Dean, Elton - Just Us (Japanese bonus track)
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Long story short: We were contracted by Disk Union (a big Japanese CD company) to make copies of this CD for the Japanese market, where they will be marketed in a mini-lp sleeve. We provided the raw discs which they would put into mini-lp sleeves and Disk Union requested that the copies we give to them have the 5 minute bonus track that was made specifically for Japan-only for the original 1998 release. These copies are the left-over copies that were 'over-run' from what they ordered. Note that these do NOT come in mini-lp sleeves, but come in jewelboxes! This is the first time that this album with the bonus track (live June 27, 1972) has been available in 8 years! Obviously this is fairly limited.
English jazz saxophone legend Elton has been in the public eye for over 30 years, & has played in numerous acclaimed groups over the years, including the Keith Tippett Group, Soft Machine and many others. This is the LONG awaited reissue on CD of Elton's very first solo album (with the scorpions on the cover), recorded & released in 1971, while he was still a member of Soft Machine. In addition to the original album, we have added 25' of never heard bonus material, recorded live in 1972. The music on this release is a cross between the musical freedom that Elton's career would later take & more composed music comparable to Soft Machine's output.