MR. BLOE Get Out 1971 RARE HAMMOND SOUL PSYCH 45 LISTEN

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WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS…

MR. BLOE "71-75 New Oxford Street" b/w "Get Out (Of This Town)"

Original 1971 45 on the UK BJM label

SUPER RARE PIC SLEEVE in VG+ shape, edge/corner wear

Vinyl:  Plays EXCELLENT

LAST ONE I HAD WAS WITHOUT THE PICTURE SLEEVE AND SOLD FOR $100+

Extremely scarce follow-up single to Mr. Bloe's classic "Groovin' With" single - this one, of course, is much harder to find, and features two songs written and performed by a very young, pre-LP Elton John (even though this was released in 1971, it was undoubtedly written and performed a few years earlier).  "Get Out (Of This Town)" heavily features Elton's playful piano and organ work - there's no vocals because it's an instrumental, but a nice swinging groovy go-go vibe anyway.  And "71-75 New Oxford Street" (incidentally the address of Dick James Music where Elton would eventually meet Bernie Taupin) could easily be a backing track for Tumbleweed Connection.  I don't normally "borrow" stuff from other websites, but this is as comprehensive a description as you're gonna find for this very rare single (from the Fanhouse site, where there's apparently a video for this song!):

"Elton John with Hookfoot! Mr. Bloe was a group of musicians around the Dick James Music company in the late 1960s and the beginning of the 1970s. Dick James was of course the music publisher for the Beatles. The group "Mr. Bloe" had also gone by the name Hookfoot, and played together with a new singer-songwrite r at Dick James called Elton John. They played on several of Elton John's early recordings. In 1970 the group Mr. Bloe had a successful single (without the help of Mr. John) called "Grooving with Mr. Bloe". So in 1971 Dick James attempted to follow up that success with a follow-up single - this recording "71-75 New Oxford Street". This song was written by Elton John and features heavily his piano and organ playing. Elton also wrote and performed on the B-side "Get Out (of This Town)". Although this single was released in 1971 it was probably something that had sat in the cans at Dick James Music for a while, and probably dates a year or two earlier. But that isn't known for sure. What is known is that it's a wonderful recording of some of Elton John's early piano and organ playing! But alas, this single was NOT a success! By the way - 71-75 New Oxford Street was the address of the Dick James Music offices where the young Elton John was trying to make a living - and also where he first met a young lyricist named Bernie Taupin!"

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