Label: Melodia Records (Russia), C 60-15147-8
Style: Rock, Pop
Country: Pinner, Middlesex, England (25 March 1947)
Time: 41:24
Format: Flac Tracks 24/96 kHz
Size: 905 Mb
Russian Edition 9 tracks - original version 11 tracks.
A
Single Man is the first of Elton John's albums to not include work by
lyricist Bernie Taupin, and the first since his debut Empty Sky without
producer Gus Dudgeon. The returning members of his band are
percussionist Ray Cooper and guitarist Davey Johnstone; the latter
played on only one song on the album. Paul Buckmaster would not appear
on another Elton John album until Made in England. Unlike previous
compositions in which lyrics came first, John started writing melodies
at a piano, and an album unintentionally came about from this. This is
also John's first album on which he sings in a lower register. "Song for
Guy" was written as a tribute to Guy Burchett, a young messenger
employed by John's record label Rocket Records, who was killed in a
motorcycle accident.
The staff and players of Watford Football Club,
of which John was chairman at the time, provide backing vocals on "Big
Dipper" and "Georgia". Also featured on these tracks are the backing
vocals of the female staff from Rocket Records, credited as 'The South
Audley Street Girls' Choir'.
The photo for the front cover was taken
in the Long Walk, which is part of Windsor Great Park in Berkshire. The
inside cover shows John in a Jaguar XK140 FHC. John stopped wearing his
trademark glasses in public for a period during the late 1970s, and the
album photo reflects this.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Single_Man_(album))
01. A1 Shine On Through (03:42)
02. A2 Return To Paradise (04:13)
03. A3 I Don't Care (04:23)
04. A4 It Ain't Gonna Be Easy (08:17)
05. B1 Georgia (04:47)
06. B2 Shooting Star (02:43)
07. B3 Madness (05:50)
08. B4 Reverie (00:51)
09. B5 Song For Guy (06:34)
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