John composed the music on a ship voyage from the UK to New York. 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. 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. In 2003, the album was ranked number 158 on Rolling Stone 's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, maintaining the rating in a 2012 revised list. This was the last album until 1983's Too Low for Zero that Elton John and his classic band would play on together. Murray and Olsson, who had formed John's rhythm section since 1970, were fired prior to the recording of the follow-up album Rock of the Westies, while Johnstone would leave in 1978. Though they would all appear on later albums, this was the last album of the 1970s with the original lineup of the Elton John Band (guitarist Davey Johnstone, bassist Dee Murray, and drummer Nigel Olsson). It sold 1.4 million copies within four days of release, and stayed in the top position in the chart for seven weeks. 1 in its first week of release on the US Billboard 200, the first album to achieve both honors. The album was certified gold before its release, and reached No. It was released in May 1975 by MCA Records in America and DJM in the UK and was an instant commercial success. The album is an autobiographical account of the early musical careers of Elton John (Captain Fantastic) and his long-term lyricist Bernie Taupin (the Brown Dirt Cowboy). If "play" button icon is greye unfortunately this score does not contain playback functionality.Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy is the ninth studio album by English musician Elton John. Simply click the icon and if further key options appear then apperantly this sheet music is transposable.Īlso, sadly not all music notes are playable. In order to check if 'Tower Of Babel' can be transposed to various keys, check "notes" icon at the bottom of viewer as shown in the picture below. * Not all our sheet music are transposable. When this song was released on it was originally published in the key of. Be careful to transpose first then print (or save as PDF). If your desired notes are transposable, you will be able to transpose them after purchase. If you selected -1 Semitone for score originally in C, transposition into B would be made. This means if the composers started the song in original key of the score is C, 1 Semitone means transposition into C#. If it is completely white simply click on it and the following options will appear: Original, 1 Semitione, 2 Semitnoes, 3 Semitones, -1 Semitone, -2 Semitones, -3 Semitones. You can do this by checking the bottom of the viewer where a "notes" icon is presented. Most of our scores are traponsosable, but not all of them so we strongly advise that you check this prior to making your online purchase. If not, the notes icon will remain grayed. If transposition is available, then various semitones transposition options will appear. In order to transpose click the "notes" icon at the bottom of the viewer. After you complete your order, you will receive an order confirmation e-mail where a download link will be presented for you to obtain the notes. This week we are giving away Michael Buble 'It's a Wonderful Day' score completely free.
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