Mike de Albuquerque

Mike de Albuquerque (born 24 June 1947, Wimbledon, London)[1] is an English musician, who was a member of the progressive rock band Electric Light Orchestra from 1972 to 1974.

Under the name 'Ricotti and Albuquerque', the band featured Albuquerque on guitar and vocals and Ricotti on vibraphone, alto saxophone and percussion, with Trevor Tomkins on drums, Chris Laurence on electric and acoustic bass and John Taylor on electric piano,[2] supplemented by Michael Keen and Henry Lowther on trumpet.

He left for domestic reasons, during the recording sessions for the group's fourth album Eldorado, and was replaced by Kelly Groucutt.

He released two solo progressive rock albums, We May Be Cattle But We've All Got Names (1973) and Stalking The Sleeper (1976).

[citation needed] In 1975, he played bass on Maxine Nightingale's album Right Back Where We Started From along with its title track.