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:
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4 Prong Push Out - Promo A Label
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Solid Centre - Promo A Label
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4 Prong Push Out
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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.
