‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’: Elton John’s Path To Greatness

‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’: Elton John’s Path To Greatness

As he reached his seventh studio album – and second of 1973 alone – Elton John’s phenomenal creativity was ready to move up another gear. On October 5, just nine months after the chart-topping achievements of Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only The Piano Player, he unveiled his first double album, and another career high, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. The album was made, like Don’t Shoot Me… and its predecessor, Honky Château, in the now familiar surroundings …