Elton John - Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy Album

Tracklist

1	Curtains
2	Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy
3	Writing
4	Someone Saved My Life Tonight
5	Tell Me When The Whistle Blows
6	Bitter Fingers
7	We All Fall In Love Sometimes
8	(Gotta Get A) Meal Ticket
9	Tower Of Babel
10	Better Off Dead

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
DJLPX 1	Elton John	Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	DJM Records	DJLPX 1	UK	1975
821 746-2	Elton John	Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy ‎(CD, Album, RE)	DJM Records	821 746-2	Germany	Unknown
DJLPX 1	Elton John	Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	DJM Records	DJLPX 1	UK	1975
821 746-2	Elton John	Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy ‎(CD, Album)	DJM Records	821 746-2	UK	1985
P2-21746	Elton John	Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy ‎(CD, Album, Club, RE, CRC)	Polydor	P2-21746	US	1992

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
DJLPX 1	Elton John	Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	DJM Records	DJLPX 1	UK	1975
821 746-2	Elton John	Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy ‎(CD, Album, RE)	DJM Records	821 746-2	Germany	Unknown
DJLPX 1	Elton John	Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	DJM Records	DJLPX 1	UK	1975
MCAC 37066, MCAC-37066	Elton John	Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy ‎(Cass, Album)	MCA Records, MCA Records	MCAC 37066, MCAC-37066	US	1980
821 746-2	Elton John	Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy ‎(CD, Album)	DJM Records	821 746-2	UK	1985

Credits

• Acoustic Guitar – Davey Johnstone (tracks: 1, 5 to 10)
• Arranged By [Orchestra] – Gene Page (tracks: 4)
• Backing Vocals – Davey Johnstone (tracks: 3, 5 to 10), Dee Murray (tracks: 3, 5 to 10), Elton John (tracks: 1, 7, 8), Nigel Olsson (tracks: 3, 5 to 10)
• Backing Vocals [Lum-de-lums] – Elton John (tracks: 10)
• Bass – Dee Murray (tracks: 1 to 10)
• Bell Tree – Ray Cooper (tracks: 3)
• Bells – Ray Cooper (tracks: 3, 9, 10)
• Bongos – Ray Cooper (tracks: 8)
• Clavinet – Elton John (tracks: 4, 6)
• Congas – Ray Cooper (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 9, 10)
• Cymbal – Ray Cooper (tracks: 5)
• Design [Package] – David Larkham And Friends
• Drums – Nigel Olsson (tracks: 1 to 10)
• Electric Guitar – Davey Johnstone (tracks: 1 to 4, 6, 9, 10)
• Engineer – Jeff Guercio
• Engineer [Assistant] – Mark Guercio
• Gong – Ray Cooper (tracks: 1)
• Graphic Design, Art Direction – Bernie Taupin, David Larkham
• Guitar [Leslie] – Davey Johnstone (tracks: 5)
• Harpsichord – Elton John (tracks: 9, 10)
• Illustration, Design [Cover] – Alan Aldridge, Harry Willock
• Lyrics By – Bernie Taupin (tracks: 1 to 10, 13)
• Mellotron – Elton John (tracks: 9, 10)
• Mixed By – Phil Dunne
• Music By – Elton John (tracks: 1 to 10, 13)
• Percussion [Jawbone] – Ray Cooper (tracks: 1)
• Photography By [Colour Inner Sleeve Photos] – Terry O'Neill
• Piano – Davey Johnstone (tracks: 8), Elton John (tracks: 2, 3, 5 to 7, 9, 10)
• Piano [Electric Piano] – Elton John (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 8)
• Producer – Gus Dudgeon
• Remastered By – Tony Cousins
• Remastered By [Assistant] – Crispin Murray
• Remix – Gus Dudgeon, Phil Dunne
• Shaker – Ray Cooper (tracks: 1, 5, 8)
• Synthesizer [A.r.p. String Ensemble] – Elton John (tracks: 5)
• Synthesizer [Arp Synthesizer] – David Hentschel (tracks: 9, 10)
• Tambourine – Ray Cooper (tracks: 1 to 6, 9, 10)
• Triangle – Ray Cooper (tracks: 7, 8)
• Typography [Lettering] – Geoff Halpin
• Vocals – Elton John

• Producer – Gus Dudgeon
• Written-By – Elton John & Bernie Taupin

• Arranged By – Gene Page
• Producer – Gus Dudgeon

Notes

℗ 1975 This Record Co. Limited
Made in Canada.

Black cassette with silver text housed in a single sided J-card.
Notice: Side 2 is of shorter duration than side 1. After "Curtains" allow cycle to complete to preserve album continuity.Similar to Elton John - Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy, but cassette has black printing instead of blue.

Notice: Side 2 is of shorter duration than side 1. After "Curtains" allow cycle to complete to preserve album continuity.

On Cassette:
MCA Records, Inc.
100 Universal City Plaza
Universal, Calif
© 1980 MCA Records, Inc.
Printed In U.S.A.

On the front cover:
© 1975 MCA Records, Inc.
100 Universal City Plaza
Universal, CA
Printed In U.S.A.

Cat # MCAC 37066 appears on the cassette.
Cat # MCAC-37066 appears on spine and front cover.Recorded at Caribou Ranch, Colorado.

Remixed at The Marquee Studios, London.

Remastered at Metropolis Mastering, London, at 20-bit resolution using The Sadie Digital System and Prism Super Noise Shaper.

℗ © 1995 This Record Company Ltd.

Companies

• Manufactured By – MCA Records (Canada)
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – This Record Co. Ltd.

• Copyright (c) – MCA Records, Inc.
• Published By – This Record Co. Ltd.

• Record Company – Mercury Records
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – This Record Co. Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – This Record Co. Ltd.
• Manufactured By – PolyGram Group Canada Inc.
• Distributed By – PolyGram Group Canada Inc.
• Recorded At – Caribou Ranch
• Remixed At – Marquee Studios
• Remastered At – Metropolis Mastering
• Glass Mastered At – Cinram
• Published By – Happenstance Ltd.
• Published By – Rouge Booze, Inc.
• Published By – Big Pig Music Ltd.
• Published By – Northern Songs
• Published By – Lenono Music

Album

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