Elton John : The Complete Thom Bell Sessions

THE COMPLETE

 Thom Bell Sessions

 brings together the

 Complete recording session

 by Elton John

 and producer

 Thom Bell

 onto one album.

 the album is composed of

 the material

 previously released

 in 1979 as well as

 the songs that

 were recorded at

 the original session but

 had then gone unreleased.

 Two of the "new" songs

 were co-written by John 

 "Nice and Slow"

 was co-written with

 Thom Bell 

and longtime

 writing partner 

Bernie Taupin, 

and

 "Shine on Through"

 with lyricist

 Gary Osborne.

 Because the recordings

 were shelved at the time,

 the latter was re-recorded 

and included on 

John's 1978 LP, 

A Single Man.

Though not noted on the CD,

 the mixes of

 "Are You Ready for Love,"

 "Mama Can't Buy You Love" 

and

 "Three Way Love Affair" 

are not the Elton 

and Clive Frank remixes

 from 1979,

 but the original 1977

 Thom Bell mixes.

 "Are You Ready for Love," 

for example,

now includes 

Bobby Smith 

and 

John Edwards

 of The Spinners

 singing the 

second verse

 instead of Elton, 

among other more

 subtle differences.

 The original

 EP remixes 

TRACK LIST 

1. "Nice and Slow" 
2. "Country Love Song"
3. "Shine on Through" 
4. "Mama Can't Buy You Love" 
5. "Are You Ready for Love" 
6. "Three Way Love Affair" 

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