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“Eldorado Overture” is the opening track on Electric Light Orchestra’s 1974 concept album Eldorado. It was a new experience for Jeff Lynne to use a full orchestra and choir for the band’s songs. The opening starts with haunting sounds provided by Richard Tandy on the synthesizer. A deep voice (Peter Forbes-Robertson) speaks out the first lyrics of the entire album.

The dreamer, the unwoken fool,
In dreams, no pain will kiss the brow.
The love of ages fills the head.
The days that linger there in prey of emptiness,
Of burned out dreams.
The minutes calling through the years.
The universal dreamer rises up above his earthly burden.
Journey to the dead of night.
High on a hill in Eldorado...

The words fade... Read on...