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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.


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I can't be 100% certain. However, I do know from years of reading, buying, and so on that TP had a business relationship with Steve Hoffman at some point. More important, TP has said that the guy that is the head of Impex, Robert Pincus, was his main influence/mentor in his whole business plan of Hot Stampers/dead wax info, and IMPEX is an off-shute of Cisco (another Steve Hoffman label).

Lots of interesting affiliations going on here that would lead anyone to believe my point.
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slaw-insert Arte Johnson GIF here...VERY INTERESTING
Johnny Carson- I did not know that...
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I went to Tom Ports apartment in Sherman Oaks (a couple of blocks from mine, just off the Ventura Blvd. that Tom Petty mentions vampires walking down in "Free Falling") a couple of times in the 90's, buying a French pressing of the Magical Mystery Tour LP. I was surprised to learn he had a decidedly mid-fi system through which he made his LP sound quality assessments. At the time his prices hadn't yet become absurd.
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bdp24,

The last time I saw a picture of his set-up, he had a VPI TNT sitting on cinderblocks close behind his big Legacy speakers. (Not that there's anything wrong with that?)

You've led an interesting life. I always enjoy reading about your experiences.

Cheers!
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A few years ago, I use to correspond with TP about music and such. One time I remember asking about the Herron phono stage, (which he use to sell). He told me he wasn’t a proponent.

I believe that was when I quit my correspondence.

I actually purchased my EAR 834P from him. When I received it, to my surprise, he had enclosed a used Amperex Bugle Boy at an extra $50.00 charge. When I inquired about it he did not make any apologies. I accepted it and never did business with him again. Life's too short.
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