tracks

Ocean Breakup/King Of The Universe
Bluebird Is Dead
Oh No Not Susan
New World Rising/Ocean Breakup Reprise
Showdown
Daybreaker
Ma-Ma-Ma-Belle
Dreaming Of 4000
In The Hall Of The Mountain King
Eldorado Overture
Can't Get It Out Of My Head
Boy Blue
Laredo Tornado
Poor Boy (The Greenwood)
Mister Kingdom
Nobody's Child
Illusions In G Major
Eldorado
Eldorado Finale
Fire On High
Waterfall
Evil Woman
Nightrider
Poker
Strange Magic
Down Home Town
One Summer Dream
Tightrope
Telephone Line
Rockaria!
Mission (A World Record)
So Fine
Livin' Thing
Above The Clouds
Do Ya
Shangri-La
Turn To Stone
It's Over
Sweet Talkin' Woman
Across The Border
Night In The City
Starlight
Jungle
Believe Me Now
Steppin' Out
Concerto For A Rainy Day
Standin' In The Rain
Big Wheels
Summer And Lightning
Mr. Blue Sky
Sweet Is The Night
The Whale
Birmingham Blues
Wild West Hero

notes

2016 box set containing the 1973-1977 group's studio albums. All albums are in vinyl replica sleeves, stacked in a big fold-out cardboard box. A booklet with track listings and information is also included. All albums are the remastered versions without bonus tracks.

Tracks 1-1 to 1-9 originally released as United Artists UA-LA 188-F, 1973.
Tracks 2-1 to 2-10 originally released as United Artists UA-LA 339-G, 1974.
Tracks 3-1 to 3-8 originally released as United Artists UA-LA 546-G, 1975.
Tracks 4-1 to 4-9 originally released as United Artists/Jet UA-LA 679-G, 1976.
Tracks 5-1 to 5-17 originally released as Jet/United Artists JT-LA 823-L2, 1977.

Tracks 1-1 to 1-9 Recorded at Air Studios, London and De Lane Lea Studios, London.
Tracks 2-1 to 2-10 Recorded at De Lane Lea Studios, London.
Tracks 3-1 to 3-8 Recorded at Musicland Studios, Munich. Strings recorded at De Lane Lea Studios, London. Remixed at Record Plant, New York. Mastered at The Mastering Lab, Los Angeles, CA.
Tracks 4-1 to 4-9 Recorded and mixed at Musicland Studios, Munich. Orchestra and choir recorded at De Lane Lea Studios, London. Edits and things at Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles, CA.
Tracks 5-1 to 5-17 Recorded and mixed at Musicland Studios, Munich.

© 2016 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. ℗ 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. Made in the EU.

credits

Arranged By – Jeff Lynne (tracks: 2-1 to 2-10), Louis Clark (tracks: 2-1 to 2-10), Richard Tandy (tracks: 2-1 to 2-10)
Arranged By [Orchestral And Choral Arrangements] – Jeff Lynne (tracks: 4-1 to 5-17), Louis Clark (tracks: 4-1 to 5-17), Richard Tandy (tracks: 4-1 to 5-17)
Arranged By [String And Choral Arrangements] – Jeff Lynne (tracks: 4-1 to 5-17)
Arranged By [Strings] – Jeff Lynne (tracks: 3-1 to 3-8), Louis Clark (tracks: 3-1 to 3-8), Richard Tandy (tracks: 3-1 to 3-8)
Art Direction [CD2] – John Williams (30)
Art Direction [CD4] – Ria Lewerke
Art Direction [CD5], Design [CD5] – Kosh, Ria Lewerke
Artwork [Special Effects CD4] – Bob Hickson
Backing Vocals – Bev Bevan (tracks: 3-1 to 4-9), Jeff Lynne (tracks: 2-1 to 5-17), Kelly Groucutt (tracks: 3-1 to 5-17), Richard Tandy (tracks: 3-1 to 3-10, 4-1 to 5-17)
Bass – Kelly Groucutt (tracks: 3-1 to 3-10), Michael de Albuquerque, (tracks: 1-1 to 2-10)
Bass [Gibson G3], Percussion – Kelly Groucutt (tracks: 4-1 to 5-17)
Cello – Hugh McDowell (tracks: 2-1 to 3-8), Melvyn Gale (tracks: 3-1 to 3-8), Mike Edwards (6) (tracks: 1-1 to 2-10)
Cello [Barcus Berry], Effects [Maestro Echoplex] – Melvyn Gale (tracks: 4-1 to 4-9)
Cello [Barcus Berry], Effects [Systech Phaser, Mu-Tron III, Mu-Tron Phaser, Maestro Echoplex] – Hugh McDowell (tracks: 4-1 to 4-9)
Cello [William Lewis] – Hugh McDowell (tracks: 5-1 to 5-17)
Cello [William Lewis], Piano – Melvyn Gale (tracks: 5-1 to 5-17)
Clavinet – Richard Tandy (tracks: 3-1 to 3-8, 5-1 to 5-17)
Conductor [Orchestra] – Louis Clark (tracks: 2-1 to 2-10, 4-1 to 5-17)
Design [Box Cover] – Smog Design,
Design [CD2, CD3] – John Kehe
Design [CD3] – Mick Haggerty
Design [Sleeve Design CD1] – Seabrook/Graves/Aslett,
Drums – Bev Bevan (tracks: 1-1 to 3-8)
Drums [Slingerland] – Bev Bevan (tracks: 4-1 to 5-17)
Effects [Maestro Echoplex, Univox Univibe] – Mik Kaminski (tracks: 4-1 to 4-9)
Electric Guitar [Gibson EDS 1275, Les Paul Custom], Acoustic Guitar [Ovation 1615/4, Ovation 1619/4], Synthesizer [Minimoog] – Jeff Lynne (tracks: 5-1 to 5-17)
Electric Guitar [Gibson Les Paul, Gibson L5S], Acoustic Guitar [Ovation Legend] – Jeff Lynne (tracks: 4-1 to 4-9)
Engineer [Air Studios] – Denny Bridges (tracks: 1-1 to 1-9), John Middleton (tracks: 1-1 to 1-9)
Engineer [Assistant] – Mike Pela (tracks: 2-1 to 2-10)
Engineer [De Lane Lea Studios] – Dick Plant (tracks: 1-1 to 4-9), Douglas Bogey (tracks: 1-1 to 1-9), John Richards (tracks: 4-1 to 4-9)
Engineer [Edits] – Duane Scott (tracks: 4-1 to 4-9)
Engineer [Musicland] – Mack (2) (tracks: 3-1 to 5-17)
Engineer [Record Plant] – Dave, (tracks: 3-1 to 3-8), Jimmy, (tracks: 3-1 to 3-8)
Guitar – Jeff Lynne (tracks: 1-1 to 3-8), Marc Bolan (tracks: 1-7, 1-8), Richard Tandy (tracks: 2-1 to 3-8, 5-1 to 5-17)
Illustration [Cover Illustration CD5] – Shusei Nagaoka
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar – Jeff Lynne (tracks: 4-1 to 5-17)
Lead Vocals – Jeff Lynne (tracks: 4-1 to 5-17)
Liner Notes – Jeff Lynne
Management [Project Direction] – John Jackson (11)
Management [Representation] – Craig Fruin
Percussion – Bev Bevan (tracks: 2-1 to 4-9)
Photography [CD4], Illustration [CD4], Design [CD4] – Kosh,
Photography By [Back Cover Photo CD1 & CD3] – Norman Seeff
Photography By [Front And Inside Photo CD1 & Front Cover CD3] – Fred Valentine
Photography By [Photos CD1] – Stack (8)
Piano – Richard Tandy (tracks: 1-1 to 3-8)
Producer – Jeff Lynne
Reissue Producer – Al Quaglieri (tracks: 2-1 to 2-10), Jeff Lynne, Jeff Magid (tracks: 1-9, 3-1 to 5-17)
Rototoms [Remo], Cymbal [Zildjian Cymbals], Percussion [Slingerland "Bev Bevan" Drumsticks, Remo Drum Heads], Gong, Percussion [Various] – Bev Bevan (tracks: 5-1 to 5-17)
Saxophone – Christian Schneider (2)
Slide Guitar, Twelve-String Guitar [Ovation Pacemaker], Electric Guitar [Marauder], Percussion, Electric Piano [Wurlitzer EP200] – Jeff Lynne (tracks: 4-1 to 5-17)
Synthesizer [Micromoog, SLM Concert Spectrum], Electric Guitar [Electra x3200, Gibson SG Custom], Clavinet [Hohner], Grand Piano [Yamaha C7], Mellotron [M400], Effects [Morley RWV Pedals, Maestro Phase Shifter, Systech Flanger], Percussion – Richard Tandy (tracks: 4-1 to 4-9)
Synthesizer [Minimoog Drum] – Bev Bevan (tracks: 4-1 to 4-9)
Synthesizer [Minimoog], Electric Piano [Wurlitzer EP200] – Richard Tandy (tracks: 4-1 to 5-17)
Synthesizer [Moog] – Jeff Lynne (tracks: 2-1 to 2-10), Richard Tandy (tracks: 1-1 to 3-8, 5-1 to 5-17)
Synthesizer [Polymoog, ARP 2600, ARP Odyssey, ARP Omni], Sequencer [RP Sequencer Minus Noise Maker] – Richard Tandy (tracks: 5-1 to 5-17)
Twelve-String Guitar [Ovation Pacemaker], Electric Guitar [Marauder], Percussion, Electric Piano [Wurlitzer EP200] – Jeff Lynne (tracks: 4-1 to 5-17)
Violin – Mik Kaminski (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4, 2-1 to 3-8), Wilf Gibson (tracks: 1-5 to 1-9)
Violin [Barcus Berry] – Mik Kaminski (tracks: 4-1 to 5-17)
Vocals – Jeff Lynne (tracks: 1-1 to 3-8), Kelly Groucutt (tracks: 3-1 to 5-17)
Vocals, Oboe, Acoustic Guitar, Double Bass [String Bass], Bassoon, Clarinet, Recorder, Slide Guitar, Percussion – Roy Wood (tracks: 1-1 to 1-13)
Written-By – Jeff Lynne (tracks: 1-1 to 1-8, 2-1 to 5-17)

companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Epic Records
Copyright (c) – Epic Records
Recorded At – De Lane Lea Studios
Recorded At – Musicland Studios
Mixed At – Musicland Studios
Remixed At – Record Plant, N.Y.C.
Edited At – Cherokee Studios
Mastered At – The Mastering Lab
Distributed By – Sony Music Entertainment

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