TIL the applause in Elton John's "Bennie and the Jets" was taken from a Jimi Hendrix performance and "fake-lived" by the audio engineers.
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“He added reverb effects, applause and other audience sounds from John’s previous concerts and a loop from the Jimi Hendrix live album Isle of Wight, plus whistles, giving it the “live concert recording” feel”
Oh - ha I clicked. Damn
I'd heard they added clapping sounds on every beat of that track to imitate an audience that didn't know to clap on 2 and 4.
Someone made a version without crowd noises: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAfAlfSlobA