Elton John - Elton John (1970/2008) [Complete 2xCD] Deluxe Edition

Elton John is the second studio album by English singer-songwriter Elton John. It was released on 10 April 1970 through DJM Records. Including John's breakthrough single "Your Song", the album helped establish his career during the rise of the singer-songwriter era of popular music.

In the US, Elton John was certified gold in February 1971 by the RIAA. In the same year, it was nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year at the 13th Annual Grammy Awards. In 2003, the album was ranked number 468 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. On 27 November 2012, it was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame as an album cited as exhibiting "qualitative or historical significance".

Tracklist:
Disc-1
01 - Your Song 0:00
02 - I Need You To Turn To 4:02
03 - Take Me To The Pilot 6:35
04 - No Shoe Strings On Louise 10:22
05 - First Episode At Hienton 13:53
06 - Sixty Years On 18:44
07 - Border Song 23:17
08 - The Greatest Discovery
09 - The Cage
10 - The King Must Die

Disc-2
11 - Your Song (Demo Version) 39:27
12 - I Need You To Turn To (Piano Demo) 43:01
13 - Take Me To The Pilot (Piano Demo) 45:12
14 - No Shoe Strings On Louise (Piano Demo) 47:50
15 - Sixty Years On (Piano Demo) 51:24
16 - The Greatest Discovery (Piano Demo)
17 - The Cage (Demo)
18 - The King Must Die (Piano Demo)
19 - Rock And Roll Madonna (Piano Demo)
20 - Thank You Mama (Piano Demo)
21 - All The Way Down To El Paso (Piano Demo)
22 - I'm Going Home (Piano Demo)
23 - Grey Seal (Piano Demo) 1:20:58
24 - Rock And Roll Madonna (Incomplete Band Demo) 1:24:18
25 - Bad Side Of The Moon 1:27:15
26 - Grey Seal 1:30:25
27 - Rock And Roll Madonna
28 - Border Song (BBC Session)
29 - Your Song (BBC Session) 1:41:43
30 - Take Me To The Pilot (BBC Session)

Personnel
Track numbers refer to CD and digital releases of the album.

Elton John – piano, vocals (all tracks), harpsichord (2)
Diana Lewis – Moog synthesizer (5, 9)
Brian Dee – organ (6, 7)
Frank Clark – acoustic guitar (1), double bass (10)
Colin Green – additional guitar (1, 7), Spanish guitar (6)
Clive Hicks – twelve-string guitar (1), rhythm guitar (4), guitar (7, 8, 10), acoustic guitar (9)
Roland Harker – guitar (2)
Alan Parker – rhythm guitar (3)
Caleb Quaye – lead guitar (3, 4, 5), additional guitar (9)
Dave Richmond – bass guitar, double bass (1, 7, 8)
Alan Weighall – bass guitar (3, 4, 9)
Les Hurdle – bass guitar (10)
Barry Morgan – drums (1, 3, 4, 7, 9)
Terry Cox – drums (8, 10)
Dennis Lopez – percussion (3, 4)
Tex Navarra – percussion (9)
Skaila Kanga – harp (2, 8)
Paul Buckmaster – cello solo (8), orchestral arrangements and conductor
David Katz – orchestra contractor
Madeline Bell – backing vocals (3, 4, 7, 9)
Tony Burrows – backing vocals (3, 4, 7, 9)
Roger Cook – backing vocals (3, 4, 7, 9)
Lesley Duncan – backing vocals (3, 4, 7, 9)
Kay Garner – backing vocals (3, 4, 7, 9)
Tony Hazzard – backing vocals (3, 4, 7, 9)
Barbara Moore – backing vocals, choir leader (7)

Audio: 195 kbps