ELTON JOHN 1969 UK DJM DEMO COPY DJS 205 "ITS ME THAT YOU NEED"
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ELTON JOHN 1969 DEMO RELEASE OF "ITS ME THAT YOU NEED b/w JUST LIKE STRANGE RAIN" WRITTEN BY ELTON JOHN AND BERNIE TAUPIN
BAND MEMBERS ON THE TRACKS WERE ELTON JOHN ON HOFNER ELECTRIC PIANO TONY MURRAY ON BASS ROGER POPE ON DRUMS CALEB QUALE ON GUITAR AND PRODUCER WAS STEVE BROWN
RELEASED 16th MAY 1969 DJM RECORDS DJS 205 STAMPER NUMBERS 1 ON BOTH SIDES MATRIX NUMBERS -1 ON BOTH SIDES
DJM RECORDS BEING DICK JAMES MUSIC AND ELTON'S FIRST RELEASE ON THIS LABEL AND ONLY HIS THIRD SINGLE RELEASE OVERALL AS ELTON JOHN
THIS SINGLE ACTUALLY PERFORMED WORSE THAN HIS PREVIOUS TWO RELEASES WHICH WERE ON THE PHILIPS LABEL "I'VE BEEN LOVING YOU" AND "LADY SAMANTHA" AND FAILED TO ENTER THE CHARTS IN EITHER THE UK OR AMERICA AND WAS ONLY REALLY SUCCESSFUL IN JAPAN
THERE WERE TWO ORIGINAL STOCK COPY VERSIONS RELEASED IN THE UK ONE IN A PICTURE SLEEVE AND ONE IN A STANDARD DJM SLEEVE
AS MENTIONED EARLIER NEITHER CHARTED IN THE UK AND TO THIS DAY ARE EXTREMELY RARE AND HARD TO FIND
PRIOR TO RELEASE A SMALL NUMBER OF PROMOTIONAL COPIES WERE PRESSED UP FOR DJ's, RECORD STATIONS ETC AND THIS COPY IS ONE OF THEM VINYL DISC STILL RETAINS A DEEP GLOSSY FINISH TO THE SURFACES BUT DOES HAVE SOME HANDLING AND NEEDLE MARKS ONE OF WHICH IS JUST FEELABLE BUT BOTH SIDES PLAY THROUGH WITHOUT ANY JUMPING OR STICKING BUT THERE IS SOME POP AND CRACKLE WHEN LISTENED TO LABEL ON SIDE ONE IS BRIGHT AND CLEAN AND CARRIES "ADVANCE PROMOTIONAL COPY" TEXT AND THE DATE STAMP "16th MAY 1969" LABEL ON SIDE TWO IS EQUALLY CLEAN BUT DOES HAVE A NAME ON IT (COULD BE DJ OR SIMILAR OWNER)
RECORD COMES IN A PLAIN WHITE SLEEVE THIS IS A RARE ITEM EXTREMELY HARD TO FIND AS A STOCK SINGLE FROM 1969 EVEN HARDER TO FIND AS A PROMO COPY
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