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Old 10-06-04, 12:17 PM
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Does Anyone Have ANY Info On the Best Buy Exclusive: Elton John Dream Ticket DVD Set?

I'm curious as to the release date of this set which you think they would have announced by now. I know that Rewards program members can see 2 streaming videos through the 10th of this month but every time I try the link, it doesn't work.

Anybody have a concrete release date?

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Old 10-06-04, 12:31 PM
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DVD 1
New York City, Madison Square Garden
Greatest Hits--One Night Only
October 21st 2000

1 Funeral For A Friend (Love Lies Bleeding)
2 Candle In The Wind
3 Bennie And The Jets
4 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Elton John with Billy Joel)
5 Someone Saved My Life Tonight
6 Little Jeannie
7 Philadelphia Freedom
8 Tiny Dancer
9 Can You Feel The Love Tonight?
10 Daniel
11 Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be a Long, Long, Time)
12 Club At The End Of The Street
13 Blue Eyes
14 I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues (Elton John with Mary J. Blige)
15 The One
16 I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That
17 Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
18 Sacrifice
19 Come Together
20 Your Song (Elton John with Ronan Keating)
21 Sad Songs (Say So Much) (Elton John with Bryan Adams)
22 I'm Still Standing
23 Crocodile Rock
24 Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting (Elton John with Anastacia)
25 The Bitch Is Back
26 Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
27 Don't Go Breaking My Heart (Elton John with Kiki Dee)

DVD 2
London, The Royal Opera House
December 1st 2002

1 Rehearsals/Interviews
2 Sixty Years On
3 Take Me To The Pilot
4 This Train Don't Stop There Anymore
5 Carla Etude
6 Tonight
7 Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
8 Philadelphia Freedom
9 Burn Down The Mission
10 Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
11 Your Song
12 Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting

DVD 3
Ephesus, Turkey
The Great Amphitheatre
July 17th 2001

1 Introduction
2 Your Song
3 Someone Saved My Life Tonight
4 Daniel
5 Mona Lisa And Mad Hatters
6 Honky Cat
7 Rocket Man
8 Philadelphia Freedom
9 Nikita
10 Sacrifice
11 Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
12 I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues
13 This Train Don't Stop There Anymore
14 Burn Down The Mission
15 The One
16 Blue Eyes
17 I'm Still Standing
18 Crocodile Rock
19 Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
20 Circle of Life
21 Candle In The Wind

DVD 4
Elton In Four Decades

1970s
1 Your Song
2 Rocket Man
3 Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters

1980s
4 I'm Still Standing
5 I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues
6 Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)

1990s
7 Sacrifice
8 Can You Feel The Love Tonight?
9 Believe

2000s
10 I Want Love
11 This Train Don't Stop There Anymore
12 Are You Ready For Love


And here is someone's take on it:


Opinion: Recurring Dream Ticket
Tuesday, September 14 2004

By David Wright

There has been much anticipation of the 4 DVD set Dream Ticket both among fans and on eltonjohn.com.

Rumours abounded since the release was announced. It was to be “wealth of live and archival Elton John footage, stretching right back to the very early days of his career and right up to the present.”

We expected a concert from New York (one of the Radio City shows from July?), an orchestra concert from London (1972 at the Festival Hall?), the solo show from Turkey that was the infamous webcast and a compilation of footage of Elton throughout his career.

Instead we get three concerts from a recent two and a half year period.

Let’s look at each disc in turn.

Disc 1 – Madison Square Garden, One Night Only, October 21st 2000.

This is the biggest disappointment of all. Die-hard and casual fans alike already have this.

Having already been repackaged with the Greatest Hits 1970-2002 cover, this is its third release.

Oh, and this was the show Elton regretted doing. Apparently his management don’t regret it one bit. Its inclusion can only due to sheer laziness, indifference and ignorance of what fans want.

That’s one quarter of this product, one quarter of our money, wasted.

Disc 2 – The Royal Opera House December 1st 2002

This was a special concert and well worthy of inclusion. It’s still surprising that a DVD of the full concert hasn’t been released.

But why only 11 tracks? This is simply what was broadcast on television.

I assume the reason is that nobody could be bothered. They have re-used the edited highlights and they didn’t have the idea or the inclination to use the recording of the whole concert.

Disc 3 - Ephesus, Turkey July 17th 2001

This is the highlight of the set. The solo shows of the past five years have been a joy and to have one on DVD is overdue.

Some of this was released on a video to eltonjohn.com members but that was very disappointing quality. So, assuming a nice widescreen production with Dolby Digital surround sound (I can hope), this is great.

Disc 4 – Elton In Four Decades

It’s only fair to reserve judgement on the final disc. We are promised “new interviews with Elton and with other key people from his career, and with live and archival film clips.”

With only 12 tracks it doesn’t seem likely to make use of the capacity of a DVD. Let’s hope the interviews are enjoyable and interesting.

A further problem is repetition. "Your Song", in case you’d forgotten how it goes, is included four times.

"I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues", viewed by some fans as Elton’s most overplayed song, can be heard three more times.

"Rocket Man", "Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me", "Sacrifice", "Philadelphia Freedom" and "I’m Still Standing" are all here three times.

Where are the rarities we all hoped for? The footage from that legendary night at The Troubadour – no matter how long or short, no matter how poor the quality, we want to see it. What about all those concerts that have been broadcast on TV over the years – solo in Edinburgh 1976, Christmas at Hammersmith in 1974 or 1982? What about a DVD release of Live in Australia?

There is so much that could have been included. There may be some gems in Disc 4 but they will be snippets rather than the full concerts we crave.

I hope no fan is ever criticised for buying a bootleg again.

What a wasted opportunity.

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I already have the MSG concert on DVD so.....PASS!
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From what I've heard, it has been renamed to:

"Madonna is a lip-synching whore: Elton John- The Live Collection."
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So anyone know when Best Buy will starting selling it?

Thanks so toomuch. Saw it today's BB flier.

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November 9th for $39.99 (on Bestbuy.com)
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Ditto for Future Shop. Is the fourth DVD just videos, or is it live concert footage?
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All in all, I have to say I'm pretty disappointed in this set. Granted I've only watched disc four so far, but...

This set is more for the "now" Elton, while I'd have like to seen more focus on his career. The fact that the first disc had already been released is the first major strike against the set. The second strike comes in the repeating of songs, just different concerts.. which wouldn't be a problem had they been taken from different time frames.

The fourth disc felt kind of like a VH-1 special. For the most part, it was Elton, and maybe another person, talking a little about the song, and then the video for the song. Who was very noticable in his absence was Bernie Taupin. This guy is half of the songs and the reason for Elton becoming who he is (Elton admitted as much on occassion.. not here mind you).

This feels like a precursor to a much better set, something that really showcases Elton, his career, and most of all, something special for his fans.
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Slightly off topic but I picked up the Honky Chateau, Madman Across the Water and Captain Fantastic SACD's this week and they are amazing sounding. The first 3 albums I ever bought back in the 70's sound like they were recorded yesterday. And the surround effects are very tastefully done. Highly recomended.

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