David Bowie 'Station To Station' RCA Victor APLI-1327 A1/B1 UK 1st 1976
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David Bowie "Station To Station" RCA Victor APL1 1327 UK 1st press Vinyl, LP, released in 1976.
The vinyl appears to have been lightly played and is in great shape. It played through beautifully on my elderly stereo - no hop, stick or jump. It is housed in an RCA inner sleeve, which is also in great shape - no rips or writing. The sleeve has some light ring-wear, but is otherwise in good condition, again, with no rips or writing. The spine is intact and legible. Matrix / Runout Side 1 : APLI-1327-A-1E AIL Matrix / Runout Side 2 : APLI-1327-B-2E AIR 2
"Station to Station" is David Bowie's 10th studio album, released on 23 January 1976 by RCA Records. Regarded as one of Bowie's most significant works, "Station to Station" was the vehicle for Bowie's Thin White Duke persona. Co-produced by Bowie and Harry Maslin, the album was recorded at Cherokee Studios in Los Angeles, California, in late 1975, after Bowie completed shooting the film The Man Who Fell to Earth; the cover artwork featured a still from the film. During the sessions, Bowie was dependent on drugs, especially cocaine, and later said that he recalled almost nothing of the production.
"Station to Station" was a transitional album for Bowie, developing the funk and soul music of his previous release, "Young Americans", while presenting a new direction influenced by German bands such as Neu! and Kraftwerk. The lyrics reflected his preoccupations with Friedrich Nietzsche, Aleister Crowley, mythology and religion. Drawing on funk and krautrock, romantic balladry and occultism, "Station to Station" has been described as "simultaneously one of Bowie's most accessible albums and his most impenetrable". Bowie said that "Station to Station" was "a plea to come back to Europe for me".
Preceded by the single "Golden Years", "Station to Station" made the top five in the UK and US charts. Bowie supported the album with the Isolar tour, where he often performed in character as the Thin White Duke. He attracted controversy during the tour after making statements related to supporting fascism. At the end of the tour, Bowie moved to Europe to remove himself from the drug culture of Los Angeles. The styles explored on "Station to Station" culminated in some of Bowie's most acclaimed work with the "Berlin Trilogy" over the following three years. In 2020, the album was ranked number 52 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
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