Synthesizer [Polymoog, Mini-Moog, ARP 2600, Odyssey, Omni, Sequencer, Minus Noise Mixer, SLM Concert Spectrum], Electric Piano [Wurlitzer E. Pressing issued after CBS Records began to distribute Jet Records in 1978, and from no later than 1987 according to runout matrix pattern. The Whale" is an instrumental track that begins with a "flurry of aquatic, atmospheric effects", and uses the stereo soundscape greatly to "convey the ocean's space and expanse. Capital Radio and The Daily Mirror Rock and Pop Awards (forerunner to The Brit Awards) named it "Album of the Year" in 1978. 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.

The first 1987 issue CD has the matrix number on the CD itself as JETCD-400 31, from the Japan original master. In the 1970’s no record retailer would have imported an album, which was available as regular release in the UK. Some copies came with a clear inlay tray as the rear cover is printed inside with a blue star field. Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar, Slide Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Guitar [Gibson EDS 1275, Les Paul Custom, Marauder, Ovation 1615/4, 1619/4], Electric Piano [Wurlitzer E. CBS distributed issue on Special Edition Blue Vinyl - Jet label with white/yellow light beams, gatefold sleeve with two cardboard inner lyric sleeves.This changed after United Artists Records was sold by Transamerica Corporation to an EMI Records-backed partnership, which triggered Jet Records' change of control clause in its distribution contract, and Jet shifted to CBS Records as its new distributor. Or still as above, sometimes UAR sleeves were used and a Jet Company sticker listing the new cat number was stuck over the old UAS/UAR cat no. not sure if it reuses any european or british masters or if this is a completely diffrent one mixed in sweden.

Jet Records took out a full page advertisement in all of the UK music papers telling people that if they didn't have a CBS record then their copy was defective. It was also the first double album in the history of the UK music charts to generate four top twenty hit singles. Guarisco attributed its disco sound to " Bev Bevan's steady drum work" and "pounding piano lines, delirous bursts of swirling strings, and endlessly overdubbed backing vocals [that] mesh seamlessly to form an ornate but driving funhouse of pop hooks".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.

The song adds layers of instrumentation as it progresses, building from an intimate beginning towards an "epic" crescendo. Jeff Lynne wrote the entire album in three and a half weeks after a sudden burst of creativity while hidden away in his rented chalet in the Swiss Alps. Out of the Blue spawned five hit singles in different countries, and was ELO's most commercially successful studio album. Kachejian said that "the song’s chorus and verses, bridge, innovative introductions and ending made for one fun ride. W e believe that the marketing department of Jet Records thought those orange vinyl issues would be great for the “12 month Charts commemorate edition”.Bev Bevan – Slingerland drums, Remo Rototoms, Avedis Zildjian cymbals, Slingerland Bev Bevan drumsticks, Remo drumheads, gong, various percussion instruments, backing vocals, fire extinguisher on "Mr. The main album as in a gatefold sleeve with two cardboard inner lyric sleeves, being the same JetDP400 / UAR 100 Blue Vinyl as below. Is also had a "Three Light Years" Box set flyer included along with the cut out space ship and band poster. In the final two minutes, the previously stripped-back arrangement is augmented with increasingly large layers of guitars and vocal harmonies, building to a "grand finish".