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Five and a half years after its UK release, Elton John finally releases his debut album, Empty Sky, in the USA.Full article:
Elton John : I wanted Empty Sky and the live album to come out for $5.98, both albums... the fact really is, that all my albums have gone up to $5.98, which I found out. So I wanted the live album to be a free album... you know, "Thank you very much, America, there's a free album - Empty Sky."
And, of course, all the hierarchy that I'm concerned with said no. And I get so pissed off with fighting. Everyone had a different idea. They wanted the live album to come out in July, which would have been ludicrous, because so many people are importing it, it would have been dead. And other people wanted it not to come out at all (the live album). And some other people wanted Empty Sky to come out first. Aww, you wouldn't believe it.
So we settled for Empty Sky not to come out yet, which is all right. They say that it's better for my "mystique" that it should remain on import. And the live album will come out in three weeks. And the live album is different that the one in England because its got a different mix and time. Much better mix and time. So that's the situation.
I'm going to get criticized for that album, because everyone will say. "Oh, fuck, not another Elton John album!" But it has to come out now, because it has been released and people are playing it. So I'm just going to have to face the criticism. It's a bloody good live album. What decided for me that it was a good live album was the CSNAndY, which I was eagerly awaiting, and I thought it was a disaster...a total and utter disaster.
I thought, "Well we can't go much more wrong than that". I hear that the CSNAndY live album is a gold record before it comes out... it's done two million dollars worth of sales. There's two or three really nice things on it, but I think it's an unmitigated disaster. I thought well, ours is so much better than that. It's not fair to point that out, but that's what decided that it really should come out. I don't know your opinion on the Crosby, Still, Nash And Young album.
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And, of course, all the hierarchy that I'm concerned with said no. And I get so pissed off with fighting. Everyone had a different idea. They wanted the live album to come out in July, which would have been ludicrous, because so many people are importing it, it would have been dead. And other people wanted it not to come out at all (the live album). And some other people wanted Empty Sky to come out first. Aww, you wouldn't believe it.
So we settled for Empty Sky not to come out yet, which is all right. They say that it's better for my "mystique" that it should remain on import. And the live album will come out in three weeks. And the live album is different that the one in England because its got a different mix and time. Much better mix and time. So that's the situation.
I'm going to get criticized for that album, because everyone will say. "Oh, fuck, not another Elton John album!" But it has to come out now, because it has been released and people are playing it. So I'm just going to have to face the criticism. It's a bloody good live album. What decided for me that it was a good live album was the CSNAndY, which I was eagerly awaiting, and I thought it was a disaster...a total and utter disaster.
I thought, "Well we can't go much more wrong than that". I hear that the CSNAndY live album is a gold record before it comes out... it's done two million dollars worth of sales. There's two or three really nice things on it, but I think it's an unmitigated disaster. I thought well, ours is so much better than that. It's not fair to point that out, but that's what decided that it really should come out. I don't know your opinion on the Crosby, Still, Nash And Young album.
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