DAVID BOWIE Low 1977 UK RCA 1st PRESS w/INSERT - MINT
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£ 83
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Jan 13, 2017
Sold Date
Jan 3, 2017
Start Date
£ 24
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DAVID BOWIE Low 1977 UK RCA 1st PRESS w/INSERT - MINT
DAVID BOWIELow
1977 UK RCA (RCA S PL 12030) FIRST PRESSING
AN OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL COPY - PLAYS BEAUTIFULLY THROUGHOUT
PRESSED WITH RCA MATT ORANGE LABELS
MATRIX: PL 12030-A-2 / PL 12030-B-1 (with the TWO major matrix corrections on both sides and "STERLING" stamped on both run-offs)
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL MATT 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 PLAIN WHITE DIE-CUT RCA INNER SLEEVE dated '12-76' (December, 1976)
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 synthesisers and electronics, Low is divided between brief, angular songs and atmospheric instrumentals.
Throughout the record's first half, the guitars are jagged and the synthesisers 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.
Side 1:
Speed of Life (2:48)
Breaking Glass (1:52)
What in the World (2:24)
Sound and Vision (3:03)
Always Crashing in the Same Car (3:29)
Be My Wife (2:55)
A New Career in a New Town (2:52)
Side 2:
Warszawa (6:21)
Art Decade (3:44)
Weeping Wall (3:26)
Subterraneans (5:39)
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, unmarked labels - barely a spindle trace to be seen
VINYL Visual: EXCELLENT+/NEAR MINT
Both surfaces shine like new - Side One has a couple of inconsequential light marks - nothing really
VINYL Audio: MINT/NEAR MINT
Plays beautifully throughout with exceptionally clean sound - one of the finest copies I have heard in a long time - an occasional touch of low-level surface noted but I did not clean this copy as it looks immaculate so this will no doubt disappear after a clean/few spins (I prefer not to clean records unless absolutely necessary)
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT+
Crisp and sharp - fine example - don't come much better
INSERT: NEAR MINT
Clean and white
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW 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)
Combined Post: for items purchased within any 10 day period @£2 for each additional LP.
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