Strange Magic (Album Version)
~ Recording by Electric Light Orchestra
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track Artist | Release Title | Release Artist | Release Group Type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.6 | Strange Magic | 4:29 | Electric Light Orchestra | Face the Music | Electric Light Orchestra | Album |
| United Artists | UA-LA546-G |
| 1.6 | Strange Magic | 4:31 | Electric Light Orchestra | Face the Music | Electric Light Orchestra | Album |
| Jet Records | JET LP 11 |
| 1.6 | Strange Magic | 4:31 | Electric Light Orchestra | Face the Music | Electric Light Orchestra | Album | United Artists | UAG 30034 | |
| 1.6 | Strange Magic | 4:29 | Electric Light Orchestra | Face the Music | Electric Light Orchestra | Album |
| Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation) | 2344 054 |
| 2.3 | Strange Magic | 4:32 | Electric Light Orchestra | Afterglow | Electric Light Orchestra | Album + Compilation |
| Epic Associated | Z3K 46090 |
| 1.6 | Strange Magic | 4:29 | Electric Light Orchestra | Face the Music (Matrix DIDP 070487-3) | Electric Light Orchestra | Album |
| Jet Records | ZK 35527 |
| 1.6 | Strange Magic | 4:28 | Electric Light Orchestra | Face the Music | Electric Light Orchestra | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 982648 2 |
| 1.16 | Strange Magic | 4:31 | Electric Light Orchestra | Sounds of the Seventies: Rock 'n' Soul Seventies | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Products, Time–Life Music | OPCD-2659, SOD-21 |
| 1.5 | Strange Magic | 4:31 | Electric Light Orchestra | Burning Bright | Electric Light Orchestra | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Special Products | A 22639 |
| 1.5 | Strange Magic | 4:32 | Electric Light Orchestra | Definitive Collection | Electric Light Orchestra | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 472421 2 |
| 1.6 | Strange Magic | 4:29 | Electric Light Orchestra | Face the Music | Electric Light Orchestra | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EPC 472996 2 |
| 1.7 | Strange Magic | 4:29 | Electric Light Orchestra | Face the Music | Electric Light Orchestra | Album |
| Epic Associated, Jet Records, Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | ZK 57184 |
| 1.15 | Strange Magic | 4:31 | Electric Light Orchestra | The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra | Electric Light Orchestra | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 477962 2 |
| 1.9 | Strange Magic | 4:32 | Electric Light Orchestra | Strange Magic: The Best of Electric Light Orchestra (club edition) | Electric Light Orchestra | Album + Compilation |
| Epic Associated, Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | CZ2K 64157 |
| 1.5 | Strange Magic | 4:31 | Electric Light Orchestra | Burning Bright | Electric Light Orchestra | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.9 | Strange Magic | 4:32 | Electric Light Orchestra | Strange Magic: The Best of Electric Light Orchestra | Electric Light Orchestra | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | Z2K 64157 |
| 1.6 | Strange Magic | 4:29 | Electric Light Orchestra | Face the Music | Electric Light Orchestra | Album |
| Jet Records | ZK 35527 |
| 1.5 | Strange Magic | 4:32 | Electric Light Orchestra | Definitive Collection: Best of the Best (gold CD) | Electric Light Orchestra | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 472421 6 |
| 1.9 | Strange Magic | 4:29 | Electric Light Orchestra | Flashback | Electric Light Orchestra | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EPC 5009312 |
| 1.9 | Strange Magic | 4:29 | Electric Light Orchestra | Flashback | Electric Light Orchestra | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | E3K 85123, EK 85124, EK 85125, EK 85126 |
| 1.9 | Strange Magic | 4:29 | Electric Light Orchestra | Flashback | Electric Light Orchestra | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Records International (Japanese TEXTLESS walking eye imprint) | SRCS-2458~60 |
| 1.5 | Strange Magic | 4:32 | Electric Light Orchestra | Definitive Collection | Electric Light Orchestra | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 472421 2 |
| 1.6 | Strange Magic | 4:30 | Electric Light Orchestra | Face the Music | Electric Light Orchestra | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 82796942782 |
| 1.6 | Strange Magic | 4:30 | Electric Light Orchestra | Face the Music | Electric Light Orchestra | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 82796 94278 2 |
| 1.6 | Strange Magic | 4:30 | Electric Light Orchestra | Face the Music | Electric Light Orchestra | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Jet Records | MHCP-1096 |
| 1.6 | Strange Magic | 4:30 | Electric Light Orchestra | Face the Music | Electric Light Orchestra | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 82796 94278 2 |
| 2.6 | Strange Magic | 4:30 | Electric Light Orchestra | Original Album Classics | Electric Light Orchestra | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697787342 |
| 2.6 | Strange Magic | 4:30 | Electric Light Orchestra | Original Album Classics | Electric Light Orchestra | Album + Compilation | Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697787342 | |
| 5.6 | Strange Magic | 4:30 | Electric Light Orchestra | The Classic Albums Collection | Electric Light Orchestra | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697873262 |
| 5.6 | Strange Magic | 4:29 | Electric Light Orchestra | The Classic Albums Collection | Electric Light Orchestra | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | |
| 1.9 | Strange Magic | 4:29 | Electric Light Orchestra | Flashback | Electric Light Orchestra | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.6 | Strange Magic | 4:30 | Electric Light Orchestra | Face the Music | Electric Light Orchestra | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.6 | Strange Magic | 4:31 | Electric Light Orchestra | Face the Music | Electric Light Orchestra | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | |
| 3.6 | Strange Magic | 4:29 | Electric Light Orchestra | Studio Albums 1973–1977 | Electric Light Orchestra | Album + Compilation |
| 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 |
| 1.8 | Strange Magic | 4:30 | Electric Light Orchestra | Classic Rock Superstars | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
| 1.6 | Strange Magic | 4:28 | Electric Light Orchestra | Face the Music (distributed by CBS Records, approx. 1978) | Electric Light Orchestra | Album |
| Jet Records | JET LP 201 |
| 1.8 | Strange Magic | 4:31 | Electric Light Orchestra | The Best of Electric Light Orchestra | Electric Light Orchestra | Album + Compilation | |||
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.6 | Strange Magic | ?:?? | Electric Light Orchestra | Face the Music | Electric Light Orchestra | Album |
| CBS/Sony (imprint used in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia 1968–1991; also used in Spain until 1997) | CSCS 6030 |
Relationships
| engineer: | Dave Jimmy Mack (German rock producer/engineer Reinhold Mack) |
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| producer: | Jeff Lynne |
| bass: | Kelly Groucutt (from 1975-05 until 1975-06) |
| cello: | Melvyn Gale (from 1975-05 until 1975-06) Hugh McDowell (from 1975-05 until 1975-06) |
| clavinet, Moog and piano: | Richard Tandy (from 1975-05 until 1975-06) |
| drums (drum set) and percussion: | Bev Bevan (English rock drummer) (from 1975-05 until 1975-06) |
| guitar: | Jeff Lynne (from 1975-05 until 1975-06) Richard Tandy (from 1975-05 until 1975-06) |
| violin: | Mik Kaminski (from 1975-05 until 1975-06) |
| background vocals: | Susan Collins (from 1975-05 until 1975-06) Ellie Greenwich (from 1975-05 until 1975-06) Kelly Groucutt (from 1975-05 until 1975-06) Nancy O'Neill (from 1975-05 until 1975-06) Margaret Raymond (from 1975-05 until 1975-06) |
| lead vocals: | Jeff Lynne (from 1975-05 until 1975-06) |
| conductor: | Louis Clark |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1975) |
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| recorded at: | De Lane Lea Studios in Soho, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1975-05 until 1975-06) Musicland Studios (Munich) in München, Bayern, Germany (from 1975-05 until 1975-06) The Record Plant (New York) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 1975-05 until 1975-06: background vocals) |
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| remixed at: | The Record Plant (New York) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States |
| recording of: | Strange Magic (from 1975-05 until 1975-06) |
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Related works
Strange Magic
| lyricist and composer: | Jeff Lynne |
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| publisher: | EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (1989-07-24–present) EMI Songs Ltd. Polygon Publishing Ltd. イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30) ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present) |
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