Elton John (Best CD's)

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Elton John (Best CD's)

Postby JWB » Thu Apr 14, 2005 4:16 am

So - are the DJM's the best discs?

And the Polydors are clones of the DJM's?

I see some Canadian Polydors for sale and I was wondering if those were the good ones.

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Postby Andreas » Thu Apr 14, 2005 5:07 am

(did you already post your Who conclusions? I'd be interested)

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Postby JWB » Sun Apr 17, 2005 8:39 pm

So are the Polydors ALL clones of the DJM's, or what?

Help me out people!

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Postby Xenu » Sun Apr 17, 2005 8:52 pm

I think this might be a question for Mr. Hunte...?
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Postby JWB » Mon Apr 18, 2005 8:46 am

Thanks guys. Not.

I dug around and found this:

http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showpost.php?p=142603&postcount=18

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Postby JWB » Mon Apr 18, 2005 8:53 am

Do any of you cunts want to swap CDR's and fill in all the blanks here?

I have the DJM "Piano Player", so we can figure that one out if anybody has the MCA or Polydor.

It would also be nice if we could figure out which ones are BEST.


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"Empty Sky" - DJM and Polydor the same. MCA different.

"Elton John" - DJM, MCA and Polydor all different.

"Tumbleweed Connection" - DJM and Polydor the same. MCA different.

"11-17-70" - I only own the Polydor - not tested yet.

"Madman Across The Water" - Don't own the DJM. MCA and Polydor the
same.

"Honky Chateau" - DJM and Polydor the same. MCA different.

"Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only The Piano Player" - Don't own the DJM. MCA and Polydor the same.

"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" - DJM, MCA and Polydor (single disc) all the same.

"Caribou" - Don't own any.

"Capt. Fantastic & The Brown Dirt Cowboy" - Don't own the DJM. MCA and Polydor different.

"Rock of The Westies" - Don't own any.

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Postby lukpac » Mon Apr 18, 2005 8:55 am

The only Elton I own at the moment is on vinyl, so I'm no help.
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Postby Rob P » Mon Apr 18, 2005 9:25 am

That's all I got, too. No CDs. It's funny, I know of no one who owns Elton CDs, yet he's one of the top sellers of all time. Perhaps many people simply held on to their Elton records.

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Postby Rspaight » Mon Apr 18, 2005 9:43 am

I bought the SACDs off of yourmusic a while ago -- these were my first Elton CDs apart from Yellow Brick Road and comps.

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Postby lukpac » Mon Apr 18, 2005 9:44 am

And how much have you listened to said SACDs?
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Postby Rspaight » Mon Apr 18, 2005 9:49 am

Har -- not much yet. I've played around with the 5.1 mixes -- Madman's is fun.

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Postby Patrick M » Mon Apr 18, 2005 10:20 am

Are the SACDs as bad as the Rocket remasters?
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Postby Rspaight » Mon Apr 18, 2005 10:30 am

Don't know -- haven't heard the Rocket remasters.

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Postby Xenu » Mon Apr 18, 2005 1:40 pm

Didn't Dave M do some huge comparison?

FWIW, I haven't even gotten people to swap CDRs of The Who, so certainly not on Elton.
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Postby lukpac » Mon Apr 18, 2005 1:45 pm

Xenu wrote:Didn't Dave M do some huge comparison?


It's a good thing JWB posted that link...
"I know because it is impossible for a tape to hold the compression levels of these treble boosted MFSL's like Something/Anything. The metal particulate on the tape would shatter and all you'd hear is distortion if even that." - VD