| Olé ELO | |
| Type: | greatest |
| Artist: | Electric Light Orchestra |
| Cover: | ELO album cover Olé ELO.jpg |
| Released: | June 11, 1976 |
| Recorded: | 1971–75 |
| Genre: | Progressive rock, art rock |
| Length: | 49:22 (US United Artists original pressing) 43:49 (subsequent issues) |
| Label: | United Artists, Columbia/Jet |
| Producer: | Jeff Lynne (all tracks), Roy Wood (track 1) |
| Prev Title: | Face the Music |
| Prev Year: | 1975 |
| Next Title: | A New World Record |
| Next Year: | 1976 |
Olé ELO is a compilation album by the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) covering their early years. Released in 1976, this LP was originally compiled by United Artists Records as a promotional album for American radio stations, but when copies of the LP started selling to fans "underground" United Artists decided to release it in the US to capitalize on the band's growing popularity.
Original US United Artists pressings of the album contained the full-length versions of "Kuiama" and "Roll Over Beethoven", as included in the album Electric Light Orchestra II. Original promotional copies were pressed on gold vinyl. An extremely limited run of white, blue & red vinyl promotional pressings was also made. Later US releases and CBS/Jet reissues have included edited versions of these two songs. "Kuiama" was shortened to 9:08, and the single edit of "Roll Over Beethoven" was used, which was 4:31.
| Title | Writer | Album | Length | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "10538 Overture" | Jeff Lynne | The Electric Light Orchestra (1971), issued in the US in 1972 under the title No Answer | 5:25 | |
| 2 | "Kuiama" | Jeff Lynne | ELO 2 (1973) | 11:10 | |
| 3 | "Roll Over Beethoven" | Chuck Berry / Ludwig van Beethoven | ELO 2 (1973) | 8:02 |
| Title | Writer | Album | Length | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Showdown" | Jeff Lynne | 1973 non-album single, later included in the US version of the album On the Third Day (1973) | 4:12 | |
| 2 | "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle" | Jeff Lynne | On the Third Day (1973) | 3:35 | |
| 3 | "Can't Get It Out of My Head" | Jeff Lynne | Eldorado (1974) | 4:26 | |
| 4 | "Boy Blue" | Jeff Lynne | Single edit; full version included on Eldorado (1974) | 4:12 | |
| 5 | "Evil Woman" | Jeff Lynne | Face the Music (1975) | 4:15 | |
| 6 | "Strange Magic" | Jeff Lynne | Face the Music (1975) | 4:05 |
| scope=col | Chart (1976) | scope=col | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row | US CashBox Top 100 Albums[1] | 24 | ||