Back to Matthew Ellis (Michael Cox) with the missing album from 1971, Am I?

 

Thanks to the commenter who requested this, it was well worth the purchase... and so far as I know, never available to this day on that wonderful digital format we love so much.

As everyone remembers the first album, poorly ripped, was posted not long ago here. Amazingly from the same year he came out with another set of ten songs, occasionally sounding a little like Elton John, but finely crafted altogether.  Note that the 1972 ST album has tracks from both of these albums mixed up.

On this one, note the appearances by Tony Campo (remember him?) on bass, discogged here, Lesley Duncan backup vocals.

I think the best track is the stunning Song of Sorrow which sounds, at times, like Elton John as I said, especially with the only vocals plus grand piano setup, but I find the interesting chord changes and the way the melody moves through them really entrancing, in the end:

Still to come is the 1975 release under the alternate moniker Obie Clayton (his real name was Michael Cox). I reripped this one after purchasing the vinyl, because a terrible rip was circulating heretofore.