Elton John - Greatest Hits [9/16]

Artist:

John, Elton

UPC:

600753111734

See Also:

Mitchell, Joni Various Artists - Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin Various Artists - Captain Fantastic-Tribute To

Description:

Personnel includes: Elton John (vocals, piano, electric piano, organ, Mellotron); Davey Johnstone (acoustic & electric guitars, banjo, background vocals); Frank Clark (acoustic guitar); Clive Hicks (guitar, 12-string guitar); Colin Green (guitar); Jean-Louis Chautemps, Alain Hatot (saxophone); Ivan Jullien (trumpet); Jacques Bolognesi (trombone); Brian Dee (organ); Ken Scott, David Hentschel (ARP synthesizer); Dee Murray (bass, background vocals); Dave Richmond (bass); Nigel Olsson (drums, maracas, background vocals); Barry Morgan (drums); Ray Cooper (tambourine, bells); Carl Wilson, Toni Tenille, Bruce Johnston (background vocals).
Engineers include: Robin Geoffrey Cable, Ken Scott, David Hentschel.
Recorded at Trident Studios, London, England; Strawberry Studios, France; Caribou Ranch, Colorado between 1970 and 1974.
Personnel includes: Elton John (vocals, piano, electric piano, organ, Mellotron); Frank Clark (acoustic guitar); Davey Johnstone (acoustic & electric guitars, banjo, background vocals); Clive Hicks (guitar, 12-string guitar); Colin Green (guitar); Jean-Louis Chautemps, Alain Hatot (saxophone); Ivan Jullien (trumpet); Jacques Bolognesi (trombone); Brian Dee (organ); Ken Scott, David Hentschel (ARP synthesizer); Dave Richmond (bass); Dee Murray (bass, background vocals); Nigel Olsson (drums, maracas, background vocals); Barry Morgan (drums); Ray Cooper (tambourine, bells); Carl Wilson, Bruce Johnston, Toni Tenille (background vocals).
Engineers: Robin Geoffrey Cable (tracks 1, 9); Ken Scott (tracks 2-3, 6, 10); David Hentschel (tracks 4-5, 7, 11); Clive Franks (track 8).
Recorded at Trident Studios, London, England; Strawberry Studios, France; Caribou Ranch, Colorado between 1970 and 1974.
All songs written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
This Gold Disc includes one track, "Candle In The Wind," that isn`t on the standard CD release.
Arranger: Paul Buckmaster.
After Elton released 9 records in a four year span and undertook massive tours as well, GREATEST HITS was the second album he put out in 1974. The unprecedented success John had with lyricist Bernie Taupin resulted in a compilation of ten songs of which nine easily landed in Billboard`s Top 20 at one point. John`s enormous talents enabled him to shift gears from tender balladry ("Your Song") to raucous rock`n`roll ("Saturday Night`s Alright For Fighting"), all the while pumping each song with abundant enthusiasm.
Such was the widespread appeal of these compositions that when "Bennie And The Jets" was initially released, many black radio stations added it to their playlists, assuming that the singer was black. Seeing as the former Reginald Dwight had long been enamored of rhythm & blues, this was an easily made mistake. If "Crocodile Rock" gave EJ an outlet for expressing his love of early rock music, then "Border Song" allowed him to display gospel`s influence on his music-making, right down to the choir he chose to back him on this song.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Your Song
2. Daniel
3. Honky Cat
4. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
5. Saturday Night`s Alright for Fighting
6. Rocket Man (I Think It`s Going to Be a Long Long Time)
7. Bennie and the Jets
8. Candle in the Wind
9. Don`t Let the Sun Go Down on Me
10. Border Song
11. Crocodile Rock

Album Information

Release Date:

01/01/2008

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Glam Rock

Label:

Universal Distribution

Producer:

Gus Dudgeon

Catalog Number:

0011800

Original Release Year:

1974

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Guest Artist:

Carl Wilson; Toni Tennille; Bruce Johnston

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