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All rights reserved.Elton John - Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player (CD 1995)
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| Track Listing 1. Daniel 2. Teacher I Need You 3. Elderberry Wine 4. Blues For My Baby And Me 5. Midnight Creeper 6. Have Mercy On The Criminal 7. I'm Gonna Be A Teenage Idol 8. Texan Love Song 9. Crocodile Rock 10. High Flying Bird 11. Screw You (Young Man's Blues) (bonus track) 12. Jack Rabbit ('95 reissue only) 13. Whenever You're Ready (We'll Go Steady Again) ('95 reissue only) 14. Skyline Pigeon ('95 reissue only)
Album Notes The 1996 reissue of DON'T SHOOT ME I'M ONLY THE PIANO PLAYER includes four extra tracks. "Jack Rabbit," "Whenever You're Ready (We'll Go Steady Again)" and "Screw You" (originally released in the U.S. with the title "Young Man's Blues") were B-sides of singles from the GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD ALBUM. The piano version of "Skyline Pigeon" (the original, on EMPTY SKY, featured a harpsichord) was the B-side of the "Daniel" single. The album has been digitally remastered by the original producer, Gus Dudgeon, using original master tapes and digital processing equipment at 20-bit resolution. According to Dudgeon (ICE newsletter, January 1996), the results are "100% better" than the two previous American CD issues. Personnel includes: Elton John (vocals, piano, harmonium, electric piano, Farfisa organ, Mellotron); Gus Dudgeon, Paul Buckmaster (arrangers); Davey Johnstone (acoustic & electric guitars, mandolin, banjo, sitar, background vocals); Jean-Louis Chautemps, Alain Hatot (saxophone); Ivan Jullien (trumpet); Jacques Bolognesi (trombone); Ken Scott (ARP synthesizer); Dee Murray (bass, background vocals); Nigel Olsson (drums, maracas, background vocals). Recorded at Strawberry Studios, Chateau D'Hierouville, France. Originally released on MCA. Includes liner notes by John Tobler and Gus Dudgeon.This is part of Rocket's Elton John: The Classic Years series.DON'T SHOOT ME I'M ONLY THE PIANO PLAYER was the first of two 1973 albums that sealed Elton John's superstardom. It included his first U.S. #1 single, the nostalgic "Crocodile Rock," along with one of his most enduring ballads, "Daniel," a veiled salute to a Vietnam vet. By now, John was at ease in almost any musical setting. While lyricist Bernie Taupin continued to feed him the usual mix of road songs, homages to the American West and offbeat love ballads, John was flying ahead with an ambitious, try-anything agenda that effectively blurred the lines between AM pop and FM rock. "Crocodile Rock," with its whimsically vintage Farfisa organ, and "Daniel," a seductive studio concoction of keyboards and acoustic guitar, leaned toward the former. "Elderberry Wine" approached the latter, with its hard guitar sound and blues-rock horn-riffing, as did "Have Mercy On The Criminal," whose central riff echoes "Layla." "I'm Gonna Be A Teenage Idol," a tribute to Marc Bolan of T-Rex, lay tantalizingly across the center of the pop-rock line, sounding like a cabaret version of glitter-rock. By now, Elton John's place in history was assured; months later, John's domination of his era would come to full fruition with the release of GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD. | |||||||||||||||
Reviews  Elton John- Don't shoot me i'm only the piano player CDReview created: 09/06/06 by:  Excellent rock/pop cd, had this album in my teens and it still sounds just as good now, some 25 years later. Review ID: 10000000001150578 Was this review helpful? Report this review |
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