Here’s what we’ll be packing way in the back of our luggage – way, way in the back – before our fateful seafaring journey.

Released five years ago today, ‘Jeff Lynne’s ELO Live in Hyde Park’ gave fans a chance to revisit – and reconsider – the Electric Light Orchestra.

Jeff Lynne once again demonstrated what makes Electric Light Orchestra special, namely combining various genres to render the music timeless.

Let’s look past the easy Fab Four comparisons with Electric Light Orchestra’s “Mr. Blue Sky,” released Oct. 3, 1977 as part of ‘Out of the Blue.’

The Electric Light Orchestra never rocked harder than they did on “Do Ya,” released this week in 1976 as part of ‘A New World Record.’

Bev Bevan had been carrying the Move torch since 2004, when he reformed the group after the death of original vocalist Carl Wayne.

Jeff Lynne discusses the prospect of a new tour, and ruminates both on reforming the Traveling Wilburys and reuniting with other original members of the Electric Light Orchestra in advance of a hometown honor tonight in Birmingham. You May Also Like: Jeff Lynne never believed Bob Dylan would join theRead More

ELO’s Jeff Lynne has had plenty of time to take stock recently, even as he’s hinted at the completion of some of his first new solo music since his often-overlooked debut Armchair Theatre. You May Also Like: Jeff Lynne never believed Bob Dylan would join the Traveling Wilburys: ‘It wasRead More

The standard for making this list is that these projects — some lavish remastering jobs, others new live interpretations — illuminate corners of an artist’s work that we’d never noticed before. You May Also Like: Ringo Starr’s Y Not was elevated by a dark Paul McCartney duet: ‘That’s why he’sRead More

For a confirmed Beatlemaniac like Jeff Lynne of Electric Light Orchestra fame, working with members of the Fab Four had always been a dream. Beginning in the late 1980s, every one of them came true. You May Also Like: Jeff Lynne’s Dream to Work With Reunited Beatles Had Tense InitialRead More