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The first CD release of John's first greatest hits album, this 1984 CD on MCA Records label (catalog number MCAD-37215), made in Japan, features the following tracks: 1. Your Song (4:00) 2. Daniel (3:52) 3. Honky Cat (5:12) 4. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (3:13) 5. Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting (4:55) 6. Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long Long Time) (4:40) 7. Bennie And The Jets (5:10) 8. Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me (5:33) 9. Border Song (3:19) 10. Crocodile Rock (3:56). Contributing artists: Bruce Johnston, Carl Wilson, and Toni Tenille. Produced by Gus Dudgeon. Personnel includes: Elton John (vocals, piano, electric piano, organ, Mellotron), Davey Johnstone (acoustic & electric guitars, banjo, background vocals), Frank Clark (acoustic guitar), Clive Hicks (guitar, 12-string guitar), Colin Green (guitar), Jean-Louis Chautemps, Alain Hatot (saxophone), Ivan Jullien (trumpet), Jacques Bolognesi (trombone), Brian Dee (organ), Ken Scott, David Hentschel (ARP synthesizer), Dee Murray (bass, background vocals), Dave Richmond (bass), Nigel Olsson (drums, maracas, background vocals), Barry Morgan (drums), Ray Cooper (tambourine, bells), and Carl Wilson, Toni Tenille, and Bruce Johnston (background vocals). Recorded at Trident Studios, London, England; Strawberry Studios, France; Caribou Ranch, Colorado between 1970 and 1974. - - - - - - Rarely has a greatest-hits collection been as effective as Elton John's first compilation of Greatest Hits. Released at the end of 1974, after Goodbye Yellow Brick Road and Caribou had effectively established him as a superstar, Greatest Hits is exactly what it says it is -- it features every one of his Top Ten singles ("Your Song," "Rocket Man," "Honky Cat," "Crocodile Rock," "Daniel," "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," "Bennie and the Jets," "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"). -- Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
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