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Captain Fantastic at 50 | David Larkham & Miles Aldridge
On 23 May 1975, Elton John and Bernie Taupin’s autobiograhical Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy was released in the UK and USA – to become a defining hit album. It delivered the most creative album cover to ever grace an Elton John album by Alan Aldridge. We celebrate the half century with a 90-minutes interview with Elton’s Art Director David Larkham and Alan’s photographer/artist son Miles Aldridge. A very special edition available on REJ.World
Captain Fantastic at 50 | David Larkham & Miles Aldridge
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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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