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The Light Shines On Vol 2
Greatest hits album by
ReleasedMarch 1979
Recorded1970–1972
Genre Progressive rock
Label Harvest
Producer Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne
Electric Light Orchestra chronology
Three Light Years
(1978)
The Light Shines On Vol 2
(1979)
Discovery
(1979)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Encyclopedia of Popular Music [1]

The Light Shines On Vol 2 is a compilation album by Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). Released in 1979 by Harvest Records as a follow-up to 1977's The Light Shines On, it is a compilation of their early years with the label.

Track listing

Side one
# Title Writer Album Length
1 " 10538 Overture" (Full Length Version) Jeff Lynne The Electric Light Orchestra (1971) 5:28
2 "First Movement (Jumping Biz)" Roy Wood The Electric Light Orchestra (1971) 2:57
3 "In Old England Town (Boogie #2)" Jeff Lynne ELO 2 (1973) 6:50
4 "Manhattan Rumble" Jeff Lynne The Electric Light Orchestra (1971) 4:19
5 "From the Sun to the World (Boogie #1)" Jeff Lynne ELO 2 (1973) 8:13
Side two
# Title Writer Album Length
1 " Kuiama" Jeff Lynne ELO 2 (1973) 11:12
2 "Nellie Takes Her Bow" Jeff Lynne The Electric Light Orchestra (1971) 5:54
3 "Queen of the Hours" Jeff Lynne The Electric Light Orchestra (1971) 3:59
4 " Roll Over Beethoven" (Full length version) Chuck Berry ELO 2 (1973) 6:58

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th edn). London: Omnibus Press. p. 916. ISBN  978-0-85712-595-8.