Never Too Late: The Deeper Cuts

Tracklist

• 1
  Come Back Baby

  Elton John & Bluesology
  2:45
• 2
  Amoreena
  5:02
  3.0 ★
• 3
  Curtains
  6:34
  2.6 ★
• 4
  Take Me to the Pilot
  3:46
  3.0 ★
• 5
  The Cage
  3:28
  2.6 ★
• 6
  The King Must Die
  5:21
  3.0 ★
• 7
  Rock and Roll Madonna (incomplete band demo)
  2:53
• 8
  Bad Side of the Moon (single version)
  3:15
  3.2 ★
• 9
  Levon (remastered 2016)
  5:20
  2.9 ★
• 10
  All the Nasties (remastered 2016)
  5:07
  2.2 ★
• 11
  Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters (remastered 2017)
  5:00
  3.2 ★
• 12
  Thank You for All Your Loving (band version)
  3:27
• 13
  I’m Going to Be a Teenage Idol
  3:55
  3.0 ★
• 14
  I’ve Seen That Movie Too (remastered 2014)
  5:57
  3.1 ★
• 15
  Grey Seal (remastered 2014)
  4:00
  3.2 ★
• 16
  Medley: Funeral for a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding (remastered 2014)
  11:06
  3.6 ★
• 17
  You’re So Static (remastered 1995)
  4:53
  2.6 ★
• 18
  Whatever Gets You Thru the Night (live from Madison Square Garden, USA/1974)

  John Lennon & Elton John
  4:40
  2.5 ★
• 19
  I Saw Her Standing There (live from Madison Square Garden, USA/1974)

  John Lennon & Elton John
  3:42
  2.0 ★
• 20
  Empty Sky
  8:29
  2.6 ★
• 21
  Come Down in Time (jazz version)
  7:41
  2.0 ★
• 22
  Mellow (remastered 2017)
  5:32
  3.0 ★
• 23
  The Ballad of Danny Bailey (1909–1934) (remastered 2014)
  4:23
  3.3 ★
• 24
  Lady Samantha
  3:02
  2.6 ★
• 25
  (Gotta Get a) Meal Ticket (remastered 2016)
  4:02
  2.4 ★
• 26
  Street Kids (remastered 2017)
  6:25
  3.0 ★
• 27
  Dan Dare (Pilot of the Future)
  3:29
  3.6 ★
• 28
  Can I Put You On
  5:57
  4.0 ★
• 29
  Rock Me When He’s Gone (full version)
  7:11
• 30
  Have Mercy on the Criminal (remastered 2017)
  5:56
  2.6 ★
• 31
  Ticking (remastered 2017)
  7:37
  2.6 ★
• 32
  Razor Face (piano demo)
  3:45
• 33
  My Father’s Gun
  6:20
  3.5 ★
• 34
  Rolling Western Union (piano demo)
  3:54
• 35
  I Feel Like a Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford)
  5:27
  2.6 ★
• 36
  Blues for Baby and Me (remastered 2017)
  5:40
  3.5 ★
• 37
  It’s Me That You Need (band demo)
  4:03
• 38
  Michelle’s Song (from “Friends” Soundtrack)
  4:20
  1.0 ★
• 39
  Skyline Pigeon (piano version / remastered 2017)
  3:54
  1.0 ★
• 40
  Sing Me No Sad Songs (band demo)
  2:39
• 41
  Amy (remastered 2017)
  4:02
  2.4 ★
• 42
  Tell Me When the Whistle Blows (remastered 2016)
  4:21
  2.6 ★
• 43
  Hard Luck Story
  5:16
  3.0 ★
• 44
  Cold Highway (remastered 1995)
  3:25
  3.2 ★
• 45
  High Flying Bird
  4:12
  2.0 ★
• 46
  Where to Now St. Peter? (remastered 2017)
  4:13
  2.6 ★
• 47
  This Song Has No Title (remastered 2014)
  2:23
  3.1 ★
• 48
  Salvation (remastered 2017)
  3:58
  2.6 ★
• 49
  Madman Across the Water

  feat. Mick Ronson
  8:52
  3.8 ★
• 50
  Chameleon (remastered 2017)
  5:29
  3.0 ★
• 51
  I Think I’m Going to Kill Myself (remastered 2017)
  3:34
  4.0 ★
• 52
  Boogie Pilgrim (remastered 2017)
  6:07
  2.5 ★
• 53
  The Greatest Discovery
  4:12
  2.6 ★
• 54
  Sixty Years On (UK release mix)
  7:22
  2.0 ★
• 55
  Better Off Dead
  2:37
  2.6 ★
• 56
  We All Fall in Love Sometimes
  4:12
  3.0 ★
• 57
  Goodbye (piano demo)
  1:58
• 58
  Dick Barton Theme (The Devil’s Gallop)

  Bread and Beer Band
  2:14

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Release credits

• Alain Hatot
  saxophone [13]
• Alan Parker
  guitar [4]
• Alan Weighall
  bass guitar [4-5]
• Barry Morgan
  drums (drum set) [4-5, 9]
• Barry St. John
  background vocals [9]
• Brian Dee
  harmonium [9]
• Brian Odgers
  bass guitar [9]
• Bruce Johnston
  arranger [50], background vocals [50]
• Caleb Quaye
  acoustic guitar [33, 35, 46, 50], background vocals [26-27, 43], congas [39], electric guitar [9, 26, 26-27, 33, 35, 43, 50], guitar [2, 4-5, 21, 24, 28, 39, 46], solo [2, 4, 26, 46]
• Cantores in Ecclesia Choir
  choir vocals [10]
• Cidny Bullens
  background vocals [50]
• Clive Franks
  assistant [39], engineer [17, 31]
• Clive Hicks
  acoustic guitar [5], guitar [6, 53]
• Clydie King
  background vocals [17]
• Cornerstone Institutional Baptist Choir
  choir vocals [52]
• Curt Becher
  background vocals [50]
• Dave Glover
  bass guitar [21]
• Dave Richmond
  bass guitar [53]
• Davey Johnstone
  acoustic guitar [13-14, 25, 35-36, 55-56], background vocals [3, 13, 16, 23, 25-27, 41, 43, 48, 51, 55-56], electric guitar [3, 13-17, 23, 25-26, 30, 35, 35-36, 42-43, 56], guitar [11, 22, 27, 41, 48, 51], mandolin [11], sitar [36], slide guitar [26, 52], solo [35], talkbox [27]
• David Glover
  bass guitar [33, 46]
• David Hentschel
  engineer [14-16, 23, 47], string synthesizer [3, 56], synthesizer [16, 31]
• Dee Murray
  background vocals [3, 13, 16, 23, 25, 41, 46, 48, 51, 54-56], bass [49], bass guitar [2-3, 10-11, 13-17, 22-23, 25, 30, 36, 41-42, 48, 51, 55-56], electric bass guitar [28, 54], guitar [54]
• Del Newman
  orchestrator [14, 23]
• Dennis "Ace" Lopez
  percussion [4, 6]
• Diana Lewis
  Moog [5]
• Don Fay
  flute [39], tenor saxophone [39]
• Dusty Springfield
  background vocals [33]
• Earle Mankey
  engineer [50]
• Elton John
  Rhodes piano [42], background vocals [26-27], clavinet [25, 42], electric piano [15, 24, 47], farfisa [47], harpsichord [3, 56], lead vocals [2-6, 8-11, 13-17, 20, 22-27, 30-31, 33, 35-36, 41-44, 46-56], mellotron [3, 15, 47, 56], organ [2, 22, 24], piano [2-5, 9-11, 13-17, 22-23, 25-27, 30-31, 33, 35-36, 39, 41, 43, 46-56], vocal [21, 39]
• Frank Clark
  double bass [6]
• Frank Owen
  engineer [20]
• Gene Morford
  background vocals [50]
• Gene Page
  orchestrator [42]
• Graham Vickery
  harmonica [20, 39]
• Greg Penny
  mix [21]
• Gus Dudgeon
  engineer [50, 52], producer [2-6, 9-11, 13-17, 21-23, 25-27, 30-31, 33, 35-36, 39, 41-43, 46-56]
• Ivan Jullien
  trumpet [13]
• Jacques Bolognesi
  trombone [13]
• James Newton Howard
  clavinet [27], electric piano [35, 43], organ [52], synthesizer [35]
• Jean-Louis Chautemps
  saxophone [13]
• Jean‐Luc Ponty
  electric violin [22, 41]
• Jeff Guercio
  engineer [3, 25-27, 35, 42-43, 55-56]
• John Stewart
  producer [50, 52]
• Jon Joyce
  background vocals [50]
• Kay Garner
  background vocals [4-5, 33]
• Ken Scott
  engineer [11, 13, 22, 30, 36, 41, 48, 51]
• Kenny Passarelli
  background vocals [26-27, 43], bass [50], bass guitar [26-27, 35, 43, 50, 52]
• Kiki Dee
  background vocals [26-27, 43]
• Larry Steele
  additional [48], background vocals [48]
• Les Hurdle
  bass guitar [6]
• Les Thatcher
  acoustic guitar [9]
• Lesley Duncan
  background vocals [4-5, 9, 33]
• Liza Strike
  additional [48], background vocals [9, 48]
• Madeline Bell
  additional [48], background vocals [4-5, 33, 48]
• Mark Guercio
  assistant [3, 25-27, 35, 42-43, 55-56]
• Mark Howlett
  engineer [52]
• Mick Ronson
  acoustic guitar [49], electric guitar [49], guitar [49]
• Nigel Olsson
  background vocals [3, 13, 16, 23, 25, 41, 46, 48, 51, 55-56], congas [15], drums (drum set) [2-3, 10, 13, 15, 22-23, 25, 28, 30, 36, 41-42, 48-49, 51, 54-56], membranophone [14, 16-17, 54], tambourine [22]
• Paul Buckmaster
  arranger [4-6, 53], cello [53], conductor [4-6, 53], orchestrator [30, 36], solo [53]
• Phil Ramone
  recording [54]
• Ray Cooper
  bell [3, 56], castanets [17], congas [3, 26, 41-43, 56], shakers [50], snare drum [17], tambourine [3, 10, 17, 25-27, 35, 42, 52, 56], triangle [55], vibraphone [35, 50]
• Rev. James Cleveland
  chorus master [52]
• Robin Geoffrey Cable
  engineer [2, 4-6, 9-10, 21, 33, 46, 53]
• Roger Cook
  background vocals [4-5]
• Roger Pope
  drums (drum set) [21, 33, 39, 46, 50, 52], membranophone [24, 26-27, 35, 43, 50], percussion [39]
• Ron Hicklin
  background vocals [50]
• Sean Magee
  engineer [21]
• Skaila Kanga
  harp [53]
• Southern California Community Choir
  choir vocals [52]
• Steve Brown
  producer [20, 24]
• Sue & Sunny
  background vocals [9]
• Terry Cox
  drums (drum set) [6, 53]
• Tex Navarra
  percussion [5]
• The Brecker Brothers
  performer [52]
• Toni Tennille
  background vocals [50]
• Tony Burrows
  background vocals [4-5, 33]
• Tony Hazzard
  additional [48], background vocals [4-5, 33, 48]
• Tony Murray
  bass guitar [24, 39]
• Tower of Power Horn Section
  brass [17]
• ‘Legs’ Larry Smith
  tap dance [51]
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  Never Too Late: The Deeper Cuts

  Digital Media
  13 December 2024