Rare Masters

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Rare Masters
Compilation album by Elton John
Released	October 20, 1992 (U.S.) December 31, 1993 (UK)
Recorded	December 1967- July 1975
Genre	Rock
Length	105:04
Label	Polydor
Producer	Gus Dudgeon, Caleb Quaye, Steve Brown
Elton John chronology
The One (1992) Rare Masters (1992) Duets (1993)

Rare Masters is an album by Elton John that was released in 1992. This compilation album featuring B-sides and outtakes recorded between 1968 and 1975, it is the only place where one can find the soundtrack to the 1971 movie Friends on CD.

When the Elton John back catalogue from 1969-1975 was remastered and released in 1995, many of these songs were released on those albums as well, also in remastered form.

Track listing

The first track is credited as a John/Taupin-composition but is solely written by Elton John.

Disc one

1. "I've Been Loving You" – 3:16
2. "Here's to the Next Time" (Elton John) – 2:58
3. "Lady Samantha" (also on Empty Sky) – 3:02
4. "All Across the Havens" (also on Empty Sky) – 2:51
5. "It's Me That You Need" (also on Empty Sky) – 4:00
6. "Just Like Strange Rain" (also on Empty Sky) – 3:44
7. "Bad Side of the Moon" (also on Elton John) – 3:12
8. "Rock n' Roll Madonna" (also on Elton John)– 4:16
9. "Grey Seal" [original version] (also on Elton John) – 3:35
   • Friends (soundtrack)
10. "Friends" – 2:23
11. "Michelle's Song" – 4:20
12. "Seasons" – 3:56
13. "Variation on Michelle's Song (A Day in the Country)" – 2:47
14. "Can I Put You On" – 5:57
15. "Honey Roll" – 3:07
16. "Variation on Friends" – 1:43
17. "I Meant to Do My Work Today (A Day in the Country)" – 1:36
18. "Four Moods" (Paul Buckmaster) – 11:01
19. "Seasons Reprise" – 1:39

Disc two

1. "Madman Across the Water" (Original version) (also on Tumbleweed Connection) – 8:50
2. "Into the Old Man's Shoes" (also on Tumbleweed Connection) – 4:01
3. "Rock Me When He's Gone" – 5:01
4. "Slave" [Alternate version] (also on Honky Chateau) – 2:48
5. "Skyline Pigeon" [Piano version] (also on Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player) – 3:51
6. "Jack Rabbit" (also on Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player) – 1:51
7. "Whenever You're Ready (We'll Go Steady Again)" (also on Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player) – 2:51
8. "Let Me Be Your Car" (also on Rod Stewart album Smiler) – 4:52
9. "Screw You (Young Man's Blues)" (also on Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player) – 4:41
10. "Step into Christmas" (also on Caribou)– 4:30
11. "Ho! Ho! Ho! (Who'd Be a Turkey at Christmas)" – 4:03
12. "Sick City" (also on Caribou)– 5:23
13. "Cold Highway" (also on Caribou)– 3:26
14. "One Day (At a Time)" (John Lennon) (also on Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy)– 3:47
15. "I Saw Her Standing There" [live] (Duet with John Lennon) (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) (also on Here and There)– 3:51
16. "House of Cards" (also on Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy)– 3:09
17. "Planes" – 4:14
18. "Sugar on the Floor" (Kiki Dee) (also on Rock of the Westies) – 4:33

All songs by Elton John and Bernie Taupin, except where noted.