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But in the end it was ELO's entire mission to pick up where the Beatles left off, and the interesting thing is that Jeff Lynne went on to produce George Harrison's greatest solo album and work with the rest of the Beatles in one way or another... except for John Lennon.

He was also tapped to produce the one "lost" Beatles recording, which was admittedly rather unremarkable.

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Did you know there were two of those "lost" recordings? I assume you mean the old Lennon demos that the rest of the band recorded in the 90s.

"Free as a Bird", which I recall being a big deal in the UK at least, but ultimately very disappointing; and later "Real Love", which flew under the radar a bit but I think is a much better song.

Interestingly, checking wikipedia, it sounds like "Real Love" came from a much more complete demo, so it's more of a "proper" Lennon song without so much new 90s input from the others.

I'm pretty sure I'm thinking of "Free as a Bird."

I still laugh about Ringos comment - 'ELO broke up when they ran out of our stuff to recycle'

Ive seen Jeff Lynne laughing at that too in interviews

Ha, Ringo did complain that "they're stealing our best riffs."

I'm glad everyone can laugh about it now.

Whenever I am feeling blue, just the name cheers me up. It's like a magic incantation. Jeff Lynne.

Never saw the appeal of ELO, including any of their greatest hits. Compared to the Beatles they're not just second rate (that would be e.g. the Byrds), but third rate.

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