This is on the flip side of Heartache All Over The World dance single.Which I have on Lp since 1986.Always love the Keyboard riff including Heartache All Over The World. Heartache All Over The Word is dif than the Leather Jackets. The Backing Vocals starts of with the Girls,Girls,Girls and a drum beat. That's the best version of Heartache All Over The World.
I saw two Elton gigs in the mid 80s (circa Ice On Fire) when this piece was used as EJ's walk-on music. I really love it because of that. I have it on vinyl, but thanks for posting it on here. Great memories. I like the chunky synth and piano section. It's about technological advance, really. The BBC Dr Who soundtracks with Sylvester McCoy have exactly the same synth patches and effects from this era lol.
This superp instrumental was not intended for a record. Elton composed that one as an opener hymn for his Ice on Fire Tour. It was played in the dark just at the beginning of the show and came from tape. When you hear the fanfares at the end, that is when the lights went up and Elton came on stage. So it was just a bonus that it was released on the "Heartache all over the World 12" But I am very upset that they never released it in best quality on a CD. Let's hope.
@Niels Blok Maybe at the time and with a pristine 12" inch vinyl copy but even the best treated copies are bound to have pops and crackles on them! the ideal version with the best possible sound would be a a digital remaster on a CD, you could get the highest quality reproduction of the master tapes, the biggest barrier is probably an unwillingness to reissue leather jackets as a reissue would be the best way to get these tracks out there, the other way could be a rare masters 2
@@katakisLives the masters might not even exist anymore, sadly. Elton's master tapes are owned by Universal Music, and there was a massive fire in 2008 that destroyed a *tonne* of their archived tapes, including Elton's. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Universal_Studios_fire
This might've been recorded as a theme for the movie "Highlander" which was directed by Elton's friend Russell Mulcahy in '86. But obviously not used in it.
"After it he made some nice stuff, but the brilliance of the early records faded away. " I completely agree. However, some of his earlier 80's releases, namely "Too Low For Zero" and "Jump Up" were reminiscent of his better days, but simply don't have the same staying power. I'd really enjoy it if there was an official release, perhaps as part of an anthology, of the songs he recorded for Dick James in the late 1960's. I've heard a few lo-fi mp3s and while immature, they're worth releasing.
Oh well, he may still have a few tricks up his musical sleeve, but honestly I'm not holding my breath for the urban rap album he is supposedly working on. I was a massive EJ fan in the late 70's, but have moved on. However I most definitely play all of those albums up to and including Rock of the Westies once or twice a year. Nothing comes close to Tumbleweed Connection. However this instrumental is simply mediocre filler and pointless. B-Side? C-Side anyone?
"After it he made some nice stuff, but the brilliance of the early records faded away. " I completely agree. However, some of his earlier 80's releases, namely "Too Low For Zero" and "Jump Up" were reminiscent of his better days, but simply don't have the same staying power. I'd really enjoy it if there was an official release, perhaps as part of an anthology, of the songs he recorded for Dick James in the late 1960's. I've heard a few lo-fi mp3s and while immature, they're worth releasing.
This is on the flip side of Heartache All Over The World dance single.Which I have on Lp since 1986.Always love the Keyboard riff including Heartache All Over The World. Heartache All Over The Word is dif than the Leather Jackets. The Backing Vocals starts of with the Girls,Girls,Girls and a drum beat. That's the best version of Heartache All Over The World.
I saw two Elton gigs in the mid 80s (circa Ice On Fire) when this piece was used as EJ's walk-on music. I really love it because of that. I have it on vinyl, but thanks for posting it on here. Great memories. I like the chunky synth and piano section. It's about technological advance, really. The BBC Dr Who soundtracks with Sylvester McCoy have exactly the same synth patches and effects from this era lol.
We need a Rare masters 2 to put all the material not on the first like this fantastic instrumental
This superp instrumental was not intended for a record.
Elton composed that one as an opener hymn for his Ice on Fire Tour. It was played in the dark just at the beginning of the show and came from tape. When you hear the fanfares at the end, that is when the lights went up and Elton came on stage.
So it was just a bonus that it was released on the "Heartache all over the World 12" But I am very upset that they never released it in best quality on a CD.
Let's hope.
@Niels Blok
I have it too on the vinyl 12"
But I hate the cracks, that's why I want the digital version
@Niels Blok Maybe at the time and with a pristine 12" inch vinyl copy but even the best treated copies are bound to have pops and crackles on them! the ideal version with the best possible sound would be a a digital remaster on a CD, you could get the highest quality reproduction of the master tapes, the biggest barrier is probably an unwillingness to reissue leather jackets as a reissue would be the best way to get these tracks out there, the other way could be a rare masters 2
@@katakisLives the masters might not even exist anymore, sadly. Elton's master tapes are owned by Universal Music, and there was a massive fire in 2008 that destroyed a *tonne* of their archived tapes, including Elton's.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Universal_Studios_fire
This might've been recorded as a theme for the movie "Highlander" which was directed by Elton's friend Russell Mulcahy in '86. But obviously not used in it.
"After it he made some nice stuff, but the brilliance of the early records faded away. "
I completely agree. However, some of his earlier 80's releases, namely "Too Low For Zero" and "Jump Up" were reminiscent of his better days, but simply don't have the same staying power. I'd really enjoy it if there was an official release, perhaps as part of an anthology, of the songs he recorded for Dick James in the late 1960's. I've heard a few lo-fi mp3s and while immature, they're worth releasing.
nice
@mignonhenne Got my vote!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh well, he may still have a few tricks up his musical sleeve, but honestly I'm not holding my breath for the urban rap album he is supposedly working on. I was a massive EJ fan in the late 70's, but have moved on. However I most definitely play all of those albums up to and including Rock of the Westies once or twice a year. Nothing comes close to Tumbleweed Connection. However this instrumental is simply mediocre filler and pointless. B-Side? C-Side anyone?
Elton really wasn't trying hard anymore, was he?
"After it he made some nice stuff, but the brilliance of the early records faded away. "
I completely agree. However, some of his earlier 80's releases, namely "Too Low For Zero" and "Jump Up" were reminiscent of his better days, but simply don't have the same staying power. I'd really enjoy it if there was an official release, perhaps as part of an anthology, of the songs he recorded for Dick James in the late 1960's. I've heard a few lo-fi mp3s and while immature, they're worth releasing.