David Bowie Let's Dance Vinyl LP EMI Modern Love China Girl VG++ 1st Press 1983

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David Bowie Let's Dance  Vinyl LP - EMI America SO-17093 VG++ First Pressing (1983)
Condition: VG++ (EX) Vinyl and Cover. Tested and plays beautifully with nice fidelity. Cover is excellent good color and original inner sleeve with lyrics.
Let's Dance is the 15th studio album by David Bowie, released on 14 April 1983 through EMI America Records. After the release of Scary Monsters, Bowie began a period of numerous musical collaborations and film appearances. After signing with EMI America in late 1982, Bowie decided he wanted a fresh start, and chose Nile Rodgers of the rock/disco band Chic to co-produce his next record.
The album was recorded in December 1982 at the Power Station in New York City. The sessions featured entirely new personnel, including then-unknown Texas blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan on lead guitar. For the first time ever, Bowie played no instruments, solely contributing vocals. Musically, Let's Dance has been described as a post-disco record, with elements of dance-rock, dance-pop and new wave. It contains three cover songs: Iggy Pop's "China Girl", which Bowie and Pop recorded together for Pop's The Idiot (1977); Metro's "Criminal World"; and a reworking of "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)", originally recorded by Bowie and Giorgio Moroder in 1982 for the film of the same name.
Let's Dance was released to massive commercial success, reaching number one in numerous countries, and turned Bowie into a major superstar; it remains Bowie's best-selling album. The record's four singles, including the title track, were all commercially successful as well. However, the album received mixed reviews from music critics whose opinions on the artistic content varied. The title track and "China Girl" were supported by music videos that received heavy airplay on MTV. It was supported by the Serious Moonlight Tour, which featured the return of guitarists Carlos Alomar and Earl Slick.
Track listing
Side one 1. "Modern Love" 4:46 2. "China Girl" Iggy Pop Bowie, Pop 5:32 3. "Let's Dance" 7:37 4. "Without You" 3:08
Side two 1. "Ricochet" 5:14 2. "Criminal World" Peter Godwin, Duncan Browne, Sean Lyons, adapt. Bowie Godwin, Browne, Lyons 4:25 3. "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" Giorgio Moroder 5:09 4. "Shake It" 3:49
Personnel David Bowie – lead vocals; producer; engineer; assistant mixing; horn arrangements Nile Rodgers – guitar; producer; engineer; assistant mixing; horn arrangements
Musicians Stevie Ray Vaughan – lead guitar Carmine Rojas – bass guitar Bernard Edwards – bass guitar on "Without You" Omar Hakim, Tony Thompson – drums Sammy Figueroa – percussion Robert Sabino – keyboards, piano Stan Harrison – tenor saxophone; flute Robert Aaron – tenor saxophone Steve Elson – baritone saxophone; flute Mac Gollehon – trumpet Frank Simms, George Simms, David Spinner – backing vocals Bob Clearmountain (Fast Forward Productions) – engineer; mixing
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