Hello again, Yellow Brick Road

A MASTERPIECE is sometimes created when one least expects it - Elton John's seminal 1973 album, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, is an example. Originally meant to be recorded in Jamaica until political unrest forced the session to be moved to France where it was made in just two weeks, it has become a milestone record for the pop singer and his most commercially successful ever, with over 30 million copies sold worldwide.

Boasting a handful of John's classics including the title track, Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting, Candle in the Wind and Bennie and the Jets, the 17-track double-album has recently been reissued in various editions including a multi-disc deluxe box set to mark its 40th anniversary.

Overseeing it all is Peter Asher, himself a huge pop-star in the sixties and one-half of the folk group Peter and Gordon, before moving to work behind-the-scenes in the music industry as a label head and record producer.