DAVID BOWIE Lodger (RCA AQL 1-3254) RARE Sterling US 1st Pressing +Insert MINT-
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DAVID BOWIE Lodger (RCA AQL 1-3254) Brian Eno RARE 'Sterling' US 1st Pressing +Insert MINT-
RARE US first pressing of the David Bowie classic "Lodger" on RCA Records (May 1979). Very first US 'Sterling' pressing, mastered at Sterling Sound, New York City.
"Bowie's antinarrative lyrics, his antihero stance, his dependence on sounds and words that are suggestive rather than explicit, and his playing of banal surfaces against textures of real depth all speak for a future-in-the-present in which one must protect oneself from the world, from other people and from one's own visions, desires and fears — while at the same time giving all of those things form and weight. What is defined is the nature of the distance involved, its necessity and its risks. This is an aesthetic that, when it works, combines a retreat into art with an affirmation of the world one has retreated from; it's an aesthetic that holds life in reserve, and to hear it in action can be transporting. But on Lodger (...) Bowie seems less than interested, neither a serious savior nor a serious aesthete. It's as if the role of savior now bores him, and thus — paradoxically, one would have thought years ago — leaves him without the energy to pursue his life as an aesthete with the intensity it demands. That's disturbing, because for David Bowie, life as an aesthete is not a role at all." - Greil Marcus in Rolling Stone, August 1979.
GRADING:
EX+ COVER with light wear. Please see photos for details.
- A bit of edge and corner wear.
. Faint record imprint on the rear sleeve.
- A few humidity spots along the spine, as shown.
- Also includes the original insert/lyric sheet in EX condition, with a top corner fold and small seam split.
MINT(-) RECORD that looks unplayed!
- Visually perfect vinyl on both sides, with impeccable audio reproduction throughout.
- Absolutely no scuffs, scratches or other visible wear at all.
- Original matt-black RCA Records labels in MINT(-) condition, with no spindle wear.
- The matrix stamps in the run-off grooves read "AQL 1-3254 -A / Sterling / No sense is better..." and "AQL 1-3254 -B / Sterling / ...than none at all".
- This record is hereby certified to be a US first pressing of "Lodger", mastered at Sterling Sound, N.Y.C. and released in May 1979.
PLEASE NOTE: Not to be compared with the more-often-than-not substandard vinyl on offer on eBay, both items are in honestly-graded EX+ to MINT(-) condition. For more information on the veracity and reliability of my grading, I kindly refer the prospective buyer to my feedback comments and 100% seller rating.
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