Live In Australia With The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

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live album
First released:
Jun 29 1987

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Live in Australia with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra is a live album by Elton John and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra recorded at the Sydney Entertainment Centre on 14 December 1986. The concert was the last of a series of concerts done throughout the last two months of 1986. The concerts consisted of two sets: the first featuring Elton and his fourteen-piece band and Elton's flamboyant stage dress, featuring Mohawk and Tina Turner wigs, and the second featuring Elton, the band, and the eighty-eight piece Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. The album features most of the songs recorded in the second half of the show, excluding "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting", "Carla/Etude", "Cold as Christmas (In the Middle of the Year)" and "Slow Rivers". This was the last album to feature Elton's old vocal register prior to his throat surgery which occurred 5 January 1987. This was the last show (as of 2009) in which Elton did not wear glasses on stage. Elton's band from Leather Jackets was featured including Jody Linscott and Ray Cooper who both played percussion.

A home video release commemorated the concert and was originally released on both laserdisc and VHS, and reissued on DVD.

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Catalog number:
MCAD-8022
Release dates:
  • Jun 1987 in United States

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Classic Rock, Folk-Rock, Soft Rock. Vote on Genres

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4 stars Elton Classics Revisited
Elton's Geffen Records contract had run its course and his old home, MCA, made him an offer he couldn't refuse. MCA also wanted to bring Elton back into prominence, to regain the respect and sales he'd accumulated in the 70's. How better to do that, then, than to revisit those early songs in a live context? Better yet, Elton enlisted the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and James Newton Howard to create a televised extravaganza with eyes towards a live album. The set list leaned heavily towards the …
Written by Tim Brough "author and music buff"
3 stars Passionate or Overblown?
Being a die hard Elton fan is sometimes not easy. I've titled this review to compare two major thoughts I always have while listening to this cd. I can never quite make up my mind where this is a truly passionate delivery from Elton or just completely overblown effort. Let me explain. There's no doubt that Elton pours his heart out on this release. He was in the midst of a tabloid scandal in Britain, his latest studio album didn't do so well(Leather Jackets) and was also at the height of his dru…
Written by David Sigler

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Live In Australia With The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra 14 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Island Records
catalog number: 558477
release dates: Mar 20 2001
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Live In Australia With The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra 14 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: MCA Records
release dates: Oct 25 1990
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