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 Post subject: [2011-10-18] Electric Light Orchestra "The Essential Electric Light Orchestra" 2CD best-of (Epic/Legacy)
PostPosted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 2:01 pm 
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 2:08 pm 
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So it's Eldorado and Face the Music?


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Wow...another ELO comp...imagine that! Yawn!

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PostPosted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 2:52 pm 
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RobertSwanderson wrote:
So it's Eldorado and Face the Music?


I love every ELO album from the strange debut through Balance Of Power, so I'll have to disagree with you on that comment.

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I have so many ELO comps it's not even funny.

I'm betting this is just a repackaging of the 2-CD Strange Magic comp.

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 Post subject: [2011-10-18] Electric Light Orchestra "The Essential Electric Light Orchestra" 2CD best-of (Epic/Legacy)
PostPosted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 3:13 pm 
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I'm thinking it's a combo of the 2 recent comps on Epic/Legacy-All Over The World and Ticket To The Moon (I think that's what they were called).

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PostPosted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 5:19 pm 
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I have so many ELO comps it's not even funny.

I'm betting this is just a repackaging of the 2-CD Strange Magic comp.

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This is my choice for a fine, and fine sounding ELO comp. It only needed "Fire On High" for it to be perfect, IMO.

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 Post subject: [2011-10-18] Electric Light Orchestra "The Essential Electric Light Orchestra" 2CD best-of (Epic/Legacy)
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Invisible Pedestrian wrote:
RobertSwanderson wrote:
So it's Eldorado and Face the Music?


I love every ELO album from the strange debut through Balance Of Power, so I'll have to disagree with you on that comment.


Same here Pete... :ohyes:


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 Post subject: [2011-10-18] Electric Light Orchestra "The Essential Electric Light Orchestra" 2CD best-of (Epic/Legacy)
PostPosted: Fri Sep 16, 2011 7:29 am 
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CD 1

"10538 Overture"
"Roll Over Beethoven"
"Showdown"
"Ma-Ma-Ma Belle"
"Can't Get It Out Of My Head"
"Evil Woman"
"Nightrider"
"Strange Magic"
"Livin' Thing"
"Do Ya"
"Rockaria!"
"Telephone Line"
"Turn to Stone"
"Mr. Blue Sky"
"Sweet Talkin' Woman"
"Wild West Hero"
"It's Over"


CD 2:

"Don't Bring Me Down"
"The Diary of Horace Wimp"
"Confusion"
"Last Train To London"
"I'm Alive"
"Xanadu"
"All Over The World"
"Don't Walk Away"
"Hold On Tight"
"Twilight"
"Ticket To The Moon"
"The Way Life's Meant To Be"
"Rock 'n' Roll Is King"
"Secret Messages"
"Four Little Diamonds"
"Calling America"
"So Serious"
"Surrender"
"Latitude 88 North"


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 Post subject: [2011-10-18] Electric Light Orchestra "The Essential Electric Light Orchestra" 2CD best-of (Epic/Legacy)
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Are all the songs from Xanadu re-recordings?


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 Post subject: [2011-10-18] Electric Light Orchestra "The Essential Electric Light Orchestra" 2CD best-of (Epic/Legacy)
PostPosted: Fri Sep 16, 2011 8:46 am 
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Christobal wrote:
Are all the songs from Xanadu re-recordings?


Supposedly they are the original soundtrack recordings.


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 Post subject: [2011-10-18] Electric Light Orchestra "The Essential Electric Light Orchestra" 2CD best-of (Epic/Legacy)
PostPosted: Fri Sep 16, 2011 11:32 am 
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SMiLE wrote:
Christobal wrote:
Are all the songs from Xanadu re-recordings?


Supposedly they are the original soundtrack recordings.


Well, that makes this very significant if that's true. This has to be the best ELO comp I've seen, but no "Fire On High"!!!
Still, if the original Xanadu recordings are on, I'm getting this.

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The content of those 2 CD's make for a perfect split of the two halves of ELO's output. They should've closed the first CD with a sound clip of string instruments being put back into their cases.

The first CD progressively favors the later albums in the first run, which is why I'm guessing Fire on High didn't make the cut. Wild West Hero is a lesser song... they probably wanted a large representation of the Out of the Blue double album.


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"Wild West Hero" was a Top 10 single in the UK, so its inclusion makes sense. So was "Diary of Horace Wimp."

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Nobody cares about the UK.

Fire on High opened up the CBS Sports Special show for God's sake.

Let's keep some perspective here.


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Nobody cares about the UK.


Not even the U.Kayians?

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RobertSwanderson wrote:
Nobody cares about the UK.

Fire on High opened up the CBS Sports Special show for God's sake.

Let's keep some perspective here.


Those tracks were both big hits in the UK and "Fire on High" wasn't even a single. Of course it should be on there. Why the hate?

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Yeah! How many of you lot's 1977 Christmas presents included Out Of The Blue with the free cardboard spaceship?

And if you're whingeing about missing album tracks, where's Tightrope?


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Invisible Pedestrian wrote:
RobertSwanderson wrote:
Nobody cares about the UK.

Fire on High opened up the CBS Sports Special show for God's sake.

Let's keep some perspective here.


Those tracks were both big hits in the UK and "Fire on High" wasn't even a single. Of course it should be on there. Why the hate?


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 Post subject: [2011-10-18] Electric Light Orchestra "The Essential Electric Light Orchestra" 2CD best-of (Epic/Legacy)
PostPosted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 12:56 pm 
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Here's the official track listing. Such a shame "Xanadu" is not the original version but I guess there were issues with that one.
Still looks like the best ELO comp out there (box sets aside).

CD 1
1.10538 Overture (7-inch edit)
2.Roll Over Beethoven
3.Showdown
4.Ma-Ma-Ma Belle
5.Can’t Get It Out Of My Head (7-inch edit)
6.Evil Woman
7.Nightrider (7-inch edit)
8.Strange Magic
9.Livin’ Thing
10.Do Ya
11.Rockaria!
12.Telephone Line
13.Turn To Stone
14.Mr. Blue Sky
15.Sweet Talkin’ Woman
16.Wild West Hero
17.It’s Over
18.Shine A Little Love

CD 2
1.Don’t Bring Me Down
2.The Diary Of Horace Wimp
3.Confusion
4.Last Train To London
5.I’m Alive
6.Xanadu (New Version)
7.All Over The World
8.Don’t Walk Away
9.Hold On Tight
10.Twilight
11.Ticket To The Moon
12.The Way Life’s Meant To Be
13.Rock and Roll Is King
14.Secret Messages
15.Four Little Diamonds
16.Calling America
17.So Serious
18.Surrender
19.Latitude 88 North

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Agree with IP, might be best comp yet. Wally World will probably sell this super cheap when it comes out so I'll keep my eye out for it.

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Yeah! How many of you lot's 1977 Christmas presents included Out Of The Blue with the free cardboard spaceship?


I often wish I still had that little spaceship.

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