Elton John: The Classic Years (known in North America as Elton John: The Remasters) is a series of remasters of English musician Elton John's albums, covering most of his studio and live albums originally released between 1969 and 1992. Many of the remastered studio albums include bonus tracks, some of which had been B-sides or unreleased tracks, or had previously appeared on compilations such as Rare Masters and the box set To Be Continued... , while the live album Here and There was greatly expanded from its original running time.
The first batch of albums (which were also released in a limited-edition velvet box, bearing John's signature [1] ) was released in 1995 and includes:
The second batch of albums was released in 1998, and includes:
Of the albums not included in the series, Victim of Love , 21 at 33 , The Fox , Jump Up! and Breaking Hearts were eventually remastered and re-released of their own accord in 2003. Leather Jackets , long touted by John as his least favourite of his albums, last appeared on CD in 1992 and was released digitally in 2007. [2] It was eventually remastered in 2023. [3]
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