Elton John - Cover Versions, Volume 4: 2000-2002

I've been gradually posting a series of non-album cover versions by Elton John. However, when I posted Volume 3 in this series at the end of 2013, I ran into some copyright violation trouble. The link was taken down. Despite that, I'm going to foolishly post Volume 4 anyway. But there will be no direct download link. Instead, look to the comments section for a link to another website. Let's see how that works out.

It seems Elton John was really into performing cover songs in the early 2000s. Volume 2 stretches over nearly two decades, whereas this volume stretches over only about two and a half years. 

Nearly all of the songs were done in concert. There are only two exceptions, which are from studio albums: "Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On" and "Teardrops." One more song was done live but has been officially released: a duet of "Stan" with Eminem at the Grammy Awards in 2001. That's from an Eminem greatest hits album. Everything else is unreleased and from concert bootlegs.

During this time period, Elton John was doing many concerts as a co-headliner with Billy Joel. Typically, they played lots of songs together, and sometimes sang each other's songs. Four of the songs here are with Joel. 

There was a glitch in "Piano Man" that I managed to fix. That's why that one has "[Edit]" in the title.

By the way, just a couple of days ago I posted a 2001 Brian Wilson tribute concert. Two of the songs here happen to also be from that.

This album is 47 minutes long.

01 Free Man in Paris (Elton John)
02 Come Together (Elton John)
03 Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On (Elton John)
04 Just the Way You Are (Billy Joel & Elton John)
05 You May Be Right (Billy Joel & Elton John)
06 Stan (Eminem & Elton John)
07 God Only Knows (Elton John)
08 Wouldn't It Be Nice (Elton John & Brian Wilson)
09 Piano Man [Edit] (Billy Joel & Elton John)
10 Teardrops (Elton John & Lulu)
11 Here Comes the Sun (Elton John & Billy Joel)
12 Answering Bell (Elton John & Ryan Adams)

NOTE: There is no download link, as mentioned above, but check out the comments section. You may also find a link to Volume 3 there.

The cover photo comes from a concert in Madison Square Garden in New York City on October 20, 2000.