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Tracklist

• Digital Media 1
• 1
  10538 Overture
  5:32
  3.5 ★
• 2
  Showdown
  4:12
  4.4 ★
• 3
  Ma‐Ma‐Ma Belle
  3:55
  3.8 ★
• 4
  Mr. Radio
  5:03
  3.5 ★
• 5
  Roll Over Beethoven
  7:48
• 6
  Mama (new edit)
  4:05
• 7
  One Summer Dream
  5:21
• 8
  Illusions in G Major
  2:41
  3.0 ★
• 9
  Strange Magic
  4:29
  4.0 ★
• 10
  Eldorado Overture
  2:12
  3.4 ★
• 11
  Can’t Get It Out of My Head
  4:24
  4.3 ★
• 12
  Eldorado
  5:18
  3.6 ★
• 13
  Eldorado Finale
  1:29
  5.0 ★
• 14
  Do Ya (unedited alternative mix)
  4:09
• 15
  Mister Kingdom
  5:08
• 16
  Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A Minor
  2:58
• Digital Media 2
• 1
  Tightrope
  5:23
  4.0 ★
• 2
  Evil Woman
  4:19
  4.2 ★
• 3
  Livin’ Thing
  3:33
  4.3 ★
• 4
  Mr. Blue Sky
  5:05
  5.0 ★
• 5
  Mission (A World Record) (alternative mix)
  4:27
• 6
  Turn to Stone
  3:48
  4.8 ★
• 7
  Telephone Line
  4:45
  4.4 ★
• 8
  Rockaria!
  3:13
  3.9 ★
• 9
  Starlight
  4:45
• 10
  It’s Over
  3:55
• 11
  The Whale
  5:05
  3.8 ★
• 12
  Sweet Talkin’ Woman
  3:47
  4.4 ★
• 13
  Big Wheels
  5:30
  4.0 ★
• 14
  Shangri‐La
  5:36
  3.5 ★
• 15
  Nightrider
  4:22
  3.8 ★
• 16
  Tears in Your Life
  3:05
• Digital Media 3
• 1
  Don’t Bring Me Down
  4:03
  4.5 ★
• 2
  The Diary of Horace Wimp
  4:15
  4.0 ★
• 3
  Twilight
  3:43
  4.8 ★
• 4
  Secret Messages
  4:36
  4.6 ★
• 5
  Take Me On and On
  4:58
  3.0 ★
• 6
  Shine a Little Love
  4:11
• 7
  Rock ’n’ Roll Is King
  3:09
  3.5 ★
• 8
  Last Train to London
  4:31
  4.4 ★
• 9
  Confusion
  3:38
  3.8 ★
• 10
  Getting to the Point
  4:51
• 11
  Hold On Tight
  3:07
  4.2 ★
• 12
  So Serious
  2:43
  2.5 ★
• 13
  Calling America
  3:26
  4.0 ★
• 14
  Four Little Diamonds
  4:06
  3.4 ★
• 15
  Great Balls of Fire (live)
  3:06
  2.0 ★
• 16
  Xanadu (new version)
  3:21
• 17
  Indian Queen (demo)
  0:57
  1.0 ★
• 18
  Love Changes All
  3:26
• 19
  After All
  2:22
  5.0 ★
• 20
  Helpless
  3:18
• 21
  Who’s That?
  1:26

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Release credits

• Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  performing orchestra [4]
• Addie Lee
  background vocals [3]
• Bev Bevan
  background vocals [4], drums (drum set) [2.1-13, 2.15, 1.1-15, 3.1-15, 3.19], other instruments [4], percussion [3.1-14, 3.19, 2.1-13, 2.15, 1.2-15]
• Bill Bottrell
  engineer [1.16, 2.16, 3.4-5, 3.7, 3.12-14, 3.19-20]
• Bill Hunt
  French horn [1, 4]
• Bob Irwin
  producer [1]
• Brie Brandt
  background vocals [3]
• Christian Schneider
  saxophone [10]
• Colin Walker
  cello [2-3, 5-6]
• David Thoener
  engineer [2.15, 1.9]
• Denny Bridges
  engineer [2-3, 5-6]
• Dick Plant
  engineer [1.3, 1.8, 1.10-15, 2.1, 2.3, 2.5, 2.7-8, 2.14]
• Douglas Bogey
  engineer [3]
• Duane Scott
  engineer [3, 7-8, 14]
• Ellie Greenwich
  background vocals [1.7, 1.9, 2.2, 2.15]
• Hugh McDowell
  cello [3.15, 2.1-3, 2.5, 2.7-8, 2.14-15, 1.7-9, 1.14-15]
• Jeff Lynne
  Moog [3, 5-6, 8, 10-13, 15], arranger [2.2, 2.6, 2.12, 1.12], background vocals [12-13], bass [1.1, 3.10], bass guitar [12-13, 16], choir vocals [2.3, 3.1, 3.1-2, 3.2, 3.8, 3.8-9, 3.9], drum machine [4-5, 7, 14, 19], drums (drum set) [3.16, 1.16], electric guitar [1-2, 8-9], electric piano [14], guitar [1.1-3, 1.5-16, 2.1-15, 3.3-7, 3.10-21], harmonium [3, 5-6], keyboard [10, 12-13, 17], lead vocals [1.1-5, 1.7-9, 1.11-12, 1.14-15, 3.1-18, 3.20-21, 2.1-10, 2.12-16], orchestrator [3], percussion [4-5, 7, 14, 17, 19], piano [1.4, 3.1-14, 3.19], producer, strings [1-2, 8-9], synthesizer [2.4, 2.6, 2.9-13, 3.1-9, 3.11, 3.14, 3.19], vocal [6]
• Jimmy Iovine
  engineer [2.2, 2.15, 1.7, 1.9]
• John Middleton
  engineer [2-3, 5-6]
• John Richards
  assistant [10-11], engineer [1.14, 2.1, 2.3, 2.5, 2.7-8, 2.14]
• Kelly Groucutt
  background vocals [3.6, 1.9, 1.14, 2.1, 2.3-5, 2.7-8, 2.14-15], bass [1.7, 1.9, 1.14, 2.1-13, 2.15, 3.3, 3.6-7, 3.11], bass guitar [1-2, 8-9], choir vocals [1-2, 8-9], drums (drum set) [14], percussion [14]
• Kenny Denton
  assistant [10-11], engineer [17]
• Louis Clark
  arranger [1.12, 2.2, 2.6, 2.12], choir vocals [2.3, 3.1-2, 3.8-9], conductor [2.1-15, 3.1-2, 3.6, 3.8-9, 1.7, 1.9-15], orchestrator [3], strings [1-2, 8-9]
• Mack
  engineer [3.1-3, 3.6, 3.8-9, 3.11, 3.18, 2.1-15, 1.7, 1.9, 1.14], mix [12-13]
• Marc Bolan
  guitar [3]
• Marc Mann
  engineer [3.16, 3.18, 1.16, 2.16], keyboard [3.16, 1.16]
• Margaret Raymond
  background vocals [1.7, 1.9, 2.2, 2.15]
• Mary Thomas
  soprano vocals [14], vocal [8]
• Melvyn Gale
  cello [2.1-3, 2.5, 2.7-8, 2.14-15, 1.7, 1.9, 1.14]
• Michael d’Albuquerque
  background vocals [2-3, 5-6], bass [1.2-3, 1.5-6, 1.8, 1.10-13, 1.15, 3.15]
• Mik Kaminski
  violin [2.1-3, 2.5, 2.7-8, 2.12, 2.14-15, 1.7-9, 1.14-15, 3.7, 3.15]
• Mike Edwards
  cello [3.15, 1.2-3, 1.5-6, 1.8, 1.15]
• Mike Pela
  engineer [8, 10-13, 15]
• Nancy O'Neill
  background vocals [2.2, 2.15, 1.7, 1.9]
• Patti Quatro
  background vocals [3]
• Peter Forbes-Robertson
  spoken vocals [10, 13]
• Peter Olliff
  engineer [1, 4]
• Rainer Pietsch
  conductor [3, 11]
• Richard Tandy
  Moog [2.1-3, 2.5, 2.7-8, 2.14-15, 1.2-3, 1.5-15], arranger [1.12, 2.2, 2.6, 2.12], background vocals [3, 5-6], choir vocals [2.3, 3.1-2, 3.8-9], clarinet [1-2, 8-9], clavinet [2.1-3, 2.5, 2.7-8, 2.14-15, 3.6, 1.7, 1.9, 1.14], drum machine [4-5, 7, 14, 19], electric guitar [14], electric piano [1-9, 11, 14, 19], grand piano [4-7, 14, 19], guitar [1.3, 1.5-7, 1.9, 1.14, 1.16, 2.1-3, 2.5, 2.7-8, 2.15, 3.3, 3.11], harmonica [7], harmonium [3, 5-6], keyboard [3.10, 3.12-13, 3.15, 2.4, 2.6, 2.9-14], orchestrator [3], piano [1.2-3, 1.5-16, 2.1-3, 2.5, 2.7-8, 2.15, 3.1-3, 3.8-13], programming [10, 12-13], strings [1-2, 8-9], synthesizer [1-9, 11, 14, 19]
• Rick Price
  bass [1]
• Roger Wake
  engineer [1, 4]
• Roy Wood
  cello [1, 4], guitar [1], producer [1, 4], vocal [1]
• Ryan Ulyate
  engineer [2.16, 3.16, 3.18, 3.20, 1.16]
• Steve Woolam
  violin [1, 4]
• Susan Collins
  background vocals [2.2, 2.15, 1.7, 1.9]
• Tom Thiel
  engineer [12-13]
• Wilfred Gibson
  violin [2-3, 5-6]
• Woody Pornpitaksuk
  additional [19]
• Show all credits (48)

Issues

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  F
  Flashback

  3x CD
  11 December 2000
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  F
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  3x CD
  2000
• 

  F
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  3x CD
  6 June 2001
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  F
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  3x Digital Media
  27 June 2014