Regimental Sgt. Zippo

Remastered at Lurssen Sound, USA, UMC/EMI are now completing the Elton John remastered vinyl series that began in 2016, making all his album titles available once again on vinyl.

Faithfully repackaged to the UK originals, we shine a light on the missing links within the ever lustrous Elton John catalogue.

Regimental Sgt Zippo is the legendary ‘album that never was’ for Elton John. Signed to DJM as an artist in early 1968, he cut 12 tracks at DJM studios in London’s New Oxford Street, for a debut album. It is unclear as to why the album was never released, but a running order was allotted.

As part of the excavation of material for the Jewel Box, the original running order was located: after the success of its limited release in mono for Record Store Day in 2021, we are now offering an industry-wide release in stereo, mixed at Abbey Road with the customary care of Elton’s catalogue team. In addition to the previous release, this new LP edition comes with a printed inner bag with full lyrics. The CD edition contains both stereo and mono mixes.