Elton John - Rare Masters (1992)
2CD | EAC-Rip | FLAC-image +cue +log +Booklet/SCANS | October 20, 1992 | 850,96 Mb
Genre: Pop, Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: DJM Records | Hotfile, Turbobit, Fileserve, Filesonic
In addition to the expected b-sides and previously unreleased outtakes, RARE MASTERS is notable for including in its entirely the soundtrack John and Bernie Taupin wrote in the late-'60s for the British movie FRIENDS. The soundtrack songs are early, unpolished John, but among them is the touching buddy song "Friends", (not the Bette Midler-popularised BuzzyLinhart composition) a minor hit in 1971. Among the many surprises elsewhere on RARE MASTERS is "Rock Me When He's Gone", a gospelly number from 1971 whose raw, stripped-down production emphasises a feeling that the much better-known "Border Song" only hinted at. A nearly 9-minute-long alternate version of "Madman Across The Water" is similarly raw, and highlights its bluesy lead guitar in a way that John rarely didin those early days. You also get John blasting through theBeatles' "I Saw Her Standing There" with John Lennon.