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All rights reserved.Greatest Hits - John, Elton (CD 1990)
| 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 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. 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. 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. Editorial Reviews Rolling Stone (12/11/2003) | Find errors in the product description? Submit a catalog update request now. | ||||||||||||||||
Reviews  What a great CD!!!Review created: 08/23/08 by:  Very happy with my purchase. All the greatest hits I like!! Going to see Elton John in a couple months and wanted to reminisce before the concert. Review ID: 10000000008433125 Was this review helpful? Report this review  Great music-fast shippingThe CD was in good shape with only one minor skip and it arrived very fast!!!!Thanks for the great music-brings back fun memories of high school! Review ID: 10000000008321275 Was this review helpful? Report this review Elton JohnI recently viewed a rerun of The Muppets television show that featured Elton John. Although, he was not in my "era" I found his music enjoyable. The music featured on this cd are among his greatest and several that were performed on the Muppets. I would recommend it. Review ID: 10000000007897414 Was this review helpful? Report this review Elton John Cd.I purchased this cd because I am going to see Elton John in concert. I love his songs from the 70's! Review ID: 10000000007288523 Was this review helpful? Report this review Elton Jonh Greatest HitsThis is EJ from the 70's ... What is there to review? xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Review ID: 10000000006422516 Was this review helpful? Report this review |
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