Artist: Elton John
Date: 1973-08-31
Location: Seattle, WA
Venue: Seattle Center Coliseum
Source: Audience
Lineage: Master Reels>Tandberg Model 11>Wavelab 96/24>wav 44.1/16>flac
Taping Gear: Tandberg Model 11 R2R deck, Sony ECM-22P mic
Taped and Transferred By: JEMS

Band Members:
Elton John - vocals, piano
Dee Murray - bass
Davey Johnstone - guitar, mandolin, banjo
Nigel Olsson - drums
Clive Franks - organ (Crocodile Rock)

Setlist:
01. Intro
02. Elderberry Wine ->
03. Your Song
04. High Flying Bird
05. Honky Cat
06. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
07. Hercules
08. Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time)
09. Madman Across The Water
10. Teacher I Need You
11. Have Mercy On The Criminal
12. All The Young Girls Love Alice
13. Daniel
14. Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
15. Band Introduction
16. Crocodile Rock
17. Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting
18. Honkey Tonk Women

Length: 113:27

Notes:
JEMS master recording. A very good sounding recording and excellent high energy performance this night. Unlike Elton's previous stop in Seattle in 1972(which JEMS also recorded) he was more in a rocker mode than the singer/songwriter mode for which he was famous for by this time. This show captures Elton touring in support of his Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player but the audience is treated to early renditions of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, All The Young Girls Love Alice and Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding from the Goodbye Yellow Brick Road double album that would be released about 3 weeks after this show took place. Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting was also from this album but released as a single back in July of this year. You can tell the audience is VERY familiar with the song by the time of this show.

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