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I've always liked ELO since I was in school. One of my favourite ELO songs on the same album as "Telephone Line" is this one:

Ah.. I only had the 45. It was green. I thinki was in 5 grade at the time and the only 2 albums i owned at the time were KISS, ALIVE II and the SPINNERS, RUBBER BAND MAN. ..but I had quite a few of ELO's singles on 45. Thanks for the link. I vaguely remember the song. It must have been their answer to that Beethoven's 5th with all the funky disco organ and bass music accompaniments that came out about that same time. ..anyway, if you havent seen it yet, here's a link to some Jeff Lynne (ELO singer/guitar) and many other legends on stage and being blown away by Prince's skills as he takes second solo in late George Harrison's classic, MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS. https://youtu.be/6SFNW5F8K9Y

Where do you live, jayciedubb? Referring to the Spinners (as opposed to the Detroit Spinners) suggests that you live in the USA, a country where ELO's "Rockaria" was not released on a 45. The single was a Top 10 hit in the UK, although I have never seen a copy on green vinyl, but in the US it was an album-only track and the song "Do Ya", an album-only track in the UK, was released as a 45 there instead.

"That Beethoven's 5th with all the funky disco organ and bass music accompaniments that came out about that same time" I guess was this one:

It was a number one hit in the US and a minor hit in the UK in the summer of 1976, a few months before the ELO one. However, ELO themselves had previously scored a hit in 1973 with their cover of Chuck Berry's "Roll Over Beethoven", which has that same Beethoven intro:

Yup. That's the one and I forgot about ELO's cover of Roll Over Beethoven. They were/are(?) a very solid band.. Lynne's vocals still sound outstanding.thanks for your reply.

I've liked ELO for more than 40 years, jaycie. I liked them when I was in school in the 1970s. :)