Squarepusher
Using the same equipment from the sessions that produced the majority of "Feed Me Weird Things" Tom now set about working on the material for his first album for Warp. His broad conception for this record was "to push away from the jazz influence that was being felt at the time to a more soundtrack-type of sound". According to Tom he was listening to, amongst other things, early Lalo Schifrin and the "Deathwish" soundtrack by Herbie Hancock around this time. That said, the album also contains some abrupt diversions into quite different musical territory, evidenced in what Tom calls the "Industrial Psychedelia" of "Chin Hippy" and "Rustic Raver".
Elton John
The pop album "Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player" came out at the start of 1973 and reached number one in the UK, the U.S. and Australia, among other countries. The album produced the hits "Crocodile Rock", his first US "Billboard" Hot 100 number one, and "Daniel", which reached number two in the U.S. and number four in the UK. Both the album and "Crocodile Rock" were the first album and single, respectively on the consolidated MCA Records label in the U.S., replacing MCA's other labels including Uni.