This runs at 7.5 ips.

Yes, DDI is B and C. I tried both. B sounded better. Some say Dolby B is OK if A isn't available. Since DDi is adjustable to the level of the music, I found the "best sound" by lowering the overall wave about 6dB and adjusting the noise reduction to fit that. Then boosting the decoded audio back to normal - then adding that audio to the video file here. If I can get my hands on a Dolby A decoder, I'll definitely try it out. Note that Dolby B came out in the late '60s and was available. The guy and I discussed the types and since the note only said "Dolby" - and this tape wasn't recorded in the mastering studio, it was simply a safety copy made at a pressing plant, we don't really know if it's A or B.

@@lostplanetradio Fair enough and the video sounds great Bill ,anyway I would like to tell you that the VST plugin "u-he Satin" which is quite expensive but a friend of mine told me is out there for free (You know what I mean ;) ) it encodes and decodes Dolby A,B and C among others...I think you should give it a try since you work with these reels all the time, I think you might find it helpful.Cheers!

@@TheStarclipse Update.. today (10/16/24) taking the tape back to the owner... We were looking for anything else written on the tape or even the leader. Then having the reel in bright daylight shining through the window, there was faint writing in the reel plastic. Looked like very faded marker that is now barely visible. Getting the light and angle just right, we could see "DSOTM copy 7.5 Dolby B on, stereo 6/1974". So the Dolby NR used was B and we're now certain it was copied in June 1974. The writing is on the side being played in the video and isn't visible at all. (Adding info to description.)

@@lostplanetradio That's why it sounds so good

Yes, they mixed them together. It really should be 10538 Overture/Do Ya.

On the seven seas, there was a phantom ship a-comin' Shinin' on the dead of night, I heard the crew a-hummin' Tunes that sounded like the Rolling Stones and Leonard Cohen But they didn't know the words, so I assumed that they was foreign But I heard them just the same Oh, doctor, let me teach 'em, I just wanna please them now I said, doctor, let me teach 'em, I just wanna please them now I looked up in the sky, there was a phantom plane a-comin' Shinin' in the dead of night, I heard the pilot saying Poems that were written by John Keats and Robert Browning He didn't know the words, so I suppose that it was nothing But I heard them just the same Oh, doctor, let me teach 'em, I just wanna please them now I said, doctor, let me teach 'em, I just wanna please them now Oh, doctor, please believe me, I know you won't deceive me But do these things I'm seein' have any hidden meaning? It's all good entertainment, it doesn't cost a penny So please, doc, let me teach 'em, if I could only reach 'em But I heard them just the same Oh, doctor, let me teach 'em, I just wanna please them now Oh, doctor, let me teach 'em, I just wanna please them now

Yup. Glad Jeff had the spot for a great piano solo and Richard was still with us.

Sorry, but this video has been up for a year. The owner of the tape (not Lost Planet Radio) didn't want the file posted 'forever'. However, I can ask again if he would be OK with it. If so, it will be posted in the "posts" section. (Formerly the community board.)

@@lostplanetradio No worries, I really appreciate the response! I will keep an eye out. I'm not sure if you made your Xanadu uploads available to download in the past, but they are incredible too.

@@ThePier69 I will be speaking to the owner of the tape in person next week (mid Sept). I'll ask and see what his feelings are about re-posting several audio files that were limited last year and earlier this year.

@@lostplanetradio I really appreciate it.

I knew Jeff worked with Dave on some songs, but I didn't know he wrote this one. No wonder it's so catchy. Thumbs up👍

Yes, Jeff wrote and produced a couple of songs for Dave Edmunds. Also, Richard Tandy appears on "Slipping Away", playing synthesizer.

It's a great remaster, thanks very much for this my friend. 🎵😍😉👍👍👍🌟

I'll kind of agree - the "bigger" sound with more voices and instruments made ELO something special. Jeff has a gift to create unique and catchy songs. With the people he surrounded himself with, we got that unique sound. "Balance Of Power" I don't see as "the weakest", but the result of Jeff simply tired of the "grind" of being under a contract. Unfortunately, during the late 1970s and early 1980s it seems his personal life and getting tired of the "formula" made him a little "cranky". There was the falling out with Kelly. Jeff and his lawyers chose to simply do a "pay off" and cut ties. By this album, Bev was stripped back to playing a drum machine - or Jeff programmed it himself. (Although listen carefully, Bev has some real drums on this album.) This album was full of short pop tunes that, even though Jeff "was done" with the ELO "concept", still were catchy tunes. He threw in his songs that told everyone listening "this is it...I'm done.." To this day, I still think "Destination Unknown" should have been the final song. Maybe he thought it was too blatant of a message, but it still appeared as a b-side. "Send It" gave a similar message of how he felt - without saying "destination unknown". We can only wonder how this album would have sounded if he could have gathered some real strings and did one more "big sounding" album. I imagine it would have sounded more like "Discovery", but with more of a rock and pop vibe, than disco. His biggest "flaw" is he loves to work when he wants to - and do everything himself, to his own satisfaction. He really dislikes schedules and being forced to work with people who are not ready to do stuff when he feels like it. You mention the Wilburys...that was the perfect environment. They recorded as friends, on their own timetable. Jeff could fiddle with production until he liked it. It was done when they all decided it was done. "Armchair Theatre" was the same thing. It was all him - with the guests - that he could record over and over until he said it was done. Sadly, now that Richard is gone - and his "staples" since "BOP" - Harrison, Petty, Orbison, etc...are gone, he just does everything from his home studio primarily by himself. The songs and music are still good, but he IS missing that depth of others and what they would contribute. We're lucky he's touring (and enjoying it) and has a full band to support his sound. It's too bad he can't get them together in the studio to record with him. They are involved in other projects outside of ELO - but what a treasure it would be if he could get this group together to properly record a studio album.

This album has positives and negatives for me. I miss the 70s ELO musicians input, don't like the 80s sound, but the production is next level. "Calling America" and "Without Someone" are two of my favourite ELO songs, Jeff could still write songs that stuck in my head. He sounds so much like Roy Orbison in a part of "Endless Lies", a clever song, that I love listening to. There isn't a song on this album that I dislike, but I do wish it didn't sound so 80s. I prefer it to Secret Messages, but nowhere near as good as Time. Zoom has some good songs too, but there's a few songs I want to skip on that one. There's only a few songs after that, that I like to listen to.

​​​@@lostplanetradioYes, I feel much the same way. And I think there is something like "too much perfection". When Jeff plays all the instruments, he plays them perfect because he knows how he meant it to be. But it's the little imperfections and different interpretations that turn good songs into great songs. You get this only with other musicians. That's why I do not like Jeff's solo re-recordings from 2012 (published as "Mr. Blue Sky"). They sound lifeless and boring to me.

​@@franzfrunzner4086Hello my friend, I totally agree with your comment. When Kelly joined he added a new sound and dimension to the harmonies. The musicians in the 70s adding there thing especially live performances (Mik Kaminski violin solos and Hugh McDowell Cello solos 1978 Tour!!). Richard Tandy's piano work and Wurlitzer electric piano and moog synth those incredible vintage instruments he played adding his trademark styles. Bev Bevans drum sound eg Out of the Blue, great rhythm and timing! I like all ELO stuff but to me that was there peak 1974 to 1981. And last Louis Clark adding the Orchestra and Choir arrangements, and absolute crucial addition to ELO!! 😉👍

Thanks very much for uploading this track. 👏😉👍. I also enjoyed the real drums to Calling America! Love that open hi hat sound on the Chorus parts. Thanks for sharing 😊👍

"Caught In A Trap" is coming soon!

@@lostplanetradio Cool! Thank you.