Elton John – Classic Album Selection (1970-73)
Written by admin on June 29, 2012 – 1:38 pm -Next month sees the release of a great value set of five of Elton John’s strongest albums, spanning the years 1970 to 1973.
The “Elton John – Classic Album Selection” contains:
- Elton John
- Tumbleweed Connection
- Madman Across The Water
- Honky Château
- Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only The Piano Player.
The box set is littered with classic recordings, including some of his best known hits of the period. This is the music that made Elton John a worldwide superstar.
The set does contain bonus tracks, but no additions to those that featured on the mid-’90s CD reissues of the albums.
If you have been meaning to explore Elton John’s early work, but never got around to it, this is an inexpensive way of doing so.
“Elton John – Classic Album Selection” tracklist
Disc 1 – Elton John
- Your Song
- I Need You To Turn To
- Take Me To The Pilot
- No Shoe Strings On Louise
- First Episode At Hienton
- Sixty Years On
- Border Song
- The Greatest Discovery
- The Cage
- The King Must Die
- Bad Side Of The Moon (Single Version)
- Grey Seal
- Rock And Roll Madonna.
Disc 2 – Tumbleweed Connection
- Ballad Of A Well-Known Gun
- Come Down In Time
- Country Comfort
- Son Of Your Father
- My Father’s Gun
- Where To Now St. Peter?
- Love Song
- Amoreena
- Talking Old Soldiers
- Burn Down The Mission
- Into The Old Man’s Shoes
- Madman Across The Water.
Disc 3 – Madman Across The Water
- Tiny Dancer
- Levon
- Razor Face
- Madman Across The Water
- Indian Sunset
- Holiday Inn
- Rotten Peaches
- All The Nasties
- Goodbye.
Disc 4 – Honky Château
- Honky Cat
- Mellow
- I Think I’m Going To Kill Myself
- Susie (Dramas)
- Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going To Be A Long Long Time)
- Salvation
- Slave
- Amy
- Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters
- Hercules
- Slave (Alternate “Fast” Version).
Disc 5 – Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only The Piano Player
- Daniel
- Teacher I Need You
- Elderberry Wine
- Blues For My Baby And Me
- Midnight Creeper
- Have Mercy On The Criminal
- I’m Going To Be A Teenage Idol
- Texan Love Song
- Crocodile Rock
- High Flying Bird
- Screw You (Young Man’s Blues)
- Jack Rabbit (Single Version)
- Whenever You’re Ready (We’ll Go Steady Again) (Single Version)
- Skyline Pigeon (Piano Version).
The “Elton John – Classic Album Selection” is available on July 16 in the UK and on July 24 in the US and Canada.
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