Showdown (Electric Light Orchestra album)

Showdown
Compilation album by Electric Light Orchestra
Released	November 1974
Recorded	1971–1973
Genre	Progressive rock
Label	Harvest
Producers	Roy Wood Jeff Lynne
Electric Light Orchestra chronology
Eldorado (1974) Showdown (1974) Face the Music (1975)

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MusicHound	2.5/5

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.

Track listing

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

• 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