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Post by Timeblue on Mar 27, 2021 16:23:59 GMT
Why was Wild West Hero left off volume 1 even though it predated Sweet Talkin Woman? I know it appeared on volume 2, but it just seems a little odd on there and out of place....
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Post by eloandy on Mar 27, 2021 21:35:35 GMT
I've often wondered that. Why were none of the 'Discovery' singles included? They all made the top ten and all were released prior to the 'Greatest Hits' record.
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Post by Timeblue on Mar 27, 2021 22:29:24 GMT
I've often wondered that. Why were none of the 'Discovery' singles included? They all made the top ten and all were released prior to the 'Greatest Hits' record. That's right, and as this was the first definitive greatest hits album, why wasn't Roll Over Beethoven and 10538 included too?
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Post by denny on Mar 27, 2021 23:34:53 GMT
My favourite parts of the original Greatest Hits album (other than the awesome songs that led me to go back to the earlier albums) were the cool medal on the cover and Jeff's letter on the back. I tried to join the Fan Club based on the info on the inner sleeve but received a letter "ELO Discontinued".... : ( Knowing now about the string section sacking around Discovery does anyone know if Greatest Hits was actually put together before the official 4 piece band became the thing???
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Post by Timeblue on Mar 27, 2021 23:53:03 GMT
My favourite parts of the original Greatest Hits album (other than the awesome songs that led me to go back to the earlier albums) were the cool medal on the cover and Jeff's letter on the back. I tried to join the Fan Club based on the info on the inner sleeve but received a letter "ELO Discontinued".... : ( Knowing now about the string section sacking around Discovery does anyone know if Greatest Hits was actually put together before the official 4 piece band became the thing??? All I know is the album came out in November 1979, roughly the same time as Confusion/Last Train To London....
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Post by ShardEnder on Mar 28, 2021 2:53:43 GMT
I've often wondered that. Why were none of the 'Discovery' singles included? They all made the top ten and all were released prior to the 'Greatest Hits' record. That's right, and as this was the first definitive greatest hits album, why wasn't Roll Over Beethoven and 10538 included too? My guess is that Jet wanted to (or could only) focus on tracks it had the full rights to, ruling out anything from the first two albums, which I believe were then still under the ownership of Harvest/EMI. Then again, didn't Showdown also fall under the same licensing conditions?
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Post by janne on Mar 28, 2021 8:55:44 GMT
I bought it solely for the incredibly cool album cover.
My guess about the Discovery singles is that they were still "fresh", so they didn't need a push, by being on a greatest hits collection.
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Post by Timeblue on Mar 28, 2021 8:56:32 GMT
That's right, and as this was the first definitive greatest hits album, why wasn't Roll Over Beethoven and 10538 included too? My guess is that Jet wanted to (or could only) focus on tracks it had the full rights to, ruling out anything from the first two albums, which I believe were then still under the ownership of Harvest/EMI. Then again, didn't Showdown also fall under the same licensing conditions? Any idea why WWH was omitted too, ShardEnder?
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Post by jackpunch on Mar 28, 2021 11:00:57 GMT
I'd always assumed it wasn't included as it wasn't a single in the US....I've checked and it was only a single in UK and Ireland
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Post by Timeblue on Mar 28, 2021 11:28:45 GMT
I'd always assumed it wasn't included as it wasn't a single in the US....I've checked and it was only a single in UK and Ireland That's right, I think Jet missed a trick with this album though. In November '79 when it came out, the last single from Discovery was out too so if they had waited a month or so longer then they could have had all the 70s singles (hits or not) on the album. I guess Janne is right though when he mentioned that Discovery was still 'fresh ' so asking the public to fork out money would have been a bit cheeky....
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Post by lasttrain929 on Mar 28, 2021 12:53:04 GMT
Always found it strange, eleven songs and no WWH, why not include it and make it up to twelve. Jeff on the back cover notes mentions all the other OOTB songs but nothing about WWH, so it had to be deliberately left off for some reason. The Greatest hits vol 2 has 16 songs and is a really under rated album. Don’t think it was ever released on vinyl, would jump at the chance to buy it.
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Post by eloneen on Mar 28, 2021 12:58:02 GMT
Always found it strange, eleven songs and no WWH, why not include it and make it up to twelve. Jeff on the back cover notes mentions all the other OOTB songs but nothing about WWH, so it had to be deliberately left off for some reason. The Greatest hits vol 2 has 16 songs and is a really under rated album. Don’t think it was ever released on vinyl, would jump at the chance to buy it. WWH was not a hit here in the US. The album may have been planned primarily with the US market in mind.
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Post by lasttrain929 on Mar 28, 2021 13:20:27 GMT
Always found it strange, eleven songs and no WWH, why not include it and make it up to twelve. Jeff on the back cover notes mentions all the other OOTB songs but nothing about WWH, so it had to be deliberately left off for some reason. The Greatest hits vol 2 has 16 songs and is a really under rated album. Don’t think it was ever released on vinyl, would jump at the chance to buy it. WWH was not a hit here in the US. The album may have been planned primarily with the US market in mind. Always assumed it had been a big hit in the USA, I’ve been an ELO fan for 45 years and only found this out today...... I guess your never too old to learn
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Post by Timeblue on Mar 28, 2021 13:24:11 GMT
Always found it strange, eleven songs and no WWH, why not include it and make it up to twelve. Jeff on the back cover notes mentions all the other OOTB songs but nothing about WWH, so it had to be deliberately left off for some reason. The Greatest hits vol 2 has 16 songs and is a really under rated album. Don’t think it was ever released on vinyl, would jump at the chance to buy it. WWH was not a hit here in the US. The album may have been planned primarily with the US market in mind. In that case, why wasn't Do Ya included?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2021 20:19:17 GMT
I'd always assumed it wasn't included as it wasn't a single in the US....I've checked and it was only a single in UK and Ireland That's right, I think Jet missed a trick with this album though. In November '79 when it came out, the last single from Discovery was out too so if they had waited a month or so longer then they could have had all the 70s singles (hits or not) on the album. I guess Janne is right though when he mentioned that Discovery was still 'fresh ' so asking the public to fork out money would have been a bit cheeky....
Yeah, imagine if they had waited a bit, and then released a triple-album greatest hits (or not) covering the 70s, using every released single? Damn!
Side A: 1. 10538 Overture. 2. Roll Over Beethoven. 3. Showdown. 4. Ma Ma Ma Belle.
Side B: 5. Daybreaker. 6. Can't Get It Out Of My Head. 7. Boy Blue. 8. Evil Woman.
Side C: 9. Nightrider. 10. Strange Magic. 11. Livin' Thing. 12. Rockaria.
Side D: 13. Do Ya. 14. Telephone Line. 15. Turn To Stone. 16. Mr Blue Sky.
Side E: 17. Wild West Hero. 18. Sweet Talkin' Woman. 19. It's Over. 20. Shine A Little Love.
Side F: 21. The Diary Of Horace Wimp. 22. Don't Bring Me Down. 23. Confusion. 24. Last Train To London.
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