Olé ELO

Olé ELO
Greatest hits album by Electric Light Orchestra
Released	June 1976
Recorded	1971-75
Genre	Rock
Length	49:22 (US United Artists original pressing) 43:49 (Subsequent issues)
Label	United Artists Records UA-CA630H Columbia Records/Jet Records ZK 35528
Producer	Jeff Lynne (All tracks), Roy Wood (Track 1)
Electric Light Orchestra chronology
Showdown (1974) Olé ELO (1976) The Light Shines On (1977)

Olé ELO is the second compilation album by the Electric Light Orchestra covering their early years. Released in 1976, this LP was originally compiled by United Artists Records as a promotional album for American radio stations, but when copies of the LP started selling to fans "underground" United Artists decided to release it in the US to capitalize on the band's growing popularity.

Chart position

• #32 Billboard 200, RIAA certification: Gold

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Track listing

All tracks written by Jeff Lynne, except "Roll Over Beethoven" by Chuck Berry.

Original US United Artists pressings of the album contained the full-length versions of "Kuiama" and "Roll Over Beethoven", as included in the album Electric Light Orchestra II. Original promotional copies were pressed on gold vinyl. Later US releases and CBS/Jet reissues have included edited versions of these two songs.

1. "10538 Overture" - 5:25
   • From the album The Electric Light Orchestra (1971), issued in the US in 1972 under the title No Answer.
2. "Kuiama" - 11:10 (1st United Artists pressing), 9:08 (later editions)
   • From the album Electric Light Orchestra II (1973).
3. "Roll Over Beethoven" - 8:02 (1st United Artists pressing), 4:31 (45 RPM edit; later editions)
   • From Electric Light Orchestra II.
4. "Showdown" - 4:12
   • 1973 non-LP single, later included in the US version of the album On the Third Day (1973).
5. "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle" - 3:35
   • From On the Third Day.
6. "Can't Get It Out of My Head" - 4:26
   • From the album Eldorado, A Symphony by The Electric Light Orchestra (1974).
7. "Boy Blue" - 4:12
   • 45 RPM single edit; full version included on Eldorado.
8. "Evil Woman" - 4:15
   • From the album Face the Music (1975).
9. "Strange Magic" - 4:05
   • From Face the Music.