One of the most popular bands of the Seventies was probably Electric Light Orchestra. Their albums were full of spectacular soundscapes and the singles were invariably big hits. As I explained in a previous entry, the shop where I bought my singles in the late Seventies discounted ex-chart tracks. I don't know what happened in my mind, exactly, when I bought this single. 'Don't let me down' was high in the charts and I really wanted to have that song. I was very excited when I found this in the discount section. I must have misread or misunderstood the title, because when I played the single at home it didn't sound like 'Don't let me down' at all. I think I didn't play this single for months afterwards, angry at myself for this stupid mistake.Still, 'Shine a little love' is a great song as well. It was taken from ELO's 1979 album 'Discovery', and made number 6 in the UK and number 10 in the Netherlands in the summer of 1979. The song was sampled in the track 'Shine' by the Lovefreekz in 2004.
The b-side, 'Jungle', was apparently a single candidate at some point, although the record company decided against it. Read more about the story of that track on this page.
My collection: 7" single no. 21
Found: Wouters, Den Haag, 1979
Cost: 3 guilders
Tracks: 'Shine a little love' / 'Jungle'
Download: here
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