VINTAGE 1976 DAVID BOWIE STATION TO STATION NM- VINYL LP ORIGINAL 1976 PRESSING
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VINTAGE
DAVID BOWIE
"STATION TO STATION"
NEAR MINT MINUS 12" VINYL LP
RCA RECORDS No. APL1-1327
ORIGINAL 1976 PRESSING
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Released January 23, 1976 (exactly 40 years ago)
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SONGS
STATION TO STATION / GOLDEN YEARS / WORD ON A WING / TVC15 / STAY / WILD IS THE WIND
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The following is etched into the trail-off:
APL1-1327-A-225 Az
APL1-1327-B-225 Az
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Station to Station is the tenth studio album by David Bowie, released by RCA Records in 1976. Commonly regarded as one of his most significant works, Station to Station was the vehicle for his last great "character," the Thin White Duke. The album was recorded after he completed shooting Nicolas Roeg's The Man Who Fell to Earth, and the cover artwork features a still from the movie. During the sessions Bowie was heavily dependent on drugs, especially cocaine, and has claimed he recalls almost nothing of the production.
The sleeve front cover uses a black-and-white still from The Man Who Fell to Earth, in which Bowie, as the character Thomas Jerome Newton, steps into the space capsule that will return him to his home planet.
AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote that, "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." The musical style of "Golden Years," the first track recorded for the album, built on the funk and soul of Young Americans but with a harsher, grinding edge. It has been described as carrying with it "an air of regret for missed opportunities and past pleasures." Bowie said that it was written for—and rejected by—Elvis Presley, while Bowie's wife at the time Angie claimed it was penned for her.
"Stay" was another riff-driven funk piece, recorded very much in his cocaine frenzy. Its lyrics have been variously interpreted as reflecting on "the uncertainty of sexual conquest," and as an example of "the Duke's spurious romanticism."
The religious element of the album was most obvious in the hymn-like "Word on a Wing," though for some commentators religion, like love, was simply another way for the Duke to "test his numbness." Bowie himself has claimed that in this song, "the passion is genuine." When performing it live in 1999, the singer described it as coming from "the darkest days of my life... I'm sure that it was a call for help." The closing ballad, "Wild Is the Wind," was the album's sole cover, and has been praised as one of the finest vocal performances of Bowie's career. Bowie was inspired to record it after he met singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone (whose version is on the 1966 album she named after it).SHIPPING WITHIN THE CONTINENTAL U.S.A. IS $4.00. INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING RATE IS $16.
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