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Elton John records Levon and Goodbye, at Trident Studios in London, UK, for his album Madman Across The Water. He also fits in a gig at Bradford University, Bradford, England, UK, Europe.Full article:
Rick Wakeman : Elton hated playing the organ. We were good friends. He called me up. The late Gus Dudgeon was producing. He called me and said Elton hates playing organ. He likes playing piano but hates the organ so will you come in and do all the organ parts. I was delighted to. That was at Trident Studios. Elton basically at that time recorded everything live. You went in and the band was there, the orchestra was there. You would literally have one run through. Maybe not even that. You would get a quarter way through and he'd say "that's the feel" and away you would go. Invariably that was it. He was all about the feel of playing something great the first time. I enjoyed doing that.
Source : SEPTEMBER 19, 2003, Undercover Media (Australia), http://www.undercover.com.au/idol/yes.html , interview by Paul Cashmere
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Source : SEPTEMBER 19, 2003, Undercover Media (Australia), http://www.undercover.com.au/idol/yes.html , interview by Paul Cashmere