REJ Shorts - REMEMBERING ALAN: Ben McCormick & Peter Thomas | ENCORE!

<p><strong>SHOW NOTES:</strong></p><p>Recorded: 24 Jan 2026  Released to Platinum subscribers: 31 Jan 2026</p><p>Presenter: George Matlock, Executive Producer: George Matlock</p><p>Welcome to Season 5 of the show, rebranded as ENCORE! on REJ.World.</p><p>Alan McCormick was a very popular Elton John fan who set up Wrap It Up!, the mail order service which became a lifeline for Elton fans to buy Elton music and memorabilia before the internet was even born.</p><p>Along with guest Peter Thomas, Alan campaigned for more of Elton&#39;s music to be made available. Peter has claimed that a little over 50 percent has ever been released.</p><p>When this show is released on Silver on 7 February 2026 it will mark a decade since we lost Alan after a short illness. Sadly, Alan never saw a lot of rare items on general release with the Jewel Box of 2019.</p><p>Alan&#39;s musician son Ben McCormick joins Peter to discuss Alan&#39;s life and how the vast stock of Elton music was cleared - it took 12 months after valuations.</p><p>Alan was also a personal friend of presenter George. Hear how they worked together in this special edition as Radio Elton John enters its 5th year on air!</p><p>Read more about this episode on <a href="http://REJ.World" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><strong>REJ.World</strong></a> and <a href="http://eltonjohn.world" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><strong>eltonjohn.world</strong></a></p><p>To get this show early, sign up to <a href="https://rej.world/subscription/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><strong>Platinum </strong></a>today!</p><p>All episodes since Season 1 are available:</p><ul><li>on <a href="https://rej.world/platinum-sub/">⁠⁠⁠PLATINUM here⁠⁠⁠</a></li><li>on <a href="https://rej.world/silver">⁠⁠⁠SILVER?⁠⁠⁠</a> Only the past 12 months are Free</li></ul>