Sir Elton Celebrates 50 Years of ‘Rock of the Westies’

Sir Elton is celebrating the 50^th anniversary of his album “Rock of the Westies” with an expanded edition of the album.

Set for a November 20 release, “Rock of the Westies” was originally released in October 1975 and is Elton John’s 10^th studio album.  The new release will feature the original album and a second disc of stripped down previously unreleased songs of Elton and his piano.

The album will be available as a double vinyl album, a double CD, a single vinyl album, and as a digital download.  “Rock of the Westies” will be available on CD and digitally for the first time.

Speaking on the anniversary release, Sir Elton said, “I listened to the whole album again this year, stripped back to just the piano and vocals. On ‘Street Kids’, there is a single, long piano riff throughout the whole song. And there’s absolutely not a single mistake there. After all these years, I am still very proud of the quality of the musicianship on this record.”

The original album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart and remained there for three weeks; it included the song “Island Girl”.