Flashback (Electric Light Orchestra album)

Flashback
Box set by Electric Light Orchestra
Released 21 November 2000 (US)
11 December 2000 (UK)
Recorded 1970-2000
Genre Rock
Length 213:13
Label Epic/Legacy E3K 85123
Producer Jeff Lynne, Al Quaglieri, Jeff Magid
Electric Light Orchestra chronology
Definitive Collection
(1999)		 Flashback
(2000)		 The Ultimate Collection
(2001)

Flashback is a box set compilation by Electric Light Orchestra. See also: Afterglow.

Contents

History

In 2000, Jeff Lynne found a new impetus to work on the music of his old band and returned to the recording studio to work on an ELO project for the first time in some 15 years just prior to the comeback Zoom in 2001 resulting in a digitally remastered compilation released in late 2000. Unlike its predecessors, this project was personally approved and endorsed by Lynne. The set includes songs featured from all 11 studio albums up to that point, including an edit of "Great Balls of Fire" from their live album The Night the Light Went on (in Long Beach), plus some new recordings amongst the bands extensive back catalog, most notably a reworking of Lynne's only UK number one hit "Xanadu". The album includes liner notes on each song from Lynne and a booklet inside.

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Track listing

All tracks written by Jeff Lynne, except where noted.

CD 1

  1. "10538 Overture" – 5:32 *
  2. "Showdown" – 4:12
  3. "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle" – 3:55
  4. "Mr. Radio" – 5:04 *
  5. "Roll Over Beethoven" (Chuck Berry) – 7:48
  6. "Mama" – 4:06 (New edit)
  7. "One Summer Dream" – 5:21
  8. "Illusions in G Major" – 2:41
  9. "Strange Magic" – 4:29
  10. "Eldorado Overture" – 2:12
  11. "Can't Get It Out of My Head" – 4:24
  12. "Eldorado" – 5:18
  13. "Eldorado Finale" – 1:29
  14. "Do Ya" – 4:09 (Unedited alternative mix, previously unreleased)
  15. "Mister Kingdom" – 5:08
  16. "Grieg's Piano Concerto In A Minor" – (Lynne/Tandy) - 2:58 (Previously unreleased)

CD 2

  1. "Tightrope" – 5:23
  2. "Evil Woman" – 4:19
  3. "Livin' Thing" – 3:33
  4. "Mr. Blue Sky" – 5:07
  5. "Mission (A World Record)" – 4:31 (Alternative mix, previously unreleased)
  6. "Turn to Stone" – 3:48
  7. "Telephone Line" – 4:45
  8. "Rockaria!" – 3:15
  9. "Starlight" – 4:45
  10. "It's Over" – 3:55
  11. "The Whale" – 5:07
  12. "Sweet Talkin' Woman" – 3:49
  13. "Big Wheels" – 5:32
  14. "Shangri-La" – 5:36
  15. "Nightrider" – 4:24
  16. "Tears In Your Life" – 3:05 (Previously unreleased)

CD 3

  1. "Don't Bring Me Down" – 4:04
  2. "The Diary of Horace Wimp" – 4:17
  3. "Twilight" – 3:43
  4. "Secret Messages" – 4:38
  5. "Take Me On and On" – 4:58
  6. "Shine a Little Love" – 4:11
  7. "Rock 'n' Roll Is King" – 3:15
  8. "Last Train to London" – 4:31 (With a count-in)
  9. "Confusion" – 3:40
  10. "Getting to the Point" – 4:51
  11. "Hold on Tight" – 3:07 (New intro)
  12. "So Serious" – 2:43
  13. "Calling America" – 3:26
  14. "Four Little Diamonds" – 4:06
  15. "Great Balls of Fire" (Live) (Otis Blackwell, Jack Hammer) – 3:06
  16. "Xanadu (new version)" – 3:21 (Previously unreleased)
  17. "Indian Queen" – 0:57 (Previously unreleased)
  18. "Love Changes All" – 3:28 (Previously unreleased)
  19. "After All" – 2:24 (First time on CD)
  20. "Helpless" – 3:19 (Previously unreleased)
  21. "Who's That" – 1:26 (Previously unreleased)

Personnel

Electric Light Orchestra
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Videography
Discovery (1979) · Live at Wembley (1980) · Fusion – Live In London (1990) · The Very Best of ELO (1991) · Zoom Tour Live (2001) · Total Rock Review (2006) · In Performance (2010) · Live – The Early Years (2010)
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