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Topic: Elton John Singles Boxed Set
Posted By: garye
Subject: Elton John Singles Boxed Set
Date Posted: 06 April 2020 at 10:38am
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I came across online a boxed set titled: Elton John I'm
Still Standing; The Complete Singles. And yes, it has the mono versions of the UNI records singles including the hard to find "Your Song" which is a dedicated mix. Along with "Levon" mono single mix and other songs collected for the first time in their hit single versions! I could not find it on Amazon, got mine from a private seller on Ebay. I know for many "Your Song" has been hard to find. If anyone is interested, PM and will send you a MP3 file. 320K. |
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Posted By: PopArchivist
Date Posted: 06 April 2020 at 10:52am
Any reason if it is off CD you can't rip to a lossless format?? ------------- Favorite two expressions to live by on this board: "You can't download vinyl" and "Not everything is available on CD." |
garye wrote:Posted By: PopArchivist
Date Posted: 06 April 2020 at 10:52am
I'm not aware such release existed or was available. You sure this is not a boot set? ------------- Favorite two expressions to live by on this board: "You can't download vinyl" and "Not everything is available on CD." |
Posted By: garye
Date Posted: 06 April 2020 at 12:01pm
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That is a good question. Actually FLAC is the format.
Mentioned MP3 because I ripped the cd's to MP3. I forgot. Getting old! LOL Anyone wants the FLAC message me ! Got it right that time! |
Posted By: Scanner
Date Posted: 06 April 2020 at 12:05pm
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Elton is sooooooooooo due for a true singles
compilation. Despite so many collections released through the years, there are still many of his Billboard charted hits that I don't think have been ever anthologized: * A Step Too Far * A Word In Spanish * All That I'm Allowed (I'm Thankful) * Answer In The Sky * Bite Your Lip (Get Up And Dance) * Can't Stay Alone Tonight * Chloe * Club At The End Of The Street * Friends Never Say Goodbye * Healing Hands * In Neon * Made In England * Nobody Wins * Original Sin * Recover Your Soul * (Sartorial Eloquence) Don't You Wanna Play This Game Mo More? * Simple Life * Someday Out Of The Blue * The Bridge * The Heart Of Every Girl * The Last Song |
Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 06 April 2020 at 2:35pm
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Gary, do you have a track listing for this set? Like Rich,
I can't find anything online about it. Are these cleaned up vinyl dubs? ------------- John Gallagher Erie, PA https://www.johngallagher.com" rel="nofollow - John Gallagher Wedding & Special Event Entertainment / Snapblast Photo Booth |
Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 06 April 2020 at 2:47pm
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I'm curious, and maybe someone knows if the following
Elton John UNI recordings were dedicated mono mixes. These are either B-sides or album tracks: Border Song Friends Take Me To The Pilot I would love if someone could send me CLEAN mono dubs to see if they are dedicated mixes or folds. ------------- John Gallagher Erie, PA https://www.johngallagher.com" rel="nofollow - John Gallagher Wedding & Special Event Entertainment / Snapblast Photo Booth |
Posted By: garye
Date Posted: 06 April 2020 at 3:12pm
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I will post a list of what is in the set.
Will do it as soon as possible! |
Posted By: Santi Paradoa
Date Posted: 06 April 2020 at 5:19pm
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Does the box set have a barcode and what label and country is the set issued on? ------------- Santi Paradoa Miami, Florida |
Posted By: garye
Date Posted: 06 April 2020 at 7:39pm
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Okay, a few things. I think this boxed set is a
bootleg, because can not find any official listing for it. The list I am about to post goes up through Candle In The Wind, the 1997 version for Princess Diana's funeral. And the CD's I have is only 1 part going through that time. The other set which covers 2000 onward I did not get because wasn't that interested in those songs. So basically covers 1969-1990. But all the hits are here along with the 1969 and early 1970 records before Your Song became Elton's first hit. And the mono 45's cover up to 1972 when everything on MCA was stereo. It does not include the mono DJ of Crocodile Rock or any mono radio promos of the bigger 70's hits The edit of Tiny Dancer is on this collection, but that is just an early fade of the LP version. I will post the list separately from this. Hope you all find something you like! |
Posted By: garye
Date Posted: 06 April 2020 at 7:40pm
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Here is the CD List by disc:
I'm Still Standing The Complete Singles of Elton John Disk 1- Come Back Baby Mono Single Getting Tougher Than Tough Mr. Frantic Mono Single Everyday I Have The Blues Mono Single I've Been Loving You Mono Single Here's Too The Next Time Mono Single Lady Samatha-Mono Single It's Me That You Need Mono Single Bread and Beer Band Mono Single Breakdown Blues Mono Single It's Me That You Need Mono Single Just Like Strange Rain Mono Single Border Song Stereo Single Bad Side Of The Moon Stereo Single From Denver To LA Stereo Single Rock And Roll Madonna Stereo Single Grey Seal Stereo Single Take Me To The Pilot-Mono Single Your Song Mono Single Into The Old Man's Shoes Friends Mono Single Honey Roll Mono Single 71-75 New Oxford Mono Single Get Out Mono Single Disk 2 Levon-Mono Single Goodbye-Mono Single Tiny Dancer-Stereo Radio Edit Razor Face Stereo Rocket Man stereo Susie (Drama) Stereo Holiday Inn Stereo B side UK Honky Cat Stereo Slave Stereo Crocodile Rock stereo Elderberry Wine Stereo Daniel- Stereo skyline Pigeon stereo Saturday Nights Alright Stereo Jack Rabbit Stereo Whenever You're Ready stereo Goodbye Yellowbrick Road-Stereo Screw You Stereo Step Into Christmas Stereo Ho! Ho! Ho! Stereo Disc 3 Candle in The Wind-Stereo Bennie And the Jets-Stereo Harmony-Stereo Don't Let The Sun Go Down-Stereo Sick City- Stereo The Bitch Is Back-stereo Cold Highway-Stereo Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds-stereo I Saw Her Standing There-Stereo One Day At A Time- stereo Philadelphia Freedom-Stereo Someone Saved My Life Tonight-Stereo House Of Cards stereo Island Girl-Stereo Sugar On The Floor-Stereo Disc 4 Grow Some Funk Of Your Own-Stereo I Feel Like A Bullet-stereo Pinball Wizard-stereo Love Song-Stereo Don't Go Breaking My Heart- Stereo Snow Queen-stereo Sorry Seems To be The Hardest Word-Stereo Shoulder Holster Stereo Bite Yor Lip-Single Edit stereo Chameleon Stereo Crazy Water-stereo Disc 5 Ego-stereo Flintstone Boy-Stereo Part Time Lover-Stereo I Cry At Night-Stereo Song For Guy Single Edit Stereo Love Sick-Stereo Mama Can't By You Love-Stereo Three Way Love Affair-Stereo Victim Of Love-UK Single Edit Stereo Strangers-Stereo Johnny B. Goode-Single Edit Stereo Georgia-Stereo Thunder In The Night-Single Edit Stereo Little Jeanie-Single Edit Conquer The Sun-Stereo Candle In The Wind 1997 Princess Diana release |
Posted By: Scanner
Date Posted: 07 April 2020 at 7:30am
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If "Candle In The Wind 1997" is included, it is
definitely a bootleg. Elton or his label would never permit that song to be included on any compilation. I believe the only way to obtain a true recording of that song is by finding a physical single released from back then. |
Posted By: garye
Date Posted: 07 April 2020 at 9:14am
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You are correct Scanner. I am convinced this collection
is a bootleg. Would have made a nice legit release. |
Posted By: thecdguy
Date Posted: 07 April 2020 at 10:08am
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From the track listing, it looks like they're in chronological order and it seems to stop at 1980 with "Little Jeannie" (with the exception of Candle In The Wind 1997). What's the running time of "Little Jeannie", as it's specifically labelled as "Single Edit"? I always thought I heard a shorter version on the radio years ago, but there's no US promos with an edit listed on Discogs. And I just now realized that while the collection is called "I'm Still Standing", the actual song isn't on there at all. ------------- Dan In Philly |
Posted By: garye
Date Posted: 07 April 2020 at 10:37am
Little Jeannie is the 45 length as released. You might have heard an inhouse edit. I remember many Top 4o stations doing in house edits on Elton's longer singles. There was a second collection of later singles from the later years, but I bypassed those CD's. For the price was not interested. |
Posted By: thecdguy
Date Posted: 07 April 2020 at 11:59am
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There's a few listings of the "Little Jeannie" 45 from
other countries with a listed running time of 4:48 on Discogs, so maybe that's the one I heard, but I don't think it was even that long. The same thing happened when I used to hear Poco's "Heart Of The Night", I could have sworn what I heard was shorter than what's on the 45 and album, but no shorter promo there either in that case. Probably in-house edits on both, I Guess. ------------- Dan In Philly |
Posted By: thecdguy
Date Posted: 07 April 2020 at 8:33pm
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Re: *Chloe - wasn't that on the "To Be Continued" box set? ------------- Dan In Philly |
Posted By: Scanner
Date Posted: 29 April 2020 at 6:53am
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The version of "Little Jeannie" on "Diamonds" is also
just 4:48. I always wondered why Elton never released a Greatest Hits Volume 4. His "Love Songs" compilation somewhat served that purpose, but pulled songs from his previous hits collections and excluded many of his hits since his third hits set on Geffen which mostly didn't fit the "love" theme: * I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That * A Word In Spanish * Healing Hands * Club At The End Of The Street * You Gotta Love Someone * The Last Song * Simple Life * True Love * Made In England |
Posted By: EdisonLite
Date Posted: 03 May 2020 at 1:25am
| Personally, I think "You Gotta Love Someone" and "True Love" fit the 'love' theme :) |
Posted By: KentT
Date Posted: 03 May 2020 at 4:56am
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The original single on Congress Records of "Border Song"
is mono. The UNI single reissue if I recall correctly is also mono. ------------- I turn up the good and turn down the bad! |
Posted By: Scanner
Date Posted: 04 May 2020 at 1:09pm
Exactly! I would preferred they included those songs instead of repeating songs that already appeared on his other compilations to that point. (Who knew then how many times his catalog would be compiled since using the same core set of songs over and over and over....) BTW - was "No Valentines" ever released as a single anywhere? |
Posted By: thecdguy
Date Posted: 04 May 2020 at 1:31pm
I just looked at his Singles Discography on Discogs, and it doesn't appear so. ------------- Dan In Philly |
Posted By: Brian W.
Date Posted: 21 April 2022 at 7:24am
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New Deluxe Edition of "Madman Across the Water" coming out soon with bonus tracks of "Levon (mono single version)" and "Razor Face (Extended Version)." Wouldn't surprise me if "Levon" is a disc dub as I
would bet the mono master burned up in the Universal fire, but it's the first time any of his Uni mono mixes have ever been issued on CD. https://theseconddisc.com/2022/04/21/he-shall-be-a-good-man-elton-johns-madman-across-the-water-gets-deluxe-edition/ - https://theseconddisc.com/2022/04/21/he-shall-be-a-good-man- elton-johns-madman- across-the-water-gets-deluxe-edition/ |