David Bowie,LP," " UK 1984 Deram DOA1 "Sell Me A Coat" "She's Got Medals" Mint
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David Bowie
Title and label: David Bowie Deram DOA1, UK Press 1984
Condition of vinyl: Mint
Matrix Side 1: ZAL7754 2 X ? 420 118
Matrix Side 2: ZAL 777755 2 X ? 420 117
Condition of sleeve: Near-Mint AllMusic Review by Dave Thompson
David Bowie's first ever LP -- the 1967 set that introduced the world to the likes of "Rubber Band" and "There Is a Happy Land" -- is an intriguing collection, as much in its own right as for the light it sheds on Bowie's future career.
Nobody hearing "She's Got Medals," for instance, can fail to marvel at the sheer prescience displayed by a song about gender-bending. Even within Bowie's subsequent world of alligators, starmen, and astronettes, however, there are no parallels for the likes of "Please Mr. Gravedigger," with its storm-swept lament for a murdered little girl, or "Uncle Arthur," the archetypal mommy's boy, whose one stab at snapping the apron strings shatters when he realizes his new love cannot cook.
There's also a frightening glimpse into future Bowie universes, served up by "We Are Hungry Men," a tale of a world in which food is so scarce that the people have resorted to cannibalism.
Not all of the songs are such sharp observations of human frailties and failings, while the distinctly family-entertainment style arrangements make it clear that, whatever audience Bowie was aiming for, rock fans were not included among them.
But songs like "Love You Till Tuesday" and "Maid of Bond Street" have a catchy irresistibility to them all the same, and though this material has been repackaged with such mind-numbing frequency as to seem all but irrelevant today, David Bowie still remains a remarkable piece of work.
And it sounds less like anything else he's ever done than any subsequent record in his catalogue.
Side 1:
Uncle Arthur
Sell Me A Coat
Rubber Band
Love You Till Tuesday
There Is A Happy Land
We Are Hungry Men
When I Live My Dream
Side 2:
Little Bombardier
Silly Boy Blue
Come And Buy My Toys
Join The Gang
She's Got Medals
Maid Of Bond Street
Please Mr. Gravedigger
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