Honky Château

Tracklist

• 12" Vinyl 1: Original Album
• 1
  Honky Cat
  5:11
  3.2 ★
• 2
  Mellow
  5:32
  3.0 ★
• 3
  I Think I’m Going to Kill Myself
  3:34
  4.0 ★
• 4
  Susie (Dramas)
  3:24
  2.6 ★
• 5
  Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going to Be a Long, Long Time)
  4:41
  3.8 ★
• 6
  Salvation
  3:58
  2.6 ★
• 7
  Slave
  4:21
  2.6 ★
• 8
  Amy
  4:02
  2.4 ★
• 9
  Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
  5:00
  3.2 ★
• 10
  Hercules
  5:20
  2.6 ★
• 12" Vinyl 2: Honky at the Chateau (session Demos)
• 1
  Salvation (session demo)
  4:23
• 2
  Susie (Dramas) [session demo]
  3:56
• 3
  Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going to Be a long long Time) [session demo]
  5:08
• 4
  Mellow (session demo)
  6:48
• 5
  Slave (alternate 'fast' version / session demo)
  3:19
• 6
  Honky Cat (session demo)
  6:18
• 7
  I Think I’m Going to Kill Myself (session demo)
  6:37
• 8
  Hercules (session demo)
  7:17
• 9
  Slave (session demo)
  5:46

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Release credits

• Alain Hatot
  saxophone [1]
• Davey Johnstone
  background vocals [3, 5-6, 8, 10], banjo [1, 7], guitar [2-3, 5-10], mandolin [9]
• David Hentschel
  synthesizer [5, 10]
• Dee Murray
  background vocals [3, 5-6, 8, 10], bass guitar [1-10]
• Elton John
  electric piano [1], lead vocals [1-10], organ [2], piano [1-10]
• Gus Dudgeon
  additional [10], background vocals [10], brass [1], producer [1-10], whistle [10]
• Ivan Jullien
  trumpet [1]
• Jacques Bolognesi
  trombone [1]
• Jean-Louis Chautemps
  saxophone [1]
• Jean‐Luc Ponty
  electric violin [2, 8]
• Ken Scott
  engineer [1-10]
• Larry Steele
  additional [6], background vocals [6]
• Liza Strike
  additional [6], background vocals [6]
• Madeline Bell
  additional [6], background vocals [6]
• Nigel Olsson
  background vocals [3, 5-6, 8, 10], drums (drum set) [1-8, 10], tambourine [2, 4]
• Ray Cooper
  congas [8]
• Tony Hazzard
  additional [6, 10], background vocals [6, 10]
• ‘Legs’ Larry Smith
  tap dance [3]
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  Honky Château

  12" Vinyl
  19 May 1972
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  Honky Château

  12" Vinyl
  26 May 1972
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  Honky Château

  12" Vinyl
  5 July 1972
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  Honky Château

  12" Vinyl
  1972
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  Honky Château

  CD (reissue, PMDC)
  1990
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  Honky Château

  CD (Ultradisc II)
  1993
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  Honky Château

  CD
  31 July 1995
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  Honky Château

  CD (club edition)
  1995
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  Honky Château

  CD
  1996
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  Honky Château

  Hybrid SACD (CD layer), Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, 2 channels), Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, multichannel)
  2004
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  Honky Château

  SHM-CD
  24 September 2008
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  Honky Château

  12" Vinyl
  30 June 2017
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  Honky Château

  SHM-CD
  7 August 2019
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  Honky Château

  2x Digital Media (50th Anniversary Edition)
  24 March 2023
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  Honky Château

  2x CD (50th anniversary edition)
  24 March 2023
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  Honky Château

  2x 12" Vinyl (50th anniversary edition)
  24 March 2023
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  Honky Château

  CD
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  Honky Château

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  Honky Château

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  CD
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  Honky Château

  Digital Media
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  Honky Château

  CD (pressed by Technicolor, Guadalajara, Mexico)
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