DAVID BOWIE Station To Station 1976 UK 1st PRESS w/INSERT MINT
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23
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30
£ 23
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Jun 8, 2012
Sold Date
May 29, 2012
Start Date
£ 22
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Great Britain
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DAVID BOWIE Station To Station 1976 UK 1st PRESS w/INSERT MINT
DAVID BOWIEStation To Station
UK RCA (APL1-1327) FIRST PRESSING (January 1976) OF DAVID BOWIE'S "Station To Station" LP
LOVELY COPY - POSSIBLY NEVER BEEN PLAYED
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE RCA MATT ORANGE LABELS
MATRIX: APL1-1327-A-1E / APL1-1327-B-2E
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL SLEEVE "Printed and made in Great Britain by Garrodprint Ltd."
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL CARD INSERT (which also carries the "Printed and made in Great Britain by Garrodprint Ltd." text)
AND THE ORIGINAL RCA COMPANY DIE-CUT INNER SLEEVE DATE CODED '12-75' (December 1975)
Station to Station takes the detached plastic soul of Young Americans to an elegant, robotic extreme.
Abandoning any pretense of being a soul-man, yet keeping rhythmic elements of soul, David Bowie positions himself as a cold, clinical crooner and explores a variety of styles.
Everything from epic ballads and disco to synthesized avant-pop is present on Station to Station, but what ties it together is Bowie's cocaine-induced paranoia and detached musical persona.
At its heart, Station to Station is an avant-garde art-rock album, most explicitly on "TVC 15" and the epic sprawl of the title track, but also on the cool crooning of "Wild Is the Wind" and "Word on a Wing," as well as the disco stylings of "Golden Years."
It's not an easy album to warm to, but its epic structure and clinical sound were an impressive, individualistic achievement, as well as a style that would prove enormously influential on post-punk
Side 1: Station To Station / Golden Years / Word On A Wing
Side 2: TVC 15 / Stay / Wild Is The Wind
LABELS: MINT
An immaculate pair of labels - clean, bright and factory-fresh with no spindle traces or signs of use
VINYL Visual: MINT-
Both surfaces are unmarked in normal light but even under bright light show only a few wispy light hairlines. I would say this copy has hardly (if ever) been taken out if its inner sleeve
VINYL Audio: MINT
Outstanding audio throughout with a crystal clear, deep, rich and detailed sound - beautifully recorded and engineered.
My play-check at loud volume detected nothing to fault - exceptionally clean sound - from the phased train opening right through to the beautiful "Wild Is The Wind" the run-ins and track divisions are practically silent (which in my experience is pretty rare for this LP) - fantastic copy and one very highly recommended indeed
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT+
Apart from some light discolouration picked up from rubbing against other records in storage the sleeve has little to fault. The edges and spine are crisp, square and unworn and all spine text is clear and bold
INSERT: NEAR MINT
Like the rest of the set, practically untouched. There is a (very) soft bend to the top corner but otherwise, clean, crisp and unmarked
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW INNER SLEEVE WITH ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
POST & PACKING:
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