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An affectionate and detailed look at the music of Elton John, by a fan - not a fanatic
The first of six 'Jewel Box Companion' episodes. It's taken me a while to get to grips with all of the extra new material and versions that...
It's the 50th Frenniversary! Elton's 4th album was a pick-and-mix, with three pastoral pop songs from the same mould as the Elton John Album...
Here we are at last! This is the concluding part of the Tumbleweed Conversation I had with John Higgins, Elton's Legacy Consultant and Featu...
I am very thankful to John Higgins, Elton's Legacy Consultant and Feature Writer at eltonjohn.com , and Peter Thomas, founder of pmc-speaker...
It's all go in Eltonland! The label have marked the 50th anniversary of Tumbleweed with a reissue of the album on green vinyl , plus an enti...
Here's the rest of my track by track breakdown with John Higgins of the 'Elton John' album. The album lit a fuse. Four and a half months lat...
Well it's finally happened. I've got pretty much everything I've ever asked for, and probably a bit more. In this quickie episode, I dip int...
Enormous thanks to John Higgins - Feature Writer for the eltonjohn.com website - who came onto the podcast to share his love for the 'Black...
In this episode I apologise for my absence; make some excuses; review the autobiography, in a limited sense; talk about the way that the boo...
This episode starts off with a Rocketman competition, courtesy of Paramount Home Media ( here is the prize pack that's up for grabs ) before...
Welcome aboard the Mystery Machine, as we take a Flight of Fancy into the unknown corners of Elton's musical world. In this episode, I inves...
Empty Sky, Elton’s debut album, and also his most honest, laid-back sounding set of songs, hit the shelves 50 years ago this month. It didn’...
You are invited to a very special listening session and conversation with Peter Thomas, the preeminent Elton John collector and archivist. P...
This episode counts down the 15 biggest non-Elton singles on Rocket, and in the process, tells the story of the label, attempts to define th...
This episode revels in the obscure, picking up the curios in the discography, studying them, and making an attempt at explaining them. Here...
This is the story of Elton's personal redemption, through the prism of the song 'Passengers', the UK top 5 hit single with the unique songwr...
In this episode, I finish going through the imaginary box-set. First, I detail all of the non-album tracks that were released between 1984 a...
The Elton John Podcast with the unwieldy name goes where the record company dare not go - Rare Masters Vol. 2. We all loved the first volume...
Another treat - an interview with David Larkham – the man who controlled the visual element of the classic albums, liaising with Steve Brown...
In this episode, I attempt to play (and sing in one case) the three ‘new’ songs from 1967 that have come to light via Bernie’s upcoming auct...
I was lucky enough to be able to spend more than an hour in the company of the brilliant Caleb Quaye. Without Caleb, there would be no Elton...
Stuart Epps is Elton John royalty! He was a huge part of the team that worked together to bring Elton out from the sidelines of Tin Pan Alle...
In this episode the cake is unbaked, and every ingredient of the Elton John recipe is celebrated. Complex drum and percussion sounds are unp...
It's well known that Elton and Bernie spent their formative years trying to write hits for other artists, while trying to find their own voi...
In his formative years as a session musician, in fact even after the recording of his third album, Elton earned some extra cash recording co...
The second of a two-part biography of Davey Johnstone's early musical history. Davey's range, and his scope for development, were apparent t...
The first of a two-part biography of Davey Johnstone's early musical history. Just three years after getting his first guitar, a 14-year-old...
24 months passed between the recording sessions for Crazy Water, and those for Elton's next (major) single, the angry, jagged Ego. From the...
Elton wrote a lot of incredible music over the years, in fact, more than he needed at some points of his career. This is the story of the so...
50 years ago today, on the 1st of March 1968, a 20-year-old Elton released his first solo single, 'I've Been Loving You', on Philips. Today'...
A thematic analysis of Bernie's early work, with a particular focus on his songs about incarceration and exile. One very special rarity is i...
If you like Elton John songs, then you'll probably like these relatively obscure renditions of Elton John songs, by musicians who tried to d...
Elton came back from rehab stronger than ever at the end of 1991. Here, in review, is the album that he brought back from the brink with him...
A tribute to Elton's first musical mentor - his mother Sheila. This episode is a trip through the music of the 1950s that was dear to Sheila...
Dee Murray was a truly innovative force in the Elton John band. In this episode I look at what made him special, from the jigsaw puzzle of i...
I attempt to piece together the weekly Saturday evening TV shows, hosted by the impish Lulu, that led up to the UK's selection being made fo...
Elton's not always seen as a particularly cool musician to be a fan of. Lots of well-respected artists have no problem associating themselve...
This week, Elton released another greatest hits collection, to somehow celebrate his and Bernie's 50 year anniversary of writing together. I...
This is the story of the band that Elton essentially sacked, live on stage, entirely out of the blue. 40 years ago, Elton played a charity g...
This episode skips through the 1968 almost-debut album, track-by-track. How good would this album have been if it had come out in 1968? How...
This episode takes you back to the 2nd of November 1969, to a Miles Davis gig, at Ronnie Scott's jazz club, where Elton met a 23 year old Pa...
Welcome to the 'I Guess That's Why They Call It The Elton John Podcast' podcast. Yes it is a rather unweildy title. In the first episode, Ne...