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List Price: $69.98 | | Label: Island
Salesrank: 52673
Released: October 31, 2000 |
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To Be Continued... Track Listing:
Disc 1:
1. Come Back Baby
2. Lady Samantha
3. It's Me That You Need
4. Your Song
5. Rock & Roll Madonna
6. Bad Side of the Moon
7. Your Song
8. Take Me to the Pilot
9. Border Song
10. Sixty Years On
11. Country Comfort
12. Grey Seal
13. Friends
14. Levon
15. Tiny Dancer
16. Madman Across the Water
17. Honky Cat
18. Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
Disc 2:
1. Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time)
2. Daniel
3. Crocodile Rock
4. Bennie and the Jets
5. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
6. All the Girls Love Alice
7. Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
8. Whenever You're Ready (We'll Go Steady Again)
9. Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting
10. Jack Rabbit
11. Harmony
12. Young Man's Blues
13. Step Into Christmas
14. The Bitch Is Back
15. Pinball Wizard - Elton John, Townshend, Pete
16. Someone Saved My Life Tonight
Disc 3:
1. Philadelphia Freedom
2. One Day (At a Time) - Elton John, Lennon, John
3. Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds - Elton John, Lennon, John
4. I Saw Her Standing There - Elton John, Lennon, John
5. Island Girl
6. Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
7. Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John, Blanche, Carte
8. Feel Like a Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford)
9. Ego
10. Song for Guy
11. Mama Can't Buy You Love - Elton John, Bell, Leroy
12. Cartier - Elton John, Blanche, Carte
13. Little Jeannie
14. Donner Pour Donner - Elton John, Berger, Michel
15. Fanfare/Chloe
16. Retreat
17. The Blue Eyes
Editorial Review:
Elton John has been a force in pop music since the mid-'60s. This extravagant and colorful box set presents, in chronological order, his hit songs through 1990. Designed to accommodate a large booklet and the four CDs, which when placed side by side present a likeness of Elton, the package indicates the care and expense this huge-selling artist commands.
With the exception of some very early work with Long John Baldry, the music is exclusively focused on the songs Elton wrote in conjunction with lyricist Bernie Taupin. Their songwriting method--whereby Taupin submits lyrics to John, who gives them musical shape--is discussed at length in an insightful interview with the two men. This method has produced a truly astonishing number of hit records, particularly throughout the '70s. Discs 2 and 3 contain all the monster hits--"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," "Daniel," "Bennie and the Jets," "Crocodile Rock"--as well as many others. The combination of John's pliable and emotive voice, Taupin's well-wrought words, and strong production values led to megastardom.
The '80s were a period of transition and growth for Elton John. Disc 4 has a number of hits from that period--"Sad Songs," "Sacrifice," and "You Gotta Love Someone"--as well as featuring several live performances before a full orchestra, including "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me." His voice and stage persona both reflected a maturing Elton John.
This box set, compiled by Taupin and John themselves, was completed in 1990 and summed up Elton John's career to that point. The title of To Be Continued has proven to be more than just wishful thinking, as he continues to maintain his vitality in popular music to this day. --Wally Shoup
To Be Continued... Reviews:
TO BE CONTINUED 
2008-09-01 - HAPPY WITH THIS BOX SET OF ELTON JOHN THE PRODUCT WAS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION LIKE NEW. AND VERY HAPPY WITH THE SELLER. DELIVERY WAS VERY FAST, GOOD SERVICE
Nearly all you could want 
2008-08-01 -
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Nearly all you could want., 7 April 2008
By D. Wright "davewright29" - See all my reviews
When I was growing up - a period which coincided with Elton's rise to stardom - I wasn't a great fan of his. I liked Honkey Cat, which was nearly the first single I bought, until my mate talked me out of it because Elton wasn't cool, so I bought Take Me Bak Ome by Slade instead! That was essentialy what we felt was wrong with Elton at the time - he wasn't really a rocker. Crocodile Rock and Saturday Night's All Right For Fighting (which always sounded a bit silly when sung by someone patently not tough like Elton! Bit more appropriate when the Who did it, as Roger Daltrey was a fighter!) weren't really rock in the sense that Led Zep or Deep Purple were, whilst there were also too many soppy ballads for teenage boys.
However when I became an adult I bought a greatest hits album and started collecting the early 70's classics when they were remastered in the 90's. It was only after I began playing them again a couple of years ago that I realised actually how good and varied Elton's music was. I was then inspired to investigate his later material, which apart from the obvious hits had always passed me by. So it is from this perspective that I come to this box set.
The first thing that strikes the listener about Elton John is how incredibly prolific he was. Probably only Dylan, Van Morrison and Neil Young have produced as much music and they have all been recording longer. This inevitably means that there is a good deal of inconsistency. And there is little doubt that, like Bowie at the time, he produced some poor albums in the 80's. However there were exceptions. Too Low For Zero in 83, Made In England in 95 and the 00's albums Songs From the West Coast and The Captain and The Kid are as strong as anything he's done. But for every one of these there is a dreadful Victim of Love or a Leather Jackets. I also found Peachtree Road, the acclaimed follow up to the excellent Songs From The West Coast, just boring. So quite often a strong album is followed by a poor one.
This box set contains all the hits, although a couple of them: Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me and the massively well known Candle In The Wind are not in their original versions, but are inferior live versions when Elton was struggling with his voice in the mid 80's. Therefore this box isn't suitable for people who only want all the hits as they know them. Part Time Love is also missing completely. This is a bit annoying when the awful Act Of War with Millie Jackson is included. The excellent The Club At The End Of The Street has also been left off in favour of its B side, a dreadful version of Give Peace a Chance (not a brilliant song melody wise in the first place), which is a ridiculous decision. You do get other singles which weren't hits though, such as the brilliant tribute to John Lennon, Empty Garden, (Hey Hey Johnny). This was one of John/Taupin's very best songs, but because it unnaccountably wasn't a hit is usually left off compilations. There is also another excellent flop Feel Like A Bullet in the Gun of Robert Ford, albeit again in a live version, but this time a good one. There are also four new songs to tempt fans specially recorded for the box; unfortunately none are really memorable and could have been omitted to include better songs such as Part Time Love, The Club At The End Of The Street and Burn Down The Mission.
The booklet contains a lot of excellent photos and an interview with Elton and Bernie. There is also a commentary on his career, but because he has been so prolific it isn't as comprehensive and thorough as it could have been. For example there is no real insight into all the individual songs as you get on some box sets.
It could actually be argued that the box is now somewhat redundant as most of the unreleased songs have subsequently been issued as bonus tracks on the remastered albums. Record companies seem to have a habit of doing this now: issuing a box set full of rarities then issuing those rarities on re-released albums.
I think for someone just getting into Elton or exploring his work in the 80's you might be better buying the remastered albums, as this box set is expensive and not easy to obtain now. But for someone who wants a cross section of Elton's career up to 1990 (remember he's produced tons of music since!) and would like more than just the big hits, it is a very worthwhile purchase.
As good as box sets get
2008-06-20 - To Be Continued is a wonderful box set of Elton John's career. From his early demos to his late 80's songs it covers his career very well. Much of this disc focuses on his glory years of the early-mid 70's but there are also some more obscure numbers that are great additions to this collection. (such as "Bad Side of the Moon" and the live version with John Lennon of "I Saw Her Standing There").
As usual with box sets, some songs are omitted. In my case I really would have liked the original studio version of "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me", one of his greatest singles ever, and the rollicking "Grow Some Funk of Your Own". Still, this collection is first rate, and for those who like box sets this is one of the better ones.
A MUST HAVE for Elton fans!!
2008-02-22 - If you love Elton John, you will love this incredible box set! I received it as a Christmas gift years ago, when it was first released, and it has been one of my most often played CDs ever since. So many of Elton's greatest hits are here; "Empty Garden", "I Guess That's Why They Call it the Blues", "Bennie and The Jets", "Grey Seal", "Candle in the Wind" and "Your Song", they are all here and so many more... It is hours of beautiful Elton John classics all in one place. What more could an Elton fan ask for? You won't be disappointed!!!
ELTON JOHN-CONTINUES BOX SET 
2006-05-21 - I AM VERY DISSAPOINTED WITH THIS BOX SET. IT HAS ALOT OF HITS. BUT WERE DID MCA GET THE MASTERS FOR THIS SET. ON DISC 1, (2) SONGS HAVE DROP OUTS IN THE RECORDING, DANIEL IS A RUFF CUT NOT SMOOTH AS I HEARD ON A 2-TRACK MASTER DONE BY STEVE HOFFMAN. DISC 2. NOTHING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT. DISC 3. PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM AND ISLAND GIRL COULD HAVE BEEN DONE BETTER. DISC 4. IM STILL STANDING RUFF CUT, NOT SMOOTH AND ACT OF WAR, TURN IT UP LOAD DESTORTION, LIKE IT WAS,NT REMASTERED BUT MASTERED INSTEAD. I OWN A FEW MCA RECORDINGS THAT WERE REMASTERED. A FEW OF THEM DONT SOUND AS GOOD REMASTERED AS THEY SHOULD BE. IT COST MONEY TO GET A PERFECT SOUND. IT'S BEST TO DEAL WITH AN IMPORT CD. YOU MIGHT GET YOUR MONEYS WORTH.
