Elton John – Friends

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Label:	Paramount Records – PAS-6004
Format:	Vinyl , LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
Country:	US
Released:
Genre:	Stage & Screen
Style:	Classic Rock

Tracklist

A1	Friends	2:20
A2	Honey Roll Bass – Dee Murray Drums – Nigel Olsson Guitar – Caleb Quaye Tenor Saxophone – Rex Morris	3:00
A3	Variations On "Friends" Composed By [Introduction And Coda] – Paul Buckmaster	1:45
A4a	Theme (The First Kiss)	3:52
A4b	Seasons
A5	Variations On Michelle's Song (A Day In The Country) Composed By [Introduction] – Paul Buckmaster	2:44
A6	Can I Put You On Bass – Dee Murray Drums – Nigel Olsson Guitar – Caleb Quaye	5:52
B1	Michelle's Song	4:16
B2	I Meant To Do My Work Today (A Day In The Country) Composed By [Introduction] – Paul Buckmaster	1:33
B3	Four Moods Composed By – Paul Buckmaster	10:56
B4	Seasons Reprise	1:33

Companies, etc.

Recorded At – Trident Studios
Record Company – ABC Records, Inc.
Record Company – Famous Music Corporation
Copyright © – Dick James Music Ltd.
Copyright © – Dick James Music, Inc.
Copyright © – Paramount Pictures Corporation
Produced For – Tuesday Productions Ltd.

Credits

Arranged By, Music By [Additional] – Paul Buckmaster
Backing Vocals – Madeline Bell
Composed By – Elton John And Bernie Taupin* (tracks: A1 to B2, B4)
Directed By [And Original Story] – Lewis Gilbert
Engineer – Robin Geoffrey Cable
Executive-Producer – John Gilbert
Producer – Gus Dudgeon
Producer [Associate] – Geoffry Helman
Screenwriter – Vernon Harris
Vocals, Keyboards – Elton John

Notes

Title on front cover: Original Soundtrack Recording "Friends"
Title on spine: Friends
Title on labels: Original Soundtrack Recording From The Paramount Picture "Friends"

Printed on back cover:
Production by Tuesday Production Ltd.
©Copyright 1970 by Dick James Music Limited, London/All rights for the U.S.A., Canada, Mexico, and the Philippines controlled by Dick James Music, Inc.

Permission to include the poem-"I Meant To Do My Work Today." By Richard Le Gallienne granted by The Society of Authors on behalf of the Estate of Richard Le Gallienne.

Album recorded at Trident Studios, London.
Copyright ©1971 Paramount Pictures Corporation.
A product of ABC Records, Inc.
This album previously released as Paramount PAS-6004

Printed on spine:
ABC Records Inc.

Printed on labels:
Paramount Records, A division of Famous Music Corporation, New York, New York 10023

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Side A label): LPS-6004-A
Matrix / Runout (Side B label): LPS-6004-B
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1 Side A, etched): PAS-6004-A ③
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1 Side B, etched): PAS-6004-B ③
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2 Side A, etched): PAS-6004-A ④
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2 Side B, etched): PAS-6004-B ⑤
Matrix / Runout (Variant 3 Side A, etched): PAS-6004-A ④
Matrix / Runout (Variant 3 Side B, etched): PAS-6004-B ⑥ V
Matrix / Runout (Variant 4 Side A, etched): PAS-6004-A ⑥
Matrix / Runout (Variant 4 Side B, etched): PAS-6004-B ⑥
Matrix / Runout (Variant 5 Side A, etched): PAS-6004-A ④
Matrix / Runout (Variant 5 Side B, etched): PAS-6004-B ②
Matrix / Runout (Variant 6 Side A, etched): PAS-6004-A ④
Matrix / Runout (Variant 6 Side B, etched): PAS-6004-B ③
Matrix / Runout (Variant 7 Side A, etched): PAS-6004-A ③
Matrix / Runout (Variant 7 Side B, etched): PAS-6004-B ②

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
	Friends (LP, Album, Stereo, Monarch Press)	Paramount Records	PAS 6004, PAS-6004	US	1971
Recently Edited	Friends (LP, Album)	Paramount Records	SPFL 269, 1E 062 ◦ 92266	UK	1971
Recently Edited	Friends (LP, Album, Stereo)	Paramount Records	PAS-6004, PAS 6004	US	1971
New Submission	Friends (LP, Album, Stereo)	Paramount Records	PAS 6004	Canada	1971
New Submission	Friends (Original Soundtrack Recording) (LP, Album, Stereo)	Paramount Records	1 C 062-92 266		1971