Singer: Elton John
Title: Friends
Label: Paramount Records ‎– PAS 6004
Type: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Date of released: 1971
Category: Rock, Stage & Screen
Style: Soundtrack, Pop Rock, Classic Rock
Size MP3 zip: 1441 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1737 mb
Rating: 4.0✭
Format: MP3 AAC APE MMF MP2 FLAC DTS DMF FLAC

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Friends	2:20
A2	Honey Roll Bass – Dee MurrayDrums – Nigel OlssonGuitar – Caleb QuayeTenor 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 MurrayDrums – Nigel OlssonGuitar – 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.

• Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman

Credits

• Arranged By, Composed By [Additional Music] – Paul Buckmaster
• Backing Vocals – Lesley Duncan, Liza Strike, Madeline Bell
• Composed By – Elton John And Bernie Taupin* (tracks: A1 to B2, B4)
• Engineer – Robin Geoffrey Cable
• Executive Producer – John Gilbert
• Producer – Gus Dudgeon
• Vocals, Keyboards – Elton John

Notes

This variant has Paramount Records logo on both front and back covers.

Full title on labels:
Original Soundtrack Recording From The Paramount Picture 'Friends'

Produced for Tuesday Productions Ltd.
Album recorded at Trident Studios, London.
Track A4 consists of two songs: 'Theme (The First Kiss)' and 'Seasons'.
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., 1780 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10019.
Track B3 copyright © 1970 by Essex Music
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.
Catalog # on sleeve and center labels: PAS 6004
Copyright © 1971 by PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORPORATION/All Rights Reserved
A product of Paramount Records, a division of Famous Music Corporation, a G+W Company, New York, New York 10023

Columbia Pitman pressing variation, with metal parts originated from Terre Haute plant (and 'p' stamp added on), and label address shown on center label as Hollywood, California 90028 (see also Monarch and Shelley Products promo for other label variants).

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (A side label): LPS 6004 A
• Matrix / Runout (A side deadwax): X T 1 (scribed) p(stamped/inverted) PAS-6004A-16(scribed)
• Matrix / Runout (B side label): LPS 6004 B
• Matrix / Runout (B side deadwax): X T 2 (scribed) p(stamped/inverted) PAS-6004-B-15(scribed)

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SPFL 269, 1E 062 ◦ 92266	Elton John	Friends ‎(LP, Album)	Paramount Records, Paramount Records	SPFL 269, 1E 062 ◦ 92266	UK	1971
PAS 6004	Elton John	Friends ‎(LP, Album)	Paramount Records	PAS 6004	Canada	1971
MCL 1794	Elton John	Friends ‎(LP, Album, RE)	MCA Records	MCL 1794	UK	Unknown
201 525	Elton John	Friends ‎(LP, Album, RE)	MCA Records	201 525	Brazil	Unknown
SPML-934183, PAS 6004	Elton John	Friends ‎(LP, Album)	Paramount Records, Paramount Records	SPML-934183, PAS 6004	Australia	1971

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