Editorial Review:

Album Description:
30th anniversary reissue of 1973 album includes 18 bonus tracks, (8 on disc one) 'Showdown', 'In Old England Town' (Instrumental), 'Baby I Apologize', 'Auntie Ma Ma Ma Belle' (Take 1), 'Auntie Ma Ma Ma Belle' (Take 2), 'Mambo Dreaming Of 4000' (Take 1), 'Everyone's Born To Die' & 'Roll Over Beethoven' (Take 1). Disc two - The Lost Planet features a collection of rare and previously unreleased material from the ELO vaults - 'Introduction By Brian Matthew' (The Lost Planet), 'From The Sun To The World' (Boogie No.1/BBC Session), 'Momma' (BBC Session), 'Roll Over Beethoven' (Single Version), 'Showdown' (Take 1), 'Your World' (Previously Unreleased), 'Get A Hold Of Myself' (Previously Unreleased), 'Mama' (Previously Unreleased), 'Wilf's Solo Instrumental' (Previously Unreleased), & 'Roll Over Beethoven' (BBC Session). EMI. 2003.

Album Details:
At Long Last, the Second Elo Album Finally Sees Release after Many Long Years of Promising by EMI. Though it was Actually their Third Recording, it was Roy Wood's Last with the Band. The Second Disc is Actually a Previously Unissued Concept Album by Wood with Eight Tracks. Among the Bonus Tracks and Rarities Included Are Three which Feature Marc Bolan on Guitar: "Auntie (Ma Ma Ma Belle Pt.2)", "Mambo (Dreaming of 4000, Take 1)" and "Everyone's Born to Die". The Second Disc is Said to Be Limited, So Get Yours While You Can.

Rating: - 4 for the music but the cover box is one of the worst I've seen
First, let me say that if you're going to spend the money on this set, take the box that houses the 2 cds and store them away. I have many cds' in cardboard boxes(or digipacks)but this one is the worst. It's made of light material and shows wear very easily. I have an expensive wood cd rack and keep my stuff well but this is not ageing well and now has a small rip in the cover. It is also beginning to tear at the bottom. I've noticed that some of the sellers on here who sell it as new have mentioned ... Read More

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Rating: - Rob Caiger strikes again with another winner ...
... with this double-disc set, the sequel to the maginficent ELO/First Light 2-CD set of 16 months ago. ELO II was hardly Jeff Lynne's most imaginative (or concise) work, but the high points here equal those of the more ballyhooed ELO I. Yes, it's quite prog. But it's ... catchy prog. Tuneful prog. Not that gloom-and-doom, Roger Waters-oh-woe-is-Syd-Barrett [material] that made Pink Floyd millionaires. The sawing cellos in Jeff's two "Boogies" sound as if they're right on top of you -- thanks, Roy ... Read More

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Rating: - EMI delivers best ELO remasters!
The second in EMI's First Light series of remasters showing the formative evolution of the early Electric Light Orchestra, featuring members of ELO and the Move, this beautiful two disc collection is chockful of rare and lost photos, great alternative and missing album tracks, informative and entertaining interviews and essays and more versions of "Roll Over Beethoven" than you could shake an orchestra conductor's baton at! Disc Two titled "The Lost Planet" was the aborted name of ELO's follow up album, ... Read More

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Rating: - Great and Classic Album of Rock
The End...or The Beginning of a Great Rock Group on two cd's?
This Album of ELO is a Diamond, a Classic, a Jewel on the Universe of Great Albums of Electric Light Orchestra & Jeff Lynne. Beethoven Says: Please ELO Plays Again and Again and Again My Favourite Song, "Roll Over Beethoven"... But I follow without listening nothing.