This box set is the definitive document of Electric Light Orchestra's classic recordings

 Each album features rare bonus tracks, including numerous alternate versions and unreleased tracks.

 Each album is packaged in a replica mini-LP-style sleeve reproducing that album's original cover art.

 England's Electric Light Orchestra, better known to its fans as ELO, went from cult status to arena-level superstardom in the 1970s, evolving from eclectic classically-influenced prog-rockers to state-of-the-art hitmakers. At the peak of their popularity, they were one of the world's biggest-selling recording acts, and also one of the most unusual. Combining rock instrumentation with a full string section, ELO couldn't help but stand out, both musically and visually.

 Originally launched by Jeff Lynne, Bev Bevan and Roy Wood as a sideline to their legendary band the Move, ELO arrived in 1971 with their debut album No Answer. Wood departed soon after, but singer / songwriter / guitarist / producer Lynne continued to pilot ELO through a series of ambitious albums that blended the band's expansive symphonic-rock sound with songs that were both sonically adventurous and infectiously catchy. ELO was particularly successful in America, where the band scored a series of multi-platinum albums as well as 19 Top 20 singles.

 ELO's recordings grew progressively more ambitious, with the playful experimentation of the group's early efforts evolving into the extended orchestral excursions of 1974's Eldorado and the rousing, concise songcraft of the dual commercial breakthroughs A New World Record and Out of the Blue.

 Albums included:
 No Answer
 Electric Light Orchestra II
 On the Third Day
 Eldorado
 Face the Music
 A New World Record
 Out of the Blue
 Discovery
 Time
 Secret Messages
 Balance of Power

 

1. 10538 Overture
2. Look at Me Now
3. Nellie Takes Her Bow
4. The Battle of Marston Moor (July 2nd, 1644)
5. 1st Movement
6. Mr. Radio
7. Manhattan Rumble (49th St. Massacre)
8. Queen of the Hours
9. Whisper in the Night
10. The Battle of the Marston Moor (Take1/Alternate Mix/Bonus Track)
11. Nellie Takes Her Bow (Alternate Mix/Bonus Track)
12. Mr. Radio (Take 9/Bonus Track)
13. 10538 Overture (Take 1/Alternate Mix/Bonus Track)

1. In Old England Town (Boogie #2)
2. Mama
3. Roll Over Beethoven
4. From the Sun to the World (Boogie #1)
5. Kuiama
6. In Old England Town (Instrumental/Bonus Track)
7. Baby I Apologize (Session Outtake/Bonus Track)
8. In Old England Town (Take 1/Alternate Mix/Bonus Track)
9. Roll Over Beethoven (Take 1/Alternate Mix/Bonus Track)

1. Ocean Breakup/King of the Universe
2. Bluebird Is Dead
3. Oh No Not Susan
4. New World Rising/Ocean Breakup Reprise
5. Showdown
6. Daybreaker
7. Ma-Ma-Ma Belle
8. Dreaming of 4000
9. In the Hall of the Mountain King
10. Auntie (Take 1/Bonus Track)
11. Auntie (Take 2/Bonus Track)
12. Mambo (Dreaming of 4000 ALternate Mix/Bonus Track)
13. Eveyone's Born To Die
14. Interludes

1. Eldorado Overture
2. Can't Get It Out of My Head
3. Boy Blue
4. Laredo Tornado
5. Poor Boy (The Greenwood)
6. Mister Kingdom
7. Nobody's Child
8. Illusions in G Major
9. Eldorado
10. Eldorado Finale
11. Eldorado (Instrumental Medley/Bonus Track)
12. Dark City

1. Fire on High
2. Waterfall
3. Evil Woman
4. Nightrider
5. Poker
6. Strange Magic
7. Down Home Town
8. One Summer Dream
9. Fire on High Intro (Early Alternate Mix/Bonus Track)
10. Evil Woman (Stripped Down Mix/Bonus Track)
11. Strange Magic (U.S. Single Edit/Bonus Track)
12. Waterfall (Instrumental/Bonus Track)

1. Tightrope
2. Telephone Line
3. Rockaria!
4. Mission (A World Record)
5. So Fine
6. Livin' Thing
7. Above the Clouds
8. Do Ya
9. Shangri-La
10. Telephone Line (Different Vocal/Bonus Track)
11. Surrender
12. Tightrope (Instrumental Early Rough Mix/Bonus Track)
13. Above the Clouds (Instrumental Rough Mix/Bonus Track)
14. So Fine (Instrumental Early Rough Mix/Bonus Track)
15. Telephone Line (Instrumental/Bonus Track)

1. Turn to Stone
2. It's Over
3. Sweet Talkin' Woman
4. Across the Border
5. Night in the City
6. Starlight
7. Jungle
8. Believe Me Now
9. Steppin' Out
10. Standin' in the Rain
11. Big Wheels
12. Summer and Lightning
13. Mr. Blue Sky
14. Sweet Is the Night
15. The Whale
16. Birmingham Blues
17. Wild West Hero
18. Wild West Hero (Home Demo/Bonus Track)
19. The Quick and The Daft
20. Latitude 88 North

1. Shine a Little Love
2. Confusion
3. Need Her Love
4. The Diary of Horace Wimp
5. Last Train to London
6. Midnight Blue
7. On the Run
8. Wishing
9. Don't Bring Me Down
10. On the Run (1979 Home Demo/Bonus Track)
11. Second Time Around (1979 Home Demo/Bonus Track)
12. Little Town Flirt

1. Prologue
2. Twilight
3. Yours Truly, 2095
4. Ticket to the Moon
5. The Way Life's Meant To Be
6. Another Heart Breaks
7. Rain Is Falling
8. From the End of the World
9. The Lights Go Down
10. Here Is the News
11. 21st Century Man
12. Hold on Tight
13. Epilogue
14. The Bouncer
15. When Time Stood Still
16. Julie Don't Live Here

1. Secret Messages
2. Loser Gone Wild
3. Bluebird
4. Take Me On and On
5. Time After Time
6. Four Little Diamonds
7. Stranger
8. Danger Ahead
9. Letter from Spain
10. Train of Gold
11. Rock 'n' Roll Is King
12. No Way Out
13. Endless Lies
14. After All

1. Heaven Only Knows
2. So Serious
3. Getting to the Point
4. Secret Lives
5. Is It Alright
6. Sorrow About to Fall
7. Without Someone
8. Calling America
9. Endless Lies
10. Send It
11. Opening
12. Heaven Only Knows (Alternate Version/Bonus Track)
13. In For the Kill
14. Secret Lives (Alternate Take/Bonus Track)
15. Sorrow About To Fall (Alternate Mix/Bonus Track)
16. Caught in a Trap
17. Destination Unknown

 

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