There's not much else to say. About half of the songs are undeniable classics. For the other songs, I actually often prefer these versions to the studio versions, since they're more energetic.
By the way, John played the same venue almost exactly one year later, and that was recorded by the BBC as well. That's the next album I plan to post in this series.
The concert is an hour and 41 minutes long.
01 Funeral for a Friend - Love Lies Bleeding (Elton John)
02 Candle in the Wind (Elton John)
03 talk (Elton John)
04 Hercules (Elton John)
05 talk (Elton John)
06 Rocket Man [I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time] (Elton John)
07 talk (Elton John)
08 Bennie and the Jets (Elton John)
09 talk (Elton John)
10 Daniel (Elton John)
11 talk (Elton John)
12 This Song Has No Title (Elton John)
13 talk (Elton John)
14 Honky Cat (Elton John)
15 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Elton John)
16 talk (Elton John)
17 The Ballad of Danny Bailey (Elton John)
18 talk (Elton John)
19 Elderberry Wine (Elton John)
20 talk (Elton John)
21 Rudolph, the Red Nosed Reindeer [Instrumental] (Elton John)
22 talk (Elton John)
23 I've Seen That Movie Too (Elton John)
24 talk (Elton John)
25 All the Girls Love Alice (Elton John)
26 talk (Elton John)
27 Crocodile Rock (Elton John)
28 talk (Elton John)
29 Your Song (Elton John)
30 talk (Elton John)
31 Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting (Elton John)
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I'm not entirely sure, but I believe this photo was taken from the concert in question.
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ReplyDeleteThis is lovely to have. I saw Elton just a couple months before on this tour, when he played in Des Moines IA. It was my first concert. Sutherland Brothers And Quiver opened.
ReplyDeleteThis entire concert has been released as part of the deluxe edition of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Not trying to be a troublemaker; just not sure how you feel about posting officially released material and wanted you to be aware.
ReplyDeleteAs David has already said, the version of the concert uploaded here is the same as the version released on Discs 3 & 4 of the GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD deluxe edition. Intriguingly, this is not exactly what was played on the night. On the original tape, which I have on a bootleg 2xCD called SATURDAY NIGHT'S ALRIGHT FOR FIGHTING, there's a spoken intro by BBC DJ Brian Matthew (no big deal to omit), and after the opening number, Elton tells the audience "I have a dreadful cold, but I will stumble my way through everything, and we will all have a good time". A few seconds later, in his spoken intro to 'Candle In The Wind', his voice quavers. A few numbers later, just before 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road', he asks the crowd to help him out on the high bits "because I've got a dodgy voice". Presumably, the BBC were not happy with the idea of broadcasting a concert in which the artist declares that his vocal performance is sub-par. So, for the version that went out on the radio (ie, the version you have here), they removed the references to Elton's cold and got him to re-record his spoken intro to 'Candle In The Wind'. Personally, I don't see why they bothered because this is a great gig and Elton's trust in the crowd to bear with him only makes it better.
ReplyDeleteSLIGHT CORRECTION: Re-listening to my tape of this concert, I note that Elton alludes to how well the audience sang "last night"and that he hopes tonight's crowd will do even better. This led me to google Elton's gig history, and it transpires he played three nights at the Hammersmith Odeon - 21, 22 and 23 December. Assuming that the BBC taped one or both of the other nights, they wouldn't have needed to ask him to re-record his wonky intro to 'Candle In The Wind'. They would simply have deleted the references they objected to, and pasted in the clearer-voiced intro from one of the other gigs. They also pasted in a different spoken intro to 'The Legend Of Danny Bailey', ie, the one you have here, which is slightly longer than the one in the actual 22 December performance.
Deletei didn't know any of that. Thanks for the info.
DeleteThank you for posting this. It's my first time hearing it.
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