Elton John with Dee Murray, Nigel Olsson
Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA.
November 1970 (possibly Nov. 12, 1970)

TT: 55:22

1. />Country Comfort
2. Sixty Years On
3. Border Song
4. Amoreena
5. Honky Tonk Women (Jagger-Richards)
6. Burn Down The Mission/
7. />My Baby Left Me (Crudup) > Shotgun (DeWalt) > Give Peace A Chance (Lennon/Ono) > I Want To Take You Higher (Stone)
8. Can I Put You On

On November 12, 1970, Elton John begins a 4 night stand opening for The Kinks. The bill also includes jazz-rock band Ballin' Jack and Juicy Lucy. Original poster designed by David Singer.

Nov 12 1970
Setlist unknown

Nov 13 1970
1. I Need You To Turn To
2. Your Song
3. Bad Side Of The Moon
4. Country Comfort
5. Sixty Years On
6. Can I Put You On
7. Border Song
8. Honky Tonk Woman
9. Take Me To The Pilot

Nov 14 1970
Setlist unknown

Nov 15 1970
Setlist unknown

Based on known setlists (above) and the fact that Wolfgang’s Vault is now broadcasting a “Honky Tonk Women” from Nov. 12, I’m willing to bet that the 12th is the correct date for this show. (If anyone has a copy to compare this version to, please be my guest.)
Elton had only made his US debut a couple of months earlier on Aug. 25th at the Troubadour where he played 6 nights in a row before returning to the UK (presumably) to record Tumbleweed Connection which was released on Oct. 30. Next the band performed 5 East Coast concerts in Boston, Philly and Baltimore before heading out west for 1 show in San Bernadino, CA. and the 4 Fillmore shows. 2 days after the last Fillmore show, Elton and the band were in NYC at A&R Studios for the in-studio radio concert which produced the classic live album “11-17-70" (or as it was known everywhere else, “17-11-70"!).

This performance, only 5 days earlier, is very similar in feel and performance to that album - though that shouldn’t detract from your enjoyment of it one bit. Levels were a bit oversaturated on the original DAT transfer and were reduced to avoid any further clipping or distortion.

Reel Master > DAT > HHB CDR800 > Audio Cleaning Lab 2004 (for adjustment of levels and track ID placement) > EAC > Flac Frontend 8 > You!

A GuySmiley Production with special thanks to SteelysBro.

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