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Original Album Classics [Box set]

E.L.O. Audio CD
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Biographyby Jason Ankeny

The Electric Light Orchestra's ambitious yet irresistible fusion of Beatlesque pop, classical arrangements, and futuristic iconography rocketed the group to massive commercial success throughout the 1970s. ELO was formed in Birmingham, England in the autumn of 1970 from the ashes of the eccentric art-pop combo the Move, reuniting frontman Roy Wood with ... Read more in Amazon's E.L.O. Store

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Product details

  • Audio CD (25 Oct 2010)
  • Number of Discs: 5
  • Format: Box set
  • Label: Sony Music CMG
  • ASIN: B004097KHI
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 37,910 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Disc: 1
1. Ocean Breakup/King Of The Universe
2. Bluebird Is Dead
3. Oh No Not Susan
4. New World Rising/Ocean Breakup Reprise
See all 14 tracks on this disc
Disc: 2
1. Fire On High
2. Waterfall
3. Evil Woman
4. Nightrider
See all 12 tracks on this disc
Disc: 3
1. Tightrope - Hugh McDowell, Melvyn Gale, Kelly Groucutt, Jeff Lynne, Mike Kaminski, Bev Bevan
2. Telephone Line
3. Rockaria!
4. Mission (A World Record)
See all 15 tracks on this disc
Disc: 4
1. Shine A Little Love
2. Confusion
3. Need Her Love
4. The Diary Of Horace Wimp
See all 12 tracks on this disc
Disc: 5
1. Prologue - ELO, Jeff Lynne
2. Twilight - ELO, Jeff Lynne
3. Yours Truly, 2095 - ELO, Jeff Lynne
4. Ticket To The Moon - ELO, Jeff Lynne
See all 16 tracks on this disc

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5CD

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30 of 31 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars E.L.O. Best bargain buy 18 Nov 2010
Format:Audio CD
If you are an avid E.L.O.fan (like me) you may already own these albums, but if you were a fan in the seventies who may now be looking to update your vinyl collection to cd this is an ideal opportunity to do so at a bargain price.
For those of you who are casual fans who have only recently become interested in E.L.O. or a music fan of Muse,Coldplay, Oasis,Killers, Manic street Preachers etc this is your chance to own the classic albums of arguably the biggest band in the world in the seventies.
You may be pleasantly surprised to learn that this collection includes 9 top ten U.K. SINGLES and 2 No.1 albums.
It starts with E.L.O.s third album ON THE THIRD DAY which was less experimental than their first 2 albums where the bandleader, producer and somgwriter extradonaire Jeff Lynne finally starts to put the strings and synths more in the background to play a more complimentary role to his obvious vocal talents.Highlights here include the radio friendly(U.S.No 12) bluesy rocker Showdown and E.L.O.s heaviest track ever Ma Ma-Ma-Belle with its highly distinctive guitar riff with help from the late great Marc Bolan.
Face The Music (1975) sees the beginning of E.L.O.s golden period where the 7 piece band is stabilised and Lynne, keyboardist Tandy, arranger Louis Clark, bassist Groucutt and drummer Bev Bevan finally hit on what becomes known as the E.L.O. sound and includes their first worldwide top ten hit Evil Woman and U.S. top 20 hit Strange Magic.
A New World Record is often regarded as E.L.O.s finest hour and its hard to argue with this,with its soaring strings and multi-tracked vocals and Lynne s magical musical melodies to the fore to give the listener a wonderful listening experience. It stayed charted in the U.K. for 100 wks and spent 6 months on the billboard charts. Outside the top ten singles it includes probably the best ending of an album bar none in Shangri-La.This was 1976-1977 and a report from U.S. stated that between record sales and tour receipts the band would gross 10 million dollars which was an indication of how popular they were at this time.
After the worldwide success of A New World Record and its multi-platinum follow up Out of The Blue which is not included here Lynne took the unusual step of tinkering with a winning formula and surprisingly dropped the string section for 1979s effort Discovery. This was seen as sacrileige by many E.L.O. fans and Disco very was much maligned for the inclusion of U.K. disco top ten hits Shine a little love and Last train to London. However despite this setback and the fact that there was little promotion and no E.L.O. tour or appearences at this time i think it is a testament to Lynne`s songwriting ability that the album went platinum (300000 sales) on the day of release in the U.K. and was No 1 for 5 weeks in total and saw E.L.O. become the best-selling artist in the U.K. for 1979 and included E.L.O.`S biggest single success, the rocky non disco Don`t Bring Me Down.
Finally, ELO`s 1981 Time brings this great collection to a wonderful finish with this futuristic synth-string under-rated concept album which is filled with more excellent tunes from Lynne and deservedly reached No 1 in the UK and closes with the up-lifting Hold on Tight.
All these albums were remastered by Lynne himself in the last 10 years so the sound quality is excellent and include some interesting bonus tracks and though you will miss the lyric sheets and liner notes it is a chance to acquire these historic albums at a low cost
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
What we've got here is the entire ELO studio album discography between On the Third Day and Time, minus the best sellers Eldorado and Out of the Blue. As is typical for this series, albums that still sell reasonably well on their own are excluded from the "original album classics" box.

Each album is represented by the most recent mastering and each has bonus tracks. The bonus tracks are hit and miss, but the albums sound good and if you're an ELO fan, you will want them all, so this is a good and cheap way to get them. They come in mini sleeves: Cheap quality reproductions of the original covers, no inner sleeves, no liner notes, no gatefold for Discovery. But it's really about the music, right?

As for the music: Four of these five albums are classics: On the Third Day, Face the Music, New World Record and Time. The only weak link here is Discovery, which is a bit too slick and with a weaker collection of songs. It's not terrible, just not up to the standards of the other four. That said, any fan of ELO will absolutely want all five.

This is highly produced, Beatles influenced pop music with a lot of orchestral (or on Time synth) embellishment. No one did it better than Jeff Lynne/ELO at the time. I'm not sure anyone has done it better since.

Highly recommended.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Track Listing 26 Mar 2012
By Mr. Glenn Cook TOP 50 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Format:Audio CD
I saw there is no track listing so I thought that one may be helpful.
If you see a mistake just add a comment and I will adjust.
Although a good price (just under 11 British Pounds this more expensive than others in the series)
But in neat little cardboard sleeves and the whole no bigger than a boxed CD this makes it a good buy.

On the Third Day,
1. Ocean Breakup/King Of The Universe
2. Bluebird Is Dead
3. Oh No Not Susan
4. New World Rising/Ocean Breakup
5. Showdown
6. Daybreaker
7. Ma Ma Ma Belle
8. Dreaming Of 4000
9. In The Hall Of The Mountain King
10. Auntie
11. Auntie
12. Mambo
13. Everyone's Born To Die
14. Interludes

Face the Music
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
10. Evil Woman
11. Strange Magic
12. Waterfall

New World Record
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
11. Surrender
12. Tightrope
13. Above The Clouds
14. So Fine
15. Telephone Line

Discovery,
1. Shine A Little Love
2. Confusion
3. Need Her Love
4. 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
11. Second Time Around
12. Little Town Flirt

Time
1. Prologue
2. Twilight
3. Yours Truly 2095
4. Ticket To The Moon
5. Way Life's Meant To Be
6. Another Heart Breaks
7. Rain Is Falling
8. From The End Of The World
9. Lights Go Down
10. Here Is The News
11. 21st Century Man
12. Hold On Tight
13. Epilogue
14. Bouncer
15. When Time Stood Still
16. Julie Don't Live Here

Bring Back Roy Wood!!!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars A Mega Bargain.
I have got so much pleasure from this box-set since I purchased it, it convinced me that Jeff Lynne didn't become a master of music
but has always been one. Read more
Published 1 month ago by micky
5.0 out of 5 stars 5 stars with bells and whistles
I get hacked off when albums I have get re-released with lots of bonus tracks. Worst part is I then go out and buy the remastered/remixed albums anyway. Read more
Published 2 months ago by R. Armour
4.0 out of 5 stars Superb
This set brought back so many memories. I have the albums on vinyl but haven't played them for years. Anyone who likes ELO will love this. Highly recommended.
Published 3 months ago by Fozzy
3.0 out of 5 stars Missing some of their best work
This is yet another set from Sony which does not include a complete sequence of albums - it consists of their 3rd,
5th, 6th, 8th and 10th albums - it would have been so much... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Martin Fielding
5.0 out of 5 stars ELO at their best?
I cannot get enough ELO music in my collection so I had to get this so as not to wear the vinyl out. It was in the car within 10 minutes and is there to stay during the summer. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Casey Jones
5.0 out of 5 stars ELO Fan
I've always been an ELO fan,but all my albums are vinyl's and stored away in boxes for posterity, So when this box set turned up at that price, I had no choice. Read more
Published 15 months ago by J. Hendricks
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic quality
At just over £[] per album, this is fantastic quality from Amazon! You even get bonus tracks on the albums!! Read more
Published 19 months ago by Steveosnapper
3.0 out of 5 stars A nice way to get some of the old ELO albums
Face the Music, A New World Record and Discovery are all good albums and make this set worth the while. On the Third Day is just boring and Time has not aged well. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Eggman
5.0 out of 5 stars E. L. O. AT THEIR BEST
BOUGHT THESE TO UPGRADE FROM MY OLD VINYL ALBUMS ONLY DOWN SIDE ,DISAPPOINTED THAT DISCS ONLY CAME IN CARDBOAD SLEEVES AND NOT GOOD OLD PLASTIC, THE GRAPHICS ON SLEEVES LEAVE A... Read more
Published 20 months ago by MISTERBLUESKYE
5.0 out of 5 stars Five great albums - one great price!!
If, like me, you have been an ELO fan since the beginning, you will no doubt have these five albums on vinyl. Read more
Published on 3 Dec 2010 by Glasgow Dreamer
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