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Funeral for a Fan? The last minute was the best minute? Those were some of the suggestions of Elton John fans who delivered their verdict on each and every song on Elton John and Brandi Carlile’s new album Who Believes in Angels? Expert fans on the show included Keith Hayward, Neil Barrett, Jim Turano, Linda Dupuis, Peter Thomas, Stephan Heimbecher, James Mackay, Tom Stanton, Urpu Kallio, Dale DeBakcsy, and Marta Coloma.
The Fan Forum also voted out of 10 points for the overall album. Where did it land or is it still spinning in the stratosphere? A live show which spanned the entire Elton John World, with contributions from Australia, Europe, USA and Canada. Available now only on REJ.World
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Episode 01 -Elton's Buried Treasure
In the first episode, Neil (your able host) takes some classic songs, and turns them upside down, until the vocals and bass fall out, and then invites you to listen to what’s underneath. Hear the songs afresh from a whole new angle.
© By Neil Barrett
Episode 02 – Buckmaster Before Elton
This episode takes you back to the 2nd of November 1969, to a Miles Davis gig, at Ronnie Scott’s jazz club, where Elton met a 23 year old Paul Buckmaster for the first time.
© By Neil Barrett
Episode 03 – Regimental Sgt Zippo – The Debut Album That Never Was
This episode skips through the 1968 almost-debut album, track-by-track. How good would this album have been if it had come out in 1968? How would it have fared? Actually that’s a question I don’t answer. I think we know the answer.
© By Neil Barrett
Episode 04 – It Was 40 Years Ago Today, Grumpy Elton Sacked The Band On Stage
This is the story of the band that Elton essentially sacked, live on stage, entirely out of the blue.
40 years ago, Elton played a charity gig at Wembley Pool. The band were expecting him to announce that he was going out on tour again, with them as his backing band.
© By Neil Barrett
Episode 05 – Don’t Say It With ‘Diamonds’
This week, Elton released another greatest hits collection, to somehow celebrate his and Bernie’s 50 year anniversary of writing together.
© By Neil Barrett
Episode 06 – Cool As Christmas – Collaborations That Make Elton Cooler
In this episode, I go through those collaborations and connections, and pick out the ones, some more obscure than others, which, I feel, elevate Elton’s position as an innovative creative force.
© By Neil Barrett
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In our most recent episode of Radio Elton John's Saturday NIght's Alright (for podcasting) our guest, Dale DeBakcsy, offered listeners the chance to win one signed copy of his book Elton John Album by Album. The question we asked was: The line "it's a little bit funny...
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Listening Post – Meet Charlie Morgan
So, I was going through the older Saturday Night"s Alright For Podcasting episodes, and listened the very first one with Charlie Morgan, the well known drummer from Elton's band from the 80's and 90's. He actually played with Elton in the Live Aid, I didn't remember...
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