DAVID BOWIE JOHN I'M ONLY DANCING RARE ORIG '79 RCA 12"WHITE LABEL PROMO SINGLE

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·       DAVID BOWIE – JOHN I'M ONLY DANCING (a/k/a JOHN, I'M ONLY DANCING AGAIN) c/w GOLDEN YEARS &  – ORIGINAL 1978 RCA RECORDS PROMO 12-INCH, 33 rpm SINGLE; ORIGINAL RCA RECORDS STEREO SINGLE JD-11886

·       THIS IS THE THIRD, AND FINAL, EXTENDED (ALMOST 7:00) AND REMIXED, VERSION OF 'JOHN I'M ONLY DANCING', RECORDED DURING BOWIE'S 1974 'YOUNG AMERICANS' RECORDING SESSIONS IN PHILADELPHIA AND ORIGINALLY PLANNED FOR THE INCLUSION IN THE 'YOUNG AMERICANS' ALBUM, BUT ULTIMATELY OMITTED FROM IT. IT IS ALSO THE LONGEST OF THE THREE VERSIONS.  ON THIS VERSION, LOU REED DOES NOT PLAY RHYTHM GUITAR.

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·       *** WHITE LABEL PROMO ***

·       ORIGINAL RCA LABEL (LATE ‘70s STYLE), WHITE PROMOTIONAL VERSION

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       ORIGINAL, GENERIC RCA "DISCO SINGLE" THIN CARDBOARD JACKET WITH OPENING IN THE LABEL AREA, WITH THE "ART DECO" ARTWORK (SAME JACKET USED FOR MULTIPLE RCA 12" RELEASES)

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

·       FAIRLY THICK VINYL PRESSING On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and  10 being the most severe), we assess the thickness of the vinyl as 7.

(►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

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"John, I’m Only Dancing" is a single by David Bowie, released in two versions -- entirely different recordings, but carrying the same catalogue number -- in September 1972 and April 1973. Bowie later re-worked the song into the disco-influenced "John, I'm Only Dancing (Again)," recorded in 1974, but unreleased until 1979.

The song is widely believed to be concerned with a gay relationship, the narrator informing his boyfriend not to worry about the girl he's with because he's "only dancing" with her. Bowie had been 'out' as bisexual since an interview with Melody Maker in January 1972, and the subject matter did not affect the single's radio airplay in the UK, where it and the earlier "Starman" became his first back-to-back hits. However, the original video directed by Mick Rock, featuring androgynous dancers from Lindsay Kemp's mime troupe, was banned by Top of the Pops.

The single was not released in America, being judged too risqué by RCA and did not officially appear stateside until it was finally issued on the compilation Changesonebowie in 1976. While the hook ("John, I'm only dancing / She turns me on / But I'm only dancing") has long been considered a gay tease, author Nicholas Pegg asserts that the song's narrator "could just as easily be a straight man reassuring the girl's lover". Alternatively, it has been suggested that Bowie wrote the song in response to a derogatory comment made by John Lennon about Bowie's cross-dressing.

Musically in a light R&B style, the track was recorded on 26 June 1972, released as a single, and then re-recorded on 20 January 1973 during the Aladdin Sane sessions, in a slightly different arrangement featuring Ken Fordham on saxophone. Often called the "sax version", the second recording was issued as a single in April 1973 with exactly the same catalogue number as the first release, causing difficulties for collectors. Generally held to be superior to the original cut, the sax reworking also appeared on early pressings of Changesonebowie before it was replaced with the original single version.

A completely reworked funk-influenced version was recorded as "John, I’m Only Dancing (Again)" as a re-recording of "John, I’m Only Dancing", made in 1974 during the sessions for the album Young Americans. [this is the version we have here]

Released in December 1979, the re-recording featured a much more funk-influenced take on the track, and has some similarities with the song "Stay" recorded for the Station to Station album in 1976. Originally running at 6:57, the track was cut for a 7" single release, but the full version was issued on 12" vinyl – the first Bowie single to have a regular 12" release in the UK.. After the relative disappointment of the singles from Lodger on the charts, the single gave Bowie some greater degree of mainstream exposure during a period when his work was increasingly being perceived as esoteric and experimental. The long 12" version was included as a bonus track on the 1991 Rykodisk/EMI remaster CD of Young Americans, on the 2007 collectors edition of the album, and on The Best of David Bowie 1974/1979. The 7" single version was not released on CD until 2016's Who Can I Be Now? (1974-1976).

The reworking of "John, I'm Only Dancing" drops the original verses, only leaving the chorus' lyrics intact, perhaps because of the supposed homosexual nature of the original piece. The new lyrics were simply an embrace of the dance floor and the spirit of disco. The chorus is delivered more slowly and unswung with dance beats instead of the rather retro blues beats of the original, giving time for Bowie to demonstrate vocal virtuosity. The changes were considered somewhat strange given the original's context, especially the transformation into the "overlong" dance track, given the 12" version's extended mix, in which half of the song is a repetitive riff consisting of the lyrics "dancing, dancing, dancing, woo woo woo-oo".

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THE WHITE LABEL PROMO, RADIO STATION-, AUDITION OR DEMONSTRATION COPIES AND RELEASES (such as the one we have here) were often distributed to the radio stations before the record was released to the public, sometimes as much as four months ahead. These records are generally considered to be the "first among equals": the VERY FIRST generation and the VERY FIRST pressings of the particular title; a PROTOTYPE and the earliest known official pressing of the record.

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·                               CONDITION:

·                               THE RECORD

(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)          WE GRADE THE VINYL AS STRONG NEAR MINT. The original luster is very much intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

(b)          The record is pressed on a RELATIVELY  thick, inflexible vinyl. This is NOT a thin, flimsy ('dynaflex' type),  vinyl, but not the thickest, most rigid vinyl, either.

(c)             White Promo Label version of this title is much rarer that a regular, commercially released, version of this title. We estimate that stock copies of this album outnumber promo copies by a ratio of at least 100:1.

(d)          Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·                               THE COVER (GENERIC 12" DISCO SINGE WITH DIE-CUT OPENING IN THE LABEL AREA)

THE COVER IS NEAR MINT !

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-         Cover shows JUST A HINT of yellowing on both sides, apparently from aging.

-         Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the spine  (nothing significant)

-         Cover has a minor  wrinkle (crease) in the cardboard base on the front panel

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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