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This 1973 classic was more than just a big hit for Elton. "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" drove straight to #1, paved the charts for 103 weeks and went platinum seven times over in the U.S. alone. It also dazzlingly presented Elton’s radiant persona and wide-ranging musical mastery to the world, lifting him to a whole new level of superstardom. "Bennie & the Jets," "Candle in the Wind," "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" and "Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting" were all born right here. They and the rest of the original double-LP have never sounded better than on this 40th-anniversary remaster, available on CD, double-vinyl (the super-fine 180-gram audiophile stuff) or stunning Blu-Ray High Fidelity Pure Audio (stereo and 5.1 surround). Disc two of the deluxe edition adds "Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting" Fall Out Boy; "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" Hunter Hayes; "Harmony" Zac Brown Band, and other covers of the album’s songs (Elton personally chose the artists) plus live 1973 Hammersmith performances. Super deluxe version has all that and more Hammersmith tracks ("Daniel," "Honky Cat," "Rocket Man," "Love Lies Bleeding" and more) plus demos, B-sides, alternate mixes, a DVD of Bryan Forbes’ 1973 film "Elton John and Bernie Taupin Say Goodbye to Norma Jean and Other Things" and a 100-page illustrated hardback book with rare photos, memorabilia and new interviews with Elton and Bernie Taupin. A ’70s pop landmark, feted in suitably fabulous fashion! Mercury.