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Elton John: Rock Of The Westies

John Tobler, ZigZag, February 1976

IT DOESN'T SEEM long since the last EJ album, and in fact, it isn't, which I suppose is more fuel for the fire that says this album is just a pale imitation and a quick way of getting out of the DJM contract. Which incidentally reminds me that DJM so far don't seem to have found a replacement for the departing Elt, the only other serious contender, Phillip Goodhand Tait, having been dropped at the beginning of this year.

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