Philadelphia Freedom (song) Page, including flutes, horns, and strings. The song made its album debut on 1977's "Elton John's Greatest Hits Volume II". The unedited version (without an early fade out) appears on the box set "To Be Continued..." and the 40th anniversary edition of the "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy" album. Recorded in the summer of 1974, during breaks between sessions for "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy", the song was at the time the only song Elton John and Bernie Taupin had ever consciously written as a single, as John told journalist Paul Gambaccini. John was looking to
Flowers in the Dirt commercial fortunes, he must have realised that his records hadn't been treated seriously for years, so he decided to make a full-fledged comeback effort with Flowers in the Dirt." Writing for the "Chicago Tribune", David Silverman wrote that the album was "a welcome, if not wholly fantastic, return from the "fabbest" of the Fab Four". Following tracks are included on bonus disc. Disc 1 The original 13-track album. Disc 2 – Paul McCartney and Elvis Costello original demos<br> All songs written and performed by Paul McCartney and Elvis Costello, as an acoustic duo Disc 3 – Paul McCartney and Elvis