Thursday, February 19, 2026

Elton John - Cover Versions, Volume 5: 2002-2007

In 2023 and 2024, I posted four volumes collecting all the cover versions performed by Elton John that I could find. However, I stopped this series before finishing it because I ran into copyright issues with the fourth volume. But I've had way less of those issues in recent months, so I'd going to try to post the fifth volume. If that works out, the sixth and final volume will follow. But you might want to grab this quickly, just in case.

Tracks 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, and 8 are all unreleased, and from concerts. Out of those, tracks 2 and 3 are from a CMT Crossroads episode with Ryan Adams. Track 9 was also performed live, but it's from a tribute album to Luther Vandross. For all these live songs, I used the MVSEP program to wipe the cheering, so those songs would fit with the studio tracks.

That leaves the studio tracks, all of which are released. Those are from a mix of movie soundtracks, tribute albums, and duets done on albums by other musical acts. If you want more details, please look at the mp3 tags for the individual songs. Like always, I include the source info for each song on every album I post. 

By the way, some of the links in the previous volumes in this series weren't working, but I just replaced them with new links. 

This album is 48 minutes long.

01 Oh My Sweet Carolina (Elton John)
02 Firecracker (Elton John & Ryan Adams)
03 La Cienega Just Smiled (Elton John & Ryan Adams)
04 Makin' Whoopee (Elton John)
05 Moon River (Elton John)
06 Nighttime Is the Right Time (Elton John & Mary J. Blige)
07 Born to Lose (Elton John)
08 Rock This House (B. B. King & Elton John)
09 Anyone Who Had a Heart (Elton John & Luther Vandross)
10 Dreamland (Bruce Hornsby & Elton John)
11 Where We Both Say Goodbye (Catherine Britt & Elton John)
12 Rags to Riches (Tony Bennett & Elton John)
13 Blueberry Hill (Elton John) 

https://pixeldrain.com/u/PWY7tZVF

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/Tk5ynn7dYAJmOmv/file

The cover photo is from a concert at Wembley Arena, in London, on December 5, 2003. 

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9 comments:

  1. nwt679February 20, 2026 at 6:23 AM

    This one looks great. Thanks.

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  2. Jerry GFebruary 20, 2026 at 1:14 PM

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  3. Jerry GFebruary 20, 2026 at 1:21 PM

    He also covered "Amen" for 2005's "Tribute to Curtis Mayfield" collection. LMK if you need it sent over. And - tho it's probably too late to mess with with Vol 2 - there was official audio released from the 1988.01.20 Rock & Roll HoF induction of him performing Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On > Hound Dog > Honey Hush in tribute to those early artists.

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    1. PaulFebruary 20, 2026 at 6:34 PM

      Good point about Amen, I'll add that one. As for the medley, I already have him doing Whole Lotta Shakin' on Volume 1. Do you think it would be worth it to add that again in Volume 2, as part of that medley?

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    2. Jerry GFebruary 21, 2026 at 2:38 AM

      I'd say 'probably', but for historical significance & musical participants over performance quality (and it would likely benefit from your tweaking, but I'm def not about to assign you more homework.)

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    3. PaulFebruary 21, 2026 at 3:51 AM

      Keep in mind I recently posted that entire Hall of Fame induction show. So doesn't that take care of the historical significance and so forth?

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    4. Jerry GFebruary 22, 2026 at 2:01 PM

      TBH, it sounds like you've already made up your mind 😂 - and, again, who am I to give you homework?

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  4. LOFCFebruary 20, 2026 at 3:13 PM

    I love a good cover version but I seem to have missed the other volumes. I will check them out to see if still available. Thanks.

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  5. MikeFebruary 20, 2026 at 5:09 PM

    I'm enjoying this series; thank you. Hope you get the last volume posted sooner rather than later.

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