Big-time
Elton
fans
--
this
is
a
great
filmed
documentary
of
an
amazing
live
performer,
at
an
artistic
peak.
By
1977,
Elton
John
had
broken
every
record
in
the
music
business
there
was
to
break,
played
almost
every
city
and
venue
there
was
to
play.
It's
easy
to
forget
that
Elton-mania
swept
the
US
though
the
early
and
mid
seventies
to
an
extent
that
only
Elvis
and
The
Beatles
have
approached
or
exceeded,
before
or
since.
He
was
at
that
time,
simply
stated,
the
world's
best
known
and
most
commercially
successful
performer.
The
performances
on
this
tape
were
captured
in
early
1979
at
the
end
of
a
self-imposed
"retirement"
that
began
in
1977.
This
short
tour
of
Russia
and
Eastern
Europe
so
inspired
Elton
and
percussionist
Ray
Cooper
that
it
blossomed
into
a
worldwide
tour,
culminating
in
US
stops
at
relatively
intimate
venues
in
the
fall
of
1979.
This
tour
is
legendary
among
long
time
Elton
fans,
and
this
tape
gives
you
a
taste
of
why.
It's
simply
the
songs,
his
extraordinary
musicianship,
and
an
added
element
of
drama
provided
by
Ray
Cooper
--
unforgettable
to
those
who
were
there.
The
backdrop
of
the
Iron
Curtain
era
USSR
--
beautiful,
officially
unforgiving
to
outsiders,
unofficially
curious
about
the
Western
World
--
is
quite
interesting;
viewed
today
the
film
higlights
the
radical
changes
that
have
taken
place,
and
how
fragile
they
must
be.
You
can't
watch
this
without
realizing
that
his
is
an
enormous
talent,
and
that
many
of
his
songs
are
already
timeless
classics.
This
is
an
"A&E"
type
docu
(but
not
'hosted')
with
heavy
concert
footage,
filmed
with
1979
technology.
Happy
bidding
to
all
Elton
John
fans!
I
combine
postage
for
all
my
items!!