Elton John - The Complete Thom Bell Sessions and similar items

Catalog Number: RSDTBS1 Condition Details: Lavender colored vinyl. HYPE-STICKER on front. Import from Worldwide. Unopened/new vinyl, factory sealed, and in excellent condition. Minor corner wear. Label design can't be confirmed because it's sealed. (Not a cut-out.) Tracks: Nice Slow Country Love Song Shine On Through Mama Can't Buy You Love Are You Ready For Love Three Way Love Affair About The Record: The Complete Thom Bell Sessions brings together the complete recording session by Elton John and producer Thom Bell onto one album. Released in 1989 by MCA Records, the album is composed of the material previously released in 1979 as well as the songs that were recorded at the original session but had then gone unreleased. Two of the "new" songs were co-written by John - Nice and Slow was co-written with Thom Bell and longtime writing partner Bernie Taupin, and Shine on Through with lyricist Gary Osborne. The mixes of Are You Ready for Love, Mama Can't Buy You Love and Three Way Love Affair are not the Elton and Clive Frank remixes from 1979, but the original 1977 Thom Bell mixes. Are You Ready for Love, for example, now includes Bobby Smith and John Edwards of The Spinners singing the second verse instead of Elton, among other more subtle differences. Are You Ready for Love was a minor hit in 1979 in many countries, while Mama Can't Buy You Love was certified Gold in the USA and reached No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100. Are You Ready for Love was remixed in 2003 and became a No. 1 hit in the UK and on the US Dance Club Songs.