dutchcharts.nl Electric Light Orchestra – Out of the Blue" (ASP). dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). MegaCharts . Retrieved 8 August 2011. not sure if it reuses any european or british masters or if this is a completely diffrent one mixed in sweden. In December 1979 Jet Records decided "to commemorate 12 months in the charts, Jet is pressing ELO's double album, Out Of The Blue, in blue vinyl which will be available at the normal price over the Christmas" - see Music Weekly article below. to commemorate 12 months in the charts, Jet is pressing ELO's double album, Out Of The Blue, in blue vinyl which will be available at the normal price over the Christmas" - see article below. EMS, Vocoder 2,000, Eventide harmonozer, Digital delay, MXR flanger, Analog delay line, Electronic mistress, Systec flanger, Roland space echo, Shaffer Vega diversity systems, Musictronics octave divider, Mutron 3M, Maestro stage phaser, fire extinguisher/Tarzan.

In the 1970’s no record retailer would have imported an album, which was available as regular release in the UK. Because the price of an un-devalued record from overseas would be very expensive. Sony will release a 40th anniversary double picture disc vinyl edition of ELO‘s Out Of The Blue album in September. In 2000 it was voted number 346 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums. [56] The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. [57] Eventually new gatefold sleeves were printed with just Jet DP400 on the rear, distributed by CBS. along with: a b MacIntosh, Dan (15 February 2007). "Electric Light Orchestra: Out of the Blue". popmatters.com. PopMatters.So Jet Records came up with the notion to sue UAR for "allegedly selling defective copies“ just to convince the record buyer not to buy the UAR copies. The weather had been really bad, and then one day I got up and it was fantastic, the sun was brilliant and shining, all the mountains were lit up and this mist had gone away. It was gorgeous and I came up with "Mr. Blue Sky". Some issues had the Press Out Space Ship model with JET DP 400 codes now printed on them at the bottom corner by the ELO logo. norwegiancharts.com Electric Light Orchestra – Out of the Blue" (ASP). Hung Medien. VG-lista . Retrieved 24 February 2012.

Mitchum, Rob (2007). "Electric Light Orchestra - Out of the Blue". Pitchfork . Retrieved 18 July 2023. Synthesizer [Polymoog, Mini-moog, ARP 2600, Odyssey, Omni, Minus Noise Mixer], Sequenced By [Sequencer], Electric Piano [Wurlitzer E.P. 200], Piano [Yamaha C 7B], Keyboards [SLM Concert Spectrum], Mellotron [Mellotron M 400], Clavinet [Hohner Clavinet], Electric Guitar [Gibson S.G. Custom Guitar] – Richard TandyOricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9. After the change of distribution partner from Jet Records to CBS on 5 May 1978, there were logistical Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped, PBL-35531-IG etched, variant 2): 20_JET_400_IB_I PBL-35531-IG A American album certifications – Electric Light Orchestra – Out of the Blue". Recording Industry Association of America. Including full colour cardboard inner lyric sleeves and a double side poster, as shown above for the Blue vinyl edition.

There was a "Music Week" article from November 1978 detailing the 3 Light Years Box set issue and the Blue Vinyl issue of Out Of The Blue. Cutout Material Is Plentiful at NARM". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. 7 April 1979 . Retrieved 7 January 2012.

Each issue comes with a with full colour booklet with lyrics and the band members pictures from the LP poster. Summer and Lightning" is the third song in the suite, and takes on a more lively atmosphere. [25] The Guardian's Mark Beaumont praised the song, ranking it as one of the band's best ten songs. [26] [25]

CBS distributed issue on Special Edition Blue Vinyl - Jet label with white/yellow light beams, gatefold sleeve with two cardboard inner lyric sleeves.EMS, Vocoder 2,000, Eventide harmonizer, Digital delay, MXR flanger, Analog delay line, Electronic mistress, Systec flanger, Roland space echo, Shaffer Vega diversify systems, Musictronics octave divider, Mutron 3M, Maestro stage phaser, fire extinguisher/Tarzan. Electric Light Orchestra – Out of the Blue" (ASP) (in German). Media Control . Retrieved 17 June 2019.