Warner Bros. Records releases the Traveling Wilburys’ debut album Volume One, featuring the singles “Handle With Care” and “End Of The Line”. 
Warner Bros. Records releases the Traveling Wilburys’ debut album Volume One, featuring the singles “Handle With Care” and “End Of The Line”.
EMI Records releases the compilation album A Message From The Country: The Jeff Lynne Years, 1968-1973, collecting highlights from Lynne’s work with Idle Race, The Move, and ELO.
Former ELO frontman, producer and songwriter Jeff Lynne releases his first solo album, Armchair Theatre, after several years of producing for other musicians. The album includes the singles “Every Little Thing” and “Lift Me Up”, and takes its name from a 1950s British television anthology series produced by Doctor Who creator Sydney Newman.
EMI Records releases the career-spanning compilation Back To The Story, collecting Idle Race‘s complete recorded output, along with material from Mike Sheridan & The Nightriders (before a change of personnel resulted in a change to the name of the band).
Not Lame Records releases the 2-CD set Lynne Me Your Ears, an all-star tribute to ELO frontman Jeff Lynne’s songs from ELO, The Traveling Wilburys, The Idle Race, and the Move, with contributions from Todd Rundgren, Jason Falkner, Ben Lee, and Sixpence None The Richer.
Frontier Records releases the Jeff Lynne solo album Mr. Blue Sky: The Very Best Of Electric Light Orchestra, an album of new recordings of ELO hits, plus one new song, performed entirely by Lynne.