MIKE DE ALBUQUERQUE

'Mike de Albuquerque', born 24 June 1947 in Wimbledon, London, England was the Electric Light Orchestra's bass player from 1972 to 1974. He left amid the recording sessions for the group's fourth album, ''Eldorado'', got married and settled down. He was replaced with bassist Kelly Groucutt. His two solo albums, ''We May All Be Cattle But We've All Got Names'', released in 1973, and ''Stalking The Sleeper'', released three years later, are masterpieces of early progressive rock, He also played with Mik Kaminski in Violinski. His contributions on record for ELO were ''ELO II'', ''On the Third Day'', ''The Night the Light Went On (In Long Beach)'' and ''Eldorado''.

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