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Latest bin find.....Elton John

I found an unusually clean copy of EJ's second album, simply titled "Elton John"

This replaced my okay copy. Just when you've written off certain albums off as unobtanium(condition/cost) a minty copy awaits with persistence!

This Uni domestic press sounds fantastic. Perhaps it's just because it so clean/unmolested.
Ive never heard a Britsh press. Faves include "Take me to the Pilot" ""Sixty Years On" and "Border Song"

I lost interest after "Goodbye YBR" but always keep EJ as a "Hall of Fame" kinda performer.


tablejockey
tablejockey OP
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"whom was DJM ?"

jafant-Wiki is your friend..

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Jame

A DJM labeled disc is a British copy.



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whart
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I also have DJMs from France and Japan from the era. I first mentioned it, aside from the pressings,  to underscore that Dick James had some real history even before Elton; those mop tops from Liverpool. Had a nice chunk of the publishing. And sold it. I think there was considerable acrimony between EJ and Dick James. Should be a matter of public record.
It was a colorful business, with some interesting characters. 
tablejockey OP
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whart-took a peek at your system pics...
Buddha definitely approves-especially with the Avant's.

Not knowing how old the pics are, I noticed the David Lindley album in the background of one pic. 

That is one great sounding album. I remember "Mercury Blues" being a huge hit here, in SoCal. 
My copy gets played now and then.

Whats the LP plugged into? My  LP goes through a Fender '65 Deluxe Reverb(reissue)



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slaw
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Actually the David Lindley lps are some of my latest bin finds..

El Rayo-X  S/T" , "Win This Record!" & "Very Greasy"
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tablejockey---the Fender ’65 Deluxe Reverb, both original (I used to own one) and reissue, is a FANTASTIC sounding amp! Jonny Kaplan played a Gibson Les Paul Jr. through one when I gigged with him, and it was the best sounding guitar I’ve ever heard live. And I’ve heard Dave Edmunds playing his ’58 Gibson dot-neck 335! Dwight Twilley’s original guitarist, the late (heavy smoker, lung cancer got him) great Bill Pitcock IV, played his 335 through a pair of blackface Deluxe Reverbs with an MXR digital delay between the two, to create the slapback that was a big part of his style and sound. His playing on The Dwight Twilley Band’s first album, Sincerely, is just incredible.

slaw, I love David Lindley, and have for years used his albums as demo material for speaker evaluations. He puts on a great live show too.

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