

ELO Telephone Line Intro Verse and Chorus Programs.mp3.The versatility of the Stage 3 comes out in this one. The WAV file is also attached below if you want to play around with it in the Sample Editor. BTW, the MP3 didn't record well, so there's some line noise in the long intro that won't be in the actual sample. I couldn't find a telephone sample that matched the song, so I took another, changed the pitch, tone duration and period between tones to get closer to the original.
ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA TELEPHONE LINE FULL
I've also provided two samples, the one used in the program has the full electronic intro on the low keys and the C2 note and above just have the telephone for the middle of the song (1st MP3 example below) the other sample is a little smaller if you don't want the full intro (2nd MP3 example below). There's a Rhodes used lightly with effects in all three.

ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA TELEPHONE LINE MANUAL
The intro program uses the Control Pedal for the wah effect placed on the synth, the verse program has strings on the left hand so the low piano notes can be easily added, and the chorus program uses the Control Pedal to add in strings an octave higher than the other strings during the manual arpeggio. Below are a few programs and samples I put together for "Telephone Line" by ELO. This stunning arrangement transformed "Telephone Line" into a miniature symphony and allowed it to become a hit single around the world, including a #7 charting in the U.S.Hi everyone, I hope all of you are doing well during this odd time. Electric Light Orchestra’s recording of "Telephone Line" accentuates this feel through an anguished but tuneful lead vocal by Lynne and a strong arrangement that build from piano and gentle strings on the verses to a bombastic chorus where Lynne is supported by a choir’s worth of falsetto back-up vocals and swirling layers of lilting strings. The lyrics of "Telephone Line" use the scenario of a lovelorn narrator trying to talk a telephone operator into connecting him with a lover who won’t answer her phone, a scenario that has been used in songs as diverse as "Memphis Tennessee" and "Operator." Lynne’s take on this premise wrings it for all the melodrama it can muster via lines like "I look into the sky/The love you need ain’t gonna see you through" and " oh, telephone line/Give me some time/I’m living in twilight." It could have easily become an over-the-top exercise in camp but is saved by a gorgeous melody that contrasts verses full of yearning highs and aching lows with a descending-note chorus that clinches the song’s heartbroken feel. One of its highlights was "Telephone Line," a lush ballad that became another major hit for the group. A New World Record found Electric Light Orchestra consolidating the pop chart success they achieved with Face The Music by creating another collection of carefully-layered orchestral pop.
