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Elton John 11/12/70
Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA
Set I
Country Comfort
Sixty Years On
Border Song
Amoreena
Honky Tonk Women (Jagger-Richards)
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Can I Put You On
Set II
 
Set III
 
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Elton John with Dee Murray, Nigel Olsson
November 1970 (possibly Nov. 12, 1970)

On November 12, 1970, Elton John begins a 4 night stand opening for The Kinks. The bill also includes jazz-rock band Ballin' Jack and Juicy Lucy.

Based on known setlists (above) and the fact that Wolfgang?s Vault is now broadcasting a ?Honky Tonk Women? from Nov. 12, I?m willing to bet that the 12th is the correct date for this show. (If anyone has a copy to compare this version to, please be my guest.)

Elton had only made his US debut a couple of months earlier on Aug. 25th at the Troubadour where he played 6 nights in a row before returning to the UK (presumably) to record Tumbleweed Connection which was released on Oct. 30. Next the band performed 5 East Coast concerts in Boston, Philly and Baltimore before heading out west for 1 show in San Bernadino, CA. and the 4 Fillmore shows. 2 days after the last Fillmore show, Elton and the band were in NYC at A&R Studios for the in-studio radio concert which produced the classic live album ?11-17-70" (or as it was known everywhere else, ?17-11-70"!).

This performance, only 5 days earlier, is very similar in feel and performance to that album.
Last Changed By Mike Langen
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Collectors With This Show
User (active/rating) Media / # Show Sound Details DB Source User Source
cotaper (5/4.3) flac / 1 A- View  
Notes: 55 minutes
tomtaper4 (5/3.5) CDR/FLAC / 1 A A View   SBD
Notes: Beginning of Country Comfort cut
Roy Martin\'s Music Collection (5/5) DVD / 0 View   Fillmore West (SS028)
Notes: Reel Master > DAT > HHB CDR800 > Audio Cleaning Lab 2004 (for adjustment of levels and track ID placement) > EAC > Flac Frontend 8 > You! A GuySmiley Production with special thanks to SteelysBro.
John Champion (5/5) 295 MB / 1 View   SBD
Slick2007 (5/5) FLAC / 1 A- View  
Gary (5/4.3) CDR / 1 View  
Notes: SBD>MR>DAT>CD>EAC>Flac
BILL SCARNATI (5/4) / 1 View  
Yojimbo_ (4/0) / 0 View   liberated boot
Jeff Hyman (3/5) cdr / 1 A View   sbd
Notes: "Rock of the Fillmore Westies"
zowie (3/5) cd / 1 a- View   sdb
Chris Fraher (3/5) CD-R / 1 View   SBD
jim barraford (3/5) / 0 View  
Rich Willis (3/0) CDR / 1 View  
Notes: SBD
jacob (3/5) CD / 1 View  
Tom Owens (3/5) FLAC / 1 View  
Notes: SBD "Rock of the Fillmore Westies"
CMFrolio (2/5) flac / 1 View  
Notes: sbd
Mike Langen (2/4.9) cdr/shn / 1 A View   sbrd
Notes: Based on known setlists (above) and the fact that Wolfgang?s Vault is now broadcasting a ?Honky Tonk Women? from Nov. 12, I?m willing to bet that the 12th is the correct date for this show. (If anyone has a copy to compare this version to, please be my guest.) Elton had only made his US debut a couple of months earlier on Aug. 25th at the Troubadour where he played 6 nights in a row before returning to the UK (presumably) to record Tumbleweed Connection which was released on Oct. 30. Next the band performed 5 East Coast concerts in Boston, Philly and Baltimore before heading out west for 1 show in San Bernadino, CA. and the 4 Fillmore shows. 2 days after the last Fillmore show, Elton and the band were in NYC at A&R Studios for the in-studio radio concert which produced the classic live album ?11-17-70" (or as it was known everywhere else, ?17-11-70"!). This performance, only 5 days earlier, is very similar in feel and performance to that album - though that shouldn?t detract from your enjoyment of it one bit. Levels were a bit oversaturated on the original DAT transfer and were reduced to avoid any further clipping or distortion. Reel Master > DAT > HHB CDR800 > Audio Cleaning Lab 2004 (for adjustment of levels and track ID placement) > EAC > Flac Frontend 8 > You! A GuySmiley Production with special thanks to SteelysBro.
Shawnee (2/5) CDR / 1 View  
Erick (2/3) FLAC / 1 View  
slslbs (2/5) FLAC / 1 A A View   Reel Master > DAT > HHB CDR800 > Audio Cleaning Lab 2004 (for adjustment of levels and...
Canyon (2/5) audio / 1 View   SBD(wgv)>RealTek>CDWAV>CD>EAC>FLAC
Notes: M
saxon747 (2/4) CD / 1 View  
Lisa Nash (2/1) CDR / 1 View  
Kevin Boland (1/4.7) CDR / 1 View  
Carter (1/5) CDR / 1 A A View  
phil (1/5) CD-R / 1 View   Reel Master > DAT > HHB CDR800 > Audio Cleaning Lab 2004 (for adjustment of levels and...
Notes: Elton John with Dee Murray, Nigel Olsson
Jim O'Brien (1/4.9) CD / 1 View   WGV 44/16>Soundtek Card>CDWAV>CD
Notes: on wgv dvd #1
Mike Kelly (1/4.3) cdr / 1 A View   Soundboard
Notes: Wolfgang's Vault boot. a couple of songs are incomplete.
CDJones (1/5) FLAC/CDR / 1 View  
CDJones (1/5) FLAC/CDR / 1 View  
Notes: WV