tracks

Ballad Of A Well-Known Gun
Come Down In Time
Country Comfort
Son Of Your Father
My Father's Gun
Where To Now St. Peter?
Love Song
Amoreena
Talking Old Soldiers
Burn Down The Mission
There Goes A Well-Known Gun
Come Down In Time (Piano Demo)
Country Comfort (Piano Demo)
Son Of Your Father
Talking Old Soldiers (Piano Demo)
Into The Old Man's Shoes (Piano Demo)
Sisters Of The Cross (Piano Demo)
Madman Across The Water (Original Version)
Into The Old Man's Shoes
My Father's Gun (BBC Session)
Ballad Of A Well-Known Gun (BBC Session)
Burn Down The Mission (BBC Session)
Amoreena (BBC Session)

notes

Four-fold (8-panel) digipak originally closed with a clear plastic slipcase with a frosted edging and the Deluxe Edition logo. 28pp booklet insert.

Tracks 2-1 to 2-7 and 2-11 to 2-13 are Previously Unreleased. Disc two tracks 1-7, 11-13 previously unreleased; track 9 B-Side Your Song single; 18 BBC Sessions recorded for BBC Radio 1 Dave Lee Travis Show, transmitted 12 April 1970; track 12 & 13 recorded for BBC Radio 1 Sounds Of The Seventies, transmitted 2 July 1970.

Key diffences from later Deluxe Edition Tumbleweed Connection are: O-card material (acetate, not cardstock), presence of Chronicles logo on O-card back bottom left corner, different Mfg / Distrib subsidiaries, and photos on discs are more defined / less shadowy.

credits

Bass – Chris Laurence, Dee Murray, Herbie Flowers
Drums – Barry Morgan, Nigel Olsson, Roger Pope
Guitar – Caleb Quaye, David Glover, Gordon Huntley, Les Thatcher, Lesley Duncan, Mike Egan
Harmonica – Ian Duck
Harp – Skaila Kanga
Oboe – Karl Jenkins
Organ – Brian Dee, Elton John
Percussion – Robin Jones, Roger Pope
Piano – Elton John
Violin – Johnny Van Derek
Vocals – Dee Murray, Dusty Springfield, Elton John, Kay Garner, Lesley Duncan, Madeline Bell, Nigel Olsson, Sue & Sunny, Tammi Hunt, Tony Burrows, Tony Hazzard
12-String Acoustic Guitar – Les Thatcher (tracks: 1-3)
Acoustic Bass – Chris Laurence (tracks: 1-2, 1-10)
Acoustic Guitar – Caleb Quaye (tracks: 1-1, 1-3, 1-5, 1-6), Les Thatcher (tracks: 1-2, 1-10), Lesley Duncan (tracks: 1-7), Mike Egan (tracks: 1-10)
Arranged By – Paul Buckmaster
Backing Vocals – Dee Murray (tracks: 1-3, 1-6), Dusty Springfield (tracks: 1-1, 1-5), Elton John, Kay Garner (tracks: 1-1, 1-4, 1-5), Lesley Duncan (tracks: 1-1, 1-4, 1-5, 1-7), Madeline Bell (tracks: 1-1, 1-4, 1-5), Nigel Olsson (tracks: 1-3, 1-6), Sue & Sunny (tracks: 1-4), Tammi Hunt (tracks: 1-4), Tony Burrows (tracks: 1-1, 1-5), Tony Hazzard (tracks: 1-1, 1-5)
Bass Guitar – David Glover (tracks: 1-1, 1-4, 1-5, 1-6), Dee Murray (tracks: 1-8), Herbie Flowers (tracks: 1-2, 1-3, 1-10)
Congas, Tambourine – Robin Jones (tracks: 1-10)
Drums – Barry Morgan (tracks: 1-2, 1-3, 1-10), Nigel Olsson (tracks: 1-8), Roger Pope (tracks: 1-1, 1-4, 1-5, 1-6)
Harmonica – Ian Duck (tracks: 1-3, 1-4)
Harp – Skaila Kanga (tracks: 1-2)
Lead Guitar – Caleb Quaye (tracks: 1-1, 1-4, 1-6, 1-8)
Oboe – Karl Jenkins (tracks: 1-2)
Organ – Brian Dee (tracks: 1-10), Elton John (tracks: 1-8)
Percussion – Roger Pope (tracks: 1-1)
Piano, Vocals – Elton John
Producer – Gus Dudgeon
Steel Guitar – Gordon Huntley (tracks: 1-3)
Violin – Johnny Van Derek (tracks: 1-3)

companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Mercury Records Ltd.
Copyright (c) – Mercury Records Ltd.
Glass Mastered At – EDC, Germany – 52124032
Glass Mastered At – EDC, Germany
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Mercury Records Ltd.
Copyright (c) – Mercury Records Ltd.
Manufactured By – Island Def Jam Music Group
Distributed By – Universal Music Distribution
Recorded At – Trident Studios

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