Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Elton John - BBC Sessions, Volume 3: Sounds for Saturday, BBC Studios, Elstree, Britain, 12-8-1971

Here's the third in my series of albums of Elton John at the BBC. This one is a lot easier to explain that the previous two, because all but the last song is from a single appearance, in the last month of 1971.

The main show here was called "Sounds for Saturday." It was performed in front of a small studio audience. Although the audio has never been released on album, you can find high quality videos of it on YouTube. The sound is great, and he talks some between most songs.

The last song, "All the Nasties," is from an appearance on the "Old Grey Whistle Test" BBC TV show, recorded just two days prior to the main show here. He also played "Tiny Dancer," but I didn't include it because a very similar version is included here from the main show.

This album is 51 minutes long.

01 Tiny Dancer (Elton John)
02 talk (Elton John)
03 Rotten Peaches (Elton John)
04 talk (Elton John)
05 Razor Face (Elton John)
06 talk (Elton John)
07 Holiday Inn (Elton John)
08 Indian Sunset (Elton John)
09 talk (Elton John)
10 Levon (Elton John)
11 talk (Elton John)
12 Madman Across the Water (Elton John)
13 Goodbye (Elton John)
14 All the Nasties (Elton John) 

https://www.upload.ee/files/15835568/EltonJn_1971_BBSessionsVolume3SoundsforSaturday__12-8-1971_atse.zip.html

The cover art photo comes from the exact concert in question, thanks to the videos available from it.

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