The Definitive Collection is a compilation album recorded and produced by Jeff Lynne

Jeff Lynne

Jeffrey "Jeff" Lynne is an English songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer who gained fame as the leader and sole constant member of Electric Light Orchestra and was a co-founder and member of The Traveling Wilburys together with George Harrison, Bob...

 and the Electric Light Orchestra

Electric Light Orchestra

Electric Light Orchestra were a British rock group from Birmingham who released eleven studio albums between 1971 and 1986 and another album in 2001. ELO were formed to accommodate Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne's desire to create modern rock and pop songs with classical overtones...

. It was released on 13 April 1999 with two discs. Some of the songs include their album version's like Strange Magic

Strange Magic

For the greatest hits collection of the same name, see Strange Magic: The Best of Electric Light Orchestra."Strange Magic" is a song written and performed by the Electric Light Orchestra. It can be found on the 1975 Face the Music LP....

and Shine a Little Love

Shine A Little Love

"Shine a Little Love" is a song by the Electric Light Orchestra. It was released as a single in the US in May 1979 and in the UK in June of the same year.-Summary:...

, and some tracks include edits seen below.

Compilation edits

Many edits are featured in this album. "Can't Get It Out of My Head

Can't Get It Out of My Head

Can't Get It Out of My Head is a song by Electric Light Orchestra.First released on the band's fourth album, Eldorado, in July 1974, the song is the second track on the album and follows "Eldorado Overture." The song was released in November of that same year as a single.The song became the band's...

" has a small portion of "Eldorado Overture

Eldorado Overture

"Eldorado Overture" is the opening track on Electric Light Orchestra's 1974 concept album Eldorado.It was a new experience for Jeff Lynne to use a full orchestra and choir for the band's songs. The opening starts with haunting sounds provided by Richard Tandy on the synthesizer...

" left off on it, "Above the Clouds

Above the Clouds (Electric Light Orchestra song)

Above the Clouds is a song recorded by Electric Light Orchestra.The song is the 7th track from their multi-platinum album A New World Record. Running for only 2 minutes and 16 seconds, it is the shortest track of the album, and is also one of the calmer tracks featuring pizzicato bass strings. It...

" is connected with "Livin' Thing

Livin' Thing

"Livin' Thing" is a song written by Jeff Lynne and performed by Electric Light Orchestra. It appears on ELO's 1976 platinum-selling album, A New World Record...

" and is not credited on the track listing, "So Fine" leaves a portion of the fade into "Rockaria!

Rockaria!

"Rockaria!" is a song by Electric Light Orchestra. It was the third track on the band's successful 1976 album A New World Record and was the second single from the album. Featuring the operatic voice of Mary Thomas during the introduction, she flubbed the first take by starting the vocals too early...

", "Turn to Stone

Turn to Stone

"Turn to Stone" is a 1977 song by Electric Light Orchestra.The song is the opening track to the double album Out of the Blue. It was the first song released as a single from the LP. The single reached #18 in the U.K. charts and stayed there for 12 weeks. Out of four singles from the album, "Turn to...

" does not include the full fade in of the synthesizer

Synthesizer

A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...

 and guitar

Guitar

The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

s, part of the tuning radio on "Mr. Blue Sky

Mr. Blue Sky

"Mr. Blue Sky" is a song by English rock group Electric Light Orchestra, featured on the band's seventh studio album Out of the Blue . Written and produced by frontman Jeff Lynne, the song forms the fourth and final track of the "Concerto for a Rainy Day" suite, on side three of the original double...

" is gone, "Twilight" has a fade in from the previous track (on the Time album), "Prologue", the end of "Twilight" and the intro of "Rock 'n' Roll Is King" are transited, and "Secret Messages

Secret Messages (song)

"Secret Messages" is a song recorded by Electric Light Orchestra and is the title track of the 1983 album Secret Messages....

" has no fade in and goes straight to the backmasking lyrics.

Cover

The front cover of the Definitive Collection is a collage

Collage

A collage is a work of formal art, primarily in the visual arts, made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole....

 of many different past ELO covers such as, Face the Music, A New World Record

A New World Record

A New World Record is the sixth studio album by Electric Light Orchestra, released in 1976.-Overview:The second album to be recorded at Musicland Studios in Munich, the LP proved to be the band's long awaited breakthrough in the UK: after seeing their previous three studio recordings fail to chart...

, Out of the Blue

Out of the Blue (Electric Light Orchestra album)

The 30th Anniversary Edition was released on February, 20th 2007 with three bonus tracks.-Personnel:ELO*Jeff Lynne – lead vocals, backing vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion*Bev Bevan – drums, percussion, backing vocals, fire extinguisher on "Mr...

, one of the pictures in the booklet of Balance of Power, and mostly Secret Messages

Secret Messages

Secret Messages is an album by Electric Light Orchestra, released in 1983 through Jet Records. It would be the last ELO album to feature bassist Kelly Groucutt, conductor Louis Clark and real stringed instruments...

.

Disc one

Disc two

Personnel

Jeff Lynne

Jeff Lynne

Jeffrey "Jeff" Lynne is an English songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer who gained fame as the leader and sole constant member of Electric Light Orchestra and was a co-founder and member of The Traveling Wilburys together with George Harrison, Bob...

 - Lead Vocals, Guitar
Richard Tandy

Richard Tandy

Richard Tandy , is best known as the keyboard player in the rock band, Electric Light Orchestra...

 - Keyboards, Moog Synthesizer
Bev Bevan

Bev Bevan

Bev Bevan is an English rock musician, who was the drummer and one of the original members of The Move and Electric Light Orchestra...

 - Drums, Percussion
Kelly Groucutt

Kelly Groucutt

Kelly Groucutt , born Michael William Groucutt, was an English musician who was best known for being the bass player for the band Electric Light Orchestra , between 1974 and 1983. He was born in Coseley, West Midlands.-Early career:Groucutt began his musical career at 15 as Rikki Storm of Rikki...

 - Backing Vocals, Bass Guitar (CD 1 - tracks 2-18; CD 2 - tracks 4-7)
Mik Kaminski

Mik Kaminski

Mik Kaminski is best known for playing violin in the Electric Light Orchestra between 1973 and 1979.-Biography:...

 - Violin (CD 1 - tracks 1-14, 17; CD 2 - tracks 3-4)
Melvyn Gale

Melvyn Gale

Melvyn Gale is an English cellist.-Career:Gale obtained his classical music orientated education at the Royal Academy of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Before joining the Electric Light Orchestra, he had already played with the London Palladium Orchestra, with whom he had his...

 - Cello (CD 1 - tracks 4-14; CD 2 - track 4)
Hugh McDowell

Hugh McDowell

Hugh McDowell is an English cellist best known for his membership in Electric Light Orchestra and related acts.-Career:...

 - Cello (CD 1 - tracks 4-14; CD 2 - tracks 3-4)

Additional

Mike de Albuquerque - Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
Mike Edwards

Mike Edwards (musician)

Mike Edwards , known as Swami Deva Pramada or simply Pramada, was an English cellist and music teacher. His wide-ranging career was most widely notable for his membership of the Electric Light Orchestra.-Early life:...

 - Cello
Wilfred Gibson

Wilfred Gibson

Wilfred Gibson is an English violinist who played in the band Electric Light Orchestra, and has performed as a session musician. He replaced original ELO violinist Steve Woolam in 1972 and performed in their first live concert...

 - Violin
Roy Wood

Roy Wood

Roy Adrian Wood is an English singer-songwriter and musician. He was particularly successful in the 1960s and 1970s as member and co-founder of the bands The Move, Electric Light Orchestra, and Wizzard. As a songwriter, he contributed a number of hits to the repertoire of these bands.-Career:Wood...

 - Cello, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
Colin Walker – Cello