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Tumbleweed Connection

This definitive deluxe reissue of Elton's third album (first released in 1970) includes 13 additional tracks – previously unreleased cuts, demos and BBC Radio performance sessions of songs from the original album. One John/Taupin song, Sisters Of The Cross, has never been released before and can be heard in demo form here.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.Ballad Of A Well-Known Gun 4:59
  2. 2.Come Down In Time 3:26
  3. 3.Country Comfort 5:07
  4. 4.Son Of Your Father 3:49
  5. 5.My Father’s Gun 6:21
  6. 6.Where To Now, St. Peter? 4:12
  7. 7.Love Song 3:41
  8. 8.Amoreena5:00
  9. 9.Talking Old Soldiers 4:06
  10. 10.Burn Down The Mission 6:21

Disc 2

  1. 1.There Goes A Well Known Gun [Previously Unreleased Band Demo] 3:28
  2. 2.Come Down In Time [Previously Unreleased Piano Demo] 3:22
  3. 3.Country Comfort [Previously Unreleased Piano Demo] 4:12
  4. 4.Son Of Your Father [Previously Unreleased Piano Demo] 4:13
  5. 5.Talking Old Soldiers [Previously Unreleased Piano Demo] 4:13
  6. 6.Into The Old Man’s Shoes [Previously Unreleased Piano Demo] 3:41
  7. 7.Sisters Of The Cross [Previously Unreleased Piano Demo] 4:39
  8. 8.Madman Across The Water [Original Version w/Mick Ronson] 8:52
  9. 9.Into The Old Man’s Shoes 4:02
  10. 10.My Father's Gun [BBC Session] 3:43
  11. 11.Ballad Of A Well-Known Gun [BBC Session] 4:36
  12. 12.Burn Down The Mission [BBC Session] 6:53
  13. 13.Amoreena [BBC Session] 5:12

Liner Notes
Music & Lyrics by ELTON JOHN, BERNIE TAUPIN & LESLEY DUNCAN
Produced by GUS DUDGEON
Orchestral Arrangements by PAUL BUCKMASTER
Recorded at Trident Studios, London, UK