1983,
United Kingdom
00:46:44;
86M;
256JS;
632;
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Secret Messages
- 4:42
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Loser Gone Wild
- 5:27
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Bluebird
- 4:07
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Take Me On And On
- 5:01
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Time After Time
- 4:03
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Four Little Diamonds
- 4:06
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Stranger
- 4:28
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Danger Ahead
- 3:52
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Letter From Spain
- 2:51
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Train Of Gold
- 4:21
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Rock 'N' Roll Is King
- 3:46
Bev Bevan - drums, percussion
Bill Bottrell - engineer
Louis Clark - conductor [strings] (7, 8, 10)
David Costa - design [original], art direction [original]
Brian Gardner - mastered by
Kelly Groucutt - bass guitar, backing vocals
HAG - photography
Kim Harris - photography [hand coloring]
Quoichiro Iwamoto - liner notes [japanese]
Brian Jones - coordinator [album co-ordinator]
Mik Kaminski - soloist, violin (11)
Jeff Lynne - music by, lyrics by, producer, reissue producer, vocals, backing vocals, guitar, synthesizer, bass guitar, piano, percussion, drum programming [oberheim dmx]
Dave Morgan - backing vocals [additional]
Joseph M. Palmaccio - remastered by [mastered by, reissue]
Woody Pornpitaksuk - engineer [additional] (12 to 14)
Al Quaglieri - reissue producer
Richard Tandy - synthesizer, grand piano, electric piano, harmonica, sequenced by [oberheim dsx]
Christine Wilson - art direction [repackaging]
Counterfeit release of Japanese "Electric Light Orchestra Paper Sleeve Collection". Main noticeable differences are:
- CD printed with image of the cover instead of original LP label.
- Catalog no. misprinted on Obi-strip as MHCP 1062.
- Title also misprinted on CD print: "SECRET MESSAGE".
- Back cover lacks a note originally printed on: "WARNING: CONTAINS SECRET BACKWARD MESSAGES".
- No codebar nor manufacturer logo nor SID code on CD matrix.
CD release of the remastered and expanded edition, in cardboard folder with inner paper sleeve (with lyrics printed on it), both CD-sized replicae of the original vinyl release labeled as JETLX 527. It also contains an Obi-strip and three sheetlets: one with artwork, lyrics, credits and notes (by Jeff Lynne) from the remastered reissue; a second one with lyrics in both English and Japanese, and the third one with liner notes in Japanese by Quoichiro Iwamoto, and a translation of Jeff Lynne's notes and tracklist.
Original album release: 1983
Original remastered and expanded reissue release: 2001-06-12.
Recorded at Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Holland.
Mastered at Sony Music Studios, New York [Reissue].
Sony Music Direct (Japan) Inc. (2), MHCP 1162
Sony Music Direct (Japan) Inc. (2), MHCP 1062
