Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy as such. In later years, it was also produced in smaller versions, for the 2005 Deluxe Edition CD with limited edition copies pressed on brown vinyl. In 1976, Bally released a Capt. Fantastic pinball machine with artwork by Dave Christensen of Elton John in his "pinball wizard" character from the movie "Tommy". In 1977, Bally released a "home model" version with artwork by Alan Aldridge. Both "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" and "Philadelphia Freedom" were originally released as non-album singles, but years later both songs, along with "Lucy"'s B-Side, the John Lennon-penned "One Day (At a Time)", were included
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy to make a lasting contribution to rock." In a 2006 interview with Cameron Crowe, John said, "I've always thought that "Captain Fantastic" was probably my finest album because it wasn't commercial in any way. We did have songs such as "Someone Saved My Life Tonight," which is one of the best songs that Bernie and I have ever written together, but whether a song like that could be a single these days, since it's [more than] six minutes long, is questionable. "Captain Fantastic" was written from start to finish in running order, as a kind of story about coming to