Elton John - Regimental Sgt.ZippoReleased for RSD 2021 (June Drop) After the rapturous reception for Jewel Box, Rocket UMC EMI are honoured to announce a strictly limited one off bringing together of Elton Johns fabled Regimental Sgt Zippo album that was slated for release in 1968, but ultimately shelved. For one day only, we enter a parallel universe where this, not Empty Sky, would have been Elton Johns debut album. Recorded at Dick James Studios in Central London between late 1967

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and a transformative energy collapse natural constraints of place

" can send crowds into overdrive

very popular down under with a sound somewhere between The Rolling Stones and The Easybeats

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The Moonlight ButterflyåÊhas the core elements of the utterly unique Sea and Cake sound

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One of the first wave of 'post-rock' acts (and perhaps it‰۪s ultimate example)

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Japan was the biggest per capita market in the world for jazz records

Also includes remarkable B-side tracks such as The Butterfly Collector and Tales from the Riverbank

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