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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 35528Producer 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
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
linkTrack 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.
- "10538 Overture" - 5:25
- From the album The Electric Light Orchestra (1971), issued in the US in 1972 under the title No Answer.
- "Kuiama" - 11:10 (1st United Artists pressing), 9:08 (later editions)
- From the album Electric Light Orchestra II (1973).
- "Roll Over Beethoven" - 8:02 (1st United Artists pressing), 4:31 (45 RPM edit; later editions)
- From Electric Light Orchestra II.
- "Showdown" - 4:12
- 1973 non-LP single, later included in the US version of the album On the Third Day (1973).
- "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle" - 3:35
- From On the Third Day.
- "Can't Get It Out of My Head" - 4:26
- From the album Eldorado, A Symphony by The Electric Light Orchestra (1974).
- "Boy Blue" - 4:12
- 45 RPM single edit; full version included on Eldorado.
- "Evil Woman" - 4:15
- From the album Face the Music (1975).
- "Strange Magic" - 4:05
- From Face the Music.
Electric Light Orchestra Studio albums The Electric Light Orchestra (No Answer) · ELO 2 (Electric Light Orchestra II) · On the Third Day · Eldorado · Face the Music · A New World Record · Out of the Blue · Discovery · Time · Secret Messages · Balance of Power · ZoomSoundtracks Live albums Compilations Showdown · Olé ELO · The Light Shines On · Three Light Years · The Light Shines On Vol 2 · ELO's Greatest Hits · A Box of Their Best · Four Light Years · Afterglow · ELO's Greatest Hits Vol. 2 · The Very Best of the Electric Light Orchestra · Strange Magic · Light Years · Definitive Collection · Flashback · The Ultimate Collection · The Essential Electric Light Orchestra · All Over the World · Ticket to the MoonVideography Discovery (1979) · Live at Wembley (1980) · Fusion – Live In London (1990) · The Very Best of ELO (1991) · Zoom Tour Live (2001) · Total Rock Review (2006) · In Performance (2010) · Live – The Early Years (2010)Related articles Discography · Don Arden · Reinhold Mack · Jet Records · The Move · Wizzard · ELO Part II · List of songs produced by Jeff Lynne · Jeff Lynne and The BeatlesCategories:- 1976 greatest hits albums
- Albums produced by Jeff Lynne
- Electric Light Orchestra compilation albums
- Epic Records compilation albums
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