I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Elton John Podcast
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I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Elton John Podcast
An affectionate and detailed look at the music of Elton John, by a fan - not a fanatic
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Episode 42 - Jewel Box Companion 1: Bernie's Letter
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 we have be...
Episode 41 - Old Friends
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, tw...
Episode 40 - Tumbleweed Connection at 50 (part 2) with John Higgins and Peter Thomas
Here we are at last! This is the concluding part of the Tumbleweed Conversation I had with John Higgins, Elton's Legacy Consultant and Feature Writer...
Episode 39 - Tumbleweed Connection at 50 with John Higgins and Peter Thomas
I am very thankful to John Higgins, Elton's Legacy Consultant and Feature Writer at eltonjohn.com, and Peter Thomas, founder of pmc-speakers.com and...
Episode 38 - Tumbleweed Connection Covered
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 entirely unexpe...
Episode 37 - 'Elton John' at 50 (Part 2) with John Higgins and Skaila Kanga
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 later...
Episode 36 - Jewel Box Joy
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 into the mind...
Episode 35 - 'Elton John' at 50 with John Higgins
Enormous thanks to John Higgins - Feature Writer for the eltonjohn.com website - who came onto the podcast to share his love for the 'Black Album', an...
Episode 34 - Fantasy Residency and More Songs They Gave Away
In this episode I apologise for my absence; make some excuses; review the autobiography, in a limited sense; talk about the way that the book, the fil...
Episode 33 - Anett Murray Interview
This episode starts off with a Rocketman competition, courtesy of Paramount Home Media (here is the prize pack that's up for grabs) before the main ev...
Episode 32 - Mysteries of Elton
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 investigate the...
Episode 31 - Empty Sky at 50
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’t make muc...
Episode 30 - Listening Session with Peter Thomas
You are invited to a very special listening session and conversation with Peter Thomas, the preeminent Elton John collector and archivist.
Peter...
Episode 29 - Top of the Charts with a ROCKET, ft. The Lambrettas
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 the Rocket s...
Episode 28 - Alternate Versions, Mixes and Edits
This episode revels in the obscure, picking up the curios in the discography, studying them, and making an attempt at explaining them. Here are the ea...
Episode 27 - Breaking Down 'Passengers'
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 songwriting cred...
Episode 26 - Rare Masters Vol. 2 (Part 2)
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 and 1990 (C...
Episode 25 - Rare Masters Vol. 2 (Part 1)
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 when it c...
Episode 24 - David Larkham Interview
Another treat - an interview with David Larkham – the man who controlled the visual element of the classic albums, liaising with Steve Brown, Bernie,...
Episode 23 - Bernie's Auction - What We've Learned
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 auction. I als...
Episode 22 - Caleb Quaye Interview
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 John as w...
Eppsisode 21 - Stuart Epps Interview
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 Alley, into me...
Episode 20 - Elton's Buried Treasure vol. 2
In this episode the cake is unbaked, and every ingredient of the Elton John recipe is celebrated. Complex drum and percussion sounds are unpicked, bac...
Episode 19 - Early Cover Versions of Elton's Music
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 voice. This e...
Episode 18 - Elton's Anonymous Cover Versions - ft. Dana Gillespie
In his formative years as a session musician, in fact even after the recording of his third album, Elton earned some extra cash recording cover versio...
Episode 17 - The New Routes of Davey Johnstone - 1971-73
The second of a two-part biography of Davey Johnstone's early musical history.
Davey's range, and his scope for development, were apparent to a...
Episode 16 - The Folk Roots of Davey Johnstone - 1951-71
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 Da...
Episode 15 - Ego at 40
24 months passed between the recording sessions for Crazy Water, and those for Elton's next (major) single, the angry, jagged Ego. From the sound of t...
Episode 14 - The Songs They Gave Away
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 sto...
Episode 13 - I've Been Loving You (For Precisely 50 Years)
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's episode...
Episode 12 - Bernie's Early Themes - '67-'69
A thematic analysis of Bernie's early work, with a particular focus on his songs about incarceration and exile. One very special rarity is included.
Episode 11 - The Greatest Covers
If you like Elton John songs, then you'll probably like these relatively obscure renditions of Elton John songs, by musicians who tried to do somethin...
Episode 10 - The One - 25 And A Half Years On
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. The cont...
Episode 9 - At Home With Sheila and Reg
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, to her m...
Episode 8 - Dee Murray Love-In
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 ideas that...
Episode 7 - Reconstructing 'A Song For Europe 1969'
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 for the 1969...
Episode 6 - Cool As Christmas - Collaborations That Make Elton Cooler
Elton's not always seen as a particularly cool musician to be a fan of. Lots of well-respected artists have no problem associating themselves with him...
Episode 5 - Don't Say It With 'Diamonds'
This week, Elton released another greatest hits collection, to somehow celebrate his and Bernie's 50 year anniversary of writing together. In this epi...
Episode 4 - It Was 40 Years Ago Today, Grumpy Elton Sacked The Band On Stage
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 gig a...
Episode 3 - Regimental Sgt Zippo - The Debut Album That Never Was
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 would it h...