The Classic Albums Collection

Tracklist

• CD 1: No Answer
• 1
  10538 Overture
  5:30
  3.5 ★
• 2
  Look at Me Now
  3:17
  3.0 ★
• 3
  Nellie Takes Her Bow
  5:59
  3.0 ★
• 4
  The Battle of Marston Moor (July 2nd 1644)
  6:03
  3.0 ★
• 5
  First Movement (Jumping Biz)
  3:00
  3.0 ★
• 6
  Mr. Radio
  5:04
  3.5 ★
• 7
  Manhattan Rumble (49th Street Massacre)
  4:22
  3.0 ★
• 8
  Queen of the Hours
  3:22
  3.5 ★
• 9
  Whisper in the Night
  4:50
  3.0 ★
• 10
  The Battle of Marston Moor (July 2nd 1644) (take 1/alternate mix)
  1:00
  1.0 ★
• 11
  Nellie Takes Her Bow (alternate mix)
  6:02
• 12
  Mr. Radio (take 9)
  5:19
• 13
  10538 Overture (take 1/alternate mix)
  5:45
• CD 2: ELO II
• 1
  In Old England Town (Boogie No. 2)
  6:59
  4.4 ★
• 2
  Mama…
  6:59
  3.2 ★
• 3
  Roll Over Beethoven
  7:04
  3.8 ★
• 4
  From the Sun to the World (Boogie No. 1)
  8:17
  3.6 ★
• 5
  Kuiama
  11:12
  3.5 ★
• 6
  In Old England Town (instrumental)
  2:46
  3.0 ★
• 7
  Baby I Apologize (session outtake)
  3:42
  3.0 ★
• 8
  In Old England Town (take 1/alternate mix)
  6:56
  3.0 ★
• 9
  Roll Over Beethoven (take 1/alternate mix)
  8:18
  3.0 ★
• CD 3: On the Third Day
• 1
  Ocean Breakup / King of the Universe
  4:07
  4.0 ★
• 2
  Bluebird Is Dead
  4:43
  3.5 ★
• 3
  Oh No Not Susan
  3:07
  4.0 ★
• 4
  New World Rising / Ocean Breakup Reprise
  4:05
  3.5 ★
• 5
  Showdown
  4:09
  4.4 ★
• 6
  Daybreaker
  3:51
  3.6 ★
• 7
  Ma‐Ma‐Ma‐Belle
  3:57
  3.8 ★
• 8
  Dreaming of 4000
  5:04
  4.0 ★
• 9
  In the Hall of the Mountain King
  6:38
  4.0 ★
• 10
  Auntie (Ma‐Ma‐Ma‐Belle) (take 1)
  1:19
• 11
  Auntie (Ma‐Ma‐Ma‐Belle) (take 2)
  4:05
• 12
  Mambo (Dreaming of 4000) (alternate mix)
  5:05
  2.0 ★
• 13
  Everyone’s Born to Die
  3:43
• 14
  Interludes
  3:41
• CD 4: Eldorado: A Symphony by the Electric Light Orchestra
• 1
  Eldorado Overture
  2:13
  3.4 ★
• 2
  Can’t Get It Out of My Head
  4:22
  4.3 ★
• 3
  Boy Blue
  5:19
  4.0 ★
• 4
  Laredo Tornado
  5:30
  4.0 ★
• 5
  Poor Boy (The Greenwood)
  2:58
  4.0 ★
• 6
  Mister Kingdom
  5:30
  4.5 ★
• 7
  Nobody’s Child
  3:57
  4.5 ★
• 8
  Illusions in G Major
  2:37
  3.6 ★
• 9
  Eldorado
  5:18
  3.6 ★
• 10
  Eldorado Finale
  1:34
  5.0 ★
• 11
  Eldorado Instrumental Medley
  7:57
  5.0 ★
• 12
  Dark City
  0:47
  4.0 ★
• CD 5: Face the Music
• 1
  Fire on High
  5:32
  4.1 ★
• 2
  Waterfall
  4:12
  4.0 ★
• 3
  Evil Woman
  4:30
  4.6 ★
• 4
  Nightrider
  4:26
  3.8 ★
• 5
  Poker
  3:32
  4.0 ★
• 6
  Strange Magic
  4:30
  4.0 ★
• 7
  Down Home Town
  3:55
  3.4 ★
• 8
  One Summer Dream
  5:51
  3.5 ★
• 9
  Fire on High Intro (early alternative mix)
  3:23
• 10
  Evil Woman (stripped down mix)
  5:00
• 11
  Strange Magic (U.S. single edit)
  3:28
• 12
  Waterfall (instrumental mix)
  4:15
• CD 6: A New World Record
• 1
  Tightrope
  5:06
  3.8 ★
• 2
  Telephone Line
  4:40
  4.4 ★
• 3
  Rockaria!
  3:13
  3.9 ★
• 4
  Mission (A World Record)
  4:26
  4.0 ★
• 5
  So Fine
  3:55
  3.6 ★
• 6
  Livin’ Thing
  3:32
  4.3 ★
• 7
  Above the Clouds
  2:17
  4.0 ★
• 8
  Do Ya
  3:45
  4.0 ★
• 9
  Shangri‐La
  5:40
  3.5 ★
• 10
  Telephone Line (different vocal)
  4:41
• 11
  Surrender
  2:37
  5.0 ★
• 12
  Tightrope (instrumental early rough mix)
  4:56
• 13
  Above the Clouds (instrumental rough mix)
  1:15
• 14
  So Fine (instrumental early rough mix)
  4:16
• 15
  Telephone Line (instrumental)
  4:51
• CD 7: Out of the Blue
• 1
  Turn to Stone
  3:49
  4.8 ★
• 2
  It’s Over
  4:09
  3.8 ★
• 3
  Sweet Talkin’ Woman
  3:50
  4.4 ★
• 4
  Across the Border
  3:54
  4.0 ★
• 5
  Night in the City
  4:04
  4.2 ★
• 6
  Starlight
  4:32
  4.0 ★
• 7
  Jungle
  3:53
  3.6 ★
• 8
  Believe Me Now
  1:21
  3.6 ★
• 9
  Steppin’ Out
  4:40
  3.5 ★
• 10
  Standin’ in the Rain
  4:00
  4.0 ★
• 11
  Big Wheels
  5:32
  4.0 ★
• 12
  Summer and Lightning
  4:15
  3.6 ★
• 13
  Mr. Blue Sky
  5:03
  4.6 ★
• 14
  Sweet Is the Night
  3:28
  3.8 ★
• 15
  The Whale
  5:07
  3.8 ★
• 16
  Birmingham Blues
  4:24
  3.6 ★
• 17
  Wild West Hero
  4:46
  4.4 ★
• 18
  Wild West Hero (alternate bridge/home demo)
  0:26
• 19
  The Quick and the Daft
  1:50
• 20
  Latitude 88 North
  3:24
  3.0 ★
• CD 8: Discovery
• 1
  Shine a Little Love
  4:43
  4.4 ★
• 2
  Confusion
  3:43
  3.8 ★
• 3
  Need Her Love
  5:12
  4.0 ★
• 4
  The Diary of Horace Wimp
  4:18
  4.0 ★
• 5
  Last Train to London
  4:31
  4.4 ★
• 6
  Midnight Blue
  4:19
  3.5 ★
• 7
  On the Run
  3:56
  4.0 ★
• 8
  Wishing
  4:14
  3.6 ★
• 9
  Don’t Bring Me Down
  4:06
  4.5 ★
• 10
  On the Run (home demo)
  1:01
  1.0 ★
• 11
  Second Time Around (home demo)
  0:43
  1.0 ★
• 12
  Little Town Flirt
  2:54
  3.0 ★
• CD 9: Time
• 1
  Prologue
  1:16
  3.6 ★
• 2
  Twilight
  3:42
  4.8 ★
• 3
  Yours Truly, 2095
  3:12
  4.6 ★
• 4
  Ticket to the Moon
  4:07
  4.5 ★
• 5
  The Way Life’s Meant to Be
  4:39
  4.0 ★
• 6
  Another Heart Breaks
  3:49
  4.0 ★
• 7
  Rain Is Falling
  3:56
  4.0 ★
• 8
  From the End of the World
  3:17
  4.0 ★
• 9
  The Lights Go Down
  3:33
  3.6 ★
• 10
  Here Is the News
  3:50
  4.0 ★
• 11
  21st Century Man
  4:03
  3.5 ★
• 12
  Hold On Tight
  3:06
  4.2 ★
• 13
  Epilogue
  1:36
  3.4 ★
• 14
  The Bouncer
  3:15
  3.0 ★
• 15
  When Time Stood Still
  3:33
  2.5 ★
• 16
  Julie Don’t Live Here
  3:42
  3.5 ★
• CD 10: Secret Messages
• 1
  Secret Messages
  4:44
  4.6 ★
• 2
  Loser Gone Wild
  5:27
  3.5 ★
• 3
  Bluebird
  4:13
  3.0 ★
• 4
  Take Me On and On
  4:58
  3.0 ★
• 5
  Time After Time
  4:01
  3.5 ★
• 6
  Four Little Diamonds
  4:05
  3.4 ★
• 7
  Stranger
  4:27
  3.5 ★
• 8
  Danger Ahead
  3:52
  3.0 ★
• 9
  Letter From Spain
  2:51
  2.0 ★
• 10
  Train of Gold
  4:21
  3.5 ★
• 11
  Rock ’n’ Roll Is King
  3:49
  3.0 ★
• 12
  No Way Out
  3:28
  5.0 ★
• 13
  Endless Lies
  3:27
  5.0 ★
• 14
  After All
  2:24
  5.0 ★
• CD 11: Balance of Power
• 1
  Heaven Only Knows
  2:57
• 2
  So Serious
  2:44
  2.5 ★
• 3
  Getting to the Point
  4:31
  1.0 ★
• 4
  Secret Lives
  3:32
• 5
  Is It Alright
  3:27
• 6
  Sorrow About to Fall
  4:05
• 7
  Without Someone
  3:51
• 8
  Calling America
  3:31
  4.0 ★
• 9
  Endless Lies
  3:00
• 10
  Send It
  3:10
• 11
  Opening
  0:24
  1.0 ★
• 12
  Heaven Only Knows (alternate version)
  2:35
• 13
  In for the Kill
  3:16
• 14
  Secret Lives (alternate take)
  3:27
• 15
  Sorrow About to Fall (alternate mix)
  3:51
• 16
  Caught in a Trap
  3:47
  3.0 ★
• 17
  Destination Unknown
  4:10
  2.5 ★

More by Electric Light Orchestra

Discovery

Discovery 1979

Out of the Blue

Out of the Blue 1977

A New World Record

A New World Record 1976

Hamburg, Germany, Oct ’74

Hamburg, Germany, Oct ’74 2025

From out of Nowhere

From out of Nowhere 2019

From Out of Nowhere

From Out of Nowhere 2019

Release credits

• Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  performing orchestra [6]
• Addie Lee
  background vocals [6]
• Al Quaglieri
  producer
• Bev Bevan
  Minimoog, background vocals, drums (drum set), gong, percussion, background vocals [13], drums (drum set) [11.1-10, 11.12-17, 10.1-8, 10.10-14, 4.1-11, 2.1-9, 5.1-10, 5.12, 6.1-8, 6.10-12, 6.14-15, 1.1, 1.3, 1.5-8, 1.10-13, 3.1, 3.4-13, 7.1-17, 7.19, 9.1-16, 8.1-9], other instruments [13], percussion [3.5, 3.7, 3.10-13, 10.1-8, 10.10-14, 11.1-10, 11.12-17, 4.1-11, 1.2, 1.5-6, 1.10, 1.12, 5.1-10, 5.12, 2.2-6, 2.8, 6.1-8, 6.10-12, 6.14-15, 8.1-9, 9.1-16, 7.1-17, 7.19], spoken vocals [1]
• Bill Bottrell
  engineer [10.1-14, 11.1-17]
• Bill Hunt
  French horn, horn, French horn [2.4, 1.1-4, 1.6-7, 1.10-13]
• Bob Irwin
  producer [1]
• Brian Gardner
  mastering
• Brian Jones
  effects [4], foot stomps [1]
• Brie Brandt
  background vocals [6]
• Christian Schneider
  saxophone, saxophone [3, 6, 17]
• Colin Walker
  cello, cello [2.1-6, 2.8-9, 3.5-9, 3.11-12, 3.14]
• Dave Morgan
  background vocals
• David Thoener
  engineer [1-12]
• Denny Bridges
  engineer [3.1-14, 2.1-9]
• Dick Plant
  engineer [6.1-15, 4.1-11, 3.1-4, 3.6-14]
• Douglas Bogey
  engineer [1-4, 6-14]
• Duane Scott
  engineer [1-15]
• Edward ODowd
  design
• Electric Light Orchestra
  arranger [9]
• Ellie Greenwich
  background vocals [3-4, 6-8]
• Hugh McDowell
  cello, cello [6.1-10, 6.12, 6.14-15, 4.3-8, 4.11, 5.1-8, 5.12]
• Jeff Lynne
  Minimoog, Moog, Wurlitzer electric piano, acoustic guitar, arranger, background vocals, bass, electric guitar, guitar, harmonium, keyboard, lead vocals, percussion, piano, producer, slide guitar, strings, synthesizer, Moog [2.2-6, 2.8, 3.7, 3.11-14, 4.1-11], arranger [7.1, 7.3, 7.13, 7.17, 4.9, 5.8], background vocals [1-10], bass [11.12-17, 10.12, 9.14, 1.1, 1.3-5, 1.7-8, 1.10-11, 1.13], bass guitar [1-10], choir vocals [8.1, 8.1-2, 8.2-3, 8.3-4, 8.4-5, 8.5-6, 8.6-7, 8.7-8, 8.8-9, 8.9, 6.6, 5.1], drum machine [1-14], electric guitar [1-9], electric piano [9], guitar [6.1-12, 6.14-15, 5.1-10, 5.12, 4.1-12, 3.1, 3.4-13, 7.1-20, 10.1-14, 8.10-12, 11.1-10, 11.12-17, 2.1-9, 9.1-16, 1.1-2, 1.10, 1.13], harmonium [2.2-6, 2.8, 3.7, 3.11-14], keyboard [4.12, 11.1-10, 11.12-17], lead vocals [7.1-14, 7.16-18, 2.5, 2.7, 2.9, 8.1-9, 8.11-12, 9.2-16, 6.1-10, 4.2-9, 1.1, 1.3, 1.6, 1.8, 3.1, 3.4-8, 3.11-13, 10.1-13, 11.1-10, 5.2-8, 5.10], orchestrator [5.1, 6.6], other vocals [7.7, 1.4], percussion [10.1, 10.3-14, 4.12], piano [10.1-14, 8.1-9, 8.12, 11.1-10, 11.12-17, 1.3, 1.6-7, 1.11-12, 9.1-16], producer [5.1-10, 7.1-20, 3.1, 3.4-12, 3.14, 10.1-14, 1.1-13, 4.1-12, 6.1-15, 11.1-17, 8.1-12, 9.1-16, 2.1-9], strings [1-9], synthesizer [8.1-12, 9.1-16, 10.1-14, 7.1-17, 7.19], vocal [6.11, 1.7, 1.10-13, 7.20, 8.10, 4.12, 11.12-17, 2.1-5, 2.8]
• Jeff Magid
  producer
• Jeri Heiden
  design
• Jimmy Iovine
  engineer [1-12]
• John Middleton
  engineer [2.1-9, 3.1-14]
• John Richards
  assistant [1-2], engineer [1-15]
• Joseph M. Palmaccio
  mastering
• Kelly Groucutt
  background vocals, bass, percussion, background vocals [10.12, 5.2, 5.4-7, 7.13, 6.1-10], bass [10.11, 5.1-8, 5.10, 5.12, 6.1-8, 6.10-12, 6.14-15, 7.1-17, 7.19, 9.1-16], bass guitar [1-9], choir vocals [1-9], double bass [12], drums (drum set) [9], percussion [9]
• Kenny Denton
  assistant [1-2]
• Louis Clark
  arranger, conductor, strings, arranger [4.9, 5.8, 7.1, 7.3, 7.13, 7.17], choir vocals [8.1-9, 6.6, 5.1], conductor [6.1-10, 6.12-15, 8.1-9, 5.1-9, 5.12, 7.1-17, 7.19, 10.5, 10.7-8, 10.10, 4.1-3, 4.5-7, 4.9-11], orchestrator [5.1, 6.6], strings [1-9]
• Mack
  engineer [8.1-9, 8.12, 5.1-12, 7.1-20, 9.1-16, 6.1-15], mix [1-17]
• Marc Bolan
  guitar [7-8, 10-13]
• Margaret Raymond
  background vocals [3-4, 6-8]
• Mary Thomas
  soprano vocals [9], vocal [3]
• Melvyn Gale
  cello, piano, cello [5.1-8, 6.1-10, 6.12, 6.15], piano [17, 19]
• Michael d’Albuquerque
  background vocals, bass, background vocals [3.5, 3.7, 3.11-13, 4.3, 2.2-5, 2.8], bass [4.1-11, 2.1-9, 3.1, 3.4-13], vocal [5]
• Mik Kaminski
  violin, solo [11], violin [5.1-8, 5.12, 7.3, 7.5, 7.17, 7.19, 3.1-4, 10.11, 4.3-8, 4.11, 6.1-10, 6.12, 6.14-15]
• Mike Edwards
  cello, cello [2.1-6, 2.8-9, 3.1, 3.4-9, 3.11-12, 3.14, 4.3-8, 4.11]
• Mike Pela
  engineer [1-11]
• Nancy O'Neill
  background vocals [3-4, 6-8]
• Patti Quatro
  background vocals [6]
• Peter Forbes-Robertson
  spoken vocals [1, 10]
• Peter Mew
  remixer [11]
• Peter Olliff
  engineer [1-13]
• Rainer Pietsch
  conductor [1-13, 15-16]
• Richard Tandy
  Minimoog, Moog, Wurlitzer electric piano, arranger, background vocals, clavinet, electric piano, grand piano, guitar, harmonium, keyboard, mellotron, percussion, piano, programming, strings, synthesizer, Moog [5.1-10, 5.12, 4.1-11, 6.1-12, 6.14-15, 2.1-9, 3.1, 3.4-9, 3.11-14], arranger [7.1, 7.3, 7.13, 7.17, 4.9, 5.8], background vocals [2.2-5, 2.8, 3.7, 3.11-12], choir vocals [8.1-9, 5.1, 6.6], clarinet [1-9], clavinet [5.1-8, 5.10, 5.12, 6.1-12, 6.14-15], drum machine [1-8, 10-14], electric guitar [9], electric piano [8.1-9, 10.1-8, 10.10-14, 9.1-16], grand piano [1-8, 10-14], guitar [2.1-6, 2.8-9, 3.7, 3.11-12, 6.1-8, 6.10-12, 6.14-15, 9.1-16, 5.1-8, 5.10, 5.12], harmonica [11-12], harmonium [2.2-6, 2.8, 3.7, 3.11-12, 3.14], keyboard [7.1-17, 7.19, 11.1-10, 11.12-17, 6.9, 3.10], orchestrator [5.1, 6.6], piano [2.1-9, 6.1-8, 6.10-12, 6.14-15, 8.1-9, 9.1-16, 5.1-10, 5.12, 10.2, 10.12, 11.1-10, 11.12-17, 3.1, 3.4-9, 3.11-13, 4.1-11], programming [1-10, 12-17], strings [1-9], synthesizer [10.1-8, 10.10-14, 8.1-9, 9.1-16]
• Rick Price
  bass [1, 13]
• Roger Wake
  engineer [1-13]
• Roy Wood
  acoustic guitar, bass, bassoon, cello, clarinet, double bass, oboe, percussion, recorder, slide guitar, vocal, acoustic guitar [5, 9], arranger [4], bass [1, 4, 6, 8], bass clarinet [7], bassoon [4, 7], cello [1.1-13, 2.1, 2.4, 2.6, 2.8], clarinet [2, 5], drums (drum set) [4], guitar [1, 10, 13], lead vocals [2, 9], oboe [2-3, 5, 11], producer [1.1-13, 2.1-2, 2.4-5], recorder [2, 4, 7], slide guitar [9], spoken vocals [4], vocal [1, 4, 7, 13]
• Ryan Ulyate
  engineer [7.18-20, 8.12]
• Sandi Lynne
  spoken vocals [3]
• Stan Ricker
  mastering
• Steve Woolam
  violin, violin [1-8, 10-13]
• Susan Collins
  background vocals [3-4, 6-8]
• Tom Thiel
  engineer [1-17]
• Wilfred Gibson
  violin, violin [3.5-9, 3.11-14, 2.1-6, 2.8-9]
• Woody Pornpitaksuk
  additional [12-14]
• Show all credits (59)

Issues

• 

  T
  (Combined release view)
• 

  T
  The Classic Albums Collection

  11x CD
  14 November 2011
• 

  T
  The Classic Albums Collection

  11x Digital Media
  14 November 2011