Yesterday I listened to Vol. 3 (the second album, LOL!) while working out at the health club. Some thoughts:
1. Does NOT sound like ELO this time out, much closer to a roots rock with saxes sound like The Iguanas from New Orleans
2. More of a group effort than Vol. 1, which was dominated more by Dylan: everyone has several spotlights, although Jeff Lynne is mostly a background vocalist once again
3. Totally underrated album, possibly because of the absence of Roy Orbison
4. I enjoyed this album much more now than when it was originally released, the opposite of Vol. 1.
You can find the 3 disc set (the two studio albums and a DVD of videos/documentary) for as low as $12 new from some Amazon merchants if any of you ELO/Beatles/Petty/Orbison/Dylan fans are interested.
I read that Del Shannon was supposed to have replaced Roy Orbison however Shannon commit suicide before he had a chance to record anything with these guys. I do sometimes wonder what they would have sounded like had Shannon been involved in the project.