4x CD (40th Anniversary super deluxe edition)

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Album by Elton John

Released 5 October 1973

rock glam rock pop rock

Release credits

Al Gare
bass guitar [7]
Ann Marie Calhoun
mandolin [1], viola [3, 6], violin [1, 3-4, 6]
Ben Robinson
drums (drum set) [2]
Bill Cinque
bass guitar [3-4]
Brandon Conway
assistant [9]
Chris Bolster
recording [7]
Chris Fryar
drums (drum set) [9]
Chris Loco
keyboard [6], producer [6], programming [6], recording [6]
Clay Cook
Hammond organ [9], background vocals [9], electric guitar [9], mellotron [9], piano [9], producer [9]
Coy Bowles
acoustic guitar [9]
Darrel Higham
electric guitar [7]
Davey Johnstone
acoustic guitar [2.12, 1.3, 1.8-9, 1.15, 1.17], background vocals [2.19, 1.1-2, 1.4, 1.10, 1.13, 1.17], banjo [16], electric guitar [2.12, 1.1-4, 1.6-8, 1.10-14, 1.16], guitar [3.2, 3.4, 3.6, 3.8, 2.19, 4.7-8], mandolin [12], slide guitar [2.12-13, 1.13], steel guitar [15]
David Hentschel
engineer [1-17], synthesizer [1, 12]
David Priseman
acoustic guitar [7], trumpet [7]
Dee Murray
background vocals [1.1-2, 1.4, 1.10, 1.13, 1.17, 2.19], bass [19], bass guitar [3.2, 3.4, 3.6, 3.8, 1.1-4, 1.6-17, 4.7-8, 2.12-13, 2.19]
Del Newman
orchestrator [4, 8-10, 15, 17]
Ed Sheeran
acoustic guitar [1], bass guitar [1], cajón [1], lead vocals [1], producer [1], shakers [1]
Elton John
electric piano [5-6, 11], farfisa [5, 13], lead vocals [1.1-17, 2.11-14, 2.16, 2.19], mellotron [5-6, 11], organ [3, 7], piano [2.13, 2.16, 2.19, 3.2, 3.4, 3.6, 3.8, 1.1-6, 1.8-10, 1.12-17, 4.7-8], vocal [3.2, 3.4, 3.6, 3.8, 4.7-8, 2.19]
Gene Page
orchestrator [18-19]
Geoff Zanelli
additional [6], strings [3, 6]
Graham Sharp
banjo [4]
Gus Dudgeon
producer [1.1-17, 2.16, 2.18-19]
Hunter Hayes
Wurlitzer electric piano [3], guitar [3], keyboard [3], percussion [3], producer [3]
Jason Bonham
drums (drum set) [2]
Jeff Alan Ross
Wurlitzer electric piano [4], farfisa [4], mellotron [5], synthesizer [5]
Jeff Gartenbaum
background vocals [2], recording [2]
Jeff Griffin
producer [4.7-8, 3.2, 3.4, 3.6, 3.8]
Jim Keltner
drums (drum set) [3]
Jimmy De Martini
background vocals [9], violin [9]
John Driskell Hopkins
background vocals [9], bass guitar [9]
Kiki Dee
background vocals [12]
Leroy Gomez
saxophone [16]
Matt Mangano
engineer [9], mix [9], producer [9]
Miguel
background vocals [2], lead vocals [2], producer [2], vocal [2]
Nathaniel Kunkel
background vocals [2], mix [1-8], recording [1-5]
Nigel Olsson
background vocals [1.1-2, 1.4, 1.10, 1.13, 1.17, 2.19], congas [6], drums (drum set) [1.2-4, 1.6-7, 1.9-17, 2.12-13, 2.19, 4.7-8, 3.2, 3.4, 3.6, 3.8], membranophone [1.1, 1.8, 2.19], tambourine [9]
Patrick Stump
producer [8]
Peter Asher
additional [1], background vocals [3], bass guitar [5], guitar [2, 5], mix [6], percussion [1, 3, 5], producer [1-5, 7-8]
Prince Rhino
other vocals [7]
Ray Cooper
congas [19], percussion [2.19, 3.2, 3.4, 3.6, 3.8, 4.7-8], tambourine [2.19, 1.12]
Ron Nevison
engineer [19]
Ryeland Allison
drums (drum set) [4]
Sam Ellis
background vocals [3]
Seth Morton
lead vocals [4]
Stephen Hilton
additional [2, 5], drum machine [2, 5], keyboard [2], percussion [4], programming [2, 5], recording [5], synthesizer [2, 5]
Steve Aho
percussion [5]
Steve Rushton
drums (drum set) [7]
Thomas "Tom" Burns
lead vocals [2]
Tim Marchiafava
banjo [4]
Tyler Walker
assistant [9]
Victoria Asher
background vocals [2-3, 5]
Waddy Wachtel
electric guitar [4], guitar [2]
Wale
vocal [2]
Wesley Seidman
recording [8]
Zac Brown
producer [9]