LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES- OCT 5, 2018…OCTOBER 5, 1973 SAW ELTON JOHN RELEASE THE ALBUM ‘GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD.’ THIS WAS ELTON’S SEVENTH STUDIO ALBUM. DURING THE RECORDING OF THIS ALBUM THE WORKING TITLES WERE ‘WHISKEY & TONIC’ AND THEN ‘SILENT MOVIE.’ ELTON WROTE MOST OF THE MUSIC FOR THIS RECORD IN THREE DAYS WHILE STAYING AT THE PINK FLAMINGO HOTEL IN KINGSTON JAMAICA. BERNIE TAUPIN WROTE THE LYRICS IN TWO AND A HALF WEEKS. TO DATE ‘GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD’ IS ONE OF THE BEST-SELLING STUDIO ALBUMS OF ALL TIME WITH TOTAL SALES ACCOUNTING FOR STREAMING AND DOWNLOADS AT OVER 31 MILLION COPIES. HERE’S ELTON JOHN PERFORMING THE TITLE TRACK AT A CONCERT IN 1976. I LOVE THAT HE CALLED IT ONE OF HIS ‘OLD’ SONGS IN 1976 !!
