Elton John Releases Box Set ‘Elton: Jewel Box’
By Nate Todd Nov 13, 2020 • 5:50 am PST
Elton John’s box set, Elton: Jewel Box, arrives today via UMe/EMI. The career-spanning collection features 148 songs stretching back to 1965.
All of the audio on Elton: Jewel Box received the remastering treatment from Grammy-winning mastering engineer Sean Magee at the legendary Abbey Road Studios. Among the extensive song list of deep cuts, rarities and B-sides is “Sing Me No Sad Songs,” a 1969 demo that showcases the chemistry between Elton and longtime lyricist Bernie Taupin.
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Elton John spoke about those early days and working on the box set in a statement via uDiscoverMusic. Read his words 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.
The set — which culminates in the final disc, And This Is Me, featuring songs from John’s autobiography, Me, including his 2020 Academy Award-winning duet with Taron Egerton on “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” — arrives in a variety of formats including CDs, vinyl, digital download and streaming.
Stream Elton: Jewel Box below:
