ELO General Hits, Best Of and Compilation LPs, Vinyl & CD - Holland issued. 1990 onwards.
Click an album cover below to be taken to the release info and details.
Title
The Very Best Of The Electric Light Orchestra
Format
Vinyl
Label
Epic Records
Catalogue
466558 1
Issue Date
1990 - Holland / Europe
Chart Position
Notes
Holland/Europe Best of ELO on double LP in a single sleeve with plain white non windowed inner sleeves.
Was the substitute for Afterglow in Holland and Germany
Title
The Very Best Of The Electric Light Orchestra
Format
Double CD
Label
Epic Records
Catalogue
466558 2
Issue Date
1990 - Holland / Europe
Chart Position
Notes
Holland/Europe Best of ELO on double CD in a double/fat jewel case.
Title
OLE ELO
Format
CD
Label
Epic Records
Catalogue
466305 2
Issue Date
1990 - Holland / Europe
Chart Position
--
Notes
Issued in Holland/Europe as part of "Memory Pop Shop" range of Cds. Rear cover states 1990 as issue date booklet has 1993 listed.
Title
The Very Best Of ELO
Format
Vinyl
Label
Arcade
Catalogue
01 4290 22
Issue Date
1990 - Holland / Europe
Chart Position
--
Notes
Arcade double LP issue in single cover with plain white non windowed inner sleeves
Title
The Very Best Of ELO
Format
Double CD
Label
Arcade
Catalogue
01 4290 62
Issue Date
1990 - Holland / Europe
Chart Position
--
Notes
Catalogue
Arcade double CD issue in double fat jewel case, no booklet.
The set was also issued as 2 single CDs in jewel case's each with a booklet adverting the other single CD issue in the same year.
See below.
Title
The Very Best Of ELO
CD 1
Format
CD
Label
Arcade
Catalogue
01 4291 61
Issue Date
1990 - Holland / Europe
Chart Position
--
Notes
Arcade single CD issue in standard jewel case, no booklet.
Title
The Very Best Of ELO
CD 2
Format
CD
Label
Arcade
Catalogue
01 4292 61
Issue Date
1990 - Holland / Europe
Chart Position
--
Notes
Arcade single CD issue in standard jewel case, no booklet.
Title
ELO Definitive Collection
Format
CD
Label
Epic
Catalogue
472421 2
Issue Date
1992 - Holland / Europe
Chart Position
Notes
1st Issue, Single CD edition issue.
The 4-page folder convinced one with a nice collage of cover-artwork from the albums "The Night The Light Went On (In Long Beach), Face The Music, A New World Record, Out Of The Blue, E.L.O.'s Greatest Hits, Secret Messages" and the So Serious single.
Title
The Very Best Of ELO
Format
Vinyl
Label
Epic
Catalogue
EPC 472986 1
Issue Date
1993 - Holland / Italy
Chart Position
--
Notes
Rare, Made in Holland for sale in Italy only. Issued as a single LP only. Plain white inner sleeve.
The last officially released LP by E.L.O. til 2012 on vinyl.
Title
The Very Best Of ELO
Format
CD
Label
Epic
Catalogue
EPC 472986 2
Issue Date
1993 - Holland / Italy
Chart Position
--
Notes
Rare, Made in Holland CD for sale in Italy only.
Title
The Best Of ELO
Format
CD
Label
Epic
Catalogue
EPC 479066 2
Issue Date
1994 - Holland / Europe
Chart Position
--
Notes
Single issue CD in jewel case of a ELO compilation for the Dutch market in 1994.
Despite the common EEC market, this album was meant exclusively as a Dutch product. The advert for LP and CD gift vouchers in Dutch on the booklet reverse made this all too clear.
Title
ELO Definitive Collection - Extra CD
Format
CD
Label
Epic
Catalogue
472421 9
Issue Date
1995 - Holland / Europe
Chart Position
Notes
2nd issue, with 2 CDs in double CD jewel case.
The small issue, that the first CD edition of "Definitive Collection" from 1992 contained only material from 1973 to 1983, has been resolved in 1995 with a special edition of the album: "Definitive Collection including Extra CD" was released as a double CD and the order code 472421 9.
Title
ELO - Roll Over Beethoven
Format
CD
Label
Disky
Catalogue
DC 864272
Issue Date
1996 - Holland / Europe
Chart Position
Notes
Single CD in jewel case.
In June 1996 a licensed product of EMI International Products appeared in Holland on Disky, with the title "Roll Over Beethoven". DC 864272
Only four month later it was replaced by a further Disky compilation in Holland, as below.
Title
The Best Of Electric Light Orchestra
Format
CD
Label
Disky
Catalogue
DC 870042
Issue Date
1996 - Holland / Europe
Chart Position
Notes
Single CD in jewel case.
Disky Holland rush-released the album "The Best Of Electric Light Orchestra" DC 870042, in October 1996. Again a license product of EMI International Records, but this time "The Gold Collection" by EMI UK as above was used for the tracks.
Thus all song versions are identical to those of the UK edition.
Amazingly Disky thought the English Civil War and The Battle Of Marston Moor took place in 1964 !!
Track 9 on both the disc and back cover states "July 2nd 1964".
(spotted by Max Cawthay)
Title
Best Of The Best Gold - ELO Definitive Collection
Format
CD
Label
Epic
Catalogue
472421 6
Issue Date
1998 - Holland / Europe
Chart Position
Notes
3rd issue, of the "Definitive Collection" was again re-released in 1998 in the series "Best Of The Best Gold". The newly mastered CD from 1995 was now pressed on a gold-disc instead of a silver one.
A window in the slipcase shows the golden CD, which was inserted upside-down into the CD-tray. The 4-page folder was inserted behind the tray into the slipcase to keep the golden CD visible.
Title
Flashback
Format
Tripple CD
Label
Epic/Legacy
Catalogue
EPC 500931 2000
Issue Date
2000 - Holland/Europe/UK
Chart Position
--
Notes
Issued in a long box / tall book style folder. CDs made in Austria & issued in the UK. Flashback features greatest hits, personal favorites, alternative takes & previously unreleased material as well as historical photos, extensive liner notes & personal commentary from Jeff Lynne.
Title
Electric Light Orchestra – ELO
Format
CD
Label
Disky
Catalogue
SI 904671
Issue Date
2007 - Holland / Europe
Chart Position
Notes
Single CD in jewel case.
Completely unexpected Disky Holland re-released in March 2007 their compilation from 1996, "The Best Of Electric Light Orchestra".
A newly emerged probably black and white photo of the Electric Light Orchestra from the year 1973, with Jeff Lynne, Colin Walker, Mike Edwards, Jake Commander, Wilf Gibson, Richard Tandy, Michael De Albuquerque and Bev Bevan was used six times in the album artwork.
All further re-issue's and Compilations were Holland/Europe/UK wide releases
that are covered in the UK Compilations Section HERE