ELO

Today, I created a rather interesting ELO collection for my car. To avoid the usual (and boring) compilation, I dug around all their albums and came up with this:

1. 10538 Overture (Alternate Version) (Bonus track from "No Answer") (1971)
2. In Old England Town (Instrumental Mix) (Bonus track from "ELO II") (1973)
3. Everyone's Born To Die (Outtake from "On The Third Day") (1973)
4. Poor Boy (The Greenwood) (From "Eldorado") (1974)
5. Waterfall (From "Face The Music") (1975)
6. Surrender (Written 1976, finished and recorded 2006) (Bonus track from "A New World Record") (1976)
7. Telephone Line (Instrumental Mix) (Bonus track from "A New World Record") (1976)
8. Mr. Blue Sky (Album Version) (From "Out Of The Blue") (1977)
9. Confusion (From "Discovery") (1979)
10. Midnight Blue (From "Discovery") (1979)
11. The Way Life's Meant To Be (From "Time") (1981)
12. Julie Don't Live Here (Non-LP "B" side of "Twilight") (Bonus track from "Time") (1981)
13. Secret Messages (From "Secret Messages") (1983)
14. Bluebird (From "Secret Messages") (1983)
15. Danger Ahead (From "Secret Messages") (Obviously feeling sorry for this lost gem of an album)
16. Getting To The Point (From "Balance Of Power") (1986)
17. Xanadu (2000 Version) (From "Flashback" box set) (2000)
18. One Day (Recorded 2004) (Bonus track from "Zoom" reissue) (2001/13)
19. Latitude 88 North (Recorded 1977, finished 2007) (Bonus track from "Out Of The Blue") (1977/2007)
20. Point Of No Return (New song from "Mr. Blue Sky: The Very Best Of ELO") (2012)
A nice change of pace and a perfect collage for my sojourns to wherever. Thank you, Mr. Jeff Lynne.

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