17-11-70

Infobox Album |
Name = 17-11-70
Type = Live album
Artist = Elton John


Released = May 10 1971
Recorded = at A&R Recording Studios, New York, NY on November 17, 1970 for a live radio broadcast on WNEW-FM
Genre = Rock
Length = 33:25
Label = UNI (US/Canada) DJM Records
Producer = Gus Dudgeon
Reviews =
* Allmusic rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:as77gjlrj6in~T1 link]
* "Rolling Stone" (not rated) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/eltonjohn/albums/album/121815/review/5946994/111770 link]
Last album = "Friends"
(1971)
This album = "17-11-70"
(1971)
Next album = "Madman Across the Water"
(1971)

"17-11-70" (US title "11-17-70") is a live album by British singer/songwriter Elton John, released in 1971. The recording was originally popular among bootleggers which, according to Gus Dudgeon, eventually prompted the record label to release it as an album [ [http://mixonline.com/recording/interviews/audio_gus_dudgeon/ Gus Dudgeon] ] . It has been said that the release by an eastern bootlegger of the whole sixty minute aircast rather than the forty minutes selected by Dick James Music significantly cut into the U.S. sales of the live album. [cite book|last=Heylin|first=Clinton|title=Bootleg: The Secret History of the Other Recording Industry|publisher=St. Martin's Griffin|date=1996|location=New York|pages=66|isbn=0-312-14289-7] According to longtime NYC radio DJ Dave Herman (who can be heard at the beginning and end of the album), Elton John cut his hand at some point during the performance, and by the end of the show, his piano keyboard was covered with blood.

The song "Bad Side Of The Moon", was covered by Canadian rock band, April Wine, in the mid 70's, and to date remains one of their most popular radio staples.

Track listing

All songs by Elton John and Bernie Taupin, except where noted.

ide one

#"Take Me to the Pilot" – 5:55
#"Honky Tonk Women" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 4:07
#"Sixty Years On" – 7:22
#"Can I Put You On" – 6:10

ide two

#"Bad Side of the Moon"– 4:57
#Medley – 18:27
#*"Burn Down the Mission"
#*"My Baby Left Me" (Arthur Crudup)
#*"Get Back" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)

Remastered 1995 CD reissue

#"Bad Side of the Moon"– 4:57
#"Amoreena" – 4:54
#"Take Me to the Pilot" –5:55
#"Sixty Years On" – 7:22
#"Honky Tonk Women" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 4:07
#"Can I Put You On" – 6:10
#Medley – 18:27
#*"Burn Down the Mission"
#*"My Baby Left Me" (Arthur Crudup)
#*"Get Back" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)

The remastered CD kept the original recorded sequence and added an additional bonus track.

Personnel

*Elton John - piano, Vocals
*Dee Murray - bass, backing vocals
*Nigel Olsson - drums, backing vocals

Production

*Producer: Gus Dudgeon
*Engineer: David Hentschel, Phil Ramone
*Coordination: Steve Brown, Joe Disabato
*Design: David Larkham
*Photography: David Larkham
*Liner notes: Gus Dudgeon, John Tobler
*Emcee: Dave Herman

Charts

Album

References