What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report

Hello again N.  Found a remastered version of Tumbleweed on Tidal.  Last track was Madman Across the Water.  Not entirely sure it's the same version as you have but was impressed with the sonics from the get go AND that version of Madman is very very good.  It's a little edgier and has more of live jam feel than the one that ended up on the LP of that name.  Mick Ronson's guitar adds a lot.  Good tip from you.  Thanks.

Reubent - even though you are talking vinyl on this digital thread, I'll be interested in what you think about what you got. Since these recordings are pushing 50 years old, figuring you must already know them.  Were the buys today first time ever or just first time on vinyl??  Hope you like the music.

@ghosthouse - I owned some of the EJ albums on 8-Track (sorry, analog again!) back in the day and they were hugely popular, so I'm familiar with all of them. Haven't heard any of them in a while. Just saw Nutty's post about Tumbleweed Connection and picked them up during my weekly record store jaunt. Getting ready to put them on now for a first listen in this century.

@reubent
Hello there. Wow...8 Track tape. Sounds like we might be contemporaries, or at least near-contemporaries, age-wise. I certainly hope you enjoy those Elton John LPs you picked up. Can’t speak to Captain Fantastic. Never owned or listened to that one extensively (after my early dismissal) but I think the other two are great and have held up well. His self-titled LP (color photo of him in profile against black background) and Honky Chateau are very good too. Some striking arrangements played by the accompanying chamber ensemble on the S/T. They too might be worth hunting for in your record store jaunts. I’m thinking I might have to get the re-masters that Nutty is talking about if what I heard of T’weed via Tidal is representative.

FWIW on this Elton John topic.  Here's a great review posted on Amazon July 15 2013  by one, "Jacktavish" for the Honky Chateau remaster.  

"Forget Elton John's Greatest Hits part one. Just buy Madman Across the Water, Tumbleweed Connection, & Honky Chateau to understand why Elton John is a legend. He cranked these three albums out in 2 years!!

It's a blast to hear EJ at the peak of his phenomenal singing: soulful, poppy, but with a rock edge. During this stage, he & Taupin were in love with The Band & Leon Russell, so there is a funkiness, a backbeat, a gospel soul that totally disappears when he becomes a jet-set popstar. For people who hate all the excess & drama that EJ has come to represent, it's a joy to hear him when it was all about the music."

Great comments.  Explains for me why I like these and not so much of his later output.  I'd include that self-titled, so a "quad" of albums worth having.  

WHEN IT WAS ALL ABOUT THE MUSIC - words to live by.

ghosthouse...

Spot-on appraisal of Elton John's earlier and by any measure best output. Only album left out could be "11/17/70", an excellent live in studio recording that I had written a review for my 8th grade English class. (Great record, and one gawd-awful attempt at a record review.)

Personally, I stopped at Madman. After that...well,  I lost interest altogether as his stardom exploded.