On this date, exactly 50 years ago, Electric Light Orchestra was released in the UK, marking the start of a band that eventually became the soundtrack to the lives of many. Also the start of a band that would have a sold-out concert arena tour, not in 1978 but in 2016, and didn't do too shabby in 2018/19 either.
You'd think there'd be more ways to celebrate other than an art print and a couple of pint glasses, but here we are. (And you can't even buy either of them now.) If you're on Spotify, I suppose you can commemorate. But most of us have way better digitized CDs collections than what's available to casually stream.
But either way, today is a great day to raise a pint. Happy 50th Birthday, ELO! Here's hoping #ELO51 will be, uh, er, more exciting?
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