DAVID BOWIE "Low" 1977 UK RCA 1st PRESS w/INSERT N MINT

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	$		24

 
DAVID BOWIE "Low" 1977 UK RCA 1st PRESS w/INSERT N MINT 1st STICKERED COVER, MATTE ORANGE LABELS, SUPERB AUDIO

DAVID BOWIE
Low


ORIGINAL UK RCA (RCA S PL 12030) FIRST PRESSING (January 1977) OF DAVID BOWIE'S TREMENDOUS "Low" LP - CONSISTENTLY VOTED BY CRITICS AS NOT ONLY BOWIES GREATEST WORK BUT ONE OF THE BEST BRITISH ALBUMS OF ALL TIME
AND THIS COPY IS IN BEAUTIFUL CONDITION HAVING POSSIBLY NEVER BEEN PLAYED - THE LABELS ARE CLEAN AND BRIGHT WITH NO SPINDLE TRACES, THE VINYL SURFACES SHINE LIKE-NEW AND THE STICKERED SLEEVE IS CRISP, SHARP AND FRESH

THE LP PRESSED ON QUALITY MID-WEIGHT VINYL (much thicker than later pressings)
WITH THE FIRST PRESS RCA MATTE ORANGE LABELS
FIRST ISSUE MATRIX: PL 12030-A-1 / PL 12030-B-2 (with the TWO major matrix corrections on both sides) AND "STERLING" STAMPER ON BOTH RUN-OFFS (this is the lowest matrix set for this LP more commonly found with A-2 on Side One)
AND IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL, MATTE SLEEVE, "Printed and made in Great Britain by Garrodprint Ltd." WITH THE TRACK LISTING STICKER ON THE REVERSE
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL, THIN PAPER INSERT AND THE RCA "IMPORTANT NOTICE..." COMPANY INNER SLEEVE (date coded '9-76')

Following through with the avant-garde inclinations of Station to Station, yet explicitly breaking with David Bowie's past, Low is a dense, challenging album that confirmed his place at rock's cutting edge.
Driven by dissonant synthesizers and electronics, Low is divided between brief, angular songs and atmospheric instrumentals.
Throughout the record's first half, the guitars are jagged and the synthesizers drone with a menacing robotic pulse, while Bowie's vocals are unnaturally layered and overdubbed. During the instrumental half, the electronics turn cool, which is a relief after the intensity of the preceding avant pop.
Half the credit for Low's success goes to Brian Eno, who explored similar ambient territory on his own releases. Eno functioned as a conduit for Bowie's ideas, and in turn Bowie made the experimentalism of not only Eno but of the German synth group Kraftwerk and the post-punk group Wire respectable, if not quite mainstream.
Though a handful of the vocal pieces on Low are accessible -- "Sound and Vision" has a shimmering guitar hook, and "Be My Wife" subverts soul structure in a surprisingly catchy fashion -- the record is defiantly experimental and dense with detail, providing a new direction for the avant-garde in rock & roll.
This record peaked at No 2 in the UK album charts but it was claimed many returned this record to the shops feeling let-down by the lack of vocals – but time has corrected any over hasty misgivings for this wonderful record.
Low has risen to the top of many critics’ “Greatest Album” lists. In 2000 ‘Q’ Magazine placed it at number 14 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever and by 2003, the album was ranked number 249 in ‘Rolling Stone’ magazine’s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

Track Listing:
Side 1: Speed of Life / Breaking Glass / What in the World / Sound and Vision / Always Crashing in the Same Car / Be My Wife / A New Career in a New Town
Side 2: Warszawa / Art Decade / Weeping Wall / Subterraneans

LABELS: The labels are CLEAN and BRIGHT with NO unwanted marks/writing and NO evident spindle traces
VINYL Visual: The vinyl still retains its DEEP, LIKE-NEW, GLOSSY SHEEN and the surfaces are UNMARKED
VINYL Audio: BEAUTIFUL, DEEP, RICH SOUND - CRYSTAL CLEAR, SHARP and STRONG - TREMENDOUS HEAVY BASS RESPONSE ON THIS FIRST PRESSING. On playback at a very LOUD volume (which is how I always listen to my LPs prior to listing and this is one of my favourite Bowie albums - always a great pleasure to hear it again) there are NO jumps, NO sticks, NO scratches, NO loud clicks/pops and barely any surface noise (really, hardly any which is particularly rare for this first pressing). The LP plays BEAUTIFULLY THROUGHOUT to an extremely high standard with GREAT CLARITY, NO distortion and NO groove-wear (it's hardly, if ever, been played). The angular, aggressive first side sounds incredibly vibrant with an immediacy only ever found on vinyl while the atmospheric soundscapes of Side Two are simply STUNNING. Graded a NEAR MINT for audio this is an OUTSTANDING first press copy of a SENSATIONAL LP
SLEEVE: The sleeve is in EXCELLENT++ condition. CLEAN and BRIGHT with NO edge/spine wear to speak of - just some light rubbing to the back surface (very minor). SUPRB SHARP spine with all text CLEAR and BOLD. This is an extremely well preserved example of a very easily worn sleeve and one of the FRESHEST and CLEANEST I have seen in quite a while
INSERT: Not a lyric sheet but an insert with the track listing and the musicians featured on this classic record. It has some minor light handling creases but is otherwise, CLEAN and UNMARKED - EXCELLENT+

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