Elton John unveils 50th anniversary edition of Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy
On October 24, UMR will release a 50th Anniversary Edition of Elton John’s 1975 album Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy in 2-LP, 2-CD and digital formats.
On October 24, UMR will release a 50th Anniversary Edition of Elton John’s 1975 album Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy in 2-LP, 2-CD and digital formats.
This package contains the 2016 remaster of the original album, plus previously unreleased session demos, as well as live performances of songs from the album recorded in 2005 for the album’s 30th anniversary. It also includes a 28-page booklet, containing Elton John’s never-before-seen 1974 diary entries.
Watch a video of Elton performing the title track in 2005 below:
Speaking on the album, Elton John says: “Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy was the first album I’d ever made that was autobiographical, and it was the first time we’d gone into the studio with all the songs already written. We rehearsed it as a band, then went in and cut it more or less live. The band were at their absolute peak and you can hear it on the record. I think it’s the best thing we ever did. The songs were strong, Bernie’s lyrics were brilliant, and the atmosphere at Caribou was perfect. Seeing it go to Number One faster than anything I’d ever released felt like vindication, like the culmination of everything Bernie and I had fought for back in those bedsits in London.”
Also available on October 24 as a standalone live LP is Elton John’s 1975 track-by-track performance of the album from Midsummer Music Live At Wembley in 1975. To pre-order this, and the 50th Anniversary Edition of Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy, go here.
