DAVID BOWIE Lodger 1979 UK RCA 1st PRESS w/INSERT NM
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45
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60
£ 45
Sold For
Jul 28, 2011
Sold Date
Jul 18, 2011
Start Date
£ 24
Start price
5
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Great Britain
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Description
DAVID BOWIE Lodger 1979 UK RCA 1st PRESS w/INSERT NM
DEEPLY GLOSSY GF SLEEVE w/GOLD DEMONSTRATION STAMP
DAVID BOWIELodger
ORIGINAL UK RCA (BOW LP 1) FIRST PRESSING (June 1979) OF DAVID BOWIE'S "Lodger" LP
A LOVELY COPY WHICH HAS SEEN LITTLE PLAY AND SOUNDS WONDERFUL THROUGHOUT
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST RCA MATT ORANGE LABELS
MATRIX: BOW LP- 1 (PL-13254) - A-2 (etched "NO SENSE IS BETTER...") / BOW LP- 1 (PL-13254) - B-2 (etched "...THAN NONE AT ALL") with "STERLING" stamped on both run-offs
THE LP IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL DEEPLY GLOSSY, OUTER LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE with GOLD "DEMONSTRATION - NOT FOR SALE" STAMP
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL THIN PAPER PICTURE/LYRIC INSERT "Printed in England by Delga Press Ltd., Bromley, Kent"
AND THE ORIGINAL RCA POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE DATE CODED '4-79'
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: D.J. / LOOK BACK IN ANGER / BOYS KEEP SWINGING / REPETITION / RED MONEY
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, bright and fresh labels with barely a spindle trace to be seen
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
The record lies perfectly flat on the turntable and both surfaces retain their original deep, like-new glossy sheen and are practically unmarked
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
Outstanding audio with a crystal clear, deep, rich and detailed sound.
My one careful play-check at very loud volume revealed no audio issues of note whatsoever and it plays beautifully throughout (and probably surpasses its NM audio grading)
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
Clean, bright and fresh with no wear to speak (just a small 'bump' to the top corner) and a deep, glass-like glossy sheen to the outer laminated surfaces and clean, unmarked inner surfaces.
There is a DEMONSTRATION copy gold stamp in the front top corner
INSERT: NEAR MINT
The lyric/photo insert is practically untouched
ALL RECORDS ARE PROFESSIONALLY CLEANED ON A 'MOTH MKII Pro' BEFORE DISPATCH AND PACKAGED WITH THE VINYL OUTSIDE OF THE SLEEVE TO PREVENT ANY 'KNIFING' DURING TRANSIT
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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436 (GS 6.1.1 (436))
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