Showdown (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Showdown
Type = Compilation album
Artist = Electric Light Orchestra

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Released = November 1974
Recorded = 1971 - 1973
Genre = Progressive rock
Length =
Label = Harvest Records 7C038-05698
Producer = Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne
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Last album =
This album = "Showdown" (1974)
Next album = "Olé ELO " (1976)

"Showdown" is an Electric Light Orchestra compilation album, covering their Harvest years. It is the first in a very long line of Electric Light Orchestra compilation albums. It is also the first time the hit single Showdown featured on an album in the UK.

Track listing

# "10538 Overture" (Jeff Lynne) – 5:28
# "From the Sun to the World" (Boogie No.1) (Lynne) – 8:15
# "Whisper in the Night" (Roy Wood) – 4:44
# "Queen of the Hours" (Lynne) – 3:21
# "Roll Over Beethoven" (Chuck Berry) – 7:00
# "First Movement (Jumping Biz)" (Wood) – 2:57
# "In Old England Town (Boogie No 2)" (Lynne) – 6:50
# "Showdown" (Lynne) – 4:08

Personnel

*Jeff Lynne – Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Moog Synthesizer
*Roy Wood – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Cello, Wind Instruments
*Bev Bevan – Drums, Percussion
*Richard Tandy – Keyboards, Moog Synthesizer
*Mike de Albuquerque – Bass, backing vocals
*Wilfred Gibson – Violin
*Mike Edwards – Cello
*Colin Walker – Cello
*Bill Hunt – French Horn, Hunting Horn
*Steve Woolam – Violin