Product Overview
Electric Light Orchestra – ELO 2 / First Light Series / Harvest Audio CD 2003
UPC 724354332920
ELO was the Electric Light Orchestra's first worldwide hit album, reaching no. 35 in the UK and no. 51 in the USA and similar chart positions throughout the world during 1973. This remastered edition contains 5 previously unreleased tracks - Auntie' (Ma-Ma-Ma Belle Take 1 & 2), 'Mambo' (Dreaming of 4000 Take 1), 'Everyone's Born to Die' & Roll Over Beethoven' (Take 1 Session Master 8 September 1972), and 3 bonus tracks 'Showdown', 'In Old England' (Instrumental) & 'Baby I Apologize' (Session Outtake 1 June 1973). EMI. 2004.
Personnel:
- Jeff Lynne – lead vocals, guitars, Moog synthesizer
- Bev Bevan – drums, percussion
- Richard Tandy – piano, harmonium, Moog synthesizer, guitar, backing vocals
- Mike de Albuquerque – bass, backing vocals (on tracks 2, 3 & 5)
- Mike Edwards – cello
- Wilf Gibson – violin
- Colin Walker – cello (on tracks 2, 3 & 5)
- Hugh McDowell – possible cello (on tracks 1 and 4)
- Bill Hunt – French horn (track 4), possible keyboards (track 1)
- Roy Wood – bass, cello (on tracks 1 and 4)
- Marc Bolan – guitar on ELO 2 tracks 10–12
- Carl Wayne – lead vocals on The Lost Planet tracks 6–8
Label: Harvest – 742354332920
Format: CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
Country: Europe
Released: 2003
Genre: Rock, Pop
Style: Alternative Rock, Classic Rock, Experimental, Symphonic Rock
Tracklist:
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6. | "Showdown" | 4:11 | |
| 7. | "In Old England Town (Instrumental)" (B-side of "Showndown" single) | 2:43 | |
| 8. | "Baby I Apologize" (session outtake, 1 June 1973) | 3:42 | |
| 9. | "Auntie" ((Ma-Ma-Ma Belle Take 1)) | 1:19 | |
| 10. | "Auntie" ((Ma-Ma-Ma Belle Take 2)) | 4:03 | |
| 11. | "Mambo" (Dreaming of 4000 Take 1) | 5:02 | |
| 12. | "Everyone's Born to Die" | 4:40 | |
| 13. | "Roll Over Beethoven"(Take 1
|
Berry |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "In Old England Town (Boogie No. 2)" | 6:56 | |
| 2. | "Momma..." | 7:03 | |
| 3. | "Roll Over Beethoven" | Berry | 7:03 |
| 4. | "From the Sun to the World (Boogie No. 1)" | 8:20 | |
| 5. | "Kuiama" | 11:19 |
| 1 | In Old England Town (Boogie No. 2)
Bass, Cello – Roy Wood |
6:51 |
| 2 | Momma... | 6:58 |
| 3 | Roll Over Beethoven | 7:01 |
| 4 | From The Sun To The World (Boogie No. 1) Bass, Cello – Roy Wood |
8:17 |
| 5 | Kuiama | 11:13 |
| Bonus Tracks | ||
| 6 | Showdown | 4:09 |
| 7 | In Old England Town (Instrumental) | 2:42 |
| 8 | Baby I Apologise | 3:41 |
| Previously Unreleased Tracks | ||
| 9 | "Auntie" (Ma-Ma-Ma Belle Take 1) | 1:19 |
| 10 | "Auntie" (Ma-Ma-Ma Belle Take 2)
Guitar [Twin Lead] – Marc Bolan |
4:03 |
| 11 | "Mambo" (Dreaming Of 4000 Take 1)
Guitar [Twin Lead] – Marc Bolan |
5:00 |
| 12 | Everyone's Born To Die
Guitar [Twin Lead] – Marc Bolan |
4:37 |
| 13 | Roll Over Beethoven (Take 1) | 8:15 |
- Bass, Backing Vocals – Michael De Albuquerque
- Cello – Colin Walker (2), Mike Edwards (6)
- Compiled By, Reissue Producer, Other [Research] – Rob Caiger
- Drums, Percussion – Bev Bevan
- Engineer – Denny Bridges, John Middleton
- Mastered By [Digital Remaster] – Peter Mew
- Other [Project Coordination Emi] – Nigel Reeve, Rob Owen
- Other [Tape Research Abbey Road Studio Archive] – Cary Anning, Ian Pickavance
- Synthesizer [Moog], Piano, Guitar, Harmonium, Backing Vocals – Richard Tandy
- Tape [Transfers From Analogue] – Chris Bolster, Paul Hicks, Rob Caiger
- Violin – Wilf Gibson
- Vocals, Guitar, Synthesizer [Moog], Harmonium, Producer – Jeff Lynne
- Written-By – Chuck Berry (tracks: 3, 13), Jeff Lynne (tracks: 1,2, 4 to 12)
