{"id":21697,"date":"2020-06-04T13:22:09","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T17:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rockdownload.org\/en\/?p=21697"},"modified":"2020-06-04T13:22:09","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T17:22:09","slug":"download-electric-light-orchestra-light-years-the-very-best-of-electric-light-orchestra-1997","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rockdownload.org\/en\/download-electric-light-orchestra-light-years-the-very-best-of-electric-light-orchestra-1997","title":{"rendered":"Electric Light Orchestra &#8211; Light Years, The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra (1997)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Light Years, The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra<\/strong> is a two CD compilation album by Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), released in 1997.<\/p>\n<p>The album celebrates the band&#8217;s 25th Anniversary singles career starting in 1972 and contains all of ELO&#8217;s 29 UK hit singles plus other single edits that either didn&#8217;t chart or were hits in other countries.<\/p>\n<p>All the songs included are reputed to be the edited 7&#8243;single versions; analysis of the vinyl 7&#8243;singles contradicts the claim. 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