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Electric Light Orchestra – Light Years: The Very Best Of Electric Light Orchestra

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Label:Epic – 489039 2, Epic – 01-489039-10
Format:
2 x CD, Compilation, Stereo
Country:Europe
Released:
Genre:Rock, Pop
Style:Symphonic Rock, Pop Rock, Prog Rock

Tracklist

1-1Turn To Stone3:47
1-2Evil Woman4:15
1-3Livin' Thing3:32
1-4Twilight3:37
1-5Telephone Line4:41
1-6Four Little Diamonds4:06
1-7Xanadu3:27
1-8Last Train To London4:32
1-9Strange Magic (7" Edit)4:06
1-10Ma Ma Ma Belle (7" Edit)3:11
1-11Confusion3:40
1-12Rock 'N' Roll Is King3:05
1-13The Way Life's Meant To Be4:39
1-14Can't Get It Out Of My Head (7" Edit)3:07
1-15Secret Messages (Special Version From The LP)3:34
1-16Calling America3:28
1-17Don't Walk Away4:39
1-18Don't Bring Me Down4:03
1-19Mr. Blue Sky5:03
2-1Sweet Talkin' Woman3:47
2-2I'm Alive3:43
2-3Shine A Little Love4:10
2-4Ticket To The Moon4:07
2-5Illusions In G Major2:38
2-6So Serious2:41
2-7Nightrider (7" Edit)3:43
2-8All Over The World4:01
2-9Here Is The News3:44
2-10The Diary Of Horace Wimp4:17
2-11Across The Border (EP Version)3:51
2-12Showdown4:10
2-13Hold On Tight3:07
2-14Wild West Hero4:40
2-15Do Ya3:45
2-1610538 Overture (7" Edit)3:56
2-17Getting To The Point4:29
2-18Rockaria!3:14
2-19Roll Over Beethoven (7" Edit)4:34
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Credits

Notes

Info from booklet (fold-out, five panels):
All tracks are 7" Versions unless otherwise stated.
'Thank you', 'Sony Thanks' and 'Very Special Thanks' appear.
The latest ELO news can be found in FTM: P.O. Box 718, Sidcup, Kent, DA15 7UD, England.
All Tracks Published by EMI Songs Ltd. Except Disc 2 Track 19 Published by Jewel Music Co. Ltd.
Disc 2 Track 12 ℗ 1973. Licensed courtesy of EMI Commercial Markets.
Disc 2 Track 16 ℗ 1971. Licensed courtesy of EMI Commercial Markets.
Disc 2 Track 19 ℗ 1972. Licensed courtesy of EMI Commercial Markets.
This compilation ℗ 1997 Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.
© 1997 Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.
Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. are exclusive licensees for this compilation.
Distribution: Sony Music, 'Epic' Registered trademark. [Epic logo] is the exclusive trademark of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

Info from CDs:
See inlay for all other credits.

Other info:
Some copies may carry a '11-054750-40 nice price Sony Music | Best of the Best' sticker.
Some copies may carry a clear removable sticker "Features all 29 UK hits including the No. 1 single 'Xanadu' 31-489039-10"
Title on CDs and spines is displayed as 'Light Years: The Very Best Of Electric Light Orchestra' whereas on the front cover the colon is missing.

'Secret Messages' is erroneously billed as 'Secret Messages (Special Version From The LP)', but it is in fact the shorter 7" version that lacks the backmasked intro/outro present on the LP.

For the Repress version with the same artwork, glass mastered at Sony DADC please see Light Years: The Very Best Of Electric Light Orchestra.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Text): 5 099748 903921
  • Barcode (Scanned): 5099748903921
  • Rights Society: MCPS/BIEM/SDRM
  • Other (Sony Code): DC
  • Label Code: LC 0199
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  • Mastering SID Code (Disc 1, variant 1): IFPI L551
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  • Mastering SID Code (Disc 1, variant 2): IFPI L551
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  • Mastering SID Code (Disc 1, variant 4): IFPI L551
  • Mould SID Code (Disc 1, variant 4): IFPI 945C
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  • Matrix / Runout (Disc 1, variant 7): Sony Music S0148903910-0102 11 E1
  • Mastering SID Code (Disc 1, variant 7): IFPI L551
  • Mould SID Code (Disc 1, variant 7): IFPI 941T
  • Matrix / Runout (Disc 2, variant 7): Sony Music S0148903910-0202 41 B3
  • Mastering SID Code (Disc 2, variant 7): IFPI L551
  • Mould SID Code (Disc 2, variant 7): IFPI 945T
  • Matrix / Runout (Disc 1, variant 8): Sony Music S0148903910-0102 11 A7
  • Matrix / Runout (Disc 1, variant 8, inner ring): *
  • Mastering SID Code (Disc 1, variant 8): IFPI L551
  • Mould SID Code (Disc 1, variant 8): IFPI 946C
  • Matrix / Runout (Disc 2, variant 8): Sony Music S0148903910-0202 31 A5
  • Matrix / Runout (Disc 2, variant 8, inner ring): *
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  • Matrix / Runout (Disc 1, variant 9): Sony Music S0148903910-0102 53 A4
  • Matrix / Runout (Disc 1, variant 9, inner ring): *
  • Mastering SID Code (Disc 1, variant 9): IFPI L553
  • Mould SID Code (Disc 1, variant 9): IFPI 948A
  • Matrix / Runout (Disc 2, variant 9): Sony Music S0148903910-0202 74 A1
  • Matrix / Runout (Disc 2, variant 9, inner ring): *
  • Mastering SID Code (Disc 2, variant 9): IFPI L554
  • Mould SID Code (Disc 2, variant 9): IFPI 946A
  • Matrix / Runout (Disc 1, variant 10): Sony Music S0148903910-0102 21 A6
  • Mastering SID Code (Disc 1, variant 10): IFPI L551
  • Mould SID Code (Disc 1, variant 10): IFPI 94K1
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  • Matrix / Runout (Disc 1, variant 11): Sony Music S0148903910-0102 21 A2
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  • Mastering SID Code (Disc 2, variant 12): IFPI L554
  • Mould SID Code (Disc 2, variant 12): IFPI 94K4

Other Versions (5 of 14)

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Title (Format)LabelCat#CountryYear
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Light Years: The Very Best Of Electric Light Orchestra (2×CD, Compilation, Stereo)Epic, EpicEPC 489039 2, 489039 2UK1997
The Danish Collection (2×CD, Compilation)Epic, Epic489039000, 489039/9Europe1997
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Light Years: The Very Best Of Electric Light Orchestra (2×Cassette, Compilation)Epic489039-4Netherlands1997
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Light Years: The Very Best Of Electric Light Orchestra (2×Minidisc, Compilation)Epic489039 8Europe1997
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Light Years: The Very Best Of Electric Light Orchestra (2×CD, Compilation)EpicCDEPC 5497 (Z)South Africa1997

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