Never Too Late: The Deeper Cuts

Tracklist

• 1
  Come Back Baby

  Elton John & Bluesology
  2:45
• 2
  Amoreena
  5:02
  3.6 ★
• 3
  Curtains
  6:34
  3.5 ★
• 4
  Take Me to the Pilot
  3:46
  4.0 ★
• 5
  The Cage
  3:28
  3.5 ★
• 6
  The King Must Die
  5:21
  4.0 ★
• 7
  Rock and Roll Madonna (incomplete band demo)
  2:53
• 8
  Bad Side of the Moon (single version)
  3:15
  3.5 ★
• 9
  Levon (remastered 2016)
  5:20
  3.5 ★
• 10
  All the Nasties (remastered 2016)
  5:07
  3.0 ★
• 11
  Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters (remastered 2017)
  5:00
  4.0 ★
• 12
  Thank You for All Your Loving (band version)
  3:27
• 13
  I’m Going to Be a Teenage Idol
  3:55
  3.5 ★
• 14
  I’ve Seen That Movie Too (remastered 2014)
  5:57
  3.3 ★
• 15
  Grey Seal (remastered 2014)
  4:00
  3.4 ★
• 16
  Medley: Funeral for a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding (remastered 2014)
  11:06
  4.1 ★
• 17
  You’re So Static (remastered 1995)
  4:53
  3.5 ★
• 18
  Whatever Gets You Thru the Night (live from Madison Square Garden, USA/1974)

  John Lennon & Elton John
  4:40
  3.0 ★
• 19
  I Saw Her Standing There (live from Madison Square Garden, USA/1974)

  John Lennon & Elton John
  3:42
• 20
  Empty Sky
  8:29
  4.0 ★
• 21
  Come Down in Time (jazz version)
  7:41
• 22
  Mellow (remastered 2017)
  5:32
  3.5 ★
• 23
  The Ballad of Danny Bailey (1909–1934) (remastered 2014)
  4:23
  3.6 ★
• 24
  Lady Samantha
  3:02
  3.0 ★
• 25
  (Gotta Get a) Meal Ticket (remastered 2016)
  4:02
  3.0 ★
• 26
  Street Kids (remastered 2017)
  6:25
  3.6 ★
• 27
  Dan Dare (Pilot of the Future)
  3:29
  3.5 ★
• 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
  3.5 ★
• 31
  Ticking (remastered 2017)
  7:37
  3.5 ★
• 32
  Razor Face (piano demo)
  3:45
• 33
  My Father’s Gun
  6:20
  4.0 ★
• 34
  Rolling Western Union (piano demo)
  3:54
• 35
  I Feel Like a Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford)
  5:27
  3.5 ★
• 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
• 39
  Skyline Pigeon (piano version / remastered 2017)
  3:54
• 40
  Sing Me No Sad Songs (band demo)
  2:39
• 41
  Amy (remastered 2017)
  4:02
  3.0 ★
• 42
  Tell Me When the Whistle Blows (remastered 2016)
  4:21
  3.5 ★
• 43
  Hard Luck Story
  5:16
  3.0 ★
• 44
  Cold Highway (remastered 1995)
  3:25
  3.5 ★
• 45
  High Flying Bird
  4:12
  3.0 ★
• 46
  Where to Now St. Peter? (remastered 2017)
  4:13
  3.0 ★
• 47
  This Song Has No Title (remastered 2014)
  2:23
  3.3 ★
• 48
  Salvation (remastered 2017)
  3:58
  3.5 ★
• 49
  Madman Across the Water

  feat. Mick Ronson
  8:52
  3.6 ★
• 50
  Chameleon (remastered 2017)
  5:29
  3.6 ★
• 51
  I Think I’m Going to Kill Myself (remastered 2017)
  3:34
  4.2 ★
• 52
  Boogie Pilgrim (remastered 2017)
  6:07
  3.0 ★
• 53
  The Greatest Discovery
  4:12
  3.5 ★
• 54
  Sixty Years On (UK release mix)
  7:22
  3.0 ★
• 55
  Better Off Dead
  2:37
  3.5 ★
• 56
  We All Fall in Love Sometimes
  4:12
  3.5 ★
• 57
  Goodbye (piano demo)
  1:58
• 58
  Dick Barton Theme (The Devil’s Gallop)

  Bread and Beer Band
  2:14

More by Elton John

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 1973

Chosen Family

Chosen Family 2021

Honky Château

Honky Château 1972

Madman Across the Water

Madman Across the Water 1971

Elton John

Elton John 1970

Who Believes in Angels?

Who Believes in Angels? 2025

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]
• Show all credits (80)

Issues

• 

  N
  Never Too Late: The Deeper Cuts

  Digital Media
  13 December 2024