DAVID BOWIE Lodger 1979 UK RCA 1st PRESS w/INSERT - BARELY PLAYED -
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£ 39 Sold For
May 29, 2015 Sold Date
May 19, 2015 Start Date
£   20 Start price
3   Number Of Bids
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DAVID BOWIE Lodger 1979 UK RCA 1st PRESS w/INSERT - BARELY PLAYED - TOP COPY

DAVID BOWIE
Lodger

UK RCA (BOW LP 1) FIRST PRESSING (June 1979)
THE THRID LP IN THE BERLIN TRILOGY RECORDED WITH BRAIN ENO
BARELY PLAYED AND DELIVERING PERFECT SOUND

PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE RCA MATT ORANGE LABELS
MATRIX Side 1: BOW LP- 1 (PL-13254) - A-2 "NO SENSE IS BETTER…" STERLING
MATRIX Side 2: BOW LP- 1 (PL-13254) - B-1 "...THAN NONE AT ALL" STERLING
THE LP IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL DEEPLY GLOSSY OUTER LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL THIN PAPER PICTURE/LYRIC INSERT "Printed in England by Delga Press Ltd., Bromley, Kent"
AND THE ORIGINAL DIE-CUT, FLIPBACK RCA INNER SLEEVE
On the surface, Lodger is the most accessible of the three Berlin-era records David Bowie made with Brian Eno, simply because there are a handful of concise pop songs.
Nevertheless, Lodger is still gnarled and twisted avant pop; what makes it different is how it incorporates such experimental tendencies into genuine songs, something that Low and Heroes purposely avoided.
"D.J.," "Look Back in Anger," and "Boys Keep Swinging" have strong melodic hooks that are subverted and strengthened by the layered, dissonant productions, while the remainder of the record is divided between similarly effective avant pop and ambient instrumentals.
Lodger has an edgier, more minimalistic bent than its two predecessors, which makes it more accessible, as well as giving it a more immediate, emotional impact.
It might not stretch the boundaries of rock like Low and Heroes, but it arguably utilises those ideas in a more effective fashion.

Originally to be titled either Planned Accidents or Despite Straight Lines, Lodger was largely recorded between legs of Bowie's 1978 world tour and featured the same musicians as the first two parts of "The Berlin Trilogy" , along with Brian Eno, but lead guitar was played not by Robert Fripp, as on "Heroes", but by Fripp's future King Crimson bandmate, Adrian Belew.
Much of Belew's work on the album was composited from multiple takes played against backing tracks of which he had no prior knowledge, not even the key. Other experiments on the album included using old tunes played backwards, employing identical chord sequences for different songs, and having the musicians play unfamiliar instruments.
Eno felt that the trilogy had "petered out" by Lodger, and Belew also observed Eno's and Bowie's working relationship closing down: "They didn't quarrel or anything uncivilised like that; they just didn't seem to have the spark that I imagine they might have had during the "Heroes" album." An early plan to continue the basic pattern of the previous records with one side of songs and the other instrumentals was dropped, Bowie instead adding lyrics that foreshadowed the more worldly concerns of his next album, Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)

Side 1:
Fantastic Voyage
African Night Flight
Move On
Yassassin
Red Sails
Side 2:
DJ
Look Back In Anger
Boys Keep Swinging
Repetition
Red Money

LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, unmarked labels - barely a spindle trace to be seen
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both surfaces shine like-new
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
Plays like-new - just a touch of static between some tracks (nothing really) but I did not clean this copy as it looks so immaculate so this will no doubt disappear after a clean/few spins
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
As crisp, sharp and fresh as the day it was made
INSERT: MINT
Again, as-new - no creases or indeed any signs of handling

POST & PACKING:
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
UK: FREE (2nd class standard)
UK: £9.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £14.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)

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