Elton John-Madman Across The Water

Another one from 1971 and another used re-issue from 1980 that I bought some time ago. Side one is what I always listened to. “Tiny Dancer” and “Levon” were singles played on AM radio all the time back in the early 70’s. FM radio played “Madman Across The Water” one of my favorites by him. There is an earlier version with Mick Ronson on guitar without the orchestration that I like better that was on the Rare Masters CD I had at one time. Listening to side two I hardly recognized any of the songs except for “Rotten Peaches”. Like his last album he used mostly session players. Paul Buckmaster’s orchestration is a big part of the sound on this record. Sometimes a bit too much.

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