ELTON JOHN Captain Fantastic.. 1975 UK DJM *COMPLETE* MINT
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ELTON JOHN Captain Fantastic.. 1975 UK DJM *COMPLETE* MINT
ELTON JOHNCaptain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy
UK DJM (DJLPX 1) FIRST PRESSING (May 1975)
THE VINYL IS TRANSLUCENT RED WHEN HELD UP TO THE LIGHT
MATRIX: DJLPX - 1 - A - 4 ARUN / DJLPX - 1 - B - 1 ARUN
HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL MATT GATEFOLD SLEEVE PRINTED BY “Shorewood Packaging Co. Ltd., England”
COMPLETE WITH THE TWO GLOSSY 16 PAGE BOOKLETS: 'SCRAPS' and 'LYRICS'
LARGE 6 PANE FULL COLOUR GLOSSY POSTER
AND THE ORIGINAL PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVE WITH UK PATENT NUMBER AND "MADE IN ENGLAND" PRINTED IN BLUE
Sitting atop the charts in 1975, Elton John and Bernie Taupin recalled their rise to power in Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, their first explicitly conceptual effort since Tumbleweed Connection.
It's no coincidence that it's their best album since then, showcasing each at the peak of his power, as John crafts supple, elastic, versatile pop and Taupin's inscrutable wordplay is evocative, even moving.
What's best about the record is that it works best of a piece — although it entered the charts at number one, this only had one huge hit in "Someone Saved My Life Tonight," which sounds even better here, since it tidily fits into the musical and lyrical themes. And although the musical skill on display here is dazzling, as it bounces between country and hard rock within the same song, this is certainly a grower.
The album needs time to reveal its treasures, but once it does, it rivals Tumbleweed in terms of sheer consistency and eclipses it in scope, capturing John and Taupin at a pinnacle
Side 1:
Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy (5:45)
Tower Of Babel (4:28)
Bitter Fingers (4:32)
Tell Me When The Whistle Blows (4:20)
Someone Saved My Life Tonight (6:45)
Side 2:
(Gotta Get A) Meal Ticket (4:00)
Better Off Dead (2:35)
Writing (3:38)
We All Fall In Love Sometimes (4:15)
Curtains (6:12)
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, unmarked labels with hardly any spindle traces of note
VINYL Visual: EXCELLENT
Both surfaces shine like-new with nothing but some superficial in-vinyl pressing blemishes which have no effect on the sound
VINYL Audio: MINT
Plays beautifully throughout with nothing to fault
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
As crisp, clean, sharp and fresh as the day it was made with just the smallest amount of storage rub
BOOKLETS: MINT
Both booklets are clean and undamaged and practically untouched
POSTER: MINT
Looks untouched and never even opened before my photographs
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: £5.00 (Recorded Delivery)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £20.00 (International Signed For delivery)
Combined Post: for items purchased within any 10 day period - additional records £1 (UK) £2 (Europe including Russia) £3 (International)
Guarantee: all records are unconditionally guaranteed (including sealed and/or unplayed) and I will offer a complete, no quibble refund upon return of the item should you not be pleased with it in any way 1233 (GS 8.1.1 (1233))
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