Episode 29 – Top of the Charts with a ROCKET, ft. The Lambrettas
This episode counts down the 15 biggest non-Elton singles on Rocket, and in the process, tells the story of the label, attempts to define the Rocket sound (spoiler – there isn’t one), and draws out the connections with Elton’s music, where these exist. The chart...
Episode 28 – Alternate Versions, Mixes and Edits
This episode revels in the obscure, picking up the curios in the discography, studying them, and making an attempt at explaining them. Here are the early versions, the erroneous edits that never should have been heard, the remixes, the rough mixes and the acoustic...
Episode 27 – Breaking Down ‘Passengers’
This is the story of Elton’s personal redemption, through the prism of the song ‘Passengers’, the UK top 5 hit single with the unique songwriting credit – Elton, Bernie, Davey and South African musician Phineas Mkhize. This episode follows...