Elton John, "Madman Across the Water" 1973 Vinyl, MCA-2016, SEALED
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Dr. John's Spin Factory invites you to refresh your original (well loved?) copy of Elton John's "Madman Across The Water" with a brand new SEALED copy, this one on MCA Records from 1973. Before more specifics, here is some pertinent background. If you check the album jacket, you will see the date, 1972. That was, in fact, the year the album was initially released on the UNI record label. As you can see, the copy up for sale was marketed and sold by MCA Records. Is this a big deal? If you want a 'first release," should you seek out a copy on the UNI label? You decide as you consider this history: MCA formed UNI Records in 1966 as their own subsidiary label, which they later consolidated into the main MCA Records label, which happened between 1971 and 1973. To me this suggests that the 1973 vinyl pressing from MCA is likely identical to the UNI release from the year before. They just put a new number on the back!
Here to introduce folks to Elton John's "Madman," is AllMusic's Stephen T. Erlewine:
"Trading the cinematic aspirations of Tumbleweed Connection for a tentative stab at prog rock, Elton John and Bernie Taupin delivered another excellent collection of songs with Madman Across the Water. Like its two predecessors, Madman Across the Water is driven by the sweeping string arrangements of Paul Buckmaster, who gives the songs here a richly dark and haunting edge. And these are songs that benefit from grandiose treatments. With most songs clocking in around five minutes, the record feels like a major work, and in many ways it is. While it's not as adventurous as Tumbleweed Connection, the overall quality of the record is very high, particularly on character sketches "Levon" and "Razor Face," as well as the melodramatic "Tiny Dancer" and the paranoid title track."
As noted, this copy is brand new--SEALED! As you can see in the photos (the severed corner), it was a 'cut out' when I bought it way back when. If my personal copy of the same vintage is any sort of benchmark, I am confident even those with very expensive hi-fi systems will be most pleased with the sound of this all analog gem.
May every day bring you music that inspires and enhances (your life)! Dr. John
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