Light Years: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra

Compilation by Electric Light Orchestra

Released 27 October 1997

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Release credits

  • background vocals [3]
  • background vocals [19], drums (drum set) [1.1-19, 2.1-19], other instruments [19], percussion [1.1-19, 2.1-15, 2.17-19], timpani [2.2, 2.8, 1.7, 1.17]
  • engineer [2.6, 2.17, 1.6, 1.12, 1.15-16]
  • French horn [16]
  • background vocals [3]
  • saxophone [17]
  • cello [2.12, 2.19, 1.10]
  • engineer [2.12, 2.19, 1.10]
  • engineer [2.5, 2.15, 2.18, 1.3, 1.5, 1.14]
  • engineer [1.3, 1.5, 2.15, 2.18]
  • performer [1.7, 1.17, 2.2, 2.8]
  • background vocals [2.7, 1.2, 1.9]
  • cello [1.2-3, 1.5, 1.9, 2.5, 2.7, 2.15, 2.18]
  • Moog [1.10, 1.14, 2.5, 2.19], acoustic guitar [2.2, 2.8, 1.7, 1.17], arranger [1.1-2, 1.19, 2.1, 2.14], background vocals [2.2, 2.6, 2.8, 2.17, 1.7, 1.16-17], bass [16], bass guitar [1.16, 2.6, 2.17], choir vocals [1.3, 1.8, 1.11, 1.18, 2.10], drum machine [6, 12, 15], electric guitar [1.8, 1.11, 1.18, 2.10], guitar [1.1-7, 1.9-10, 1.12-17, 1.19, 2.1-9, 2.11-19], harmonium [1.10, 2.19], keyboard [1.16, 2.6, 2.17], lead vocals [1.1-6, 1.8-19, 2.1-15, 2.17-19], orchestrator [3], percussion [6, 12, 15], piano [1.4, 1.6, 1.8, 1.11-13, 1.15-16, 1.18, 2.3-4, 2.6, 2.9-10, 2.13, 2.17], producer [1.1-19, 2.1-19], strings [2.10, 1.8, 1.11, 1.18], synthesizer [1.1, 1.4, 1.6-8, 1.11-13, 1.15, 1.17-19, 2.1-4, 2.8-11, 2.13-14], vocal [16]
  • engineer [1.2, 1.9, 2.7]
  • engineer [2.12, 2.19, 1.10]
  • engineer [1.3, 1.5, 2.15, 2.18]
  • background vocals [1.3, 1.5, 1.7, 1.17, 1.19, 2.2-3, 2.7-8, 2.15, 2.18], bass [1.1-5, 1.9, 1.12-13, 1.19, 2.1, 2.3-4, 2.7, 2.9, 2.11, 2.13-15, 2.18], bass guitar [2.2, 2.8, 2.10, 1.7-8, 1.11, 1.17-18], choir vocals [1.8, 1.11, 1.18, 2.10]
  • arranger [1.1-2, 1.19, 2.1, 2.14], choir vocals [2.10, 1.3, 1.8, 1.11, 1.18], conductor [2.1-3, 2.7-8, 2.10-11, 2.14-15, 2.18, 1.1-3, 1.5, 1.7-9, 1.11, 1.14, 1.17-19], orchestrator [3], strings [2.2, 2.8, 2.10, 1.7-8, 1.11, 1.17-18]
  • engineer [1.1-5, 1.7-9, 1.11, 1.13, 1.17-19, 2.1-4, 2.7-11, 2.13-15, 2.18], mix [2.6, 2.17, 1.16]
  • guitar [10]
  • background vocals [2.7, 1.2, 1.9]
  • vocal [18]
  • cello [2.7, 2.15, 2.18, 1.2-3, 1.5, 1.9], piano [14]
  • background vocals [1.10, 2.12, 2.19], bass [1.10, 1.14, 2.5, 2.12, 2.19]
  • violin [1.2-3, 1.5, 1.9, 1.12, 2.1, 2.5, 2.7, 2.14-15, 2.18]
  • cello [1.10, 2.5, 2.12, 2.19]
  • engineer [1.14, 2.5]
  • background vocals [1.2, 1.9, 2.7]
  • vocal [7]
  • background vocals [3]
  • engineer [16]
  • conductor [1.4, 1.13, 2.4, 2.9, 2.13]
  • Moog [1.2-3, 1.5, 1.9-10, 1.14, 2.5, 2.7, 2.12, 2.15, 2.18-19], arranger [1.1-2, 1.19, 2.1, 2.14], background vocals [2.19, 1.10], choir vocals [2.10, 1.3, 1.8, 1.11, 1.18], clarinet [2.10, 1.8, 1.11, 1.18], clavinet [2.3, 2.7, 2.15, 2.18, 1.2-3, 1.5, 1.9], drum machine [6, 12, 15], electric piano [2.3-4, 2.9-10, 2.13, 1.4, 1.6, 1.8, 1.11-13, 1.15, 1.18], grand piano [1.6, 1.12, 1.15, 2.3], guitar [1.2-5, 1.9-10, 1.13, 2.4, 2.7, 2.9, 2.13, 2.15, 2.18-19], harmonica [12], harmonium [2.19, 1.10], keyboard [2.1-2, 2.6, 2.8, 2.11, 2.14, 2.17, 1.1, 1.7, 1.16-17, 1.19], orchestrator [3], piano [2.2, 2.4-10, 2.12-13, 2.15, 2.17-19, 1.2-5, 1.7-11, 1.13-14, 1.16-18], programming [1.16, 2.6, 2.17], solo [9], strings [2.10, 1.8, 1.11, 1.18], synthesizer [1.4, 1.6-8, 1.11-13, 1.15, 1.17-18, 2.2-4, 2.8-10, 2.13]
  • bass [16]
  • engineer [16]
  • cello [16], guitar [16], producer [16], vocal [16]
  • violin [16]
  • background vocals [2.7, 1.2, 1.9]
  • engineer [2.6, 2.17, 1.16]
  • violin [1.10, 2.12, 2.19]

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