Back to the Story is a 2CD
compilation set by Sixties/Seventies band
The Idle Race released in 1996 on EMI's short-lived "Premier" series. It contains all three official studio albums, non-album singles and B-sides. The original edition's 2nd CD included the earliest known tracks featuring
Jeff Lynne in The Nightriders. In 2007, the set was re-released on EMI's newly reconstituted "Zonophone" label minus the Nightriders tracks. In 2013 the compilation was once again re-released - this time on Warner Music Group's "Parlophone" label, also without the Nightriders tracks