Olé ELO
Olé ELO is the first compilation album by the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) covering their early years. Released in 1976, this LP was originally compiled by United Artists Records as a promotional album for American radio stations, but when copies of the LP started selling to fans "underground" United Artists decided to release it in the US to capitalize on the band's growing popularity.
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| Released | June 1976 | |||
| Recorded | 1971–75 | |||
| Genre | Symphonic rock, progressive rock, art rock | |||
| Length | 49:22 (US United Artists original pressing) 43:49 (subsequent issues) | |||
| Label | United Artists, Columbia/Jet | |||
| Producer | Jeff Lynne (all tracks), Roy Wood (track 1) | |||
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Chart position
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  |
| MusicHound | 3/5[3] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
- US: number 24 CashBox; number 32 Billboard 200, RIAA certification: Gold
Track listing
All tracks written by Jeff Lynne, except "Roll Over Beethoven" by Chuck Berry.
Original US United Artists pressings of the album contained the full-length versions of "Kuiama" and "Roll Over Beethoven", as included in the album Electric Light Orchestra II. Original promotional copies were pressed on gold vinyl. An extremely limited run of white, blue & red vinyl promotional pressings was also made. Later US releases and CBS/Jet reissues have included edited versions of these two songs.
- Side one
- "10538 Overture" – 5:25
- from the album The Electric Light Orchestra (1971), issued in the US in 1972 under the title No Answer
- "Kuiama" – 11:10 (1st United Artists pressing), 9:08 (later editions)
- from the album Electric Light Orchestra II (1973)
- "Roll Over Beethoven" – 8:02 (1st United Artists pressing), 4:31 (Single edit; later editions)
- from Electric Light Orchestra II
- Side two
- "Showdown" – 4:12
- 1973 non-album single, later included in the US version of the album On the Third Day (1973)
- "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle" – 3:35
- from On the Third Day
- "Can't Get It Out of My Head" – 4:26
- from the album Eldorado, A Symphony by The Electric Light Orchestra (1974).
- "Boy Blue" – 4:12
- Single edit; full version included on Eldorado
- "Evil Woman" – 4:15
- from the album Face the Music (1975)
- "Strange Magic" – 4:05
- from Face the Music
References
- Olé ELO at AllMusic
- Larkin, Colin (ed.) (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th edn). London: Omnibus Press. p. 916. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
- Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel (eds) (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 383. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
- Brackett, Nathan; with Hoard, Christian (eds) (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th edn). New York, NY: Fireside/Simon & Schuster. p. 274. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
