Four Light Years was a boxed set of three studio albums by 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 in 1980 by Jet Records

Jet Records

Jet Records was a small British record label set up by Don Arden with artists like Electric Light Orchestra , Roy Wood, Gary Moore, Ozzy Osbourne, Riot and Magnum. The first release on the "Jet Records" label was "No Honestly", a UK top 10 for its singer and writer Lynsey De Paul in November 1974...

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The box contained three albums: 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...

(1976), the double album 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...

(1977), and Discovery

Discovery (Electric Light Orchestra album)

Discovery is a 1979 album by Electric Light Orchestra.-History:Discovery was the band's first No. 1 album in the UK, entering the chart at that position and staying there for five weeks...

(1979). Each album was a large commercial success in its own right, but unlike Three Light Years

Three Light Years

Three Light Years was a boxed set of three studio albums by Electric Light Orchestra. It was released in December 1978 and reached #38 on the UK Albums Chart.-Contents:...

it did not chart as a combined collection on the UK Albums Chart

UK Albums Chart

The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...

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The set was so-titled because it covered four years, contained four vinyl records, and was a sequel to Three Light Years (1978). A proposed Across the Border EP was meant to promote the box set but was withdrawn, The EP version of the song would later turn up on the 1997 singles compilation Light Years

Light Years, The Very Best Of Electric Light Orchestra

Light Years, The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra is a two CD compilation album by Electric Light Orchestra.The album celebrates the band's 25th Anniversary singles career starting in 1972 and contains all of ELO's 29 UK hit singles plus other single edits that either didn't chart or where...

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Side one

1. "Tightrope"
2. "Telephone Line
   Telephone Line (Electric Light Orchestra song)
   "Telephone Line" is a song by Electric Light Orchestra.The song is track two on their 1976 album A New World Record and was the final single to be released from the band's LP until September 2006 when Surrender was released from the expanded reissue....
   
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3. "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...
   
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4. "Mission (A World Record)"

Side two

1. "So Fine
   So Fine (Electric Light Orchestra song)
   So Fine is the title of the fifth track from A New World Record by Electric Light Orchestra.Recorded in 1976 at Musicland, Munich, this track is peppy and upbeat, contrasting with Mission , the previous track...
   
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2. "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...
   
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3. "Above the Clouds"
4. "Do Ya"
5. "Shangri-La"

Side one

1. "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...
   
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2. "It's Over
   It's Over (Electric Light Orchestra song)
   "It's Over" is a song recorded by the Electric Light Orchestra.The song is the second track from the LP Out of the Blue. It was the last single to be lifted from the album and was released in the United States only, becoming a minor hit. The orchestral beginning was actually the end of "Mr...
   
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3. "Sweet Talkin' Woman
   Sweet Talkin' Woman
   "Sweet Talkin' Woman" is a 1978 single by The Electric Light Orchestra from the LP Out of the Blue. Its original title was "Dead End Street", but it was changed during recording, perhaps to avoid confusion with a 1966 hit of the same title by the Kinks...
   
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4. "Across the Border"

Side three

1. "Concerto for a Rainy Day"
   1. "Standin' in the Rain"
   2. "Big Wheels"
   3. "Summer and Lightning"
   4. "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...
      
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Side one

1. "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:...
   
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2. "Confusion
   Confusion (Electric Light Orchestra song)
   "Confusion" is the second song from the 1979 Electric Light Orchestra album Discovery. It features acoustic guitar and vocoder.It was released in the UK as a double A-side single with "Last Train to London". It peaked at #8 in the UK Singles Chart...
   
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3. "Need Her Love"
4. "The Diary of Horace Wimp"

Side two

1. "Last Train to London
   Last Train to London
   "Last Train to London" is the fifth track from the Electric Light Orchestra album Discovery.The song was released in 1980 in the UK as a double A-side single with "Confusion". It peaked at #8 in the UK Singles Chart. However, in the US the two songs charted separately, with "Confusion" charting in...
   
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2. "Midnight Blue"
3. "On the Run"
4. "Wishing"
5. "Don't Bring Me Down
   Don't Bring Me Down
   "Don't Bring Me Down" is a song by the band Electric Light Orchestra, and is the last track from their 1979 album Discovery. It is their highest charting hit in the US to date.-History:...
   
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