Elton John - EMPTY SKY

Elton John - EMPTY SKYThe first studio album and not a bad effort at all; I still paly it sometimes as it reminds of when I first heard Mr. Dwight all those years ago when I had just started University. This is the original UK release with gatefold sleeve

softer rock tracks amongst the typical TYA heavy blues rock

'Houses Of The Holy' and of course the magnificent 'Kashmir'

'Come Together'

It is packed with big melodies and fabulous lyrics: 'Show Me'

bassist Tony Reeves and ace UK drummer Jon Hiesman

Much like their first album and with (again to me) stand-out tracks 'Man Who Paints The Pictures' and 'Fever'

Pink Floyd's keyboard player par-excellance

the first track ever played on BBC Radio 1 (30th September 1967)

Second album from The Band

in an old interview he objected to being called 'easy' as there are usually some complex or unexpected chord changes which sets him apart from many other 'Brill Building' residents (obviously not Goffin & King or Neil Diamond)

A free-form jazz influenced album by a modern 'string quartet' comprising violin

unless of course you agree that Deep Purple were poets (not a bad analogy at that really)