Memories of the Fans : Electric Light Orchestra

The first time I saw them was during the Face the Music tour at the Glasgow Apollo Theatre when they were really beginning to take off in a big way. I was lucky enough to have a front row seat in the balcony. A perfect view of what was going on. The sound was cracking and ELO were using for the first time ( probably in fact one of the first bands to do so) a lazer lighting show.

Bearing in mind this was around 30 plus years ago, the technical wizardry consisted of a roadie with a mirror deflecting a rather bright green beam from the lazer onto the Apollo’s mirror ball.

As this was so new, Jeff Lynne told the audience that there was no need to worry, everything was safe and that the light show would not send anybody blind but, after using a fairly obscene hand gesture, said that it was something else that could send you blind! I’ll leave what he was meaning to your imagination. Innocent days indeed.

Submitted by fan Graeme Curtis