A: Telephone Line

B1: Poor Boy

B2: King Of The Universe

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Label:  Jet Records

Cat No:  JET UP 36254

Issue Date:  6 May 1977

Format:  Black Vinyl

Peak UK Chart Position:  08

Weeks On UK Chart:  10

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Notes:

Issued on the Yellow/Blue Sky Jet Records Tower label. It came in a Jet Records company sleeve, or a plain white sleeve, or a plain black sleeve.

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Issued in the formats:

• 4 Prong Push Out - Promo A Label

• Solid Centre - Promo A Label

• 4 Prong Push Out

• Solid Centre

 

The two solid centre issues are one of ELO's rarest issues.

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Copies of the UK "A" Promo Label issue of Telephone Line were mislabelled with the order of the B side tracks reversed on the label. 1.King of the Universe then 2.Poorboy is incorrect.

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It should be labelled 1. Poorboy

2. King Of The Universe - See below.

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Promo's were sent out with correction stickers on the record sleeve or the record label.

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First pressing with "UP 36254 A-1U" etched in the run out groove came in plain white or black sleeves.

 

A second pressing with "UP 36254 A-2U" etched in the run out groove came in the Jet Company sleeve.