Episode 42 - Jewel Box Companion 1: Bernie's Letter
The first of six 'Jewel Box Companion' episodes. It's taken me a while to get to grips with all of the extra new material and versions that we have been treated to. I've boiled it down into six relati...
7 Kesä 20211h 5min
Episode 41 - Old Friends
It's the 50th Frenniversary! Elton's 4th album was a pick-and-mix, with three pastoral pop songs from the same mould as the Elton John Album, two spiky rock songs that kept the Tumbleweed rolling, and...
7 Maalis 20211h 7min
Episode 40 - Tumbleweed Connection at 50 (part 2) with John Higgins and Peter Thomas
Here we are at last! This is the concluding part of the Tumbleweed Conversation I had with John Higgins, Elton's Legacy Consultant and Feature Writer at eltonjohn.com, and Peter Thomas, founder of pmc...
18 Helmi 20212h 9min
Episode 39 - Tumbleweed Connection at 50 with John Higgins and Peter Thomas
I am very thankful to John Higgins, Elton's Legacy Consultant and Feature Writer at eltonjohn.com, and Peter Thomas, founder of pmc-speakers.com and Elton audio expert, who both joined me for this ep...
30 Marras 20201h 55min
Episode 38 - Tumbleweed Connection Covered
It's all go in Eltonland! The label have marked the 50th anniversary of Tumbleweed with a reissue of the album on green vinyl, plus an entirely unexpected companion 10" single, featuring the unearthed...
31 Loka 20201h 26min
Episode 37 - 'Elton John' at 50 (Part 2) with John Higgins and Skaila Kanga
Here's the rest of my track by track breakdown with John Higgins of the 'Elton John' album. The album lit a fuse. Four and a half months later, Elton exploded at the Troubadour. John and I got to talk...
13 Loka 20202h 6min
Episode 36 - Jewel Box Joy
Well it's finally happened. I've got pretty much everything I've ever asked for, and probably a bit more. In this quickie episode, I dip into the mind-bending rarities track-list, and talk about what'...
17 Syys 202022min
Episode 35 - 'Elton John' at 50 with John Higgins
Enormous thanks to John Higgins - Feature Writer for the eltonjohn.com website - who came onto the podcast to share his love for the 'Black Album', and to tell me some of the stories that he'd been ab...
28 Elo 20201h 40min
