Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 180 Gram Vinyl 2LP (Used, Ex)

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Audiophile 180g Double Vinyl Reissue Of Elton John's Iconic  1973 Album!

Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Rated 91/500!
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time - "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" -  Rated 390/500, "Candle In The Wind" - Rated 356/500!

2014 version of the iconic 1973 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road album mastered for  vinyl by Doug Sax and Robert Hadley at The Mastering Lab, California. This is  two discs of heavy 180g audiophile quality vinyl. Selling over 31 million albums  worldwide and going platinum in the US seven times over, Goodbye Yellow Brick  Road is widely regarded as the album that made Elton John a household name.  Includes ‘Benny and The Jets’, ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’, ‘Candle In The  Wind’, ‘Saturday Night’s All Right For Fighting’ and ‘Harmony’.

This was the album that created a true superstar. Although he was already known  in 1973 due to the growing success of his previous albums--including Don't Shoot  Me I'm Only The Piano Player, Elton John and Honky Chateau--it was the release  of this double album, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, that made Elton John a  household name. It went on to sell 31-million copies. Goodbye... perfectly  marries the various elements of Elton's craft: classic songwriting, glam stomp,  R&B, gospel, jaw-dropping performances, soul and a large helping of brilliant  showmanship.

The album spent eight weeks at No.1 and went platinum seven times over in the  U.S. It also contains Elton and co-writer Bernie Taupin's most successful song,  "Candle in the Wind;" a No.1 hit three times, in three different versions, in  three successive decades, ultimately becoming the biggest-selling single of all  time. It also features dynamite standards such as "Saturday Night's Alright for  Fighting" and "Bennie and the Jets," the latter being the song that led to Elton  becoming the first white performer to appear on the influential American R&B TV  show Soul Train. The album is also ranked No. 91 in Rolling Stone magazine's  "Top 100 Greatest Albums Of All Time" chart. In a career filled with highlights  that other artists can only dream of, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road stands as a  towering achievement, a defining moment in the most exciting era in rock  history.

Often referred to as the pinnacle of Elton and co-writer Bernie Taupin's  creative powers and commercial success, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road was the eighth  studio album the pair had released in a three-year period. But the recording of  the album wasn't the smoothest of experiences. After initial attempts at  recording in Kingston, Jamaica, were derailed by the double whammy of industrial  action at the studio and further disruption was caused by a world boxing title  fight in the town, Elton and the band returned to the familiar settings of  Chateau d'Herouville. The album was completed in a staggering seventeen days  (including mixing!) and the result is a body of work of huge ambition-kicking  off with the grandiose, epic prog rock sound of "Funeral for a Friend / Love  Lies Bleeding," and effortlessly segueing between pop, hard rock, soul, and  stunning heart-wrenching ballads.

The album artwork was also a giant leap forward creatively for Elton. Whereas  earlier album artwork either didn't feature Elton at all, or showed him as an  earnest early 70's songwriter, here he can been seen resplendent in sparkling  platform boots, a satin bomber jacket and, of course, his soon-to-be trademark  flamboyant eyewear. The sight of him stepping from an unglamorous normal street  into a magical fantasy world is not only a metaphor for the transition he was  going through as an artist but is one of the most defining images of early  1970's rock music.

The lasting legacy of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road can still be seen with a wealth  of emerging new talent quick to praise the influence it had on their own  careers. Artists ranging from BRIT winner Ed Sheeran (Candle in the Wind), R&B  sensation Miguel (Bennie and the Jets), rock band Fall Out Boy (Saturday Night's  Alright for Fighting), add their own interpretations to the classic originals on  a sensational bonus disc. Recorded with producer Peter Asher at the helm, Elton  and Bernie's influence on modern day Americana, R&B and soul, and rock singers  continues to shine through.

Features:
• Audiophile 180g Vinyl
• Double LP
• 2014 remaster by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering from the original analogue  tapes
• Mastered for vinyl by Doug Sax & Robert Hadley at The Mastering Lab, Inc

Selections:
LP 1 - Side 1:
1. Funeral For A Friend / Love Lies Bleeding
2. Candle In The Wind
3. Bennie And The Jets
LP 1 - Side 2:
1. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
2. This Song Has No Title
3. Grey Seal
4. Jamaica Jerk Off
5. I've Seen That Movie Too

LP 2 - Side 3:
1. Sweet Painted Lady
2. The Ballad Of Danny Bailey (1909-1934)
3. Dirty Little Girl
4. All The Girls Love Alice
LP 2 - Side 4:
1. Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock 'n Roll
2. Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting
3. Roy Rogers
4. Social Disease
5. Harmony