The Best of Eloy Vol. 1 – The Early Days 1972–1975

The Best of Eloy Vol. 1 – The Early Days 1972–1975 is the first of a two-part compilation by the German rock band Eloy, released in 1994. The second part, The Best of Eloy Vol. 2 - The Prime 1976-1979, was released in 1996.

It compiles songs from the albums Inside, Floating and Power and the Passion, the first three of the six studio albums Eloy released during the 70s under the EMI Electrola label. In 1996 the compilation was re-issued in the United States by Griffin Music, with a different artwork and two extra songs.

Renowned online music database Allmusic gave the album a star rating of 4.5 out of 5 and tagged it as an "Album Pick", which stands for the most representative album of an artist's entire body of work.

Track listing
Writers credited according to each song's original album credits.

Personnel
See Inside personnel, Floating personnel and Power and the Passion personnel accordingly.