Elton John Nov 11th,1971 live Performance Levon Stereo Mixed from Mono

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"Levon" is a song written by English musician Elton John and songwriter Bernie Taupin, and performed by John. It was recorded on 27 February 1971, and was released on John's 1971 album, Madman Across the Water.
The song reached number 24 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and peaked at number six on the Canadian RPM singles chart.
According to Gus Dudgeon, Taupin named the character in the song after the Band's co-founder, drummer and singer Levon Helm. The Band were apparently John and Taupin's favourite group at the time. In 2013, however, Taupin said that the song was unrelated to Helm. According to fellow Band member Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm did not like the song, quoting him as saying "Englishmen shouldn't fuck with Americanisms".
The "Alvin Tostig" mentioned in the song (Levon's father) is, according to Taupin, fictional.
The song was omitted from John's 1974 compilation album Greatest Hits[8] but was included in the U.S. edition of Elton John's Greatest Hits Volume II (1977).
John performed the song for his spring 1972 concert. A portion of the live performance appeared in the bootleg recording releases Scope 72 and Apple Pie.
The song's lyrics refer to the character Levon as being born on Christmas, and John's first son Zachary, who was born on December 25, 2010, has Levon as one of his middle names.
Author Elizabeth J. Rosenthal in 2001 labelled "Levon" one of Elton John's signature songs. She criticised the orchestra for almost "jeopardizing the simple grandeur of the melody and Elton's chord progressions."
The song peaked at number 24 on Billboard Hot 100 on the week ending 5 February 1972, more than two months after its single release on 29 November 1971.
Record World called it John's and Taupin's "'Eleanor Rigby,' sort of" with high hit potential.