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Gale attended the Royal Academy of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
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Melvyn Gale
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He played his first professional concert with the London Palladium Orchestra in 1970. He also played with the Bolshoi and Rambert Ballet companies, the London Youth Symphony Orchestra, and various West End shows. He was a cellist for the Electric Light Orchestra from 1975 replacing Mike Edwards.
In 1979 he appeared in the Discovery music video playing alongside the rest of the classic line-up (Mik Kaminski on violin and Hugh McDowell on cello) for the last time.
He remained with the group until Jeff Lynne removed the string players from the line-up. On 12 April 1980 their first album was released, under the name Wilson Gale & Company, and was entitled Gift Wrapped Secretariat.
The album was recorded at Ramport Studios and was released on Jet Records.
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