Elton John Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, a December 22nd 1973 gig across two CDs.
Elton’s in fine voice and the performances are note-perfect. It’s charming to hear a freshly-minted Candle In The Wind (“this is a song about Marilyn Monroe”) without the baggage, and the ‘greatest hits’ that would serve him well for the next four decades (Daniel, Rocket Man, Crocodile Rock etc.) are all present and correct.
It is an oft-bootlegged one that most fans will already have but it’s a stormer – ‘Rocket Man’ is predictably gigantic and set closer ‘Your Song’ undoubtedly iconic. It’s hard not to wish though, that when he introduces his most famous song ‘Candle In The Wind’ as being “about Marilyn Monroe” that it had stayed that way, a fragile, heartfelt song about a distant legend, rather than suffering the indignity of worthless regurgitation so many years later as a symptom of a country’s borderline perverted obsessions.
This 2 Cds edition was included in the Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) Box Set
Disc 1
01. Intro/Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding02. Candle In The Wind
03. Hercules
04. Rocket Man
05. Bennie And The Jets
06. Daniel
07. This Song Has No Title
08. Honky Cat
Disc 2
01. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
02. The Ballad Of Danny Bailey
03. Elderberry Wine (including Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer)
04. I've Seen That Movie Too
05. All The Young Girls Love Alice
06. Crocodile Rock
07. Your Song
08. Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting
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