Year/Genre: 1970 / Classic Rock
Matrix #: 73090
Condition: VG+, sounds great, looks great

Cultural Facts:

1. Released in 1970, this album arrived right as late-’60s rock was pivoting into the singer-songwriter decade—more personal writing, bigger piano ballads, and radio that made room for intimacy alongside volume.

2. Elton’s partnership with lyricist Bernie Taupin is a major part of the lore: a songwriting division-of-labor that produced a “character” voice—stories that felt confessional even when they weren’t strictly autobiographical.

3. Early-’70s stardom also brought a new kind of public identity pressure, and Elton became one of the era’s most visible examples of how image, masculinity, and pop celebrity could be negotiated in real time.

Price Suggestions:
NM: $18–24
VG+: $14–17
VG: $9–12
G+: $6–8

7/24/24 KG 11/8/2025 CC 1/3/26 CC