The Classic Albums Collection [Box set]

Amazon have used the titles of the LPs as the tack Listing.

This is the track listing.
It's not a review -just an attempt to help people see whats on the CDs.
Often there are some extra tracks and re mastered albums on this type of collection
so it may be worthwhile to you if you dont have these on your older CDs.

Track listing
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

This is a boxed collection of all eleven ELO LPs released during their entire career. It does not include the soundtrack album "Xanadu", which included a number of ELO tracks, or the more recent "Zoom" album, which was ELO in name only, being more a Jeff Lynne solo effort.

You are probably familiar with most of the individual albums, so I don't really need to go into much detail here, apart from to remind you that they represent one of the finest bodies of work released throughout the 70s and early 80s. The versions of the albums presented here are the recent excellently remastered versions, and each album comes with a number of bonus tracks, a mixture of alternate takes, non-album b-sides, unreleased tracks, small snippets and a few incomplete tracks. In the main, these bonus tracks are interesting, and some are certainly good enough to have been included on the original albums.

All eleven of the CDs come in card mini-LP sleeves, perfect small versions of the covers your original vinyl LPs would have come in. The bonus tracks are not listed on these mini-covers, so they are exact replicas of the originals. There is a fine booklet included in the box, which includes full track listings, including all the bonus tracks.

If you don't have any ELO on CD, this is an ideal opportunity to get hold of almost everything they released for a bargain price. Even if you have some already, the clear crisp remasters, and the fine bonus tracks, might make this a worthwhile purchase. The only tiny grumble is the absence of the "Xanadu" tracks, but even so, I really would recommend you add this to your collection.

What can you say about E.L.O nothing but outstanding they were the best band of the 70s & 80s Jeff Lynne was the master of Rock in the 70s in this box set you get all ELO's albums plus more, for me the best of the lot is Out Of The Blue & Time as Time was the very first album that a friend gave me in 1982 as a kid, I have most of ELO on LP plus I have all there albums on CD but to get a box set of there work is ace 10 out of 10 this is not a rubbish box set it's first class & at a price that's just right