Elton John & Billy Joel - Face To Face In Japan ~ Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan 03-31-1998 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Elton John & Billy Joel
Face To Face In Japan
Tokyo Dome
Tokyo, Japan
March 31, 1998
Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
DVD Cover Art Included

DVD Lineage: Digital Satellite TV(DirectTV* FREE PROGRAM) > VHS Video (S-VHS/x3mode) > DVD Recorder > DVD-R > TMPGEnc Authoring Works > VIDEO_TS

Audio Rip Lineage: DVD Audio Extractor v4.5.5 > Wave > Goldwave v5.04 (editing) > Traders Little Helper (align sector boundaries) > Flac Level 8

Disc 1
01 Billy Joel and Elton John - Walk On Music
02 Billy Joel and Elton John - Your Song
03 Billy Joel and Elton John - Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
04 Billy Joel - Angry Young Man
05 Billy Joel - Stranger
06 Billy Joel - Just The Way You Are
07 Billy Joel - Allentown
08 Billy Joel - I Go To Extremes
09 Billy Joel and Elton John - My Life
10 Billy Joel - The River Of Dreams
11 Billy Joel - Candle In The Wind
12 Billy Joel - It's Still Rock And Roll To Me
13 Billy Joel - Big Shot

Disc 2
01 Elton John - Grey Seal
02 Elton John - Good Bye Yellow Brick Road
03 Elton John - Can You Feel The Love Tonight
04 Elton John - Up Town Girl
05 Elton John and Billy Joel - I Guess That's Why They Call It A Blues
06 Elton John - Daniel
07 Elton John - Take Me To The Pilot
08 Elton John - Something About The Way You Look Tonight
09 Elton John - Philadelphia Freedom
10 Elton John - Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting
11 Elton John and Billy Joel - The Bitch is Back
12 Elton John and Billy Joel - You May Be Right
13 Elton John and Billy Joel - Piano Man

Total Playing Time: 2hr 9mn 3sc

JustDave's notes:
I ripped the audio with DVD Audio Extractor v4.5.5. I then used Goldwave v5.04 to raise the volume of the tracks and re-edit some of the track breaks. I then encoded the files to flac level 8 using Traders Little Helper. No EQ or noise reduction was used.

 

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Elton John - Tokyo 1971: The Classic Japanese Broadcast ~ Koseinenkin Kaikan, Tokyo, Japan October 11, 1971 (FM)

Elton John
Tokyo 1971: The Classic Japanese Broadcast - (Wicker Man)
Koseinenkin Kaikan
Tokyo, Japan
October 11, 1971
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Front Cover Only

Repost New Links 01/21/2025

Rosebud's Pick

Disc One

01 - It's Me That You Need 04:08
02 - Your Song 04:13
03 - Rock Me When He's Gone 03:51
04 - Come Down In Time 03:23
05 - Skyline Pigeon 03:58
06 - Rotten Peaches 05:46
07 - Indian Sunset 06:40
08 - Ballad Of A Well Known Gun 07:24
09 - Friends 02:32
10 - The King Must Die 05:07
11 - Holiday Inn 03:41
12 - Can I Put You On 07:01

Disc Two

01 - Country Comfort 04:43
02 - Honky Tonk Woman 03:50
03 - Border Song 03:22
04 - Madman Across The Water 11:47
05 - Amoreena 04:53
06 - Take Me To The Pilot 07:28
07 - My Baby Left Me/Jam 16:49
08 - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On 08:17

Elton John piano, lead vocal
Dee Murray (R.I.P.) bass
Nigel Olson drums, percussion

Dee Murray died January 15, 1992 from complications of a stroke and skin cancer, he was 45.

I was listening to this show when Rosebud says to me "Post that one with my approval". So another great Rosebud Pick. This show is the same as on the bootleg The Madman Shakes Tokyo, I do not know if they are the same source though. If you don't have a copy you should because the show is fabulous with a capitol F.A.B.U.L.O.U.S! These early shows that Elton used to play with a very stripped down band are always a pleasure to hear. I just re-watched To Russia With Elton (for the unknown number of times now) it's amazing. Just Elton John at the piano and Ray Cooper providing different percussion for all the songs. The first time I saw it was late night on some UHF-TV station that you could only tune in at night when there was less interference for the signal because the 3 major stations had signed off for the night. It blew me away then and it still does today, at about 80db through my speakers that my kids call Stonehenge, LOL!!

The flac files for each CD have been uploaded separately, they can open separately too. If you can I would recommend downloading one from each service at the same time.

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Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler & Elton John - The Tokyo Dome Tokyo, Japan November 2, 1988 (FM)

Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler & Elton John
Tokyo 1988 - (Sonic Boom – SON0364)
The Tokyo Dome
Tokyo, Japan
November 2, 1988
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Front Cover Only

CD One

01 Crossroads (Robert Johnson)
02 White Room (Cream)
03 I Shot The Sheriff (Bob Marley)
04 Lay Down Sally
05 Wonderful Tonight
06 Tearing Us Apart
07 Can't Find My Way Home (Blind Faith)
08 After Midnight (J.J. Cale)
09 Money For Nothing (Dire Straits)

CD Two

01 Candle In The Wind (Elton John)
02 I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues (Elton John)
03 I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That (Elton John)
04 I'm Still Standing (Elton John)
05 Daniel (Elton John)
06 Cocaine (J.J. Cale)
07 Layla (Derek & The Dominos)
08 Solid Rock (Dire Straits)
09 Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting (Elton John)
11 Sunshine Of Your Love (Cream)

Eric Clapton lead & backing vocals, lead & rhythm guitar
Mark Knopfler lead & backing vocals, lead & rhythm guitar
Elton John lead & backing vocals, piano
Nathan East bass
Steve Ferrone drums
Ray Cooper percussion
Alan Clark keyboards
Katie Kissoon backing vocals
Tessa Niles backing vocals

A nice sounding show from what I'm told is a digital rebroadcast of this classic Eric Clapton Concert. With his friends Elton John & Mark Knopfler in tow Clapton lays down some great Blues Rock for a more than appreciative Tokyo crowd. I love that both Mark and Elton get to showcase some of their material as well. I actually read a review in which someone said that Sonic Boom ruined a perfectly good Eric Clapton boot with too much Dire Straits and Elton John material. Hey it's a great document of a moment in time...a snap shot!

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Elton John - The Madman Demo Sessions (studio)

Elton John
The Madman Demo Sessions - (DJM3378645)
Studio Recordings
MP3 320kps
Cover Art Included

01 Rock Me When He's Gone
02 Levon
03 Madman Across The Water
04 Rotten Peaches
05 Goodbye

Elton John piano, vocals

Piano demos for the Madman Across the Water album.

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Upon This Night... Christmas Collection 2005 (SBD)

Upon This Night... Christmas Collection 2005
Soundboard Recordings
Various Dates & Locations
Sources Vary
MP3 192kbps
Cover Art Included

01 Graham Parker - New Years Revolution (Idiots Delight FM 12/18/94)
02 Marshall Crenshaw - Felice Navidad (studio 1986?)
03 Sam Phillips - It Came Upon A Midnight Clear (12/91 FM)
04 John Hiatt - Happy Xmas (War is Over) (Lobos Xmas special FM 11/24/92)
05 Dave Alvin - I'll Be Home For Christmas (Lobos Xmas Special FM)
06 Syd Straw/Rickkie Lee Jones - O Holy Night (Lobos Xmas Special)
07 Tom Waits - Silent Night (intro to Xmas Card from a Hooker) (Austin City Limits 1979?)
08 Patti Smith - White Christmas (studio 1978?)
09 Del Lords - Merry Christmas Baby (studio 1986)
10 Elton John - Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (Hammersmith Odeon, London, England 12/22/73 FM)
11 Paul McCartney & Wings - Wonderful Christmastime (Scotland SBD 12/17/79)
12 Don Dixon - I Saw Three Ships (Birchmere FM 12/95)
13 Wondermints - Santa's Beard (studio 1986)
14 Los Lobos - This Time of the Year (studio 1993?)
15 Marti Jones - Jingle Bell Rock (Birchmere FM 12/95)
16 Shawn Colvin - Christmas Time Is Here (FM 1998)
17 dB's - Holiday Spirit (audie, 12/18/85 Folk City, NYC)
18 Pursuit of Happiness - Santa Claus is Back in Town
19 Chris Stamey - Christmas Time (Idiot's Delight FM 12/5/93)
20 The Faces (Rod Stewart &  Ian McLagan) - Away in a Manger (BBC 1970)

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Elton John - Rock in Rio Lisboa ~ Parque da Bela Vista, Lisboa, Portugal May 22, 2010 (TV/SBD)

Elton John
Rock in Rio Lisboa
Parque da Bela Vista
Lisboa, Portugal
May 22 2010
TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kbps
DVD Cover Art & Screenshots Included

Lineage: Bootleg DVD > DVD Audio Extractor v4.5.5 > Wave 16bit/44,1 > Goldwave v6.55 (editing) > Traders Little Helper (align sector boundries) > MP3 320kbps

01 Funeral For A Friend / Love Lies Bleeding 9:38
02 Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting 5:31
03 Levon 6:55
04 Tiny Dancer 6:55
05 Philadelphia Freedom 5:16
06 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 3:25
07 Daniel 4:07
08 Rocket Man 13:50
09 I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues 5:19
10 Take Me To The Pilot 6:23
11 Sacrifice 5:50
12 Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me 8:02
13 Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word 4:02
14 Bennie And The Jets 5:54
15 The Bitch Is Back 4:22
16 I'm Still Standing 3:26
17 Crocodile Rock 7:03
18 Candle In The Wind 4:27
19 Your Song 4:23

Total Playing Time: 1hr 54mn 48sc

justdave's notes:
I ripped the waves with DVD Audio Extractor. I then used Goldwave to raise the volume, separate tracks and add fade in/fade out where necessary. The source DVD had lossy audio so the waves were encoded to MP3 320kbps with Traders Little Helper.

The only flaw in the recording is that "Funeral For A Friend / Love Lies Bleeding" fades in right at the start. Very little of the performance is missed. On the cover art track 15 is named "Tiny Dancer", the song is actually "The Bitch Is Back"

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Elton John with New York City's Juliard School Of Music Orchestra, London's Royal Academy of Music Orchestra & The Augmented Brooklyn Youth Choir ~ Radio City Music Hall, New York City, NY, July 2004 (SBD) - DVD Audio Rip

Elton John
New York City's Juliard School Of Music Orchestra
London's Royal Academy of Music Orchestra
The Augmented Brooklyn Youth Choir
Radio City Music Hall
New York City, New York, U.S.A.
July 13-18, 2004 (not sure which date this is from)
Bravo Cable TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kbps
DVD Cover Art Included

Lineage: Bootleg DVD > DVD Audio Extractor v4.5.5 > Wave 16bit > Goldwave v6.53 (editing) > Trader's Little Helper (align sector boundaries) > MP3 320kbps

01 - Philadelphia Freedom 6:06
02 - Border Song 3:26
03 - Levon 7:40
04 - Freaks in Love 4:50
05 - Take Me to the Pilot 6:09
06 - Tiny Dancer 6:39
07 - Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word 6:36
08 - Burn Down the Mission 6:05
09 - Come Down in Time 3:40
10 - This Train Don't Stop There Anymore 4:57
11 - Madman Across the Water 6:19
12 - Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me 6:23
13 - Your Song 4:44
14 - Believe 5:32
15 - Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting) 5:43
16 - Interview With Conductor 1:04

Total Playing Time: 1hr 25mn 53sc

Elton John – lead vocals, piano

Paul Buckmaster – arrangements, conductor, orchestration

Davey Johnstone – guitar, vocals,  musical director
Nigel Olsson – drums, vocals
John Mahon – percussion, vocals
Guy Babylon (R.I.P.) – keyboards
Bob Birch (R.I.P.) – bass guitar, vocals

justdave's notes:
I ripped the waves with DVD Audio Extractor. I then used Goldwave to adjust some track marks. I also had to remove 8 commercials between tracks, and move the conductor interview to the end of the recording. I did not remaster or re-mix the audio. There was no EQ or Noise Reduction used. The DVD had lossy audio so the waves were encoded to MP3 320kbps using TRader's Little Helper.

This is a pretty nice sounding recording. The Symphony and Coral arrangements are fabulous, complementing the songs perfectly. The performance is nothing but superb all the way.

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Elton John - Ipswich Town Football Club, Portman Road Stadium, Ipswich, Suffolk, England 06-17-2017 (FM)

Elton John
Ipswich Town Football Club
Portman Road Stadium
Ipswich, Suffolk, England
June 17, 2017
Soundboard Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

01 Bennie and the Jets
02 I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
03 Take Me to the Pilot
04 Daniel
05 Looking Up
06 A Good Heart
07 Philadelphia Freedom
08 I Want Love
09 Tiny Dancer
10 Funeral For A Friend (Love Lies Bleeding)
11 Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time)

Elton John – lead vocals, piano
Nigel Olsson – drums, vocals
Davey Johnstone – guitar, musical director, vocals
John Mahon – percussion, vocals
Kim Bullard – keyboards
Matt Bissonette – bass
Ray Cooper – percussion

Not the full set but the complete broadcast. The full set was as follows.

The Bitch Is Back
Bennie and the Jets
I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
Take Me to the Pilot
Daniel
Looking Up
A Good Heart
Philadelphia Freedom
I Want Love
Tiny Dancer
Funeral For A Friend (Love Lies Bleeding)
Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time)
Have Mercy on the Criminal
Your Song
Burn Down the Mission
Sad Songs (Say So Much)
Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
I'm Still Standing
Crocodile Rock
Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock 'n Roll)
Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting
Candle in the Wind

This just surfaced recently, a FM broadcast from Elton John's 2017 Wonderful  Crazy Night Tour. Elton is in fine voice, the only drawback is it's not the complete show.

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Elton John - Top Of The Pops ~ BBC Studio, London, England, UK September 2001 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Elton John
Top Of The Pops
BBC Studio
London, England, UK
September 2001
BBC TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kbps
DVD Cover Art Included

Lineage: Bootleg DVD > DVD Audio Extractor v4.5.5 > Glodcave v 5.04 (editing) > Traders Little Helper (align sector boundaries) > MP3 320kbps 

01 Top Of The Pops Intro
02 I’m Still Standing
03 Original Sin
04 Birds
05 Ballad Of The Boy In The Red Shoes
06 This Train Don't Stop There Anymore
07 Bennie & The Jets

total playing time: 23mn 44sc

justdave's notes:
I used DVD Audio Extractor to rip the wave files. I then used Goldwave to raise the volume and re-edit some of the tracks. I then encoded the files to MP3 320kbps since the DVD had lossy audio.

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Elton John - Festival In A Day ~ Hyde Park, Westminster, London, England, U.K. 09-11-2016 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Elton John
Festival In A Day
Hyde Park
Westminster, London, England, U.K.
September 11, 2016
BBC Radio 2/TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kbps
DVD Cover Art Included

01 The Bitch Is Back
02 Bennie & The Jets
03 I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues
04 Philadelphia Freedom
05 Looking Up
06 A Good Heart
07 Rocket Man
08 Tiny Dancer
09 Levon
10 Your Song
11 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
12 Sad Songs (Say So Much)
13 Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
14 I'm Still Standing
15 Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting
16 Crocodile Rock

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Elton John - Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival ~ Lands End Stage, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA, USA 08-09-2015 (SBD)

Elton John
Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival
Lands End Stage
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, CA, USA
August 9, 2015
Webcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kbps
DVD Cover Included

01 The Bitch Is Back
02 Bennie And The Jets
03 Candle In The Wind
04 All The Girls Love Alice
05 Levon
06 Tiny Dancer
07 Daniel
08 Philadelphia Freedom
09 Good-bye Yellow Brick Road
10 Rocket Man
11 Hey Ahab
12 I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues
13 Your Song
14 Burn Down The Mission
15 Sad Songs (Say So Much)
16 Sorry Seems To Be The  Hardest Word
17 Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
18 I'm Still Standing
19 You're Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock And Roll)
20 Saturday's Alright For Fighting
21 Crocodile Rock

Elton John takes a lucky audience on a fantastic trip through his very rich back catalog, what a great set list. During the show Elton admits that he is contemplating retirement so that he may "watch his boys grow up". Thankfully when that day finally comes we have quite a few of great bootlegs to listen to.

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The Concert for Walden Woods, Foxboro Stadium, Foxboro, MA 09-06-1993 (FM)

The Concert for Walden Woods
Foxboro Stadium
Foxboro, MA
September 6, 1993
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art

Including Performances By:

Elton John
Melissa Etheridge
Sting
Aerosmith
Don Henley
Jimmy Buffett

Elton John

01 Radio Intro / The Bitch Is Back 4:12
02 Philadelphia Freedom 5:55
03 Levon 5:26
04 Simple Life > 5:38
05 The One 6:26
06 The Last Song 3:38
07 Take Me To The Pilot 5:01
08 I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That 5:12
09 Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me 5:58 (end applause spliced, tape flip)
10 Pinball Wizard 4:54
11 Radio Outro :40

total time: 53mn 02sc

Elton John vocals, piano
Davey Johnstone guitar
Guy Babylon keyboards
Mark Taylor keyboards
Bob Birch bass
Charlie Morgan drums
Natalia Jackson backing vocals
Mortonette Jenkins backing vocals
Marlena Jeter backing vocals

Melissa Etheridge

01 Radio Intro :23
02 Ain't It Heavy 5:49
03 Must Be Crazy For Me 5:22
04 Talk 1:28
05 I'm The Only One 5:24
06 Chrome Plated Heart 6:20
07 Band Intros :47
08 Bring Me Some Water > 4:44
09 Let's Get It On > 4:04
10 Like The Way I Do 8:34

total time: 42mn 52sc

Melissa Etheridge guitar and vocals
Rob Allen guitar
Kevin McCormick bass
Mauricio Fritz Lewak drums

Sting

01 Radio Intro :31
02 If I Ever Lose My Faith In You 5:28
03 Love Is Stronger Than Justice 6:43
04 Band Intros :25
05 A Day In The Life / Fields Of Gold 7:56

Sting bass, vocals
Dominic Miller guitar
David Sancious keyboards
Vinnie Colaiuta drums

total time: 21mn 04sc

Aerosmith

01 Radio Chatter 2:08
02 Toys In The Attic 4:32
03 Sweet Emotion 6:27
04 Cryin' 5:32
05 Dude (Looks Like A Lady) 5:12
06 Livin' On The Edge 6:44 (short silent gap near beginning from broadcast)
07 Walk This Way 4:47
08 Radio Outro :18

Steven Tyler lead vocals
Joe Perry lead guitar
Brad Whitford rhythm guitar
Tom Hamilton bass
Joey Kramer drums

total time: 35mn 41sc

Don Henley with Jimmy Buffett 

01 Boys Of Summer 5:37
02 The End Of The Innocence 5:49
03 One Of These Nights 5:20
04 The Last Resort 8:38
05 Well 5:19
06 Margaritaville 4:54
07 Volcano 4:12
08 Don Talks 3:35
09 Hotel California 6:42
10 Life In The Fast Lane 6:00
11 The Heart Of The Matter 6:01
12 Sunset Grille 6:32
13 Dirty Laundry 5:48
14 All She Wants To Do Is Dance 5:48
15 Desperado 5:53

total time: 1 hr 26mn 09
Don Henley vocals
Mike Campbell drums, keyboards
Danny Kortchmar guitar, backing vocals
Larry Klein bass
Stan Lynch drums and percussion
Jimmy Buffett vocals on tracks 6 & 7

total run time: 3 hr 58mn 49sc

This is a large file set so the flac has been divided into 4 parts the mp3 has been divided into 2 parts all parts will unzip separately.

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Elton John - Westwood One Superstars In Concert SS85-21 (Pre-FM)

Elton John
Westwood One Superstars In Concert SS85-21
The Centrum, Worcester, MA
Pre-FM Recording
Broadcast date of 9/28/85
Digitized from 3 LP discs, cue sheet was missing.
Flac & MP3 320kbps

Thanks To Draftervoi For This One

Sides 1, 2, and 3:
01 Westwood One SS85-21 Introduction - George Taylor Morris
02 Commercial - Coca Cola
03 Tiny Dancer
04 Levon
05 Commercial - Sprite
06 Westwood One SS85-21 break - George Taylor Morris
07 Commercial - Coca-Cola
08 Rocket Man
09 Daniel
10 Commercial - Sprite
11 Westwood One SS85-21 break - George Taylor Morris
12 Candle In The Wind
13 The Bitch Is Back
14 Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me
15 Commercial - Coca Cola
16 Westwood One promo - Ray Manzarek
17 Westwood One SS85-21 break - George Taylor Morris

Sides 4, 5, and 6
18 Commercial - Sprite
19 Who Wears These Shoes
20 I’m Still Standing
21 Benny And The Jets
22 Commercial - Coca Cola
23 Westwood One promo - Tony Hadley Spandau Ballet
24 Westwood One SS85-21 break - George Taylor Morris
25 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
26 Your Song
27 Philadelphia Freedom
28 Commercial - Sprite
29 Westwood One Promo - Meatloaf
30 Westwood One SS85-21 break - George Taylor Morris
31 Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting
32 Crocodile Rock
33 Westwood One SS85-21 outro - George Taylor Morris
34 Commercial - Coca Cola
35 Westwood One SS85-21 promo

NOTE: this was also distributed on reel to reel tape.
The same set list was also broadcast by Westwood One as Westwood One Superstars In Concert SS85-B on May 18, 1985.

My apologies for the last Elton John post being pulled but it was officially released and I had to pull it. Sorry for the mistake, in my haste to post a new boot I forgot to do a quick Google search to see if it was official. I had acquired it from a trusted source so I thought hey let's post it. So for all of you who want a new Elton John show I offer you this one. It's a great Pre-FM vinyl rip from our good friend Draftervoi and a fabulous performance from Elton as well.

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Elton John - Philharmonica Fredom ~ Royal Festival Hall, London, England, 02-05-1972 (SBD)

Elton John
with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Philharmonica Fredom
Royal Festival Hall
London, England
February 5, 1972
TV Broadcast/Soundbourd Recording
MP3 320kps
Cover Art Included

01 Your Song
02 Take Me to the Pilot
03 The Greatest Discovery
04 Sixty Years On
05 The King Must Die
06 Indian Sunset
07 Border Song
08 Madman Across the Water
09 Burn Down the Mission
10 Goodbye

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