Update: the contest has ended. Thanks to all of our entrants, and we'll be notifying the winners shortly.
"
Bennie and the Jets," "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting," "
Candle in the Wind," "
Funeral For a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding" - these are only four of the classic songs on
Elton John's 1973 double-LP,
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Now the legendary album is being given the super deluxe treatment in a new package from Universal with a five-disc set featuring the original album, a live show from the era, a documentary about Elton John and lyricist
Bernie Taupin filmed in 1973, a 100-page book, demos, outtakes, and covers of the album's songs from current artists like
Miguel,
the Band Perry,
Fall Out Boy,
Zac Brown Band, and more.
We've got a pair of these packages to give away, and we're making it really easy to win one. We're giving you two options, and you only need to pick one of them two enter.
1) Log in with your AllMusic account - or
sign up if you aren't already a user - and comment on
this post with the name of your favorite song from
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.
OR
2) Mail us a letter or postcard with your favorite song from
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, plus your contact info (email address, Twitter handle, or phone number) to AllMusic HQ, postmarked by Wednesday, March 19:
ATTN: Elton John Giveaway
AllMusic
206 S. Main St., #225
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
That's it. We'll randomly select two winners from the entrants, get your address, and you'll have this monster reissue headed your way. Also, pay heed to these rules:
• Giveaway begins Tuesday, March 11. Winners will be selected on Monday, March 24.
• Winners will be contacted via the contact info they provided, so if you enter via a comment on our blog, be sure to register with a valid email address that you check regularly.
• If no response is received from a winner within 72 hours, a new winner will be drawn from the pool of candidates.
• Must have a United States mailing address.
• Must be over 13 years of age to enter.
• One entry per household.
On Monday, March 24, we'll randomly select two winners. The winners will each receive one copy of the Super Deluxe reissue of
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.
The
Super Deluxe edition of
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road will be released on March 25.
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