Electric Light Orchestra Guitar Collection (Guitar Recorded Versions) [Sheet music]

Electric Light Orchestra (Author)

Book Description

Series: Guitar Recorded Versions | Publication Date: April 1, 2002

In 1970, four blokes from Birmingham formed ELO "to pick up where 'I Am the Walrus' left off." This GRV collection features note-for-note transcriptions with tab for 13 top hits from guitarist Jeff Lynne & crew: Can't Get It Out of My Head * Don't Bring Me Down * Evil Woman * Four Little Diamonds * Hold On Tight * Livin' Thing * Mr. Blue Sky * Rock 'N' Roll Is King * Shine a Little Love * Strange Magic * Sweet Talkin' Woman * Turn to Stone * Xanadu.

Product Details

• Sheet music: 96 pages
• Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation (April 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0634038028
• ISBN-13: 978-0634038020
• Product Dimensions: 11.8 x 8.8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,014,163 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Accurate TABs, Strange Selection, December 27, 2011

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This review is from: Electric Light Orchestra Guitar Collection (Guitar Recorded Versions) (Sheet music)

Here are the songs:

Can't Get It Out of My Head
Don't Bring Me Down
Evil Woman
Four Little Diamonds
Hold on Tight
Livin' Thing
Mr. Blue Sky
Rock n'Roll Is King
Shine a Little Love
Strange Magic
Sweet Talkin' Woman
Turn to Stone
Xanadu

I bought this book mainly because most ELO sheet music I've seen are piano arrangements that always seem to leave out the memorable signature parts such as the solo violin section of "Livin Thing." Well, that song is here and the TABbed transcription for guitar is great! Many of the strings have elsewhere been TABbed for electric guitar (such as the solo from "Evil Woman"), and it's a lot of fun to be able to play these accurately at last. The lovely guitars from Strange Magic are here, too, and these arrangements are very inviting for a group of friends to master together.

Considering that this is a book intended for guitarists, however, many of the song choices are very strange. ELO recorded a lot of strong rock material such as "Ma-Ma-Belle", "Rockaria", "Showdown", and "Fire On High" - and none of those songs are here. As much as I love "Can't Get It Out of My Head," this isn't a song that necessarily needs a special guitar transcription and yet it's here along with several of the latter-day tunes from Xanadu and Secret Messages. I can't fault the quality of the songs because I love ELO, but I do think many of the more guitar-centric tunes were over overlooked.

I rated this 4-stars because the songs that are included are treated to Hal Leonard's usual high standards for their Guitar Recorded Versions series, and because I'd like to see more Guitar Recorded volumes devoted to ELO in the future. I love the band. It's a pleasure to have arrangements that go beyond the typical treble clef and bass that you usually find in typical songbooks. But you ought to know that the collection of songs doesn't necessarily reflect what you'd imagine when you think of ELO and guitar music.