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Elton John- DUETS- CD- 1993/2003- The Rocket Records Company/Happenstance Ltd.- 731451847820- 400 grn
DUETS is the first collaboration album by English musician Elton John, released in November 23, 1993. DUETS was released on a single CD, a single cassette and also as a double vinyl LP in the UK, with a slightly different running order. It was initially a Christmas project of John's, but that soon grew into an album of its own (Elton John's Christmas Party). The live version of "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" with George Michael, track number 15 on the album, had already become a UK/US No. 1 hit in 1991. This is one of only 3 albums released between 1983 and 2016 without John's regular guitar player, Davey Johnstone.
PERSONNEL: Elton John – piano, keyboards, Roland RD-1000 digital piano, vocals; Robert Ahwai, Martin Bliss, Mark Goldenberg, Paul Jackson Jr., Danny Jacob, Michael Thompson – guitar; Eddie Bayers, Curt Bisquera, Ricky Fataar, Ed Greene, John Guerin, Jonathan Moffett, John Robinson, Chuck Sabo – drums; Louis Biancaniello – keyboards, synthesizer, programming; Ray Brown, Nathan East, Deon Estus, Malcolm Foster, James "Hutch" Hutchinson, Sylvan Marc, Michael Rhodes, Phil Spalding, Neil Stubenhaus, Freddie Washington – bass guitar; Robbie Buchanan – keyboards, programming; Chris Cameron, Jamie Perkins, Scott Plunkett, David Clayton, Etyenne Lytel, Guy Babylon, Mark Taylor – keyboards; Bill Churchfield – horn; Leonard Cohen – vocals; Luis Conte – congas; Jim Cox – Hammond organ, piano; Danny Cummings – percussion; P.M. Dawn, Kiki Dee – vocals; Marcella Detroit – vocals, guitar, harmonica; Martin Ditcham – drums, percussion; Alan Estes – bells, tambourine, vibraphone; Brandon Fields, Joel Peskin – tenor saxophone; Paul Franklin – steel guitar; Gary Grant, Jerry Hey – trumpet; Steve Grove, Andy Hamilton, Plas Johnson, Lon Price, Greg Smith – saxophone; Don Henley – vocals; Dan Higgins, Stephen Kupka – baritone saxophone; Dann Huff – electric guitar; Nik Kershaw – vocals; Herold Klosser – keyboards, programming; Mike Knapp – Roland TB-303 bassline; Gladys Knight – vocals; k.d. lang – vocals; George Michael – vocals; Max Middleton – piano, keyboards; Giorgio Moroder, Derrick Perkins, Matthew Vaughan – programming; Phil Naish – synthesizer; Dean Parks – guitar, lap steel guitar; Greg Phillinganes – piano; Don Potter – acoustic guitar; Billy Preston – Hammond organ B3; Bonnie Raitt – vocals, slide guitar; Chris Rea – vocals, steel guitar, guitar; Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone; Little Richard – vocals, piano; RuPaul – vocals; Corrado Rustici – mandolin; Thomas Schobel – sequencer; Beverley Skeete – backing vocals; Lee Thornburg – trombone, trumpet; Narada Michael Walden – arrangements and vocal arrangement; Greg Wells – Hammond organ; Stevie Wonder – arrangements, backing vocals and all instruments; Tammy Wynette – vocals; Paul Young – vocals.
It is a credit to Elton John's gregarious nature and artistic malleability that DUETS works on so many different levels despite having a line-up of partners that appear to have been picked by someone throwing darts at a list of names. Some appear to make sense whereas others seem unfathomable. It's only proper that EJ's first and most successful partner Kiki Dee returns on a lush remake of Cole Porter's "True Love," while drag superstar RuPaul kitschs it up in Dee's place during a high energy reading of "Don't Go Breaking My Heart." Bonnie Raitt helps our hero take the standard "Love Letters" to church with some aid from Billy Preston's sanctified piano playing, whereas the faux countrypolitan pacing of "Born To Lose" works surprisingly well in accommodating both John's supple tenor and Leonard Cohen's low rumble of a voice. Elton John's solo singing is given excellent representation by "Duets For One''.
Comes In A Standard Jewel Case With Black Tray Includes 12-Page Booklet.
On CD: Made In Germany By EDC.
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