Quick story. Unbeknown to my friends, I was at this concert. My friends swore up and down that while watching the concert on tape when it first came out they all looked at each other and said they just heard me in the crowd. I bought the tape and listened and it's hard to tell your own voice so I just figured nobody can really tell for sure, bunch of drunks in the crowd, etc... A couple of years later, now married, the wife was watching the concert tape and called me into the room. She rewound the tape to the same spot that my friends had indicated and said, "listen...."
Hee, hee.... okay... so I was relatively close to the stage and I did have a few margaritas under my belt.
Elton John Live in Australia is my favorite Live album..
Ya got good taste. :o)
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oh, and just between you and I...I like Barry too! ;o)
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re #4 -- that's not even Elton's best Live album. Yeah, it's nice to hear "Madman" and "Criminal" live, but that's the album that almost turned me off "Tiny Dancer" and "Tonight" (I heard the live LP before the original versions). Have you heard the remastered "Here and There?" It features two complete shows on two CDs, including Elton's duets with John Lennon.
However, my favorite Elton live LP would have to be 11-17-70. Just Elton, Dee, and Nigel pounding away in obscurity. Plus, they manage to drag out "Burn Down the Mission" for 20 minutes or so.
Oh, my other favorite live albums are "Wings Over America," "Live Cream Vol. 2," "Brian Wilson Live at the Roxy," and "Queen Live at the Bowl." I'd include Pink Floyd at Boston Garden 1975, but that's an audience recording...
