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Elton John with Ray Cooper - Live From Moscow [2CD] (2020)

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Elton John with Ray Cooper - Live From Moscow [2CD] (2020)

Elton John with Ray Cooper - Live From Moscow [2CD] (2020)
Rock, Pop Rock, Live | EAC Rip | FLAC, Tracks+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 01:38:01 | 645,13 Mb
Label: Rocket/Virgin EMI/UMC/BBC (EU) | Cat.# 00602577889325 | Released: 2020-01-24 (Rec. 1979)

Hot on the heels of a sold-out 2019 Record Store Day release and 40 years after Elton John became the first major Western pop star to play the USSR, the seminal performance ‘Live From Moscow’ with percussionist Ray Cooper finally gets a full release on 2LP vinyl, 2CD and digital formats. First broadcast by BBC Radio 1 in 1979 and the subject of the acclaimed documentary film ‘To Russia With Elton’, the audio has been fully remastered for this release by Bob Ludwig from the original BBC analogue tapes. A sensation from start to finish, with pared down, unique versions of Elton classics like ‘Daniel’, ‘Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting’ and ‘Bennie And The Jets’, plus cover versions of ‘I Heard It Through The Grapevine’, ‘Get Back’ and ‘Back In The USSR’, the 1979 Russian tour has gone down in history as one of the landmark moments in rock history as well as being a personal career highlight for Elton. He says: “It was one of the most memorable and happy tours I have been on. The last show was probably one of the best concerts I’ve ever given in my life.
~Amazon

Elton John with Ray Cooper - Live From Moscow [2CD] (2020)

Live from Moscow 1979 is the first official release of a heavily bootlegged show Elton John performed in Moscow on May 29, 1979. It was the last show of his groundbreaking tour of the U.S.S.R., where he was the first rock star to play behind the Iron Curtain (he was preceded by Cliff Richard, who can't quite be called a rocker, especially in 1979), and the occasion was commemorated by a broadcast on the BBC. The tour was historically important, but John was at a bit of a personal and creative crossroads in 1979, separated from his songwriting collaborator and most of his regular backing musicians. That makes Live from Moscow 1979 a bit of a quiet reprieve, containing none of the ersatz pizzazz of A Single Man or the desperate disco of Victim of Love, thanks to how the shows consisted of nothing more than John himself, occasionally supported by longtime percussionist Ray Cooper. The intimacy is appealing but flying solo gives John the freedom to stretch out, which he does often: three of the sixteen tracks are well over ten minutes, with many others bunched around the seven-minute mark. Each of these performances are extended with lots of piano runs, a display of prowess that's alternately dazzling and languid. As the album rolls on, the performances feel a bit formless, an effect that makes the occasional tight number such as the quick blast through "Better Off Dead" hit harder, but also suggests that this tour was a way for John to explore his songbook, trying to reconnect with pieces that would resonate with him while he was wandering through the wilderness. That may not make for a dynamic concert album, but it does make for an interesting one.
~Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Elton John with Ray Cooper - Live From Moscow [2CD] (2020)

Elton John with Ray Cooper - Live From Moscow [2CD] (2020)

Elton John with Ray Cooper - Live From Moscow [2CD] (2020)


Release of the album: 2019 [LP Rocket Entertainment/Virgin EMI Records/UMC/BBC, Cat.# 00602577135903, EU]
Release of this 2CD-Set: 2020, January, 24 [CDs Rocket Entertainment/Virgin EMI Records/UMC/BBC (EU), Cat.# 00602577889325 / UPC: 602577889424]
A Virgin EMI Records release. ℗ 2019 BBC. © 2019 Universal Music Operations Ltd.
Made in the EU

Credits:

Art Direction – Darren Evans
Compilation Producer – Matt Still
Consultant [Éminence Grise] – Tony King
Lacquer Cut By – Sean Magee
Management – David Furnish, Luke Lloyd Davies, Rachael Paley
Management [Business Affairs] – Colin Smith
Management [Global Marketing] – Orla Lee-Fisher
Management [Marketing] – Mark Wood
Management [UMC Licensing] – Graeme Anderson
Performer – Elton John, Ray Cooper (tracks: 2-1 to 2-7)
Photography By – Graham Wood
Production Manager [Print Production] – Lydia Kohl
Project Manager – Carolyn Agger, Lisa Power
Remastered By – Bob Ludwig
Sleeve Notes – Daryl Easlea


Tracklist:

Disc 1:

01. Daniel (03:57)
02. Skyline Pigeon (04:03)
03. Take Me To The Pilot (06:51)
04. Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going To Be A Long, Long Time) (07:33)
05. Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me (05:36)
06. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (03:04)
07. Candle In The Wind (03:34)
08. I Heard It Through The Grapevine (11:50)

Disc 2:

01. Funeral For A Friend (03:05)
02. Tonight (07:41)
03. Better Off Dead (02:59)
04. Bennie And The Jets (12:32)
05. Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word (03:33)
06. Crazy Water (07:58)
07. Saturday Night’s Alright (For Fighting) / Pinball Wizard (10:11)
08. Crocodile Rock / Get Back / Back In The U.S.S.R (03:33)

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