Elton John - BBC Sessions, Volume 14: BBC Radio Theatre, London, Britain, 9-9-2001

Here's yet another in my increasingly long series of albums of Elton John performing for the BBC. This is another full concert that was played on the radio, from just two days before the 9/11 terrorist attack.

In 2001, John released the studio album "Songs from the West Coast." It got better critical reviews that he'd had in years. In fact, if you look at the current ratings at the crowdsourced rateyourmusic.com (as I write this in February 2023), it's the highest rated album he'd done since "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy" in 1975. He and lyricist Bernie Taupin made a conscious effort to return to their successful early 1970s sound. So this was a particularly good time for another BBC concert.

John played many of the expected hits (though, surprisingly, no "Your Song"). But he also did a section in the middle of the concert with six songs in a row from "Songs from the West Coast."

This concert is unreleased, but the sound quality is excellent. There were no problems to fix.

This album is an hour and 30 minutes long.

UPDATE: On May 22, 2024, I updated the mp3 download file. The music is the same, but I changed the title from Volume 13 to Volume 14 after discovering a 1977 BBC concert I had missed.

01 Intro (Elton John)
02 Funeral for a Friend - Love Lies Bleeding (Elton John)
03 talk (Elton John)
04 Someone Saved My Life Tonight (Elton John)
05 Philadelphia Freedom (Elton John)
06 All the Young Girls Love Alice (Elton John)
07 talk (Elton John)
08 Birds (Elton John)
09 talk (Elton John)
10 American Triangle (Elton John)
11 I Want Love (Elton John)
12 Ballad of the Boy in the Red Shoes (Elton John)
13 talk (Elton John)
14 Original Sin (Elton John)
15 talk (Elton John)
16 This Train Don't Stop There Anymore (Elton John)
17 Rocket Man [I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time] (Elton John)
18 Tiny Dancer (Elton John)
19 talk (Elton John)
20 Levon (Elton John)
21 I'm Still Standing (Elton John)
22 Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting (Elton John)
23 talk (Elton John)

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The cover photo was taken at this exact concert.