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Confusing parts

As a casual reader, this article confused me on a couple of points.

"The title song, "Madman Across the Water", was set to be released on Elton John's previous album Tumbleweed Connection. However, it was set aside" — The song was recorded on August 14, so does that mean it was re-recorded? or never recorded for Tumbleweed?
"There was an initial run of very expensive album covers with similar embroidery, used for promotional purposes (also collectors items), but as demand quickly exceeded supply, the embroidery was replaced, first by embossing (a minor collectors item), and then totally." — This sentence took me a few reads to get it. The embroidery was replaced totally, but only after the embroidery was replaced by embossing? I would clarify, but I don't even know if this is the actual meaning.
"mat or flat printed" — I have no clue what this is. Any internal links for these formats?
Each song is listed as having been recorded on a particular date. Did Elton really work this way? The entire song, orchestra and band, was recorded and completed in a single day? My extremely limited knowledge of music recording like this would stem from the film Nashville, where bands recorded "live" in a studio. So I'm extremely curious about this.

Thanks! – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 21:12, 22 March 2010 (UTC) Is the title track "madman across." about "The turn of the screw" By Henry James? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.65.208.154 (talk) 12:39, 19 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Genre discussion

As a prog rock (and Elton John) fan I cannot admit prog rock to be the main genre of this album. Maybe soft rock or pop rock can be more appropriate. No strange time signatures, no lengthy solos,... The current citation for the genre is not correct so I would suggest this genre change.

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 Thanks! – <i><font color="#8C0099">Ker</font><font color="#BA00CC">αun</font><font color="#E900FF">oςc</font><font color="#ED33FF">op</font><font color="#F166FF">ia<sup>◁</sup></font><sub><font color="#5100CC">[[User_talk:Keraunoscopia|galaxies]]</font></sub></i> 21:12, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
 Is the title track "madman across."  about "The turn of the screw" By Henry James?  <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/65.65.208.154|65.65.208.154]] ([[User talk:65.65.208.154|talk]]) 12:39, 19 April 2010 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
+== Genre discussion ==
+As a prog rock (and Elton John) fan I cannot admit prog rock to be the main genre of this album. Maybe soft rock or pop rock can be more appropriate. No strange time signatures, no lengthy solos,... The current citation for the genre is not correct so I would suggest this genre change.