Elton John has shared a brand new, Fiftieth-anniversary reissue of his 1975 album, Captain Implausible and the Brown Filth Cowboy.
Written with John’s longtime collaborator and lyricist Bernie Taupin whereas they had been aboard the passenger liner The SS France, the report marked John’s ninth launch in simply six years. It chronicled his (Captain Implausible) and Taupin’s (the Brown Filth Cowboy) early careers in London as they labored collectively to interrupt into the trade. On the again of hit singles like “Someone Saved My Life Tonight,” the album grew to become the primary in historical past to debut at #1 on the US Billboard 200, in addition to the primary to be RIAA-certified Gold solely off of pre-orders.
The brand new version, out now, is out there in 2LP, 2CD, and 1LP codecs. It additionally contains a recording of the album’s dwell debut at Midsummer Music at Wembley Stadium in 1975. An accompanying booklet additionally options new materials, together with never-before-seen entries drawn from John’s private diary on the time.
The reissue additionally marks one other key milestone in John’s profession—the Fiftieth anniversary of his landmark back-to-back performances at Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium on October twenty fifth and twenty sixth, 1975. The 2 exhibits closed out John’s Rock Of The Westies tour, and featured appearances from Emmylou Harris, Joe Walsh and tennis star Billie Jean King. Performed for a cumulative whole of over 100,000 individuals and broadcast on British tv, the exhibits stay a few of the most well-known in pop and rock historical past.
In an announcement on the brand new reissue, John shared: “Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy was the first album I’d ever made that was autobiographical, and it was the first time we’d gone into the studio with all the songs already written. We rehearsed it as a band, then went in and cut it more or less live. The band were at their absolute peak and you can hear it on the record. I think it’s the best thing we ever did. The songs were strong, Bernie’s lyrics were brilliant, and the atmosphere at Caribou was perfect. Seeing it go to Number One faster than anything I’d ever released felt like vindication, like the culmination of everything Bernie and I had fought for back in those bedsits in London.”
To this point, 2025 has already been a busy 12 months for the always-prolific John—he launched his tenth UK #1 album, Who Believes In Angels? with Brandi Carlile, in April. He additionally launched the dwell album Elton John – Stay from the Rainbow Theatre with Ray Cooper in July.
Store for Elton John’s Captain Implausible and the Brown Filth Cowboy on vinyl or CD now.
