Elton John album (with Your Song) Tumbleweed and Madman were (to me) the best

I first heard Elton John's music in a barn in Kildonan on Arran when I was about 16 and I thought it had good songs on it and WONDERFULLY produced for the time - as I remember.

Double bass recorded well (King is Dead etc) - wonderful acoustic guitar sound (Madman across water - a bit on a track (about 2 bars) on Tumbleweed which I have always struggled to explain to people why it is so wonderful to me but it JUST IS perfection for me in playing and sound) and tasteful strings (Come Down in Time when the strings whoosh in still makes me smile) - and great drum sounds.

I'm not a fan now but I still occasionally listen to the early albums and still like the sounds and tunes