As part of my ongoing sorting and salvage project, I have been reviewing lost albums and even stax o’wax that would be otherwise discarded, save for one or two interesting tracks that are long forgotten.
After sorting through about one thousand LP’s, I took a few dozen LP’s over to Blind Joe Death on the weekend and hit him with a few surprises, including Do Not Disturb (knock knock), by The Broken Homes (from the Weird Science soundtrack), and the Blue Moves double-LP by Elton John from 1976.
I haven’t really given much listening time to Elton in over 20 years, but I was once a very big fan of his 1969-1976 period, especially his first double-LP, “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road”. Apart from “Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word”, Blue Moves is a forgotten album from the Elton John catalog, and while the critics almost unanimously panned it, Blue Moves contains some of Reginald’s most interesting work.
I had completely forgotten the prog-fusion arrangement in Out Of The Blue, and Joe loved the southern groove of Boogie Pilgrim - which features backing vocals from both the Cornerstone Institutional Baptist and the Southern California choirs under the direction of Rev. James Cleveland - and the fun and quirky Theme From A Non-Existent TV Series.
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