DAVID BOWIE S/T Philips Rare UK Original 1969 Psych LP
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DAVID BOWIE
'DAVID BOWIE'
Original and brilliant 1969 LP on PHILIPS SBL 7912 in STEREO
Also later known as the 'Space Oddity' album, this great record was issued on the crest of the first (comparatively small) wave of success for David Bowie. It's kicked off by the excellent and enduring Space Oddity - and here's something special, because it never sounded better than when heard on this album - and I've had several copies of the single.
It's beautiful in stereo, and on this nice condition copy vinyl is just sounds spectacular, picking out instruments I hadn't noticed previously too.
Somewhere between rather convincing folk/singer-songwriter and progressive psych, Bowie sounds relaxed and confident about his art. The slightly acid-folk hippy edge in a song like 'Memory Of A Free Festival' really gives that sense of the late 60's freedom-for-all and shaking off the political cares and old moralities that stunted the growth of such musical expression for the previous generation.
Bowie had also shaken off his previous Tommy Steele/Anthony Newley leanings and put on his OWN coat of many colours, expressing his own art and style adeptly and convincingly.
A GREAT cover shot of David on the front too, with the psychedelic rear artwork illustrating the stories from the songs within!
CONDITION;
The GATEFOLD COVER is sturdy, solid EX, having some sticker damage on the top front (see photo)
This could be coloured in, with some careful attention.
The VINYL disc I will grade EX (has some sweat marks on both sides of the vinyl that don't affect play + there is a tiny dent in the vinyl that sounds faintly for aprox 2 seconds on side 1 but is barely noticeable on side 2). Otherwise, the sound quality is NEAR MINT throughout - a WONDERFUL bright-sounding pressing!
The lables are NM-
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