The Collection

Tracklist

• 1
  Funeral for a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding
  11:07
  3.6 ★
• 2
  Sweet Painted Lady
  3:52
  3.3 ★
• 3
  Elderberry Wine
  3:32
  3.6 ★
• 4
  Come Down in Time
  3:29
  2.6 ★
• 5
  I Need You to Turn To
  2:33
  2.6 ★
• 6
  Border Song
  3:24
  3.6 ★
• 7
  Crocodile Rock
  3:52
  3.4 ★
• 8
  Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
  5:01
  3.0 ★
• 9
  The Greatest Discovery
  4:11
  2.6 ★
• 10
  Country Comfort
  5:09
  3.0 ★
• 11
  Blues for My Baby and Me
  5:41
  3.5 ★
• 12
  Harmony
  2:47
  3.1 ★
• 13
  Teacher I Need You
  4:12
  2.6 ★
• 14
  Ballad of a Well Known Gun
  4:55
  3.0 ★

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Release credits

• Alain Hatot
  saxophone [3]
• Barbara Moore
  chorus master [6]
• Barry Morgan
  drums (drum set) [4, 6, 10]
• Brian Dee
  organ [6]
• Caleb Quaye
  acoustic guitar [10, 14], guitar [14], solo [14]
• Chris Laurence
  double bass [4]
• Clive Hicks
  guitar [6, 9]
• Colin Green
  guitar [6]
• Dave Richmond
  bass guitar [6, 9]
• Davey Johnstone
  acoustic guitar [2, 11-13], background vocals [1, 12-13], electric guitar [1, 3, 7, 11], guitar [8], mandolin [8], sitar [11]
• David Glover
  bass guitar [14]
• David Hentschel
  engineer [1-2, 12], synthesizer [1]
• Dee Murray
  background vocals [1, 10, 12-13], bass guitar [1-3, 7-8, 11-13]
• Del Newman
  orchestrator [2, 12]
• Dusty Springfield
  background vocals [14]
• Elton John
  farfisa [7], harpsichord [5], lead vocals, mellotron [13], piano [1-3, 6-14]
• Gordon Huntley
  steel guitar [10]
• Gus Dudgeon
  brass [3], producer
• Herbie Flowers
  bass guitar [4, 10]
• Ian Duck
  harmonica [10]
• Ivan Jullien
  trumpet [3]
• Jacques Bolognesi
  trombone [3]
• Jean-Louis Chautemps
  saxophone [3]
• Johnny Van Derek
  violin [10]
• Karl Jenkins
  oboe [4]
• Kay Garner
  background vocals [6]
• Ken Scott
  engineer [3, 7-8, 11, 13]
• Les Thatcher
  12 string guitar [10], acoustic guitar [4]
• Lesley Duncan
  background vocals [6, 14]
• Madeline Bell
  background vocals [6, 14]
• Nigel Olsson
  background vocals [1, 10, 12-13], drums (drum set) [2-3, 7, 11-13], membranophone [1], tambourine [2]
• Paul Buckmaster
  arranger [5-6, 9], cello [9], conductor [5-6, 9], orchestrator [11], solo [9]
• Robin Geoffrey Cable
  engineer [4-6, 9-10, 14]
• Roger Cook
  background vocals [6]
• Roger Pope
  drums (drum set) [14], percussion [14]
• Roland Harker
  guitar [5]
• Skaila Kanga
  harp [4-5, 9]
• Terry Cox
  drums (drum set) [9]
• Tony Burrows
  background vocals [6, 14]
• Tony Hazzard
  background vocals [6, 14]
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Issues

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  T
  The Collection

  CD
  1989