Elton John Thom Bell vocal sessions in the studio 

NO WAY that's awesome

By being in this great video, your lovely mom now has eternal youth, not many of us can say that😊

You can't hear it for being muffled!

James Accardo It sounds like Terminator

Yes, and the Spinners sang background on it.

I love that part

HIs music stand failed and sunk down.😆

May be multi tracking.

I think Shine On Through was released on one of his albums before the EP came out in 1989. Heard it took about ten years for the lawyers to work it out so Elton could get possession of these recordings and they could be released. From what I remember only Mama Can't Buy You Love was the only release. I had it on a 45 single. Everything else stayed in the vault until 1989.

Charged?

It Reid not Reed

Como sea you know who

Yes, they did. Elton left before the album was completed and that's why there are only six tracks. However Elton has nothing but good things to say about Thom Bell. He credits Bell for encouraging him to sing in his lower register, which he seemed to do consistently after these sessions and help save his voice. As much as I liked his falsetto, after his operation he couldn't do it anymore so Thom Bell's advice helped him.

Yes it is

and even though Bernie Taupin only co-wrote Nice & Slow form these sessions..he's also in crowd...far right (short guy with shaggy facial hair & cap) during Are You Ready for Love (approx 36:45)

Yess

Possibly so it could be used for a music video, which it was.

Correct. This is not how a vocal session typically works...

Wow I didn’t know that information, I do know Thom said the record executives behind Elton didn’t like him working with Elton . Did you know the 4 original Stylistics NEVER SANG on ANY THOM BELL recording ??? He didn’t like thier sound , ONLY Airrion Love sang on “ you make me feel brand new “ and I think “ you are everything “ , Russell Thompkins begged Thom to let Airrion sing on the songs , so he sang on 2 songs . You can hear it from his mouth on the Russell Thompkins interview on RU-vid. Also Randy Cain of the Delfonics said the Stylistics songs were meant for the Delfonics and some arrangements were a little different but pretty much the same, and had they gotten them they would’ve been bigger than the Beatles !!!

lh12cat Yes. I know that the other Stylistics never sang on anything that Thom Bell produced for them. They didn’t sing on the first three albums which were: The Stylistics Round 2 Rockin Roll Baby Yes, Airron sang the harmony part on “You Are Everything” and the two verses of “You Make Me Feel Brand New” because Russell beg Thom to let him come because they were friends at that time. The actual background vocals on the first three albums were done by: Russell Thompkins,Jr Thom Bell Carl Helm Bunny Sigler Kenny Gamble and Phil Hurtt along with the Sigma Sweethearts: Barbara Ingram Yvette Benton Carla Benson, and Linda Creed

Jaylen E. Turner , I’m a 67 year old black male born on the south side of Chicago ( in Woodlawn area home of , Minnie Riperton , Chi-lites , ) and serious record collector , and have some very valuable soul/ rock albums . You hit the nail on the head with what I left out , are you related to one of the philly writer’s ? Also type in on RU-vid “ Brotherly Love mama’s little baby loves lovin “ to see my comments , those 5 actual blood brothers were awesome , but thier last name was Jackson , and thier father was related to the Jackson fives dad Joe somehow ( Aaron Jackson told me this , but he didn’t know how they were related) and thier contract got bought out so they couldn’t compete with the Jackson Five . They did a TON of music that got canned , only 2 singles got released, RU-vid “ Brotherly Love growing pains , and Brotherly Love I don’t see me in your eyes , NOTE: the B side of Mama’s little baby loves lovin is “BINGO “ nobody has put it on RU-vid yet. The lead singer the baby of the family Reginald passed last year .

lh12cat I am a young 21 year old singer/songwriter, and I have been listening to Thom Bell and the Philly soul’s productions since I was 17. It inspires me every days. I hope one day I can work with Thom Bell, Kenny Gamble,and Leon Huff.

Jaylen E. Turner , they are my idols. guess what ?after YEARS of wanting to know WHO in the HELL is this GUY who sang lead on the THOM BELL arranged “ same old love “ by the COURTSHIP, I and other soul fans , collectors found out a few years ago and were SHOCKED !!! The lead singer is Billy Hill who was an original member of Anita Humes & the Essex !!!! I couldn’t believe it , he saw my question and others on a RU-vid video of thier song oops it just slipped out/ love ain’t love “ arrangement by the great Bobby Martin a few years ago and said the other 2 members were Ryder college students Donald Robbins and Bruce pembert , I have a photo of them in a soul singles discography book 3 white USA soul collectors put out some years and one of them had the photo of the Courtship in it ( I was told this by a U.K. Soul fan ) I HAD to have this to see what they looked like, I purchased the book and asked I the one who had the photo wanted to sell it but he didn’t. I did post the photo on the u.k . Soul collectors site ( Soul source ) and a lot of collectors were glad to finally see them that hadn’t. You could google it and can pull up the picture ( 2 are standing and one is sitting at a piano, Billy is standing kind of turned to his right ) also a cd was released on Deepbeats with THREE unreleased Courtship songs plus the released songs Except same old love / last row first balcony , MAN , the Bobby Martin arrangement on “ Friends just Friends “ will bring tears to yours eyes , and Billy’s little Anthony-ish vocals are heavenly and the way he sings and says laaavh ( love ) whew !!! That ballad is sweet , the other sweet haunting Bobby Martin ballad is “ caught in the act of lovin you “ man Billy and the guys say shoo be do be doooooo , then he softly sings ( I’m caught in the act of lovin you) but his way is , Highmmm cot in the act of lovin you . Dam this is sweet !!! , lastly the THOM BELL “ for the chance of loving you . Has a u.k. English 1960’s classical sound and shows the guys singing in great form , you can hear Thom’s piano genius throughout the song. I saved all videos of Billy Hill on RU-vid singing live by himself, he did six at an event outside with kids ( he doesn’t sing like Little Anthony in any of them , he isn’t singing any Courtship songs 😢 he does covers , and I think that Little Anthony ish voice is just one of several he sings in , but I LOVE it . The deepbeats cd is available go to Discogs.com and type it in for sellers. “Deepbeats old school harmony volume 2 -DGPCD 784 , oh also on the Delfonics 1999 cd forever new- listen to the Thom Bell arrangement of “she’s the kinda girl” man this will tear you up , Thom STILL has it , and it’s like William Hart was waiting for them to do something again, it was magic !!! William did mention on RU-vid in an interview about Thom Had contacted him about a song he had for them. Lastly I don’t know if this song was released by the courtship but it’s Billy Hill “ don’t ask me “ and he is in great little Anthony ish voice here , another version with the SAME music is “ Jay & the Techniques don’t ask me to forget, exact same song but Billy KILLED IT . Also listen to Billy’s singles on Motown as Billy Proctor ( he sounds like Jerry Butler) “what is black “ and a few others I cannot recall , he also had a group Billy Proctor and love system , they did a few 45’s all the above are on RU-vid except the 3 cd cuts .