Elton John — To Russia with Elton, Power (DVD, 2003)

In VERY GOOD condition! As pictured! Buy with confidence!

Product Details

• UPC: 4260053400295
• Catalog Number: 0029
• Product Type: DVD Video
• Brand / Label: Power (front picture © Teutopress)
• Artist: Elton John (with Ray Cooper)
• Release Year: 2003 (Made in EU)
• Genre: Music / Live Concert / Documentary
• Style: Rock, Pop, Live Performance

Product Features

• Format: DVD, single disc
• Running time: approx. 73 minutes
• Sound format: Dolby Digital 2.0
• Picture format: 4:3
• Region code: All (region-free)
• Rating: FSK — Freigegeben ohne Altersbeschränkung (no age restriction)
• Language: English
• Condition: Used — very good; disc and artwork as pictured

Overview

Elton John stripped back to piano, drums, and nerve. To Russia with Elton captures the landmark 1979 tour when Elton and percussionist Ray Cooper went out as a duo and became the first Western pop act to perform behind the Iron Curtain. No band, no spectacle — just two musicians, a piano, and a Soviet audience that nobody was sure would even be allowed to clap.

The pared-down setup is the whole appeal here. Songs you know wall-to-wall — "Rocket Man," "Daniel," "Bennie and the Jets," "Candle in the Wind" — get rebuilt around Elton's playing and Cooper's percussion, which gives even the gentle numbers an edge. The set climbs to a hard-charging closing medley of "Pinball Wizard" and "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting," with the two of them generating a remarkable amount of force from piano and drums alone.

This is a 2003 EU release on the Power label, region-free and running about 73 minutes — a straightforward disc for Elton John collectors and anyone drawn to the Cold War backdrop of that historic Leningrad run.

Interesting Facts

• The footage documents Elton John's May 1979 tour of the USSR, making him the first major Western rock/pop star to perform live in the Soviet Union.
• The entire tour was performed as a duo with percussionist Ray Cooper — no backing band.
• The set leans on a back-catalogue spanning "Sixty Years On" (1970) through to the contemporary material of the era.
• The closing "Pinball Wizard / Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" medley is built on piano and drums alone, yet plays as a full-throttle rocker.
• The disc is region-free (coded "all"), so it plays on players worldwide.
• The release carries a German FSK clearance with no age restriction.

Track Listing

1. Your Son
2. Daniel
3. Funeral For A Friend
4. Part Time Love
5. Bennie And The Jets
6. Sixty Years On
7. Candle In The Wind
8. Better Off Dead
9. Rocket Man
10. I Think I'm Gonna Kill Myself
11. Tonight
12. Medley: Pinball Wizard / Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting

Publishers Released on DVD by the Power label, Made in EU 2003 (catalogue 0029). Front picture © Teutopress. Presented in Dolby Digital 2.0 with a 4:3 picture, region-free, running approximately 73 minutes.

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