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Elton John Deluxe Edition by: Elton John List Price: £13.99 CD-Charts Price: £9.27 You Save: £4.72 (34%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0600753055595 Format: Box set Label: Commercial Marketing Manufacturer: Commercial Marketing Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Commercial Marketing Release Date: June 02, 2008 Running Time: 149 minutes Studio: Commercial Marketing Sales Rank: 7647 MPN: 001084002 Disc 1:
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 Rating:  - Classic second album given deluxe treatmentThis was the album where Elton John found his voice. Gone were the psychedelic leanings and world-weary vocal stylings of failed debut 'Empty Sky', to be replaced by a dark romanticism with which the cover photo of Elton peering moodily out of the shadows was perfectly in keeping. Crucial to the success of Elton's 70s work was his teaming up with producer Gus Dudgeon and arranger Paul Buckmaster who had already proved their artistic and commercial chops on David Bowie's 'Space Oddity' single. Considering its eventual ubiquity it's incredible to think that opening track 'Your Song' wasn't originally considered for single release, only becoming Elton's first chart hit the following year, by which time he had already released his next album. On ... Read More: Rating:  - "Elton John" by ELTON JOHN 2CD DELUXE EDITION - The "Your Song" Album Gets AN AWESOME REMASTER!!Reginald Dwight's 2nd album proper was recorded in a week in January 1970 at Trident Studios in London and then released in the spring of 1970. It included the monster hit "Your Song" and after years of soul-destroying session work and an underachieving debut album "Empty Sky", both the single and album finally kick-started Elton John's extraordinary career - which is still strong nearly 40 years after the event. This 2 June 2008 DELUXE EDITION 2CD set is a fully upgraded version of that forgotten album and along with the 2CD DELUXE EDITION of the LP that followed it, "Tumbleweed Connection" (see my separate review) these two beauties are in my books already up there as REISSUES OF THE YEAR. Here's the layout: DISC 1 is ... Read More: Rating: - Elton John DeluxeAnother remaster,another addition to Universal's very successful "Deluxe Edition" series.Some of which have been excellent value.We have already seen "Captain Fantastic" and "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" given very lavish deluxe treatment.According to the extensive essay by John Tobler contained within the booklet of this double cd reissue of one of Sir Elton's career defining early 70's albums for DJM records,it has been released(along with "Tumbleweed Connection" )to commemerate 40 years of recording.And what a wealth of material it contains.It's not so much how good the album sounds,it's all the extra material contained on the second disc,most of which is previously unreleased,that make these new deluxe editions a must have for any fan of Mr.John! ... Read More: |
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