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February 22, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 166

Electric Light Orchestra, Olé ELO (1976) I possibly didn’t need this – since I am collecting up all of the ELO albums as I find them and already have that classic best-of – but I saw this in the store and that little lightbulb went off; I had never seen this on the shelf in […]
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December 4, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1729

Electric Light Orchestra, ELO’s Greatest Hits (1979) I instantly adored the pop confections of the Electric Light Orchestra. I only realised that many of them had been songs of my childhood after I heard a compilation CD my father bought. So many songs I knew – now they were all in one place. I think […]
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