Elton John Band Featuring John Lennon And The Muscle Shoals Band - I Saw Her Standing There

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Elton John Band Featuring John Lennon And The Muscle Shoals Band
I Saw Her Standing There
DJM DJS 10965 (1975)

Elton John (b. 1947) once compared his friendship with John Lennon (1940-1980) as a whirlwind romance.  Whilst stating that when they first met in 1973 he was awestruck by John, they found that they had much in common and quickly formed a great friendship.  

As part of that friendship they collaborated musically. Elton played on John's 1974 Wall And Bridges album. On 28th November 1974 John Lennon joined his friend on stage at New York's Madison Square Gardens.  This happened to be the last time the former Beatle ever played live.

I personally love the intro to the A side where John quips "... I thought we'd do a number of old estranged fiancée of mine called Paul...".  He also states "this one I never sang, it's an old Beatle number" and in fact it surprised many as John had never been know to sing a McCartney song before.  

The flip side has the Lennon singing Whatever Gets You Through The Night and Elton's live rendition of the Lennon/McCartney classic Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds.

For the record, this 7" single plays at 33⅓ not 45rpm.







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  1. Anonymous24 August 2024 at 07:18

    Funny you still file it under 45rpm

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