ELO 1974 - In The Hall Of The Mountain King / Great Balls Of Fire "In Concert"

From Dick Clark archives
Very rare and exclusive video of this live performance in 1974
I wish share it with all the fans.
In Concert Performance Crowd Electric Light Orchestra In the Hall of the Mountain King Great Balls of Fire
Date. 19th July 1974

[@HippyHearse]

"I guess you kids aren't ready for that yet, but your parents are going to love it. "

[@strivingformindfulness2356]

We need more violin solos in rock songs. 🎻🎸🎹🥁🛸

[@metoo9360]

Yeah! More violins... NOT more cowbell. lol

[@carolinaibarramendoza7502]

we need more kaminsky. And people listening and eyoing ELO

[@weksheddweller]

And more spaceship band logos

[@neonfroot]

Indeed. Electric guitars get too much spotlight time.

[@bluebird925]

R.I.P. to the Celloists Mike Edwards and Hugh McDowall

[@sarahloughlin3724]

also Kelly Groucutt

[@rolandreich2234]

The audience seems genuinely baffled. They thought they were coming to a rock concert lol

[@douglashall6326]

I love seeing Bev Bevan jump at the sound of the violin squeel at 0:58.

[@philbedford8979]

Bev was smiling so I think it was intentional.

[@sandiriffle1969]

I remember seeing ELO as the opening act for Deep Purple at the Richfield (Ohio) Coliseum circa 1974. They blew everybody away! Sadly, can find no reference to this concert.

[@dogboner2001]

www.jefflynnesongs.com/eldoradotour/

[@jreno58]

Same thing in St Louis, probably same tour. Blew DP Mark III off the stage.

[@classicrockfan8034]

They outperformed Deep Purple so bad that ELO got their own gigs following this Tour. ELO was in a class by themself.

[@andersonic]

Absolutely wild to imagine ELO playing only covers. I love that at this point they're not even thinking of commercial appeal and just trying to do something new. Jeff Lynne before he realized he could do both.

[@justadrummer68]

Those in the audience had NO idea that they were viewing the beginning of the big monster known as ELO!

[@micknordstrom2591]

I don't understand why Mik Kaminski didn't get more solo's on the albums!?

[@schnoodle3]

Are you kidding, easy answer, Jeff Lynne's ego.

[@nightisright1873]

`` and love for kicking out string players and screwing Kelly over

Cuz he wasn't that good. Certainly not as good or creative as WIlf Gibson.

[@stephi7260]

Because he joined the band while On the Third Day was being recorded, and the next couple albums featured full orchestras along with the leading strings players. He’s still awesome and deserved more tho 😤

[@daveerhardt1879]

I would of loved to have been at that concert in retrospect. In 1974 I didn't even know who ELO was, but by the late 70's I did and I now love their music. Thanks for the video!

[@metoo9360]

My brother took me to see them the first time in 1978. Fell in love with them (especially the drummer, lol), do I bought every album and went to see them every time they came to Atlanta after that! They were one of the first to use laser lights at their shows. It was definitely electric ... and we were tripping the light fantastic!

[@anitahuie1145]

This is absolutely spectacular. Love you all. I can see you all getting wiser and stronger. Cheers to elo. And btw,bthr cello is supposed to sound out of tune.

[@Kohntarkosz]

The strings sound terrible. Massively out of tune. But it looks like they don't have monitors on their side of the stage, so they probably couldn't hear the rest of the band well enough to play in tune, plus the way the cellists are running around probably makes it nearly impossible to play in tune anyway.

[@metoo9360]

They are out of tune but that's what makes them unique... Plus they got much much better over the years they toured. Like you said, more monitors and better equipment.

[@Kohntarkosz]

@@metoo9360 Actually, what happened was that Richard Tandy would cover for the cellists on later tours. And on the Out Of The Blue tour, they actually played along to tapes that were filling in a lot of the gaps in the band's sound that the seven of them couldn't cover.

[@trinitron384]

0:59 bev got scared lol

[@liquidlena]

kid @ 5:51 totally RULES!! yet another fine performance by Jeff & the boys. great line-up. Mr. Tandy looking particularly lush, as usual ;)

[@philjamieson5572]

Great sounds. Great memories. Thanks for putting this on here.

[@juanitomp]

Why the public was soooo concentrated! Amazing version of great balls of Fire and they all act as braindead :-D

[@Ronbo710]

They were blitzed %)

[@jeffreysweetland4088]

love this song, ELO rocks, though personally I wish they had just done this song& not great balls of fire, In the hall of the mountain King is my favorite classical music song of all time

[@myearsloveit]

I tell ya something. You'd NEVER find me sittin' still during this jam.

[@metoo9360]

He'll to the yeah! That audience needs to get the f up and dance!

[@DennisMorrison1955]

What a dead looking bunch of zombie in the audience! This is classic, great ELO!

[@harryjames9050]

Great singing, Jeff!

[@myearsloveit]

Yup

[@KurtI2525]

This was an awesome weirdo band!

[@sabrinanascimento5248]

This song can be maddening if you don’t understand it. See how maddening this can be? The vilolin gives a nice balance and crescendo to that crazy madness. Thank goodness for the drums to outset the song.

[@rockininmilwaukee]

Are those real people in the crowd ?

[@metoo9360]

Ha ha. Some of them look like cardboard cutouts.

[@Kohntarkosz]

What I said had nothing to do with being a "hater" (whatever that is). What I said is absolutely true. The cellos ARE out of tune.

[@Astimoff]

Yes they are, as stated above,( no frets, prob no fine tuners), no monitors, running around... It's rock and roll!

[@flyershistory]

I think the intro was by Jim Stafford

[@joaquinivona9265]

Back to the future!!!

[@mbarsky]

Wow, Mik plays like a demon on this one! (starting at 3:53)

[@stevengoranson664]

First time for me to hear this. One of my favorite classics and rock band together. Booya!

[@PaulOutdoors]

Nice and raw.... ruddy marvellous 👍😊

[@gribwitch]

Mountain King or Speed King ?

[@davenamanda]

I don't know about the baffled and confused looks from the audience, but they ROCKED! Totally awesome! Loved it. Never get tired of watching all these old performances. And will never stop longing for and wishing I had the chance to see them live and in concert back in the early days. I did see them in the Out Of The Blue tour though. Thank you for posting this. Very much enjoyed this.

[@BillStraub]

I remember watching this on In Concert, they were on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert in '73 or '74 too. They may sound out of tune, because of the youtube uploading process and the source. It may not be the case here, but I read other youtube uploaders complain that the process slows or speeds up the video and audio and makes it sound out of tune.

[@sackajapeanuts]

No... No demonic electronic wizardry. They're out of tune - out of tune with each other - likely couldn't hear each other thru stage monitors... or were totally baked... or both. Great band... great song... wish I had never run into this.

[@BillStraub]

sackajapeanuts Asshat with no comprehension...

[@sackajapeanuts]

oh wait.. you're confusing "out of tune" and "out of sync". They're out of tune here, dumbass.

[@Crlarl]

Bill Straub If it were slowed or sped up, by x%, then everything would be x% higher or lower. i.e. 25 fps to 24 fps conversion (without binning frames) would slow the video by 4%, thus lowering the pitch by ~2/3 of a semitone across the board. This was definitely out of tune. In person, you probably wouldn't notice it easily.

[@nightisright1873]

sackajapeanuts I think they sound a little out of tune because of the violin players running around but that’s the fun of watching these videos.

[@peggyconley5225]

Mesmerizing beautiful love this, Jeff Lynne is so sweet

[@simonarnold5212]

Giving it all they can.

[@hmackie6823]

Was that announcer,Jim Stafford?

[@WilliamMahoney-qu2dv]

The best .;

[@fredlast4547]

Love the faces in the audience.

[@raynic1173]

WTF, I got to ~3+ mins. and couldn't take it any more, sounded like a junior high garage band o angel dust....😂 😂

[@trinitron384]

Yeah those cellos are definitely out of tune

[@TheSporeboy]

Rupert Grint's dad in the audience 5:51.

[@la_chistera]

What happens with the audience? It looks like it was 6 am after all night ELO playing, everyone exhausted and asleepy????

[@jordisanabravalle9248]

Woooow!!!!....oh yeah!!!!!

[@zbyszekadamh]

Klasyka muzyki rockowej z symfoniczną.

[@miwnamoh]

Sunday I saw the version of Apocalyptica @ the venue “Afas Live” Amsterdam ...it was awesome...but I prefer this one❤️🎻

[@sassymessmess9110]

Why is Jim Stafford hosting this?

5:51 High as a kite or falling alseep. SOMEBODY SLAP THAT KID!

[@Owen_plays_music1049]

I prefer The Who's version lol

[@egojosepio]

thanks for share

[@abashal]

Intro Looks like Jim Stafford (Spiders and Snakes)

[@sabrinanascimento5248]

Did you hear his Great Balls of Fire?

[@lenalundin7581]

ELO goes Norwegian 🥰

[@Shadeygrrl]

Ok Jim! But I don’t like spiders and snakes! 🥰

[@1RMDorey]

Some of those kids look like they went to see an orchestra.

[@kalishakta]

Some of the audience was just not getting it...

[@elorelatedvinyl]

Gran Video. Lo he linkado en mi blog en una referencia al disco Wholly Edison de la Electric Light Orchestra Muchas gracias.

[@RealmoftheBlackShadow]

The audience didn't seem too impressed.

[@joemorris143]

Sounds like the Portsmouth sinfonia.

[@daleeasternbrat816]

Remember seeing this live . Holy crap Batman!

[@ELONut]

wow where is this from? any more?

[@SVB2002]

He does look like Andy Kaufman,..... good call!

[@sumergido]

De donde sacas estas cosas genio??? Abrazo!

[@lucyfoster4082]

Edvard Grieg on American Bandstand. For the first and last time.

[@АнтонДомрачев-я2х]

прикольный он тут)))

[@nightisright1873]

Is it just me or do those violins need rosin

[@АртемИванов-ж8с]

cool

[@gstevens6948]

🤣🤣🤣

[@sorcerer666]

Yep one of those cellos is out of tune. Too bad because this performance rocks!!!!

I think it's the violin (always was loudest on stage). Wilf was a much better player than Mik.

[@scootheffernan8791]

They deliberately put it out of tune for this rendition; as per their interview on KZbin about it

[@hobillyjerry]

and for the matter since cellos aren't fretted and those guys are jumping around, it could be their finger positions-which goes back to what was said before about being able to hear yourself play...all in all-rock and roll!

[@bluejay99991]

I loove lorah.

[@kindkingkenne]

the out of tune of it makes me think of Portsmouth Sinfonia. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6jMg5ysebJ8j68

[@rockininmilwaukee]

Crazy cats.

[@metoo9360]

Don't ya just love 'em. I do!

[@kevinjUtube]

the guy doing the introduction looks like a British Andy Kaufman.

[@guillermokittsteiner4226]

Muchas gracias por estos temendos registros EloDevi

[@elodevi]

De nada sigo la busqueda.

[@DavidJones-ql1tw]

The faces of some of the audience... *Chuckles*

[@roktees2533]

Check out Rocky Dennis @ 5:51

[@mariamery7025]

On the third day record

[@jondunmore4268]

0:00 -- Hey, that's Jim Stafford, from ANY WHICH WAY YOU CAN! "Yippee-yi-yaaaay -- cow Patty!"

[@ZZMJo]

Hey, I didn't notice him.

[@welshdragon2008]

What is the name of the man introducing?

[@metoo9360]

Jim Stafford.

[@beegeeoh5066]

HATERS GONNA HATE

[@blemp3788]

Weird watching Shakespeare sing like that. Da Vinci, too. Same dude. St. germain. Look him up.

[@katiaribeiro9595]

Tanks I LOVE ELO!

[@juliusreiner5733]

Someone please tell me this was used in a spy thriller

[@niteclydn]

Good god the crowd looks bored

[@weksheddweller]

I think they're more confused tbh lol. ELO's sound was unlike anything ever heard before

[@neonfroot]

@@weksheddweller This. Before 1975, ELO wasn't at all appreciated especially in England. It's like how the Beach Boys weren't liked after 1966 until 1974

[@elodevi]

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[@tatetatence8504]

Селтаци Едвард Григ е прекрасен .............

Comedian Jim (whatever happened to) Stafford introducing.

[@unrulyjulie4382]

M. P. ... He owns his own music theater in Branson, MO.

[@schnoodle3]

No cords or RF pickups for the instruments, you can not produce any kind of serious sound from cello clowning around like that. Yeah, classic ELO lip sync.

[@Grouchomx]

Wow Jeff was S-T-O-N-E-D! (Hence the dark glasses later) :)

[@thirstycromwell4289]

Grouchomx that's a non musical thing to say, how ignorant of you.

[@metoo9360]

I read that he has some kind of eye condition that makes him sensitive to light. But you could be right about the "turn to stone" aspect!

[@neonfroot]

@@metoo9360 I thought it was Kaminski who did as I notice Mik always faced away from stage lights

[@Cat-hn2on]

@@neonfroot I don't really know. Maybe both of them were sensitive to lights.

[@TheLameGuyThatDoesCoolStuff]

Jeff is actually pretty shy, hence why he wears the sunglasses.

[@David-mo5jw]

Did people realy pay to watch them?? no wonder they look bored shitless ,this is a car crash.

[@scootheffernan8791]

I actually remember watching this one the night it first aired. Their whole performance sucked, unfortunately. Never could stand them after this

[@weksheddweller]

How about now? lol