Identifier4665860
Created AtTue May 23 2023 23:54:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Media TypeCDR
Media Count2
Trades Allowed
Performance
Elton John 1982-07-07 Starlight Theatre, Kansas City, MO
Set 1Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding (A)
All The Young Girls Love Alice (A)
Someone Saved My Life Tonight (B)
Better Off Dead (A/C)
Ball And Chain (B)
Empty Garden (B)
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (B)
The Bitch Is Back (B)
Pinball Wizard (B)
Ticking (C)
Elton?s Song (C)
Chloe (C)
Where To Now St Peter? (C)
Band Introduction (C)
Set 2Where Have All The Good Times Gone (A)
Rocket Man (B/A)
Bennie And The Jets (A)
Teacher I Need You (A)
Dear John (A)
Your Song (A)
Saturday Nights Alright (A)
Daniel (A)
Crocodile Rock (A)
Rock 'n' Roll Medley (A)
Set 3
CommentElton's July 7, 1982 show was broadcast live throughout the United States on the NBC radio network. With millions of fans listening, Elton delivered what may have been his best performance of the 1980s. Elton's vocals are first rate - no hoarseness and plenty of successfully hit high notes (it doesn't hurt that the sound crew mixed Elton's vocals with a healthy dose of reverb). The band for the 1982 tour is spectacular. Nigel Olsson, Dee Murray and Davey Johnstone joined Elton for the first time since 1975. Elton and the band deliver great versions of Better Off Dead, Empty Garden, Someone Saved My Life Tonight, Ticking, Elton's Song and Chloe as well as a soaring Rocket Man. To my knowledge this concert has never been professionally bootlegged. There are at least four different versions of this show in circulation.

A - Complete FM master; previously circulated with two bonus tracks from "Rainbow Rock"
B - Incomplete FM master
C - Complete FM master taped from KEZY FM in Anaheim, CA