Showdown (album)

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Showdown
Showdown cover
Compilation album by Electric Light Orchestra
Released November 1974
Recorded 1971 - 1973
Genre Progressive Rock
Label Harvest Records 7C038-05698
Producer(s) Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne
Electric Light Orchestra chronology
"Eldorado"
(1974)
Showdown
(1974)
"Face the Music"
(1975)


Showdown is an Electric Light Orchestra compilation album, covering their Harvest years. It is the first in a very long line of Electric Light Orchestra compilation albums.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "10538 Overture" (Jeff Lynne) – 5:28
  2. "From the Sun to the World" (Boogie No.1) (Lynne) – 8:15
  3. "Whisper in the Night" (Roy Wood) – 4:44
  4. "Queen of the Hours" (Lynne) – 3:21
  5. "Roll Over Beethoven" (Chuck Berry) – 7:00
  6. "First Movement (Jumping Biz)" (Wood) – 2:57
  7. "In Old England Town (Boogie No. 2)" (Lynne) – 6:50
  8. "Showdown" (Lynne) – 4:08

[edit] Personnel

Electric Light Orchestra
Founding members: Jeff Lynne | Roy Wood | Bev Bevan
Other members in Electric Light Orchestra
Discography
Studio albums: Electric Light Orchestra (No Answer in US) | Electric Light Orchestra II | On the Third Day | Eldorado | Face the Music | A New World Record | Out of the Blue | Discovery | Xanadu | Time | Secret Messages | Balance of Power | Zoom
Live albums: The Night The Light Went On (In Long Beach) | Live at Winterland '76 | Live at Wembley '78
Compilation albums: Showdown | Olé ELO | The Light Shines On | The Light Shines On Vol 2 | ELO's Greatest Hits | A Box of their Best | Afterglow | ELO's Greatest Hits Vol. 2 | Strange Magic | Flashback | The Essential Electric Light Orchestra | All Over the World
UK Top 20 Singles: "10538 Overture" | "Roll Over Beethoven" | "Showdown" | "Evil Woman" | "Livin' Thing" | "Rockaria!" | "Telephone Line" | "Turn to Stone" | "Mr. Blue Sky" | "Wild West Hero" | "Sweet Talkin' Woman" | "Shine a Little Love" | "The Diary of Horace Wimp" | "Don't Bring Me Down" | "Last Train to London"/"Confusion" | "I'm Alive" | "Xanadu" | "All Over the World" | "Hold On Tight" | "Rock'n'Roll Is King"