Richard Tandy, the keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist whose tenure with the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO ... his vocoder-altered voice saying "Mr. Blue Sky" on the group's 1977 hit.

ELO’s 1976 album A New World Record went to No.1 in ... remixed some of ELO’s biggest hits for the new collection Mr Blue Sky. What was wrong with the originals? No [laughs].

Jeff Lynne tells us why he has gone back to re-record some of his most memorable ELO tracks ... "I was doing the single Mr Blue Sky in the cutting room somewhere here in England.

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