DAVID BOWIE Station To Station 1976 UK 1st PRESS 1E/1E
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42
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56
£ 42
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Nov 15, 2012
Sold Date
Nov 5, 2012
Start Date
£ 24
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Description
DAVID BOWIE Station To Station 1976 UK 1st PRESS 1E/1E
CLEAN SLEEVE w/ CARD INSERT - STUNNING SOUND
DAVID BOWIEStation To Station
UK RCA (APL1-1327) FIRST PRESSING (January 1976) OF DAVID BOWIE'S "Station To Station" LP
PLAYS BEAUTIFULLY - FANTASTIC SOUND QUALITY - AND THIS COPY HAS THE SELDOM SEEN VERY FIRST ISSUE 1E/1E MATRIX NUMBERS
PRESSED WITH MATT RCA ORANGE LABELS
MATRIX: APL1-1327-A-1E / APL1-1327-B-1E
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL SLEEVE "Printed and made in Great Britain by Garrodprint Ltd."
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL CARD INSERT (which also carries the "Printed and made in Great Britain by Garrodprint Ltd." text - heavier gauge than the later thin paper inserts)
AND THE ORIGINAL RCA COMPANY DIE-CUT INNER SLEEVE
Station to Station takes the detached plastic soul of Young Americans to an elegant, robotic extreme.
Abandoning any pretence of being a soul-man, yet keeping rhythmic elements of soul, David Bowie positions himself as a cold, clinical crooner and explores a variety of styles.
Everything from epic ballads and disco to synthesized avant pop is present on Station to Station, but what ties it together is Bowie's cocaine-induced paranoia and detached musical persona.
At its heart, Station to Station is an avant-garde art-rock album, most explicitly on "TVC 15" and the epic sprawl of the title track, but also on the cool crooning of "Wild Is the Wind" and "Word on a Wing," as well as the disco stylings of "Golden Years."
It's not an easy album to warm to, but its epic structure and clinical sound were an impressive, individualistic achievement, as well as a style that would prove enormously influential on post-punk
Side 1: Station To Station / Golden Years / Word On A Wing
Side 2: TVC 15 / Stay / Wild Is The Wind
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, bright and fresh labels with little signs of use
VINYL Visual: EXCELLENT
Some light marks are evident on both sides but these are mostly superficial and have little audio consequence
VINYL Audio: EXCELLENT+
Outstanding sound performance - crystal clear, deep, rich and finely detailed and my play-check at very loud volume found little to fault - just some (non-continuous) ticks on the quiet beginning of the title track (nothing I found at all intrusive) otherwise, plays beautifully - the sound quality and the sound performance throughout is sensational
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT++
The sleeve is very clean (unusual for this untreated white cover) and all edges are sharp and unworn
INSERT: NEAR MINT
Again, clean, white and unmarked with few 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: 1st Class: £4.50 (recorded delivery)
EUROPE: Airmail: £12.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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