Elton John - To Russia with Elton - Digi Planet International

In 1979 Elton's career started on an upward swing. He started a solo tour with just him and percussionist Ray Cooper. They embarked on a world tour that took them to places they never performed in before. Someone said that they should try performing in Russia, which at first they thought was impossible. But they were wrong. Elton became the first pop star to perform behind the Iron Curtain. Elton and Ray's stripped-down performances of songs like Bennie and the Jets, Part Time Love, Funeral for a Friend, Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Kill Myself come alive with flare. Elton does a few performances without Ray. The hightlight is the closing Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting/Pinball Wizard medley. Elton and Ray use just piano and drums here and they give off a hard-rocking medley of the classic Elton tracks.

Tracklisting:
01 Your Son
02 Daniel
03 Funeral For A Friend
04 Part Time Love
05 Bennie And The Jets
06 Sixty Years On
07 Candle In The Wind
08 Better Off Dead
09 Rocket Man
10 I Think I'm Gonna Kill Myself
11 Tonight