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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Turns 35
Published by MoonDog on November 26, 2008
I’m a bit late with the actual celebration but a belated birthday wish is better than none, right? Even if you aren’t an Elton John fan, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is one of the greatest albums ever produced.
Elton John's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Was Released in 1973
Released on October 5, 1973, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road was the seventh album by John. It is estimated that sales have reached 30 million and it is his best selling studio album.
In 2000 Q magazine placed it at number 84 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever. In 2003, the album was ranked number 91 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is the very first album I ever purchased with money I’d earned from mowing lawns as a kid. Back in those days $5.00 per yard was the average and if you got $10.00 it was like you hit the Powerball.
I’d become a fan of Elton John when I found some of his albums among my uncle’s collection. John had released Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only The Piano Player in January of ‘73, containing songs of note including Daniel and Crocodile Rock.
One day I’m strolling around the mall and land at the Woolworth’s where I end up perusing the album selections. Thumbing through what seemed like hundreds, I came across Goodbye Yellow Brick Road and headed to the check out stand.
The cost? $5.73 – for a double album no less.
Among the many tracks of note are Candle in the Wind, I’ve Seen That Movie Too, Bennie and the Jets, All the Young Girls Love Alice, Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting and Social Disease.
I have still have the album and who knows, one day the Antiques Road Show may roll into town and I can tell the story to an appraiser.
At any rate, here’s a track from the album that is one of my favorites.
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