elton john recorded the 1975 album 'captain fantastic and the brown dirt cowboy'.
elton john recorded the 1975 album 'captain fantastic and the brown dirt cowboy'.
who recorded the1975 album 'captain fantastic and the brown dirt cowboy'?
elton john
captain fantastic and the brown dirt cowboy is the ninth studio album by elton john. the album is an autobiographical account of the early musical careers of elton john (captain fantastic) and bernie taupin (the brown dirt cowboy). it was released in may 1975 by mca in america and djm in the uk. it debuted at number 1 on the us "billboard" 200, the first album to do so, reportedly selling 1.4 million copies in its first 4 days of release, and stayed in that position for seven weeks. though they would all appear on later albums as guest musicians, this was the last album with the original lineup of the elton john band (guitarist davey johnstone, bassist dee murray, and drummer nigel olsson). murray and olsson, who had formed john's rhythm section since 1970, were sacked prior to the recording of the follow-up album "rock of the westies", while johnstone would leave in 1978. this was the last album until "too low for zero" that elton john and his classic band would play on together.
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written, according to lyricist bernie taupin, in chronological order, "captain fantastic" is a concept album that gives an autobiographical glimpse at the struggles john (captain fantastic) and taupin (the brown dirt cowboy) had in the early years of their musical careers in london (from 1967 to 1969), leading up to john's eventual breakthrough in 1970. the lyrics and accompanying photo booklet are infused with a specific sense of place and time that would otherwise be rare in john's music. john composed the music on a ship voyage from the uk to new york.
captain fantastic and the brown dirt cowboy