Showdown (Electric Light Orchestra album)

Showdown
Showdown
Compilation album by Electric Light Orchestra
Released	November 1974
Recorded	1971–1973
Genre	Progressive rock;
Label	Harvest
Producer	Roy Wood; Jeff Lynne;
Electric Light Orchestra chronology

Showdown is an Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) compilation album, covering their Harvest Records years. It is the first in a very long line of Electric Light Orchestra compilation albums. It comprises four tracks from their debut album and three from ELO 2 as well as the hit single "Showdown", the first time it had featured on an album in the UK.^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
MusicHound	2.5/5^[1]

Track listing edit

Side one

#	Title	Writer	Album	Length
1	"10538 Overture"	Jeff Lynne	The Electric Light Orchestra (1971), issued in the US in 1972 under the title No Answer	5:28
2	"From the Sun to the World (Boogie No.1)"	Jeff Lynne	ELO 2 (1973)	8:15
3	"Whisper in the Night"	Roy Wood	The Electric Light Orchestra (1971), issued in the US in 1972 under the title No Answer	4:44
4	"Queen of the Hours"	Jeff Lynne	The Electric Light Orchestra (1971), issued in the US in 1972 under the title No Answer	3:21

Side two

#	Title	Writer	Album	Length
1	"Roll Over Beethoven"	Chuck Berry / Ludwig van Beethoven	ELO 2 (1973)	7:00
2	"First Movement (Jumping Biz)"	Roy Wood	The Electric Light Orchestra (1971), issued in the US in 1972 under the title No Answer	2:57
3	"In Old England Town (Boogie No 2)"	Jeff Lynne	ELO 2 (1973)	6:50
4	"Showdown"	Jeff Lynne	1973 non-album single, later included in the US version of the album On the Third Day (1973)	4:08

Personnel edit

Jeff Lynne – vocals, guitars, piano, Moog synthesizer
Roy Wood – vocals, guitar, bass, cello, wind instruments
Bev Bevan – drums, percussion
Richard Tandy – piano, keyboards, Moog synthesizer
Mike de Albuquerque – bass guitar, backing vocals
Wilfred Gibson – violin
Mike Edwards – cello
Colin Walker – cello
Bill Hunt – French horn, hunting horn
Steve Woolam – violin

References edit

^ Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel, eds. (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 383. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
^ John Van der Kiste Jeff Lynne: Electric Light Orchestra - Before and After 2017 "In June 2005, a twenty track compilation of material, containing most of hits since 'Showdown', All Over The World: The Very Best Of Electric Light Orchestra, became the ultimate representation of their back catalogue, peaked at No. 6 in Britain ...

[1] Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel, eds. (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 383. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.

[2] John Van der Kiste Jeff Lynne: Electric Light Orchestra - Before and After 2017 "In June 2005, a twenty track compilation of material, containing most of hits since 'Showdown', All Over The World: The Very Best Of Electric Light Orchestra, became the ultimate representation of their back catalogue, peaked at No. 6 in Britain ...

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