From Jeff Lynne's notes in the re-released version of "Out of the Blue"
"I rented this little chalet in Switzerland, in the mountains just beyond Lake Geneva. I rented this gear from a little shop in a village, a little music shop, with a Revox tape recorder, an electric piano -- I had my guitar there -- and just sat there to try and write. For two weeks, I came up with nothing -- and I only had four weeks to write this double album! I was sort of thinking, 'bloody 'ell, maybe I can't come up with anything.' The weather had been really bad and then one day I got up and it was fantastic, the sun was brilliant and shining, all the mountains were lit up and this mist had gone away. It was gorgeous and I came up with 'Mr. Blue Sky.' I just kept coming up with songs then, y'know? They just came real quick and I came up with about fourteen in the two weeks after the first empty two weeks."
From Jeff Lynne's notes in the re-released version of "Out of the Blue"
"I rented this little chalet in Switzerland, in the mountains just beyond Lake Geneva. I rented this gear from a little shop in a village, a little music shop, with a Revox tape recorder, an electric piano -- I had my guitar there -- and just sat there to try and write. For two weeks, I came up with nothing -- and I only had four weeks to write this double album! I was sort of thinking, 'bloody 'ell, maybe I can't come up with anything.' The weather had been really bad and then one day I got up and it was fantastic, the sun was brilliant and shining, all the mountains were lit up and this mist had gone away. It was gorgeous and I came up with 'Mr. Blue Sky.' I just kept coming up with songs then, y'know? They just came real quick and I came up with about fourteen in the two weeks after the first empty two weeks."