1990 Elton John – To Be Continued…

Bill Champlin, Chuck Findley, David Lasley, David Paich, Elton John, James Newton-Howard, Jeffrey Porcaro, Jerry Hey, Jim Horn, Mike Landau, Paul Jackson Jr, Paulinho Da Costa, Richie Zito, Steve Lukather, The Waters, Victor Feldman, Waddy Wachtel

To Be Continued… is a 4 part box set detailing Elton John’s music from his days with Bluesology to the then-present day. Four new songs (“Made for Me”, “You Gotta Love Someone”, “I Swear I Heard the Night Talkin'” and “Easier to Walk Away”) were recorded for the box set. Newly sober Elton John was unhappy with the US cover art (it reminded him of his old excesses), so the 1991 UK release was issued with new cover art and also replaced “You Gotta Love Someone” (which had already been released on The Very Best of Elton John the previous year) and “I Swear I Heard the Night Talkin'” with then-unreleased “Suit of Wolves” and “Understanding Women”, the former a B-side to “The One” and the latter later included as a track on the 1992 album The One. In the US, it was certified gold in June 1992 and platinum in November 2006 by the RIAA.

Tracks

To Be Continued Disc 1

1 Come Back Baby “Bluesology” (Red Dwight) 2:45
2 Lady Samantha (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 3:03
3 It’s Me That You Need (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 4:04
4 Your Song (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 3:33
5 Rock And Roll Madonna (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 4:17
6 Bad Side Of The Moon (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 3:15
7 Your Song (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 4:00
8 Take Me To The Pilot (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 3:46
9 Border Song (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 3:22
10 Sixty Years On (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 4:57
11 Country Comfort (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 5:07
12 Gray Seal (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 3:36
13 Friends (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 2:20
14 Levon (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 5:21
15 Tiny Dancer (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 6:15
16 Madman Across The Water (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 5:56
17 Honky Cat (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 5:13
18 Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 4:59

To Be Continued Disc 2

1 Rocket Man (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 4:43
2 Daniel (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 3:53
3 Crocodile Rock (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 3:54
4 Bennie And The Jets (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 5:21
5 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 3:14
6 All The Girls Love Alice (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 5:10
7 Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 11:07
8 Whenever You’re Ready (We’ll Go Steady) (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 2:53
9 Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 4:54
10 Jack Rabbit (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 1:51
11 Harmony (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 2:46
12 Young Man’s Blues (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 4:43
13 Step Into Christmas (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 4:30
14 The Bitch Is Back (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 3:44
15 Pinball Wizard (Pete Townshend) 5:15
16 Someone Saved My Life Tonight (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 6:45

To Be Continued Disc 3

1 Philadelphia Freedom (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 5:39
2 One Day At A Time (John Lennon) 3:48
3 Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) 6:16
4 I Saw Her Standing There (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) 3:43
5 Island Girl (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 3:44
6 Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 3:47
7 Don’t Go Breaking My Heart (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 4:31
8 I Feel Like A Bullet (In The Gun Of Robert Ford) (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 3:35
9 Ego (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 3:59
10 Song For Guy (Elton John) 6:40
11 Mama Can’t Buy You Love (LeRoy Bell, Casey James) 4:03
12 Cartier (Dinah Card, Carte Blanche) 0:54
13 Little Jeannie (Elton John, Gary Osborne) 5:12
14 Donner Pour Donner (Michel Berger, Bernie Taupin) 4:26
15 Fanfare (Elton John, Gary Osborne, James Newton-Howard) 6:20
16 Chloe (Elton John, Gary Osborne, James Newton-Howard)
17 The Retreat (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 4:45
18 Blue Eyes (Elton John, Gary Osborne) 3:26

To Be Continued Disc 4

1 Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny) (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 5:12
2 I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues (Elton John, Bernie Taupin, Davey Johnstone) 4:43
3 I’m Still Standing (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 3:02
4 Sad Songs (Say So Much) (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 4:10
5 Act Of War (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 4:44
6 Nikita (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 5:44
7 Candle In The Wind (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 3:58
8 Carla Etude (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 4:46
9 Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 5:39
10 I Don’t Wanna Go On With You Like That (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 7:18
11 Give Peace A Chance (John Lennon) 3:47
12 Sacrifice (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 5:08
13 Made For Me (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 4:22
14 You Gotta Love Someone (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 4:59
15 I Swear I Heard The Night Talkin’ (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 4:30
16 Easier To Walk Away (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) 4:22

Biography

Elton John

Musicians

To Be Continued… – Disc 1

1 Come Back Baby “Bluesology”

Bass	Rex Bishop
Drums	Mick Inkpen
Guitar	Stuart Brown
Sax	Dave Murphy

2 Lady Samantha

Bass	Tony Murray
Drums	Roger Pope
Guitar	Caleb Quaye

3 It’s Me That You Need

Bass	Tony Murray
Drums	Roger Pope
Guitar	Caleb Quaye

5 Rock And Roll Madonna

Bass	Tony Murray
Drums	Roger Pope
Guitar	Caleb Quaye

6 Bad Side Of The Moon

Bass	Alan Weighill
Drums	Barry Morgan

7 Your Song

Bass	Dave Richmond
Drums	Barry Morgan
Guitar	Colin Green
Acoustic Guitar	Frank Clark
12 String Guitar	Clive Hicks

8 Take Me To The Pilot

Bass	Alan Weighill
Drums	Barry Morgan
Guitar	Caleb Quaye
Guitar	Alan Parker
Percussion	Dennis Lopez
Background Vocals	Madeline Bell
Background Vocals	Lesley Duncan
Background Vocals	Kay Garner
Background Vocals	Tony Burrows
Background Vocals	Tony Hazzard
Background Vocals	Roger Cook

9 Border Song

Bass	Dave Richmond
Drums	Barry Morgan
Guitar	Colin Green
Organ	Brian Dee
Background Vocals	Lesley Duncan
Background Vocals	Madeline Bell
Background Vocals	Kay Garner
Background Vocals	Tony Burrows
Background Vocals	Tony Hazzard
Background Vocals	Roger Cook

10 Sixty Years On

Acoustic Guitar	Colin Green
Organ	Brian Dee

11 Country Comfort

Bass	Herbie Flowers
Drums	Barry Morgan
Acoustic Guitar	Caleb Quaye
Acoustic Guitar	Les Thatcher
Steel Guitar	Gordon Huntley
Harmonica	Ian Duck
Violin	Johnny van Derek
Background Vocals	Dee Murray
Background Vocals	Nigel Olson

12 Gray Seal

Bass	Herbie Flowers
Drums	Barry Morgan
Guitar	Caleb Quaye
Guitar	Les Thatcher

13 Friends

Bass	Alan Weighill
Drums	Barry Morgan

14 Levon

Bass	Brian Ogders
Drums	Barry Morgan
Guitar	Caleb Quaye
Acoustic Guitar	Les Thatcher
Harmonium	Brian Dee
Background Vocals	Lesley Duncan
Background Vocals	Barry St John
Background Vocals	Liza Strike

15 Tiny Dancer

Bass	David Glover
Drums	Roger Pope
Guitar	Caleb Quaye
Acoustic Guitar	Davey Johnstone
Pedal Steel Guitar	Brian John Cole
Background Vocals	Roger Cook
Background Vocals	Tony Burrows
Background Vocals	Terry Steele
Background Vocals	Dee Murray
Background Vocals	Nigel Olson
Background Vocals	Lesley Duncan
Background Vocals	Barry St John
Background Vocals	Liza Strike

16 Madman Across The Water

Bass	Herbie Flowers
Drums	Terry Cox
Guitar	Chris Spedding
Guitar	Davey Johnstone
Organ	Rick Wakeman
Synthesizer	Diana Lewis
Percussion	Ray Cooper

17 Honky Cat

Bass	Dee Murray
Drums	Nigel Olson
Banjo	Davey Johnstone
Trombone	Jacques Bolognesi
Trumpet	Ivan Jullien
Sax	Jean-Louis Chautemps
Sax	Alain Hatot

18 Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters

Bass	Dee Murray
Guitar	Davey Johnstone
Mandolin	Davey Johnstone

To Be Continued… – Disc 2

1 Rocket Man

Bass	Dee Murray
Drums	Nigel Olson
Guitar	Davey Johnstone
Synthesizer	David Hentschel
Background Vocals	Davey Johnstone
Background Vocals	Nigel Olson
Background Vocals	Dee Murray

2 Daniel

Bass	Dee Murray
Drums	Nigel Olson
Acoustic Guitar	Davey Johnstone
Mellotron	Elton John
Synthesizer	Ken Scott

3 Crocodile Rock

Bass	Dee Murray
Drums	Nigel Olson
Guitar	Davey Johnstone

4 Bennie And The Jets

Bass	Dee Murray
Drums	Nigel Olson
Guitar	Davey Johnstone

5 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Bass	Dee Murray
Drums	Nigel Olson
Guitar	Davey Johnstone
Background Vocals	Dee Murray
Background Vocals	Nigel Olson
Background Vocals	Davey Johnstone

6 All The Girls Love Alice

Bass	Dee Murray
Drums	Nigel Olson
Guitar	Davey Johnstone
Synthesizer	David Hentschel
Percussion	Ray Cooper
Background Vocals	Kiki Dee

7 Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding

Bass	Dee Murray
Drums	Nigel Olson
Guitar	Davey Johnstone
Synthesizer	David Hentschel
Background Vocals	Davey Johnstone
Background Vocals	Nigel Olson
Background Vocals	Dee Murray

8 Whenever You’re Ready (We’ll Go Steady)

Bass	Dee Murray
Drums	Nigel Olson
Guitar	Davey Johnstone

9 Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting

Bass	Dee Murray
Drums	Nigel Olson
Guitar	Davey Johnstone

10 Jack Rabbit

Bass	Dee Murray
Drums	Nigel Olson
Guitar	Davey Johnstone
Mandolin	Davey Johnstone

11 Harmony

Bass	Dee Murray
Drums	Nigel Olson
Guitar	Davey Johnstone

12 Young Man’s Blues

Bass	Dee Murray
Drums	Nigel Olson
Guitar	Davey Johnstone

13 Step Into Christmas

Bass	Dee Murray
Drums	Nigel Olson
Guitar	Davey Johnstone
Percussion	Ray Cooper

14 The Bitch Is Back

Bass	Dee Murray
Drums	Nigel Olson
Guitar	Davey Johnstone
Percussion	Ray Cooper
Horns	Tower of Power
Sax	Lenny Pickett
Background Vocals	Clydie King
Background Vocals	Sherlie Adams
Background Vocals	Jessie Mae Smith
Background Vocals	Dusty Springfield

15 Pinball Wizard

Bass	Dee Murray
Drums	Nigel Olson
Guitar	Davey Johnstone
Percussion	Ray Cooper
Background Vocals	Dee Murray
Background Vocals	Nigel Olson
Background Vocals	Davey Johnstone

16 Someone Saved My Life Tonight

Bass	Dee Murray
Drums	Nigel Olson
Guitar	Davey Johnstone
Synthesizer	Elton John
Percussion	Ray Cooper
Background Vocals	Dee Murray
Background Vocals	Nigel Olson
Background Vocals	Davey Johnstone

To Be Continued… – Disc 3

1 Philadelphia Freedom

Bass	Dee Murray
Drums	Nigel Olson
Guitar	Davey Johnstone
Percussion	Ray Cooper

2 One Day At A Time

Bass	Dee Murray
Drums	Nigel Olson
Guitar	Davey Johnstone
Percussion	Ray Cooper
Background Vocals	John Lennon

3 Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

Bass	Dee Murray
Drums	Nigel Olson
Guitar	Davey Johnstone
Sitar	Davey Johnstone
Mellotron	Elton John
Percussion	Ray Cooper
Background Vocals	Dee Murray
Background Vocals	Nigel Olson
Background Vocals	Davey Johnstone

4 I Saw Her Standing There

Bass	Dee Murray
Drums	Nigel Olson
Guitar	Davey Johnstone
Vocals	John Lennon

5 Island Girl

Bass	Kenny Passarelli
Drums	Roger Pope
Guitar	Davey Johnstone
Acoustic Guitar	Caleb Quaye
Banjo	Davey Johnstone
Mellotron	James Newton-Howard
Synthesizer	James Newton-Howard
Percussion	Ray Cooper
Background Vocals	Kenny Passarelli
Background Vocals	Davey Johnstone
Background Vocals	Caleb Quaye
Background Vocals	Kiki Dee
Background Vocals	Ann Orson

6 Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word

Bass	Kenny Passarelli
Piano	James Newton-Howard
Percussion	Ray Coope

7 Don’t Go Breaking My Heart

Bass	Kenny Passarelli
Drums	Roger Pope
Guitar	Davey Johnstone
Piano	James Newton-Howard
Vocals	Kiki Dee

8 I Feel Like A Bullet (In The Gun Of Robert Ford)

Vibes

Ray Cooper

9 Ego

Bass	Clive Franks
Drums	Steve Holly
Guitar	Tim Renwick
Percussion	Ray Cooper

10 Song For Guy

Bass	Clive Franks
Mellotron	Elton John
Synthesizer	Elton John
Percussion	Ray Cooper

11 Mama Can’t Buy You Love

Bass	Bob Babbitt
Drums	Charles Collins
Guitar	Bobby Eli
Guitar	Tony Bell
Keyboards	Thom Bell
Percussion	Larry Washington
Background Vocals	The Spinners

12 Cartier

Bass	Dee Murray
Drums	Nigel Olson
Guitar	Davey Johnstone

13 Little Jeannie

Bass	Reggie McBride
Drums	Nigel Olson
Acoustic Guitar	Richie Zito
Fender Rhodes	James Newton-Howard
Flugelhorn	Jerry Hey
Piccolo	Jim Horn
Sax	Jim Horn
Trombone	Chuck Findley
Trumpet	Chuck Findley
Background Vocals	Bill Champlin
Background Vocals	Dee Murray
Background Vocals	Max Gronenthal

14 Donner Pour Donner

Bass	Dee Murray
Drums	Nigel Olson
Guitar	Richie Zito
Percussion	Victor Feldman
Percussion	Lenny Castro
Vocals	France Gail

15 Fanfare

Synthesizer	James Newton-Howard
Percussion	Victor Feldman

16 Chloe

Bass	Reggie McBride
Drums	Alvin Taylor
Fender Rhodes	James Newton-Howard
Percussion	Victor Feldman
Background Vocals	Dee Murray
Background Vocals	Bill Champlin
Background Vocals	Gary Osborn
Background Vocals	Max Gronenthal

18 Blue Eyes

Bass	Dee Murray
Drums	Jeffrey Porcaro
Guitar	Richie Zito

To Be Continued… – Disc 4

1 Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)

Bass	Dee Murray
Drums	Jeffrey Porcaro
Guitar	Richie Zito
Piano	James Newton-Howard
Synthesizer	James Newton-Howard

2 I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues

Bass	Dee Murray
Drums	Nigel Olson
Guitar	Davey Johnstone
Harmonica	Stevie Wonder
Background Vocals	Dee Murray
Background Vocals	Nigel Olson
Background Vocals	Davey Johnstone

3 I’m Still Standing

Bass	Dee Murray
Drums	Nigel Olson
Guitar	Davey Johnstone
Background Vocals	Dee Murray
Background Vocals	Nigel Olson
Background Vocals	Davey Johnstone

4 Sad Songs (Say So Much)

Bass	Dee Murray
Drums	Nigel Olson
Guitar	Davey Johnstone
Background Vocals	Dee Murray
Background Vocals	Nigel Olson
Background Vocals	Davey Johnstone

5 Act Of War

Bass	Deon Eustus
Drums	Mel Gaynor
Guitar	Nik Kershaw
Guitar	Davey Johnstone
Guitar	Fred Mandel
Synthesizer	Fred Mandel
Vocals	Millie Jackson

6 Nikita

Bass	David Paton
Drums	Dave Mattacks
Guitar	Nik Kershaw
Synthesizer	Fred Mandel
Background Vocals	George Michael
Background Vocals	Davey Johnstone

7 Candle In The Wind

Bass	David Paton
Drums	Charles Morgan
Guitar	Davey Johnstone
Keyboards	Fred Mandel
Synthesizer	Fred Mandel
Percussion	Jody Linscott
Percussion	Ray Cooper

8 Carla Etude

Bass	David Paton
Drums	Charles Morgan
Guitar	Davey Johnstone
Keyboards	Fred Mandel
Synthesizer	Fred Mandel
Percussion	Jody Linscott
Percussion	Ray Cooper

9 Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me

Bass	David Paton
Drums	Charles Morgan
Guitar	Davey Johnstone
Keyboards	Fred Mandel
Synthesizer	Fred Mandel
Percussion	Jody Linscott
Percussion	Ray Cooper
Background Vocals	Shirley Lewis
Background Vocals	Alan Carvell
Background Vocals	Gordon Neville

10 I Don’t Wanna Go On With You Like That

Bass	David Paton
Drums	Charles Morgan
Guitar	Davey Johnstone
Synthesizer	Fred Mandel
Background Vocals	Dee Murray
Background Vocals	Davey Johnstone
Background Vocals	Nigel Olson

11 Give Peace A Chance

Guitar

Davey Johnstone

12 Sacrifice

Bass	Romeo Williams
Drums	Jonathan Moffett
Guitar	Davey Johnstone
Keyboards	Guy Babylon
Keyboards	Fred Mandel

13 Made For Me

Bass	Randy Jackson
Drums	Kenny Aronoff
Guitar	Steve Lukather
Guitar	Paul Jackson Jr
Synclavier	Michael Mason
Synthesizer	James Newton-Howard
Background Vocals	Natelle Jackson
Background Vocals	Mortonette Jenkins
Background Vocals	Marlena Jeter

14 You Gotta Love Someone

Bass	Randy Jackson
Drums	Kenny Aronoff
Guitar	Steve Lukather
Guitar	Mike Landau
Keyboards	David Paich
Percussion	Paulinho Da Costa
Background Vocals	Julia Tillman Waters
Background Vocals	Oren Waters
Background Vocals	Maxine Willard Waters
Background Vocals	Phyllis Yvonne Williams
Background Vocals	Carmen Twillie
Background Vocals	Mona Lisa Young
Background Vocals	Sweet Pea Atkinson
Background Vocals	Donald Ray Mitchell

15 I Swear I Heard The Night Talkin’

Bass	Randy Jackson
Drums	Kenny Aronoff
Guitar	Mike Landau
Guitar	Waddy Wachtel
Synclavier	James Newton-Howard

16 Easier To Walk Away

Bass	Randy Jackson
Drums	Kenny Aronoff
Guitar	Mike Landau
Synclavier	Michael Mason
Synthesizer	James Newton-Howard
Background Vocals	David Lasley
Background Vocals	Harry Bowens
Background Vocals	Donald Ray Mitchell
Background Vocals	Sweet Pea Atkinson

Liner Notes

Compiled By – Elton John & Bernie Taupin
Coordinator – Robert Key
Musical Assistance – Gabrielle Hardy, Sarah Rosenfield
Research (Master Tape) – Tom Pearce
Transferred By (Additional) – Gus Dudgeon
Transferred By (Digitally) – Tim Young

Art Direction, Design – David Costa, Mike Storey, Nicky Hames
Graphics (Background) – Barry Kamen
Photography Juergen Teller

Phonographic Copyright Happenstance Ltd
Copyright Happenstance Ltd