A few tracks have more of the kitschy pop sound that indicate Elton's future direction, like the perky 'You'll Be Sorry To See Me Go.' 'A Dandelion Dies In The Wind' has all the musical and lyrical hallmarks of the late 60s British sound, a little (ok, very) silly but sweetly melodic. Pepper (the album and the song), the record's most squarely psychedelic track, with shades of Syd Barrett. The title track is the most blatant throwback to Sgt. Opener 'When I Was Tealby Abbey' is charming, whimsical, and an obvious nod to the Bee Gees' quaint early style. Of course, as someone who likes those Bee Gees albums, that's perfectly fine with me. Though while the Beatles fandom is clear, it's more fairly heard as a pretty blatant rip-off of the early Bee Gees albums. surprisingly ok!Īs the cover and title plainly indicate, Regimental was a mildly-psychedelic of-its-era recording firmly indebted to Sgt. (I assume at some point this will get a proper CD/streaming media release for those who aren't vinyl fanatics.)Īs a lukewarm Elton fan (who, as previously described, spurned his work for decades, only developing a taste for his early 70s work in recent years), I can say that the record is. Last year, most of the album finally made its way onto a massive career retrospective box set, but half the songs were only in demo form but this month, for record store day, there has been a vinyl release of the entire album in final form. Astoundingly, given what a cash cow John has been over the intervening decades, the aborted debut hasn't seen an official (ish) release until this year.

which were promptly shelved by the record company. In 1968, shortly after teaming up with lyricist Bernie Taupin, John recorded songs for his debut album. Like his occasional performing partner Billy Joel, Elton John underwent a few ill-fated recording attempts before latching onto the style that would launch his long-lasting commercial success.

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