Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection (1970) Vinyl LP + BOOK • Country Comfort

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10-page Book Attached to Inner-gate. Vinyl plays with occasional crackles (play-graded). Textured gate-fold cover has a few creases near edges light-scuffing and (front/back/inner-gate). Inner-sleeve is original (generic white). Spine is somewhat readable with wear. Some shelf wear along top/bottom/right-edge and corners. Opening is crisp with signs of light use and a few divots. 1973 RCA Club pressing. Black MCA label with rainbow. (Not a cut-out.)

Tracks:

1. Ballad Of A Well-Known Gun
2. Come Down In Time
3. Country Comfort
4. Son Of Your Father
5. My Father's Gun
6. Where To Now St. Peter?
7. Love Song
8. Amoreena
9. Talking Old Soldiers
10. Burn Down The Mission

About The Record:

Tumbleweed Connection is a concept album based on the country and western/Americana themes. All songs are written by Bernie Taupin and Elton John, with the exception of Love Song by Lesley Duncan. The album peaked at #5 on the US Billboard 200 chart and was certified Platinum. The cover photo of the album was taken at the Bluebell Rail Station in Horsted Keynes, England, approximately 30 miles south of London. Photographer David Larkham photographed John (seated, right) and Taupin (standing, left) in front of the station to add a sense of Americana realism to the album concept, despite the rail station being English. Additional photos were made from the interior of a train on the rail line for the album liner notes and libretto.