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Greatest Hits by Elton John (CD, Oct-1990, Rocket Group Pty LTD) | ||
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| Item condition: | Very Good | |
| Ended: | Feb 22, 201216:02:21 PST | |
| Price: | US $4.00 | |
| Shipping: | $3.00 USPS First Class Package | |
| Item location: | Cleveland, OH, United States | |
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Track Listing 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 Notes 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.Personnel: Elton John (vocals, flute, piano, electric piano, organ, Farfisa, Mellotron, keyboards); Bruce Johnston (vocals, background vocals); Davey Johnstone (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo, background vocals); Clive Hicks (guitar, 12-string guitar); Colin Green (guitar); Frank Clark (acoustic guitar); Jean Louis Chautemps, Alain Hatot (saxophone); Ivan Julian, Ivan Jullien (trumpet); Jacques Bolognesi (trombone); Brian Dee (organ); David Hentschel, Ken Scott (synthesizer); Dee Murray (bass guitar, background vocals); Dave Richmond (bass guitar); Nigel Olsson (drums, maracas, background vocals); Barry Morgan (drums); Ray Cooper (tambourine, bells); Lesley Duncan, Madeline Bell, Roger Cook, Toni Tennille, Tony Burrows, Tony Hazzard, Carl Wilson , Kay Garner, Billy Hinsche (background vocals).Recording information: Caribou Ranch, CO (03/1970-01/1974); Caribou Ranch, Colorado, U.S.A (03/1970-01/1974); Strawberry Studios, France (03/1970-01/1974); Trident Studios, London, England (03/1970-01/1974).Photographers: Terry O'Neill ; David Larkham.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, ... Editorial Reviews Rolling Stone (20031211) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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