this just popped on Sirius...first time i've heard the original version, recorded live with Mick Ronson on guitar. it rocks hard. The LP version was recorded later.
Elton John/Mick Ronson--Madman Across the Water
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@northernbassist The energy in this take: Dee and Nigel playing with abandon like in the trio recordings...(and interesting how much of Buckmaster's later string arrangement is presaged in Ronson's playing here...).