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Elton John: The Man Who Loved Records

Rob Fitzpatrick, The Word, March 2011

No downloads for Sir Elton John, thank you. No miming either. And don't get him started on Simon Cowell. Rob Fitzpatrick meets a passionate purist who still buys more records than the rest of us put together. "I lived through the best time. The excitement of the first record player. Your first 45. Your first car. It's not the same anymore."

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