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To commemorate the 10th Record Store Day, on 22 April 2017, John served as the first-ever worldwide Record Store Day Legend and released an expanded, double-vinyl version of the album. Retitled 17-11-70+, the release reinstates seven additional songs from the concert, making it the most complete official edition of the show available in any ...
The nine tracks were each composed and performed by John and with lyrics written by songwriting partner Bernie Taupin as with his previous material. Like John's other studio albums up to this point, Madman featured John's touring band (which consisted of bassist Dee Murray and drummer Nigel Olsson) on only a single song, due to producer Gus Dudgeon's lack of faith in the group for studio ...
The song become a staple of John's live shows and can be heard on many of his concert recordings – such as a performance with his early 1970s backup musicians, bassist Dee Murray and drummer Nigel Olsson on 17–11–70 (1970) to Live in Australia with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (1987) with a full scale orchestral reworking the original Paul Buckmaster score.
Elton John – 17-11-70 (1971) At the peak of Elton John ’s imperial phase in 1976, he recorded Here and There , a proper arena-scale live album of his biggest hits.
In the early 1970s, John performed the title track and "Can I Put You On" in concert, with the latter appearing on the next release, the live recording 17-11-70 (retitled 11-17-70 in North America). "Seasons Reprise" was heard on the The Wonder Years season 3 episode "Night Out" where Kevin Arnold ( Fred Savage ) and Winnie Cooper ( Danica ...
John's first live album, the WABC radio broadcast 11-17-70, concludes with a version (running 18:10), interpolating Elvis Presley's "My Baby Left Me" and The Beatles' "Get Back" The song was a regular feature of the 1974 US and UK tours, with a version from the Royal Variety Performance in London, included in the album Here and There
The 1970s was an era that produced some of the greatest live albums in history. In the previous decade, artists and producers took great pains to make studio albums sound as spotless and pristine ...
The first batch of albums (which were also released in a limited-edition velvet box, bearing John's signature [1]) was released in 1995 and includes: Empty Sky; Elton John; Tumbleweed Connection; 17-11-70; Madman Across the Water; Honky Château; Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player; Goodbye Yellow Brick Road; Caribou; Captain Fantastic and ...