RARE MINT 1977 ORIG DAVID BOWIE "HEROES" ENO CRIMSON PROG PSYCH CHALLENGING LP
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ORIGINAL 1977 ORIG FINAL COLLECTION MINT!
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~ DAVID BOWIE ~
Heroes
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USA - (black) RCA RECORDS - AYL1 - 3857
BEAUTIFUL ... so hard to find in ANY condition
final collection copy
Exceedingly-rare final collection copy, and here's why::::
Original, 1977 black RCA label print - IMMACULATE CONDITION... easily Bowie's most hard to find and highly wanted LP, we haven't had a MINT copy original for ages ...
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One of Bowie's more stellar moments working with Brian Eno, "Heroes" sees the artist moving into barely chartered waters (at that point, 1977), creating moving, emotive rock and putting it right up against some very detached and futuristic synthesized sounds. The collection opens with a ferocious rocker, courtesy of King Crimson headmaster Robert Fripp's taut, snarling guitars ("Beauty and the Beast"), and then slides into the roar of "Joe the Lion" without missing a beat. Bowie's vocals have rarely sounded as desperate as they are on "Heroes," the anguished "Blackout" rages on a peculiarly up beat, and suddenly the listener finds they've slipped into a parallel world of icy soundscapes. The next four tracks present glassy synthesizers, stark piano, the ping of Asian-styled guitars, and other styles presumably left over or influenced by the Low recordings. The delicate "Moss Garden" is particularly beautiful, and "Sense of Doubt" is brooding and ominous. The closer, "The Secret Life of Arabia," moves with the rhythm of a snake charmer, and Bowie's vocals are irrepressibly intoxicating. Challenging, and worth the effort.
Heroes serves up the strengthen sonic innovative skills where Bowie and Eno explored during their collaboration from their stay in Berlin. What adds to the success of Heroes is how the vocals boasts fuller hard rhythms and it’s well-conceive deeper layer of sounds while Robert Fripp’s guitar solos provides a muscular foundation for the electronic background, especially when it came to those relatively conventional songs. Similarly, the instrumentals give a more vividly-paced feedback which is well-detailed with a keen momentum, but ironically speaking it also showcase a more explicit debt to German-synth pop and European experimental rock which made this a winning benchmark in contemporary music.
...................Beauty And The Beast
......................Joe The Lion
......................."Heroes"
................Sons Of The Silent Age
.......................Blackout
..................V-2 Schneider
.................Sense Of Doubt
.................Moss Garden
...................Neuköln
..........The Secret Life Of Arabia
CONDITION: The cover: rated: M- beautiful, no wear! SO hard to find without any wear, in fact very hard to find at all! 40 YEARS OF AGE and Still has a fresh appearance -- there are no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing ... RARE...
The vinyl: Rated: M- clean and free of marks, so easily plays with very enjoyable minty CLEAN audio ... both RCA labels are clean
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...
EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING
All imperfections are noted both cover & record
NOTE: All Items backed by money back guarantee! IF you have a problem PLEASE let us solve for you BEFORE leaving ANY negative feedback. Thanks! GRADING SCALE: M, M-, EX, VG++,VG+, VG, VG- M Completely clean, no marks M- Carefully used, looks clean, plays clean, shiny gloss, no marks EX Faint scuff or superficial mark, near M-, high gloss, plays clean VG++ Glossy with minimal scuffing or light mark playing very nice, clean VG+ a bit more scuff or markls still plays well with very minimal surface at worse VG more marks/scratches only minor, nothing deep, no loud clicks or pops this grade is abused by many, VG here does not mean "trashed" VG- surface noise present, will not have skips or jumps ALL PAYMENTS SHOULD BE MADE WITHIN 5 DAYS Of AUCTIONS END BIDDERS PLEASE = Do Not Bid If You Are Not Serious About Following Through The Transaction!price rating
