The original album included only six of the songs a seventh, " Amoreena," appeared as a bonus track on the album's 1996 CD reissue. John and his band performed 13 songs during the radio broadcast. Nonetheless, it became the fourth of John's records simultaneously to land in the Top 100, making him the first act to do so since The Beatles.Īccording to longtime NYC radio personality Dave Herman (who can be heard at the beginning and end of the album), Elton John cut his hand at some point during the performance, and by the end of the show, the piano keys were covered with blood.
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John also had in release 2 full studio albums ( Elton John and Tumbleweed Connection) and a movie soundtrack ( Friends) when the live LP was issued. However, the entire concert was an 80-minute affair, and double-LPs containing the entire concert were more common than those containing only 60 minutes.Īnother contributing factor to the original album's soft sales could have been the glut of Elton John product on the market at the time.
It has been said that the release by an eastern bootlegger of the whole 60-minute air cast rather than the 48 minutes selected by Dick James Music significantly cut into the US sales of the live album. Recordings of the broadcast, however, were popular among bootleggers which, according to John's producer, Gus Dudgeon, eventually prompted the record label to release it as an album. According to John, a live album was never planned as a release. The recording was taken from a live radio broadcast on 17 November 1970, hence the album's title. 2.2 1995 Mercury and 1996 Rocket CD reissues.
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