Elton John
British Summer Time
Hyde Park
London, U.K.
June 24, 2022
Source: DPA 4060 => Tascam DR-2d
Conversion: WAV => Audio Cleaning Lab => FLAC (16-bit)
Track listing:
CD1 (81:35):
(1) Bennie and the Jets (5:25)
(2) Philadelphia Freedom (5:39)
(3) I Guess That's Why They Call it The Blues (4:41)
(4) Banter (1:12)
(5) Border Song (3:09)
(6) Tiny Dancer (7:15)
(7) Have Mercy On The Criminal (5:57)
(8) Rocket Man (10:40)
(9) Take Me To The Pilot (4:51)
(10) Someone Saved My Life Tonight (7:09)
(11) Levon (7:44)
(12) Candle In The Wind (3:51)
(13) Funeral For a Friend => Love Lies Bleeding (13:58)
CD2 (59:43):
(1) Burn Down The Mission (6:02)
(2) Sad Songs (Say So Much) (4:53)
(3) Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word (3:52)
(4) Band introductions (4:25)
(5) Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me (5:33)
(6) The Bitch Is Back (3:34)
(7) I'm Still Standing (3:21)
(8) Crocodile Rock (4:12)
(9) Saturday Night's Alright For … (4:42)
(10) Encore break (3:49)
(11) Banter (1:04)
(12) Cold Heart (4:10)
(13) Your Song (4:32)
(14) Banter (1:00)
(15) Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (4:29)
There are no fades applied to this recording; if you choose to burn to CD, the above splits are just a suggestion.
Comments: This recording captures Sir Elton's headlining set at the "British Summer Time" festival on June 25, 2022. Very solid audience recording which didn't require any EQ. Considering that this was a GA/festival setting, there is a notable absence of obnoxious crowd noise. You do hear some close-mic conversations between quiet moments and between songs, but nothing too annoying.
Typical setlist for the tour, I believe; this farewell tour has basically become a Broadway production (Elton notes that it is the 233rd show of the tour, with roughly 100 to go). Not that it makes anything bad; it's just a pretty well-oiled production at this point.
Many thanks to TallTaper for taping and sharing. I was just the helper who EQ'd and tracked it.