Tightrope (album version)

~ Recording by Electric Light Orchestra

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1Tightrope5:05Electric Light OrchestraA New World RecordElectric Light OrchestraAlbum
  • GB1976-09-11
Jet Records, United ArtistsJETLP 200, UAG 30017
1.1Tightrope5:05Electric Light OrchestraA New World Record (embossed cover)Electric Light OrchestraAlbum
  • GB1976-09-11
Jet RecordsUAG 30017
1.1Tightrope5:05Electric Light OrchestraA New World RecordElectric Light OrchestraAlbum
United ArtistsUA-LA679-G
1.1Tightrope5:05Electric Light OrchestraA New World RecordElectric Light OrchestraAlbum
Jet Records, United ArtistsJETLP 200, UAG 30017
1.1Tightrope5:05Electric Light OrchestraA New World RecordElectric Light OrchestraAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)9021981
1.1Tightrope5:00Electric Light OrchestraA New World RecordElectric Light OrchestraAlbum
Jet RecordsAL 35529
1.1Tightrope5:00Electric Light OrchestraA New World Record (red vinyl)Electric Light OrchestraAlbum
Jet RecordsJETLP 200, UAG 30017
1.1Tightrope5:06Electric Light OrchestraA New World RecordElectric Light OrchestraAlbum
  • JP1986-08-27
CBS/Sony (imprint used in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia 1968–1991; also used in Spain until 1997)32DP 473
1.1Tightrope5:06Electric Light OrchestraA New World RecordElectric Light OrchestraAlbum
Jet RecordsCDJET 200, JETCD 200
1.1Tightrope5:06Electric Light OrchestraA New World RecordElectric Light OrchestraAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)CDEPC 32545
1.1Tightrope5:00Electric Light OrchestraA New World RecordElectric Light OrchestraAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)902198 2
2.2Tightrope5:04Electric Light OrchestraAfterglowElectric Light OrchestraAlbum + Compilation
Epic AssociatedZ3K 46090
1.1Tightrope5:06Electric Light OrchestraA New World RecordElectric Light OrchestraAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EPC 468880 2
1.1Tightrope5:06Electric Light OrchestraA New World RecordElectric Light OrchestraAlbum
  • GB2006-09-11
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)69699854222
1.1Tightrope5:06Electric Light OrchestraA New World Record (Remastered)Electric Light OrchestraAlbum
  • US2006-09-12
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)69699854222
1.1Tightrope5:06Electric Light OrchestraA New World RecordElectric Light OrchestraAlbum
  • JP2006-09-20
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)MHCP 1097
1.1Tightrope5:06Electric Light OrchestraA New World RecordElectric Light OrchestraAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)69699 85422 2
3.1Tightrope5:06Electric Light OrchestraOriginal Album ClassicsElectric Light OrchestraAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2010-10-25
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)88697787342
3.1Tightrope5:06Electric Light OrchestraOriginal Album ClassicsElectric Light OrchestraAlbum + Compilation
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)88697787342
6.1Tightrope5:06Electric Light OrchestraThe Classic Albums CollectionElectric Light OrchestraAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2011-11-14
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)88697873262
6.1Tightrope5:06Electric Light OrchestraThe Classic Albums CollectionElectric Light OrchestraAlbum + Compilation
  • US2011-11-14
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)
1.1Tightrope5:06Electric Light OrchestraA New World RecordElectric Light OrchestraAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)SICP 30110
1.16Tightrope5:05Electric Light OrchestraAOR Breaks: Original Classics As Sampled By Hip Hop's FinestVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2014-07-18
Festival Records (Australian)FEST601032
1.1Tightrope5:05Electric Light OrchestraA New World RecordElectric Light OrchestraAlbum
  • XW2015-10-30
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
1.1Tightrope5:02Electric Light OrchestraA New World RecordElectric Light OrchestraAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
4.1Tightrope5:03Electric Light OrchestraStudio Albums 1973–1977Electric Light OrchestraAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2016-06-10
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88985324162
1.1Tightrope5:03Electric Light OrchestraA New World RecordElectric Light OrchestraAlbumJet RecordsZK 35529
1.1Tightrope5:05Electric Light OrchestraA New World RecordElectric Light OrchestraAlbumColumbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)
1.1Tightrope5:00Electric Light OrchestraA New World Record (embossed cover, CB 271, approx. 1979)Electric Light OrchestraAlbumJet RecordsJET LP200
(unknown)
1.1Tightrope5:03Electric Light OrchestraA New World RecordElectric Light OrchestraAlbum
  • -1990
Jet RecordsZK 35529

Relationships

engineer:Mack (German rock producer/engineer Reinhold Mack)
Dick Plant (engineer)
John Richards (engineer)
Duane Scott
producer:Jeff Lynne
bass and background vocals:Kelly Groucutt (in 1976-07)
cello:Melvyn Gale (in 1976-07)
Hugh McDowell (in 1976-07)
clavinet, Moog and piano:Richard Tandy (in 1976-07)
drums (drum set) and percussion:Bev Bevan (English rock drummer) (in 1976-07)
guitar:Jeff Lynne (in 1976-07)
Richard Tandy (in 1976-07)
violin:Mik Kaminski (in 1976-07)
lead vocals:Jeff Lynne (in 1976-07)
conductor:Louis Clark (in 1976-07)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Jet Records (in 1976)
recorded at:De Lane Lea Studios in Soho, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1976-07)
Musicland Studios (Munich) in München, Bayern, Germany (in 1976-07)
mixed at:Musicland Studios (Munich) in München, Bayern, Germany
edited at:Cherokee Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
mash-ups:A Tightrope Truce in the House of Gold (twenty one pilots vs. Electric Light Orchestra) by Talk Hard Productions
recording of:Tightrope (in 1976-07)

Tightrope

lyricist and composer:Jeff Lynne