DAVID BOWIE "Aladdin Sane" ORIGINAL 1973 UK RCA NR MINT

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DAVID BOWIE "Aladdin Sane" ORIGINAL 1973 UK RCA NR MINT MATTE GF w/LYRIC INNER, HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL, SUPERB AUDIO

DAVID BOWIE
Aladdin Sane

UK RCA (RS 1001, LSP-4852) ORIGINAL PRESSING (1973) OF DAVID BOWIE'S ZIGGY STARDUST FOLLOW-UP "Aladdin Sane" IN SUPERB CONDITION (looks and sounds like it has hardly been played) AND DELIVERING SENSATIONAL NEAR MINT AUDIO THROUGHOUT

THE RECORD IS PRESSED ON QUALITY HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL (much heavier weight than later pressings) WITH THE FIRST ISSUE SMOOTH, GLOSSY RCA ORANGE LABELS
MATRIX: CPRY 4543 - 3T / CPRY 4544 - 3T
AND IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL MATTE GATEFOLD SLEEVE PRINTED BY “Shorewood Packaging Co. Ltd., England”
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL THICK CARD LYRIC INNER SLEEVE
GREAT ORIGINAL UK PRESSING OF THIS SUPERB LP

Aladdin Sane was the follow-up to The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, and was the first album Bowie wrote and released as a bona fide pop star. While many critics agree that it contains some of his best material, opinion as to its overall quality has often been divided. NME editors Roy Carr and Charles Shaar Murray called the album "oddly unsatisfying, considerably less than the sum of the parts" but Bowie encyclopedist Nicholas Pegg describes it as "one of the most urgent, compelling and essential" of his releases.

The name of the album is a pun on "A Lad Insane". An early variation was "Love Aladdin Vein", which Bowie dropped partly because of its drug connotations. Although technically a new Bowie 'character', Aladdin Sane was essentially a development of Ziggy Stardust in his appearance and persona, as evidenced on the cover by Brian Duffy and in Bowie’s live performances throughout 1973 that culminated in Ziggy’s ‘retirement’ at the Hammersmith Odeon in July of that year.
Bowie himself described Aladdin Sane as simply "Ziggy goes to America", most of the tracks being observations he composed on the road during his 1972 U.S. tour – the reason for the place names following each song title on the original record sleeve. Biographer Christopher Sandford believed the album showed that Bowie "was simultaneously appalled and fixated by America"

The bulk of Aladdin Sane was recorded at Trident Studios in London from December 1972 to January 1973, between legs of Bowie's U.S. Ziggy Stardust tour. A desire to rush release the record was blamed for mixes on the Rolling Stones influenced "Watch That Man" and "Cracked Actor" that buried vocals and harmonica, respectively.Bowie and producer Ken Scott have since refuted this suggestion regarding "Watch That Man", claiming that a remix they produced which brought the vocals forward was considered by Mainman management and RCA Records to be inferior to the original that was eventually released.
Aladdin Sane featured a tougher rock sound than its predecessor, particularly on tracks like "Panic in Detroit" (built around a Bo Diddley beat) and Bowie’s breakneck version of the Stones' "Let's Spend the Night Together". The album was also notable for its exploration of unusual styles such as avant-garde jazz in the title track and Brechtian cabaret in "Time". Both numbers were dominated by Mike Garson’s acclaimed piano work which also featured heavily in the James Bond flavoured ballad "Lady Grinning Soul", inspired by singer Claudia Linnear.

Track Listing:
SIDE 1:
Watch That Man (New York)
Aladdin Sane (1913-1938-197?) (RHMS Ellinis)
Drive-In Saturday (Seattle–Phoenix)
Panic In Detroit (Detroit)
Cracked Actor (Los Angeles)
SIDE 2:
Time (New Orleans)
The Prettiest Star (Gloucester Road)
Let's Spend The Night Together
The Jean Genie (Detroit and New York)
Lady Grinning Soul (London)

LABELS: CLEAN and FRESH with NO unwanted marks/writing and NO evident spindle traces
VINYL Visual: The vinyl surfaces still retain their original DEEP, LIKE-NEW GLOSSY SHEEN and are practically UNMARKED (there is one tiny blemish on "Cracked Actor" but this has absolutely NO audio consequence)
VINYL Audio: CRYSTAL CLEAR, WARM, RICH and VERY STRONG audio reproduction, graded at a loud volume. SENSATIONAL AUDIO DELIVERY. There are NO scratches, NO sticks/jumps and NO clicks/pops. The album plays BEAUTIFULLY THROUGHOUT to the highest standard with SUPERB CLARITY, NO distortion and NO groove-wear and is graded at least a NEAR MINT for audio - SOUNDS SENSATIONAL
SLEEVE: The original matte gatefold sleeve is SHARP and FRESH with very little wear to the edges and a straight spine with all text CLEAR and BOLD. The outer white surfaces are remarkably clean with very little rubbing and the inside is fresh with one small and very minor original printing blemish (please see photos) - EXCELLENT+ SLEEVE
INNER SLEEVE: CLEAN and UNMARKED with NO splits to any of the edges, just some light handling half-moon creases and corner bumping from insertion into the main sleeve - EXCELLENT. The LP is now housed - and will be posted in - a new inner to avoid any 'knifing' damage to the original during transit

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GREAT ORIGINAL UK PRESSING OF THIS SUPERB LP AND ONE WHICH PLAYS BEAUTIFULLY THROUGHOUT - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
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