Mik Kaminski with his blue violin (listen to the original ShowDown), Kelly Groucutt on bass with his amazing operatic intro to Rockaria, Bev bevan and the rest of the crew. I saw Jeff's new ELO last year in New York and was very disappointed. The sound production was perfect, the songs sounded like (his reworked) versions but the performance was lifeless like someone going through the motions. There was no enthusiasm from a truly gifted musician and that's exactly what I hear in this "live" recording. It's a live recording but it's not ALIVE.

There’s no doubt that Jeff can write and record great songs. The songs from his most recent album sits along side his earlier accomplishments quite easily. Kind of was hoping for some extra energy and maybe some variation of the studio versions to show up while listening to the Wembley concert. There were only some subtle differences from the studio versions and only on the great Roll Over Beethoven did any energy rear it’s head. If you want some to hear a good live energy concert listen to the new Kansas live Left-overture and beyond album. They rock.