Label: Melodia Records (Russia), C 60-15147-8
Style: Rock, Pop
Country: Pinner, Middlesex, England (25 March 1947)
Time: 41:24
Format: Flac Tracks 24/96 kHz
Size: 905 Mb
Russian Edition 9 tracks - original version 11 tracks.
A Single Man is the first of Elton John's albums to not include work by lyricist Bernie Taupin, and the first since his debut Empty Sky without producer Gus Dudgeon. The returning members of his band are percussionist Ray Cooper and guitarist Davey Johnstone; the latter played on only one song on the album. Paul Buckmaster would not appear on another Elton John album until Made in England. Unlike previous compositions in which lyrics came first, John started writing melodies at a piano, and an album unintentionally came about from this. This is also John's first album on which he sings in a lower register. "Song for Guy" was written as a tribute to Guy Burchett, a young messenger employed by John's record label Rocket Records, who was killed in a motorcycle accident.
The staff and players of Watford Football Club, of which John was chairman at the time, provide backing vocals on "Big Dipper" and "Georgia". Also featured on these tracks are the backing vocals of the female staff from Rocket Records, credited as 'The South Audley Street Girls' Choir'.
The photo for the front cover was taken in the Long Walk, which is part of Windsor Great Park in Berkshire. The inside cover shows John in a Jaguar XK140 FHC. John stopped wearing his trademark glasses in public for a period during the late 1970s, and the album photo reflects this.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Single_Man_(album))
01. A1 Shine On Through (03:42)
02. A2 Return To Paradise (04:13)
03. A3 I Don't Care (04:23)
04. A4 It Ain't Gonna Be Easy (08:17)
05. B1 Georgia (04:47)
06. B2 Shooting Star (02:43)
07. B3 Madness (05:50)
08. B4 Reverie (00:51)
09. B5 Song For Guy (06:34)
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