Sold Date: January 12, 2025
Start Date: January 9, 2025
Final Price: $24.99 (USD)
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PLEASE NOTE: I HAVE TWO DIFFERENT PRESSING OF THIS LP ON OFFER. THE OTHER ONE IS ALSO AN EARLY PRESSING OF A GLOVERSVILLE ROLL-FOLD/TRI-FOLD IN VG CONDITION. IT HAS LIGHTER VINYL AND DIFFERENT LABELS FROM THIS ONE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE BOTH, PLEASE CONTACT ME ON EBAY TO ARRANGE FURTHER DISCOUNTS AND A COMBINING OF SHIPMENTS TO SAVE YOU EVEN MORE MONEY.
Seventh studio album by Elton John. Among the 17 tracks, the double-LP album contains the hits "Candle in the Wind," US #1 single "Bennie and the Jets," "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" and "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting", along with the live favorite "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding." Reached #1 on the Billboard 200, and is regarded as John's magnum opus. Inducted into Grammy Hall of Fame in 2003. On Rolling Stone's 2020 list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time".
Amazingly, under the various working titles of "Vodka and Tonics" and "Silent Movies, Talking Pictures", Bernie Taupin wrote the lyrics in two and a half weeks, and John composed most of the melodies in three days, while staying at the Pink Flamingo Hotel in Kingston, Jamaica. The whole album was recorded in two weeks at the Studio d'enregistrement Michel Magne, at the Château d'Hérouville near Pontoise, France, where John had previously recorded Honky Château and Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player. The album became a double LP once John and his band became inspired by the locale.
VG copy of the beautiful and highly collectible Mercury UK release of 'Back To Black' 60th vinyl anniversary 180 gram vinyl repress in gatefold sleeve with a black spine.
Recorded at Strawberry Studios, France. Remixed at Trident Studios, London. Pressed By – Record Industry – 81897
VG-VG+ copy. Only a few light surface scratches observed. Contains all of the printed cardboard inner sleeves with lyrics and artwork.
Cat.# Mercury – 0600753103746
Barcode: 600753103746
Runout Side 1: 81897 1A 5310374 Runout Side 2: 81897 1B 5310374 Runout Side 3: 81897 1C 5310374 Runout Side 4: 81897 1D 5310374
PRICED TO SELL! Quite heavy, so added a few extra cents to shipping costs. Sorry.
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