From Denver to L.A.

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"From Denver to L.A."
From Denver to LA.jpg
Single by Elton John
from the album The Games soundtrack
B-side
  • Warm Summer Rain
  • (by the Barbara Moore Singers)
Released3 July 1970
Recorded Olympic Studios, June 1969
Genre Pop
Length2:22
Label Viking VIK 1010
Songwriter(s) Francis Lai, Hal Shaper [1]
Producer(s) Unknown
Elton John singles chronology
"Rock and Roll Madonna"
(1970)		"From Denver to L.A."
(1970)		"Your Song"
(1970)

"From Denver to L.A." is a song written by Francis Lai and Hal Shaper, and performed by English musician Elton John. It was released on the soundtrack of the 1970 movie The Games . [1] The song was released as a single in the U.S. in July 1970, miscredited on the record label to "Elton Johns". [2]

Contents

The single was issued just as John's career was starting to take off, but was quickly withdrawn because both John and his then-current record company objected to its release. It is now an extremely rare collectors' item. John said of the song: "Actually, 'From Denver to L.A.' was withdrawn, so if you have got a copy, it's worth a small fortune. It was a 25 quid session I did at Olympic Studios and I just sang the song, and it was for the Michael Winner movie The Games. And that's it." [3]

Track listing

Promo 1

  1. "From Denver to L.A." (mono)
  2. "From Denver to L.A." (stereo) [4]

Promo 2

  1. "From Denver to L.A." (mono)
  2. "Warm Summer Rain" (by the Barbara Moore Singers) [5] [6]

The B-side is also from the soundtrack, and is not an Elton John recording.
This single was withdrawn before any stock copies were released. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "From Denver to L.A. – Elton John (1970)". Dailymotion. 17 February 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Elton John — From Denver to L.A." 45cat. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  3. ↑ Maclauchlan, Paul (May 2005). "Cornflakes & Classics – 1970 – A musical history of Elton John". Whizzo. Archived from the original on 3 November 2005. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Elton John — From Denver to L.A." at Discogs
  5. ↑ Popoff, Martin (2 September 2010). Goldmine Standard Catalog of American Records 1948–1991 (Seventh ed.). Krause Publishing. p. 625. ISBN   978-1440211317 . Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  6. ↑ Cassata, Mary Anne (1 June 2002). The Elton John Scrapbook (Seventh ed.). Citadel. p. 625. ISBN   978-0806523224 . Retrieved 6 April 2015.
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