Elton John Announces Rarities Box Set ‘Elton: Jewel Box’ & Shares ‘Sing Me No Sad Songs’ Demo
By Nate Todd Sep 17, 2020 • 10:04 am PDT
Elton John announced a new box set, Elton: Jewel Box, set for release on November 13 via UMe/EMI. The iconic artist shared a preview of the collection, an early demo of the tune “Sing Me No Sad Songs.”
The extensive compilation features 148 songs including deep cuts, rarities and B-sides beginning with early work from 1965 and stretching all the way to 2019. The collection will arrive in a variety of formats including eight CD, four-LP, three-LP, two-LP, streaming and digital download, as per uDiscoverMusic.
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The eight CD set features detailed notes from Elton which includes a track-by-track commentary on the Deep Cuts disc. All of the audio from Elton: Jewel Box received the remastering treatment from Grammy-winning engineer Sean Magee at the legendary Abbey Road Studios.
Elton John detailed the experience of compiling the set in a statement. Read it below:
To delve back through every period of my career in such detail for ‘Jewel Box’ has been an absolute pleasure. Hearing these long lost tracks again, I find it hard to comprehend just how prolific Bernie and I were during the early days. The songs just poured out of us, and the band were just unbelievable in the studio.
I always want to push forward with everything I do and look to the future, but having time during lockdown to take stock and pull these moments from my memory from each era has been a joy. As a devout record collector myself, this project has really excited me, and I couldn’t be happier with the level of craft involved in such a carefully curated, lovingly constructed box set. I’m sure my fans will enjoy it as much as I have.
To preview Elton: Jewel Box, the artist shared, “Sing Me No Sad Songs,” an early example (a demo from 1969) of the stellar songwriting partnership between Elton John and lyricist Bernie Taupin. It also contains a couple of easter eggs referencing later Elton hits.
Stream “Sing Me No Sad Songs” below:
Head on over to uDiscoverMusic for the full tracklist.
