Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

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Label:	MCA Records – MCA2-10003
Format:	2 x Vinyl , LP, Album , Pinckneyville Pressing, Tri-Fold
Country:	US
Released:	1973
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Classic Rock

Tracklist

	Funeral For A Friend / Love Lies Bleeding	(11:05)
A1a	Funeral For A Friend
A1b	Love Lies Bleeding
A2	Candle In The Wind	3:41
A3	Bennie And The Jets	5:10
B1	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road	3:13
B2	This Song Has No Title	2:18
B3	Grey Seal	4:03
B4	Jamaica Jerk-off	3:36
B5	I've Seen That Movie Too	5:59
C1	Sweet Painted Lady	3:52
C2	The Ballad Of Danny Bailey (1909-34)	4:24
C3	Dirty Little Girl	5:03
C4	All The Girls Love Alice	5:13
D1	Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock 'N' Roll)	2:41
D2	Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting	4:50
D3	Roy Rogers	4:10
D4	Social Disease	3:45
D5	Harmony	2:49

Companies, etc.

Record Company – MCA Records, Inc.
Recorded At – Strawberry Studios,
Remixed At – Trident Studios
Manufactured By – MCA Records, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – MCA Records, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – This Record Co. Ltd.
Copyright © – This Record Co. Ltd.
Pressed By – MCA Pressing Plant, Pinckneyville
Copyright © – Dick James Music Ltd.
Published By – Dick James Music, Inc.

Credits

Acoustic Guitar – Davey* (tracks: A3, B5, C1, D3, D5)
Arranged By [Orchestral Arrangement] – Del Newman (tracks: B1, B5 to C2, D3, D5)
Art Direction, Illustration [Inside Cover Illustration] – Michael Ross (3)
Backing Vocals – Nigel* (tracks: A1b, A2, B1, C2, D1, D5)
Banjo – Davey* (tracks: D4)
Bass – Dee* (tracks: A1a to B1, B3 to D5)
Congas – Nigel* (tracks: B3)
Coordinator [Co-ordinated By] – Steve Brown*
Drums – Nigel* (tracks: A1a to B1, B3 to D5)
Effects [Car Effects] – Nigel* (tracks: C4)
Electric Guitar – Davey* (tracks: A1a to A3, B3 to B5, C2 to D2, D4)
Electric Piano – Elton* (tracks: B2, B3)
Engineer – David Hentschel
Engineer [Assistant] – Andy Scott
Engineer [Remix, Assistant Engineer] – Peter Kelsey
Guitar [Leslie] – Davey* (tracks: B1)
Illustration ["Harmony" & "Saturday Night" Illustrated By] – David Scutt
Illustration [Outside Cover Illustration] – Ian Beck
Lyrics By – Bernie Taupin
Mellotron – Elton* (tracks: B2, B3, C3)
Music By – Elton John
Organ – Elton* (tracks: A3, B4)
Organ [Farfisa] – Elton* (tracks: B2, D1)
Photography By – Mike Putland*
Piano – Elton* (tracks: A1a to B3, B5 to C2, C4 to D5)
Piano [Leslie] – Elton* (tracks: C3)
Producer – Gus Dudgeon
Saxophone – Leroy Gomez (tracks: D4)
Slide Guitar – Davey* (tracks: D1)
Steel Guitar – Davey* (tracks: D3)
Synthesizer [A.R.P.] – David Hentschel (tracks: A1a, A1b, C4)
Tambourine – Ray Cooper (tracks: C4)
Vocals [Interjections] – Prince Rhino (tracks: B4)
Written-By – Reggae Dwight* (tracks: B4)

Notes

Issued in six- tri-fold cover, LPs housed in yellow inner sleeves. Issued on MCA rainbow labels with black background.

Label variation:
• Label matrices on left side with no space, enclosed by parentheses (e.g., "(MCA354)").
• "All Music By Elton John - All Lyrics By Bernie Taupin" occupies one line on each label.
• No mention of "STEREO."
• Different track durations for some tracks.
• Phonographic copyright notice at bottom of labels is split into two lines:
"℗ 1973 This
Record Co. Limited"
• Publishing split in two lines:
"All Selections Published By Dick James
Music, Inc. - BMI"

Track D1 title depicted inside jacket as "Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock 'N Roll)"

©1973 MCA Records, Inc.
℗1973 This Record Co. Limited
©1973 This Record Co. Limited
"Gray Seal" ©1969 & other songs ©1973 Dick James Music Limited
Recorded at Strawberry Studios, .
Remixed at Trident Studios, London.

On labels: Recorded In

"◈-P-◈" stamped in runouts denotes MCA Pressing Plant, Pinckneyville, pressing. Remainder of runouts etched.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Rights Society: BMI
Matrix / Runout (Label side A): MCA354
Matrix / Runout (Label side B): MCA355
Matrix / Runout (Label side C): MCA356
Matrix / Runout (Label side D): MCA357
Pressing Plant ID (Stamped in runouts): ◈-P-◈
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1): MCA-354-W4 ◈-P-◈
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1): MCA-355-W5. v ◈-P-◈
Matrix / Runout (Runout side C, variant 1): MCA-356-W5.v v v ◈-P-◈
Matrix / Runout (Runout side D, variant 1): MCA-357-W4. ◈-P-◈
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 2): MCA-354-W5. v ◈-P-◈
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2): MCA-355-W4. ◈-P-◈
Matrix / Runout (Runout side C, variant 2): MCA-356-W4. v ◈-P-◈
Matrix / Runout (Runout side D, variant 2): MCA-357-W4. ◈-P-◈
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 3): MCA-354-W5- v v ◈-P-◈ I̶I̶I̶I̶ I̶I̶I̶I̶
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 3): MCA-355-W5- ◈-P-◈ I̶I̶I̶I̶ III
Matrix / Runout (Runout side C, variant 3): MCA-356-W5- v ◈-P-◈ I̶I̶I̶I̶ I̶I̶I̶I̶ I
Matrix / Runout (Runout side D, variant 3): MCA-357-W5- ◈-P-◈ I̶I̶I̶I̶ I̶I̶I̶I̶ I

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (2×LP, Album, Club Edition, Stereo, Terre Haute Pressing, Gatefold)	MCA Records	MCA2-10003	US	1973
	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (2×LP, Album, Stereo, Tri-fold cover)	DJM Records (2)	DJLPD 1001, DJLPD.1001	UK	1973
New Submission	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Cassette, Album, Reissue)	MCA Records	MCAC2-10003, C2-10003	US	1973
Recently Edited	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (2×LP, Album)	DJM Records (2)	L 70025/6	Australia	1973
New Submission	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (2×LP, Album, Tri-fold cover)	DJM Records (2)	ASNIR 225048	Italy	1973