David
As a new college entrant I was now getting exposed to proper, grown up music. Despite this, I still slept and ate everything Reg and Bernie produced.
This and what followed for the next 4 or 5 years was astounding. “Honky Chateau”, “Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only The Piano Player”, “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road”, “Caribou” “Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy” and “Rock Of The Westies”.
Whatever the subjective merits of this man’s music is in comparison to others, to me, it was Elton’s music that started it all.
Hearing this today on beautiful, newly minted vinyl, it is still a real treat.
DavidI don’t give a rat’s arsehole what other people think of this record - it’s an amazing record that epitomised the brilliance of growing up in the musical potpourri of the early to mid 70’s.
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DavidOne of my guilty pleasures is still liking some early Elton John records. While this is possibly my favourite Elton John record, for numerous and quite frankly unexplainable reasons, this is definitely the end of the line as far as my E.
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