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GOLDMINE WINTER ISSUE FEATURING ELTON JOHN ON THE COVER
The Elton John album Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy has been honored for its 50th anniversary with a fantastic box set, and Sir Elton talks to Goldmine about the making of it (among other things, of course).
“I was very proud that it was the first album that went No. 1,” says John of 1975’s Captain Fantastic. “We had had No. 1 albums before, but this one came straight in, and it just shows you how far we had come.”
And of his songwriting partnership with Bernie Taupin, John explains, “Captain Fantastic was the first adventure that we had writing where I really felt inspired by the story.”
Read the full feature interview in the Winter issue of Goldmine.
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE:
• The Beatles expand their Anthology
• From Dreamboat Annie to “Reverse Chaos,” Heart’s Wilson sisters talk about 50 years of quality rock music
• Jerry Harrison makes sense of Talking Heads
• The “Power To the People” message from John Lennon and Yoko Ono
• Making diamonds out from Daniel Ash
• Bernie Leadon has flown far from the Eagles’ nest
• Producer Don Was spins gold with The Pan-Detroit Ensemble
• 10 Albums That Changed My Life: Chris Hillman
• Spin Cycle: No Stones unturned
• Record Store Recon: Phonoluxe Records in Nashville, TN
• Classic Shot: Alice Cooper guitarist Nita Strauss