- Live in Australia with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Infobox Album |
Name = Live in Australia with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Type = Live album
Artist =Elton John
Released = June 1987
Recorded = December 14, 1986
Genre =Rock and roll
Length = 67:38
Label = MCA (US/Canada)Rocket Records
Producer =Gus Dudgeon
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:xne997b7krkt link] |
Last album = "Leather Jackets" (1986)
This album = "Live in Australia with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra" (1987)
Next album = "Elton John's Greatest Hits Vol. 3 " (1987)"Live in Australia with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra" is a
live album byElton John and theMelbourne Symphony Orchestra recorded at theSydney Entertainment Centre onDecember 14 ,1986 . The concert was the last of a series of concerts done throughout the last two months of 1986. The concerts consisted of two sets: the first featuring Elton and his fourteen-piece band and Elton's flamboyant stage dress, featuring Mohawk andTina Turner wigs, and the second featuring Elton, the band, and the eighty-eight piece Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. The album features most of the songs recorded in the second half of the show, excluding "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting ", "Carla/Etude", "Cold as Christmas (In the Middle of the Year)" and "Slow Rivers". This was the lastalbum to feature Elton's old vocal register prior to his throat surgery which occurredJanuary 5 1987 .A home video release commemorated the concert and was originally released on both
laserdisc andVHS , and reissued onDVD .All songs by
John/Taupin .Track listing
ide one
# "
Sixty Years On " – 5:41
# "I Need You to Turn To " – 3:14
# "The Greatest Discovery " – 4:09
# "Tonight" – 7:44ide two
# "
Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word " – 3:58
# "The King Must Die" – 5:21
# "Take Me to the Pilot " – 4:22
# "Tiny Dancer " – 6:36ide three
# "Have Mercy on the Criminal" – 5:50
# "Madman Across the Water" – 6:38
# "Candle in the Wind " – 4:10ide four
# "
Burn Down the Mission " – 5:49
# "Your Song " – 4:04
# "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me " – 6:03Home Video Release
# "Funeral for a Friend/One Horse Town"
# "Rocket Man "
# "The Bitch is Back "
# "Daniel"
# "Medley: Song for You/Blue Eyes/I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues "
# "Bennie and the Jets "
# "Sad Songs (Say So Much) "
# "I'm Still Standing "
# "Sixty Years On "
# "I Need You to Turn To "
# "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word "
# "Take Me to the Pilot "
# "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me "
# "Candle in the Wind "
# "Burn Down the Mission "
# "Your Song "
# "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting "Credits
*Produced by
Gus Dudgeon
*Mastered byGreg Fulginiti USReferences
http://www.vex.net/~paulmac/elton/ej1987.html#1987
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