Goodbye Yellow Brick Road [VINYL]

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The yellow copy sounds nice, but it really couldn't compete on the overall soundstage - especially noticeable on The Ballad of Danny Beiley. Same label font as this version, but with "Cassette C 70025/6" on the top right corner of the rear sleeve. In the US it was certified gold on 12 October 1973 (just days after release), 5× platinum in March 1993, and eventually 8× platinum in February 2014 by the RIAA. Some album covers just set the imagination running and if you want to stand out from the crowd and offer music lovers another reason to purchase an album, this incredible cover art is the first step in achieving that goal; especially during an era that was focused on the larger vinyl format. Jamaica Jerk-Off sounds as though it was left over from another recording session, rather than being part of the Goodbye Yellow Brick Road sessions.

In 2023, Joe Lynch of Billboard ranked the album cover, depicting the "bedazzled rocker – wearing ruby red platform heels and a bomber jacket with his name on it — step[ping] into a poster of the famed yellow brick road Dorothy and her coterie followed to the Emerald City of Oz," as the 74th best album cover of all time. While a version of "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" was recorded in Jamaica, that recording was discarded; the released version of the song came from the sessions at the Château.Track A1 'Funeral For A Friend / Love Lies Bleeding' each has separate credits though is on one track.

Bennie and the Jets" was released as a single in the US, and it topped the Billboard Hot 100 for one week in 1974. I'm lucky enough to have the Speakers Corner version, and this is simply astounding, and the relevant drama is completely intact right from the start. I'm sure when I first listened to the original album in 1973/74 (which my older Brother had), this drama was in evidence.The album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2003, [6] and continues to be highly regarded in various rankings.