Latest bin find.....Elton John

I remember hearing Lindley back in the Jackson Browne era- it was probably just before or after Late for the Sky (which is as much a Lindley album as it is a Jackson Browne album in my estimation)/ Lindley looked like Cousin ITT, seated, bent over his guitar, all hair.  Lindley was part of a loose confederation of musicians that were like the LA Rock Mafia, worked with a bunch of big California based artists during that era.
Really worth seeing him solo if you haven’t. He brings a dozen instruments, and once he gets a working on a tune, he develops all these overlays and counterpoints to his own playing. My wife, who had never heard him (or of him) said, after going to one of these solo shows for the first time: "He’s like Yo-Yo Ma." Since then, she keeps an eye out for his tours.

whart, had the good fortune of seeing him during the El Rayo period.

A friend asked me to join him, and catch Dacid at a now defunct venue in Huntington Beach.(The Golden Bear) I wasn't really hip to David at the time.
After hearing his brilliance, I was hooked. I haven't seen him since, but I certainly will now, 35 years later!

DL  certainly had a head of hair.He is one of those musical instrument genius freaks. 

To get back to Elton John lps on DJM.. it's been years since I listened to various labels/pressings and so on, but what I remember is, even on DJM, there are sonic differences in various pressings of the same title just as there are in the U.S.

I just put on my DJM of "Don't Shoot Me..." to start to familiarize myself again.

slaw, i'd be interested in reading  your assessment of sonic differences of DJM/UNI presses.

Im in a lifelong  quest of replacing subpar albums. Reading old threads, seems the DJM's is the press to get.

If you buy into any of the "hot stamper"marketing ,there's a copy  for you...

http://www.better-records.com/search_adv.aspx?sp=elton+john&option=s_name&min_price=1&ma...

I have a couple of stores walking distance in my neighborhood, so I just zip up the imaginary bin diving jumpsuit(Peter Townsend white, with boots!) and find these exact presses stamper guy writes about.

tablejockey, Thanks for your interest. I pulled out my U.S. copy? I write this because it is somewhat interesting in that it has the feel (the outer jacket being of thinner cardboard stock, normally associated with UK pressings but is on the MCA label.) The actual record label is black with white printing. Both of my copies have the several pages of pictorial inserts. The original lp inner sleeve is solid black w/ MCA printed all over in white lettering. I put on side two and the difference was immediate. The soundstage was compressed drastically on this MCA pressing. There is no bloom, no presence, not a trace of the "goodness" that I just heard from my DLM copy. A total let-down! The bass response doesn't rise to the level an audiophile would like to hear on either pressing.

My DJM was full of bloom/air, wide soundstage, musically satisfying, very fulfilling as a listener. I certainly don’t consider it as a jump the shark title, by a long shot! This label is mostly black with yellow highlights. My memory says that even these DJM labels can vary in their looks.

I dig what you are saying about finding my/your own hot stamper.