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Elton JohnBlue Moves

Genre:

Jazz, Rock, Pop

Style:

Pop Rock, Soft Rock, Smooth Jazz, Ballad

Year:

Tracklist

Your Starter For...1:25
Tonight8:02
One Horse Town5:47
Chameleon5:27
Boogie Pilgrim6:03
Cage The Songbird3:28
Crazy Water5:42
Shoulder Holster4:20
Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word3:43
Out Of The Blue6:10
Between Seventeen And Twenty5:10
The Wide-eyed And Laughing3:20
Someone's Final Song4:00
Where's The Shoorah?4:30
If There's A God In Heaven (What's He Waiting For?)4:20
Idol4:10
Theme From A Non-existent TV Series1:20
Bite Your Lip (Get Up And Dance!)6:37

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    Cover of Blue Moves, 1976-10-00, VinylBlue Moves
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    The Rocket Record Company – ROSP 1, The Rocket Record Company – OC 158-98 293/4UK1976UK1976
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    Cover of Blue Moves, 1976, VinylBlue Moves
    2×LP, Album, Gatefold Sleeve
    The Rocket Record Company – ROSP.1-1/2Australia1976Australia1976
    Cover of Blue Moves, 1976-10-00, VinylBlue Moves
    2×LP, Album, Stereo
    The Rocket Record Company – 1C 188-98 293/94, EMI Electrola – 1C 188-98 293/94, The Rocket Record Company – 1C 188-98293/94, EMI Electrola – 1C 188-98293/94Germany1976Germany1976
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    Cover of Blue Moves, 1976-10-25, VinylBlue Moves
    2×LP, Album, Stereo, Gloversville Pressing, Gatefold
    MCA Records – MCA2-11004, The Rocket Record Company – MCA2-11004, MCA Records – 2-11004, The Rocket Record Company – 2-11004US1976US1976
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    Cover of Blue Moves, 1976-10-00, VinylBlue Moves
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    The Rocket Record Company – 2J 164-98293/4Greece1976Greece1976
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    Cover of Blue Moves, 1976-10-00, VinylBlue Moves
    2×LP, Album, Gatefold
    The Rocket Record Company – 5C 152-98 293/4Netherlands1976Netherlands1976
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    Cover of Blue Moves, 1976, VinylBlue Moves
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    The Rocket Record Company – MCA2-11004, MCA Records – MCA2-11004Canada1976Canada1976
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    Cover of Blue Moves, 1976, VinylBlue Moves
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    The Rocket Record Company – 3 C 164-98293/94, The Rocket Record Company – 3 C 164 - 98293/94Italy1976Italy1976
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    Cover of Blue Moves, 1976-10-00, VinylBlue Moves
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    The Rocket Record Company – 6650005Greece1976Greece1976
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    Cover of Blue Moves, 1976, VinylBlue Moves
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    The Rocket Record Company – 6650 005France1976France1976
    New Submission
    Cover of Blue Moves, 1976, VinylBlue Moves
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    The Rocket Record Company – DAR 221South Africa1976South Africa1976
    New Submission
    Cover of Blue Moves, 1976, VinylBlue Moves
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    The Rocket Record Company – 2C164-98293/4France1976France1976
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    Cover of Blue Moves, 1976, 8-Track CartridgeBlue Moves
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    The Rocket Record Company – 8X2-ROSP 1, The Rocket Record Company – 0C 364 - 98 293/4UK1976UK1976
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    Cover of Blue Moves, 1976, VinylBlue Moves
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    The Rocket Record Company – ROSP1, The Rocket Record Company – 7C 158-98 293/4Scandinavia1976Scandinavia1976
    Cover of Blue Moves, 1976, VinylBlue Moves
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    The Rocket Record Company – 10 C 158-98293/4Spain1976Spain1976
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    Cover of Blue Moves, 1976, VinylBlue Moves
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    The Rocket Record Company – XROL 45002/3Brazil1976Brazil1976
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    Cover of Blue Moves, 1976, CassetteBlue Moves
    Cassette, Album, Twin-Pack Cassette
    MCA Records – MCAC2-11004, The Rocket Record Company – MCAC-2-11004US1976US1976
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    Cover of Blue Moves, 1976, VinylBlue Moves
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    The Rocket Record Company – IVS-67105•06Japan1976Japan1976
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    Cover of Blue Moves, 1976-10-25, VinylBlue Moves
    2×LP, Album, Pinckneyville Press
    MCA Records – MCA2-11004, The Rocket Record Company – MCA2-11004US1976US1976
    Cover of Blue Moves, 1976, VinylBlue Moves
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    The Rocket Record Company – 8E 164-98293/4, The Rocket Record Company – 8E 164 98293/4Portugal1976Portugal1976
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    Cover of Blue Moves, 1976, VinylBlue Moves
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    The Rocket Record Company – 5118-5119, The Rocket Record Company – 4193-4194Chile1976Chile1976
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    Cover of Blue Moves, 1976, VinylBlue Moves
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    The Rocket Record Company – 5391/2Argentina1976Argentina1976
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    The Rocket Record Company – MCA2-11004, MCA Records – MCA2-11004Canada1976Canada1976
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    Cover of Blue Moves, 1976-11-00, VinylBlue Moves
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    Liming Record – LM-2770Taiwan1976Taiwan1976
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    MCA Records – MCAC2-11004, The Rocket Record Company – MCAC-2-11004Canada1976Canada1976
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    Cover of Blue Moves, 1976, VinylBlue Moves
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    The Rocket Record Company – ROLL 11/12New Zealand1976New Zealand1976
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    The Rocket Record Company – EJD 1/2, The Rocket Record Company – MCA 1108South Africa1976South Africa1976
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    The Rocket Record Company – TC-ROSP-1, The Rocket Record Company – TC -ROSP-1/1, The Rocket Record Company – TC -ROSP-1/2Australia1976Australia1976
    Cover of Blue Moves, 1976, VinylBlue Moves
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    The Rocket Record Company – 6650 005, The Rocket Record Company – 6302 089, The Rocket Record Company – 6302 090Germany1976Germany1976
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    Cover of Blue Moves, 1976, VinylBlue Moves
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    The Rocket Record Company – MCA2-11004, MCA Records – MCA2-11004Canada1976Canada1976
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    Cover of Blue Moves, 1976, VinylBlue Moves
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    The Rocket Record Company – ROSP 1, The Rocket Record Company – OC 158-98 293/4Israel1976Israel1976
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    MCA Records – MCAT2-11004, The Rocket Record Company – MCAT2-11004, MCA Records – MCAT-2-11004US1976US1976
    New Submission
    Cover of Blue Moves, 1976, VinylBlue Moves
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    The Rocket Record Company – SLEMB-696Mexico1976Mexico1976
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    The Rocket Record Company – TC2-ROSP 1, The Rocket Record Company – 0C 464 98 293/4UK1976UK1976
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    Cover of Blue Moves, 1976, CassetteBlue Moves
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    The Rocket Record Company – 1C 284-98 328Germany1976Germany1976
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    EMI – ROLL 11Barbados1976Barbados1976
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    Rainbow Music (13) – SHM 990Malaysia1976Malaysia1976
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    Cover of Blue Moves, 1976, VinylBlue Moves
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    EMI – E2S6Colombia1976Colombia1976
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    MCA Records – MCAT2-11004, The Rocket Record Company – MCAT2-11004, MCA Records – MCAT-2-11004Canada1976Canada1976
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    Cover of Blue Moves, 1976, CassetteBlue Moves
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    The Rocket Record Company – 2C 462-98293France1976France1976
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    Reviews

    • David_Needs_Records's avatar
      Absolutely no problems with the sound on my original copy. Rich and deep, breathes new life into this much underrated album.
      • parkwaydrive4's avatar
        parkwaydrive4
        First time listen, really enjoyed it, bit of an a hidden gem. Great sound/production for a almost 50 year old vinyl.
        • bigmix's avatar
          bigmix
          For many artists this double album would far surpass their most revered work yet we generally seem to dismiss it.
          I had it in my collection for decades and never played it.
          I gave it a spin today.. I’m not an Elton fan except for Tumbleweed Connection, but I must admit this is a very nice production, I’ve decided to hang on to it for another decade or so.
          • GOODGROOVECIRCLE's avatar
            Initial pressings omitted three tracks from the original LP.
            “Shoulder Holdster” a kind of Bonnie and Clyde tale that’s pretty weak. “Out of the Blue” an instrumental that sounds like the theme to an Aron Spelling cop show and “The Wide Eyed and Laughing” a strange and eerie song with Indian style instruments.
            This album has some great moments but it’s a long, long listen even when edited to 15 tracks!
            Some of the songs are too long such as “Boogie Pilgrim” which seems to keep going for the sake of it!
            “Between 17 and Twenty”, “Where’s The Shoorah?”, “If There’s a God in Heaven” and “Bite Your Lip” (another long pointless track), are all weak and irritating songs that could have been axed!
            • GOODGROOVECIRCLE's avatar
              The omits three tracks from the original LP.
              “Shoulder Holdster” a kind of Bonnie and Clyde tale that’s pretty weak. “Out of the Blue” an instrumental that sounds like the theme to an Aron Spelling cop show and “The Wide Eyed and Laughing” a strange and eerie song with Indian style instruments.
              This album has some great moments but it’s a long, long listen even when edited to 15 tracks!
              • RoyalRecordBoy's avatar
                Looks and sounds Amazing, glad to have it in my elton john collection 😀
                • TomFuzz's avatar
                  TomFuzz
                  Not his last great album IMO because he had a few strong releases in the 90's but one of the overlooked ones from a catalog with no shortage of major releases. I first had this on a CD but I was very disappointed to find they left some tracks off to fit what I assume the record company thought to be the good ones on one disc. Among them and one of my favorites was "Shoulder Holster". Had to tretun that copy without even listening to it.

                  I always considered most double LP albums to be strong releases from any artist as they have enough creative material to fill four sides. This album proves it by including 3 incredible (and, dare I say, somewhat progressive rock) instrumentals. Other stand-outs to me feature the blended styles of popular music past and the fast approaching future including the vocal jazzy "Idol" and the almost disco entries like "Boogie Pilgrim" and "Bite Your Lip".

                  Maybe this album could be the signal for the end of an era but Elton and company certainly were not finished making good music after the Blue Moves album despite rough patches in the coming decade.
                  • kylenchris's avatar
                    kylenchris
                    This pressing is outstanding. The consensus seems to be that prime Elton is 1970-75 but I always include this album as well. It doesn't reach the highs of Yellow Brick Road but it's still musically creative and inventive.
                    • athos74's avatar
                      athos74
                      Perfet sound! I compared it with the American first press and I can say that the Japanese is better in all respects.
                      • gabortihi's avatar
                        gabortihi
                        I think it has a decent sound, no problem, very relaxed album, It an exellent release.

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