Elton John - Regimental Sgt.ZippoReleased for RSD 2021 (June Drop) After the rapturous reception for Jewel Box, Rocket UMC EMI are honoured to announce a strictly limited one off bringing together of Elton Johns fabled Regimental Sgt Zippo album that was slated for release in 1968, but ultimately shelved. For one day only, we enter a parallel universe where this, not Empty Sky, would have been Elton Johns debut album. Recorded at Dick James Studios in Central London between late 1967

Glenn Kotche from Wilco was there one day working on another record

a flick of the fringe and a lick of the Telecaster

They have a singer who wears black gloves to overcome stage fright

Norman Harris

A visionary mixture of open song forms

“Body Pressure” and “Frontier” pin bodies down

Just check the second cut “Cookie Scene” with a bouncing flute and junk shop percussion it introduces guest rapper Indigo Yaj who delivers an old school vocal that continues this sonic trip

The Cure approach their 50th year in 2028 and remain one of the most beloved bands in the world

The album documents a period of change for the group

And the final song

Olympia-based punk trio Naomi Punk - featuring singer / guitarist Travis Coster

Mutations was never meant to be a commercial endeavor -- there's no floor-shaker like "Where It's At