ELTON JOHN 17.11.70 Medley - Burn Down The Mission

Great performance from the 17.11.70 vinyl LP, more than 18 minutes of pure rock'n'roll, energy and adrenaline! This is a MASTERPIECE OF HOW TO PLAY MUSIC!
Dedicated to Meg x

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[Sublette217]

One of the greatest examples of piano rock ever recorded! I play this a lot - at home and at the radio station - on vinyl!!

[Entertainmentwriter]

Saw him in his first ever appearance at Carnegie Hall. He came out alone and sang his entire first album. Took a break, brought out Dee and Nigel, and introduced Tumbleweed Connection to the world. Amazing.

[DerekBayRoberts1]

Do you have "Sixty Years on" from this album?

[neilpeartripley]

I love the timing and adrenaline put into this performance which i have had on cd for many years.. elton's world tour '92 is the only comparable performance of this song for me.. I wish Elton in his earlier recordings, that he didn't have the tinny sounding drums, yes (tinny) not tiny... anyways I've listened to this recording over and over and played it on drums many times.. been drumming since I was about 11 years old.. nigel olson was a great drummer!

[khalevramirez]

one of my favorite childhood hero's.... Until he was lost in the past, cuase I started to sell records. And I cant have wave a Elton banner in church........ Now hes just a hero... he he taught me all I know..

[callmebetty89]

This is my favorite rendition of my favorite Elton John song.

[redlipstickmafia]

This is the song i used to wow family and friends with when i was 10. Loved elton john. he was my first musical love as the beatles were fading from existence. It was all beatles from the time if was 4 til they broke up. but i'm 50 now and play piano and arrange harmonies in the studio for a living, so music was everything to me. i did the little jam thing at the end and it was that hard even at age 10,but it was cool and it made everyone at my 6th grade party think i had it all going on.

[mu6myfudnlife]

Thanks for the info and the uploads from this era. So fresh, energetic, and tight.

[EJinthe70s]

Dee and Nigel were chosen between many musicians during the end of the year 1970 because Elton's label didn't have the funds to send him out to tour the US with a full band, and they had to promote his albums in US. so they had to rearrange the songs in this trio format - piano-drums-bass - it may appear poor, instead it's very much tight, powerful, the kids (cos they were only 20and something) get on very good and understand each other in a perfect way!

[mu6myfudnlife]

Do you know why Nigel and Dee are only on one track of Tumbleweed and Madman? I know they used several sets of session musicians on those albums, and they all sound amazing, but why not use this tight unit?

[tedb9]

Elton singer, composer, musician

Bernie lyricist

Nigel Class drummer

Dee Master bass player.....what a formula!