Elton John: Blue Moves (1976) 2LP

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Elton John – Blue Moves

Label:

MCA Records – MCA2-11004, The Rocket Record Company– MCA2-11004, MCA Records – 2-11004, The Rocket Record Company – 2-11004

Format:

2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gloversville Pressing, Gatefold

Country:

US

Released:

Oct 25, 1976

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Pop Rock

A1Your Starter For...

Acoustic Guitar – Caleb*

Bass – Kenny*

Drums – Roger*

Glockenspiel, Marimba – Ray*

Mandolin – Davey*

Piano – Elton*

Synthesizer – James*

1:25A2Tonight

Orchestra – London Symphony Orchestra

Piano, Vocals – Elton*

8:02A3One Horse Town

Bass – Kenny*

Cello, Soloist – Michael Hurwitz*

Drums – Roger*

Electric Guitar – Davey*

Electric Guitar, Soloist [Guitar Solo] – Caleb*

Electric Piano, Synthesizer – James*

Gong, Tambourine, Vibraphone [Vibes], Tubular Bells– Ray*

Leader – Richard Studt

Piano, Vocals – Elton*

Strings – The Martyn Ford Orchestra

5:47A4Chameleon

Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – Caleb*

Backing Vocals – Bruce Johnston, Cindy Bullens, Curt Becher, Gene Morford, Jon Joyce, Ron Hicklin, Toni Tennille

Bass – Kenny*

Drums – Roger*

Piano, Vocals – Elton*

Vibraphone [Vibes], Shaker – Ray*

5:27B1Boogie Pilgrim

Backing Vocals – The Cornerstone Institutional Baptist And Southern Californian Choir*

Bass – Kenny*

Directed By [Choir Directed By] – Rev. James Cleveland

Drums – Roger*

Horns [Horn Section] – Barry Rogers, David Sanborn, The Brecker Brothers

Organ – James*

Piano, Vocals – Elton*

Slide Guitar – Davey*

Tambourine – Ray*

6:03B2Cage The Songbird

Acoustic Guitar – Caleb*

Acoustic Guitar, Dulcimer – Davey*

Backing Vocals – David Crosby, Graham Nash

Synthesizer, Mellotron – James*

Triangle, Finger Cymbals, Bell Tree, Shaker – Ray*

Vocals – Elton*

3:28B3Crazy Water

Backing Vocals – Bruce Johnston, Cindy Bullens, Gene Morford, Jon Joyce, Ron Hicklin, Toni Tennille

Bass – Kenny*

Brass, Strings – The Martyn Ford Orchestra

Clavinet – James*

Congas, Tambourine – Ray*

Drums – Roger*

Electric Guitar – Caleb*, Davey*

Leader – Richard Studt

Piano, Vocals – Elton*

5:42B4Shoulder Holster

Bass – Kenny*

Drums – Roger*

Horns [Horn Section] – Barry Rogers, The Brecker Brothers

Horns [Horn Section], Saxophone [Sax Solo] – David Sanborn

Piano, Vocals – Elton*

Tambourine – Ray*

4:20C1Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word

Accordion – Carl Fortina

Bass – Kenny*

Electric Piano – James*

Piano, Vocals – Elton*

Vibraphone [Vibes] – Ray*

3:43C2Out Of The Blue

Bass – Kenny*

Drums – Roger*

Electric Guitar – Davey*

Electric Guitar, Soloist [Guitar Solo] – Caleb*

Piano – Elton*

Synthesizer – James*

Vibraphone [Vibes], Congas – Ray*

6:10C3Between Seventeen And Twenty

Backing Vocals – Bruce Johnston, Cindy Bullens, Curt Becher, Joe Chemay, Jon Joyce

Bass – Kenny*

Congas, Tambourine, Shaker – Ray*

Drums – Roger*

Electric Guitar – Caleb*

Mandolin – Davey*

Organ – James*

Vocals – Elton*

5:10C4The Wide-Eyed And Laughing

Acoustic Guitar [6 String], 12-String Acoustic Guitar– Caleb*

Backing Vocals – David Crosby, Graham Nash

Rototoms – Ray*

Sitar – Davey*

Synthesizer – James*

Vocals – Elton*

3:20C5Someone's Final Song

Backing Vocals – Bruce Johnston, Clark Burroughs, Curt Becher, Joe Chemay, Toni Tennille

Electric Piano, Synthesizer – James*

Piano, Vocals – Elton*

4:00D1Where's The Shoorah?

Backing Vocals – The Cornerstone Institutional Baptist And Southern Californian Community Choir*

Bass – Kenny*

Directed By [Choir Directed By] – Rev. James Cleveland

Piano, Harmonium, Vocals – Elton*

4:10D2If There's A God In Heaven (What's He Waiting For?)

Bass – Kenny*

Congas, Tambourine – Ray*

Drums – Roger*

Electric Guitar – Davey*

Electric Guitar, Soloist [Guitar Solo] – Caleb*

Leader – Richard Studt

Organ – James*

Piano, Vocals – Elton*

Strings – The Martyn Ford Orchestra

4:20D3Idol

Bass – Kenny*

Drums – Roger*

Horns [Horn Section] – Barry Rogers, David Sanborn, The Brecker Brothers

Piano, Vocals – Elton*

4:10D4Theme From A Non-Existent TV Series

Acoustic Guitar – Caleb*

Bass – Kenny*

Drums – Roger*

Electric Harpsichord – Elton*

Electric Piano, Synthesizer – James*

Glockenspiel, Marimba – Ray*

Mandolin – Davey*

1:20D5Bite Your Lip (Get Up And Dance!)

Backing Vocals – The Cornerstone Institutional Baptist And Southern Californian Community Choir*

Bass – Kenny*

Congas – Ray*

Directed By [Choir Directed By] – Rev. James Cleveland

Drums – Roger*

Electric Guitar – Caleb*

Leader [Strings Leader] – Harry Bluestone

Piano, Vocals – Elton*

Slide Guitar, Soloist [Guitar Solo] – Davey*

Strings – The Gene Page Strings

Synthesizer – James*

6:37

• Manufactured By – MCA Records, Inc.

• Copyright © – Sackville Productions Ltd.

• Phonographic Copyright ? – Sackville Productions Ltd.

• Copyright © – MCA Records, Inc.

• Pressed By – MCA Pressing Plant, Gloversville

• Published By – Big Pig Music Ltd.

• Published By – Leeds Music Corp.

• Published By – Rocket Music Ltd.

• Published By – Yellow Dog Music

• Published By – Quaye Tunes

• Published By – Newton House Music

• Recorded At – Eastern Sound

• Recorded At – EMI Studios

• Recorded At – Brother Studio, Santa Monica

• Recorded At – Sunset Sound Recorders

• Remixed At – Marquee Studios

• Arranged By [Accordion And Strings], Conductor – James Newton-Howard* (tracks: C1)

• Arranged By [Backing Vocals] – Bruce Johnston (tracks: A4, C3, C5), Curt Becher (tracks: C3, C5), Daryl Dragon (tracks: B3)

• Arranged By [Orchestra], Conductor – James Newton-Howard* (tracks: A2), Paul Buckmaster (tracks: A3, B3, D2)

• Arranged By [Strings], Conductor – James Newton-Howard*(tracks: D5)

• Art Direction – David Costa

• Artwork [Artwork Coordination] – David Larkham, George Osaki

• Band – The Elton John Band*

• Band [The Elton John Band] – Caleb Quaye, Davey Johnstone, James Newton-Howard*, Kenny Passarelli, Ray Cooper, Roger Pope

• Engineer – Earle Mankey (tracks: A4, B2, B3, C3 to C5), John Kurlander (tracks: A2, A3, B3, D2), Mark Howlett (tracks: B1, B4, C1, D1, D3, D4)

• Engineer [Recording] – Gus Dudgeon, John Stewart*

• Engineer [Remix] – Gus Dudgeon, Phil Dunne

• Lacquer Cut By [Cutting Engineer] – Arun Chakraverty

• Management – John Reid (8)

• Music By – Caleb Quaye (tracks: A1)

• Painting [Cover] – Patrick Procktor

• Photography By – David Nutter

• Producer – Gus Dudgeon

• Words By, Music By – Caleb Quaye (tracks: B1, C3, C4), Davey Johnstone (tracks: B1, B2, C3, C4, D2), Elton John & Bernie Taupin (tracks: A2 to D5), James Newton-Howard*(tracks: A3, C4)

MCA Pressing Plant, Gloversville denoted by ?-G-? stamp in runouts. All other runout info etched.
Gatefold cover. Includes inner sleeves printed with lyrics for each disc.

Catalog number on gatefold sleeve: MCA/ROCKET 2-11004
Catalog number on inner sleeves and labels: MCA2-11004

Basic tracks throughout recorded at Eastern Sound, Toronto, Canada.
A2: London Symphony Orchestra recorded at EMI Studios, Abbey Road, London
A3, B3, D2: The Martyn Ford Orchestra recorded at EMI Studios, Abbey Road, London
A4, B2, B3, C3 to C5: Backing vocals recorded at Brother Studio, Santa Monica, California.
B1: Horn section and Backing Vocals recorded at Sunset Sound Recorders, Los Angeles
B4, D3: Horn section recorded at Sunset Sound Recorders, Los Angeles
C1: Accordion and strings at Sunset Sound Recorders, Los Angeles.
D1: Choir recorded at Sunset Sound Recorders, Los Angeles.
D5: Backing vocals and strings recorded at Sunset Sound Records, Los Angeles.
Entire album remixed at Marquee Studios, London.

© Copyright 1976 By Big Pig Music, Ltd. London, England. Sole Selling Agent Big Pig Music, Ltd. and Leeds Music Corporation for the entire world (excluding United Kingdom and Eire).
A3: Copyright 1976 By Big Pig Music, Ltd. / Newton House Music. Sole Selling Agent Big Pig Music, Ltd. and Leeds Music Corporation for the entire world (excluding United Kingdom and Eire).
B1: Copyright 1976 By Big Pig Music, Ltd. / Rocket Music, Ltd., London, England / Quaye Tunes. Sole Selling Agent Big Pig Music, Ltd. and Leeds Music Corporation and Yellow Dog Music for the entire world (excluding United Kingdom and Eire).
B2, C3, D2: Copyright 1976 By Big Pig Music, Ltd. / Rocket Music, Ltd., London, England. Sole Selling Agent Big Pig Music, Ltd. and Leeds Music Corporation and Yellow Dog Music for the entire world (excluding United Kingdom and Eire).
C4: Copyright 1976 By Big Pig Music, Ltd. / Rocket Music, Ltd., London, England / Quaye Tunes / Newton House Music. Sole Selling Agent Big Pig Music, Ltd. and Leeds Music Corporation and Yellow Dog Music for the entire world (excluding United Kingdom and Eire).

? 1976 Sackville Productions Ltd.
Recorded in Canada.
© 1976 MCA Records, Inc., Mfd. by MCA Records, Inc., 100 Universal Plaza, Universal City, Calif. 91608.
Printed in U.S.A.

Cover Painting "The Guardian Readers" by Patrick Procktor.

Randy Brecker and Michael Brecker appear courtesy of Arista Records Inc.
Curt Becher and Joe Chemay appear courtesy of Warner-Curb Records.
David Crosby and Graham Nash appear courtesy of ABC Records.
David Sanborn appears courtesy of Warner Brothers Records.
Toni Tennille appears courtesy of A&M Records.

This album is for Clive, Nick, Rick, Booby, Steve, Adrian, Andy, and Colin - the best.
Also to Dawn, Ruth and David Costa with much love.
Track B2: For Edith Piaf

Elton John Fan Club
c/o John Reid Enterprises Inc.
211 South Beverly Drive - Suite 200
Beverly Hills, California 90212