Elton John Don't Shoot Me Im Only the Piano Player Vinyl LP MCA Daniel 1st Press

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Elton John Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player Vinyl LP - MCA MCA-2100 - with Photo Book VG++ First Pressing (1973) with Daniel and Crocodile Rock
Condition: VG++ (EX) Vinyl and Cover. Tested and plays beautifully. Original gatefold cover with original photo book insert. There are initials written on the front cover, but you can't see them well as it is black on black.
Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player is the sixth studio album by Elton John. Released in January 1973, it was John's sixth normal studio album release, first of his two studio albums released in 1973 (second one was Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, released nine months later), and was his second straight No. 1 album in the US and first No. 1 album in the UK.
The lead single "Crocodile Rock" yielded John his first No. 1 single in both the US and Canada. "Daniel" was also a major hit from the album, giving him his second Canadian No. 1 single on the RPM Top Singles Chart and No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and reaching No. 4 in the UK.
Track listing
Side one 1. "Daniel" 3:55 2. "Teacher I Need You" 4:10 3. "Elderberry Wine" 3:34 4. "Blues for My Baby and Me" 5:39 5. "Midnight Creeper" 3:52
Side two 6. "Have Mercy on the Criminal" 5:58 7. "I'm Going to Be a Teenage Idol" 3:56 8. "Texan Love Song" 3:33 9. "Crocodile Rock" 3:55 10. "High Flying Bird" 4:12
Personnel. Elton John – vocals, Fender Rhodes (1, 5), mellotron (1, 2), acoustic piano (2-4, 6, 7, 9, 10), harmonium (8), Farfisa organ (9) Ken Scott – ARP synthesizer (1) Davey Johnstone – acoustic guitar, electric guitar and Leslie guitar (All tracks); banjo (1), backing vocals (2, 7, 10), sitar (4), mandolin (8) Dee Murray – bass (All tracks), backing vocals (2, 7, 10) Nigel Olsson – drums (All tracks), maracas (1), backing vocals (2, 7, 10) Gus Dudgeon – brass arrangements (3, 5, 7) Paul Buckmaster – orchestral arrangements (4, 6) Jean-Louis Chautemps – saxophone (3, 5, 7) Alain Hatot – saxophone (3, 5, 7) Jacques Bolognesi – trombone (3, 5, 7) Ivan Jullien – trumpet (3, 5, 7)
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MINT (M) - Absolutely perfect in every way. Most often this is a still sealed record, records that have been opened are rarely if ever marked as Mint.

NEAR MINT (NM) - A good description is that it looks like it just came from a retail store and it was opened for the first time. In other words, it?s nearly perfect, with no visible defects. 

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