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3x Lot of 80's David Bowie LP Records

1.  Ziggy Stardust - The Motion Picture - 1983 RCA Records Double Live LP
2.  Never Let Me Down - 1987 EMI Records LP
3.  Bertolt Brecht's BAAL - 1982 RCA Records LP

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David Bowie The cliché about  is that he was a musical chameleon, adapting himself according to fashion and trends. While such a criticism is too glib, there's no denying that  demonstrated a remarkable skill for perceiving musical movements at his peak in the '70s. After spending several years in the late '60s as a mod and an all-around music-hall entertainer,  reinvented himself as a hippie singer/songwriter. Prior to his breakthrough in 1972, he recorded a proto-metal record and a pop/rock album, eventually redefining glam rock with his ambiguously sexy Ziggy Stardust persona. Ziggy made  an international star, but he wasn't content to continue to churn out glitter rock. By the mid-'70s, he'd developed an effete, sophisticated version of Philly soul that he dubbed "plastic soul," which eventually morphed into the eerie avant-pop of 1976's . Shortly afterward, he relocated to Berlin, where he recorded three experimental electronic albums with . At the dawn of the '80s,  was still at the height of his powers, yet following his blockbuster dance-pop album  in 1983, he slowly sank into mediocrity before salvaging his career in the early '90s. Even when he was out of fashion in the '80s and '90s, it was clear that  was one of the most influential musicians in rock, for better and for worse. Each one of his phases in the '70s sparked a number of subgenres, including punk, new wave, goth rock, the new romantics, and electronica. Few rockers have ever had such lasting impact.

 began performing music when he was 13 years old, learning the saxophone while he was at Bromley Technical High School; another pivotal event happened at the school, when his left pupil became permanently dilated in a schoolyard fight. Following his graduation at 16, he worked as a commercial artist while playing saxophone in a number of mod bands, including ,  (which also featured  as a session man), and . All three of those bands released singles, which were generally ignored, yet he continued performing, changing his name to  in 1966 after '  became an international star. Over the course of 1966, he released three mod singles on Pye Records, which were all ignored. The following year, he signed with Deram, releasing the music hall, -styled  that year. Upon completing the record, he spent several weeks in a Scottish Buddhist monastery. Once he left the monastery, he studied with 's mime troupe, forming his own mime company, the Feathers, in 1969. The Feathers were short-lived, and he formed the experimental art group Beckenham Arts Lab in 1969.

 needed to finance the Arts Lab, so he signed with Mercury Records that year and released Man of Words, Man of Music, a trippy singer/songwriter album featuring "Space Oddity." The song was released as a single and became a major hit in the U.K., convincing  to concentrate on music. Hooking up with his old friend , he began miming at some of 's  concerts, eventually touring with , bassist/producer , guitarist , and drummer  as . The band quickly fell apart, yet  and  remained close, working on the material that formed 's next album, , as well as recruiting  as their drummer. Produced by , who also played bass,  was a heavy guitar rock album that failed to gain much attention.  followed the album in late 1971 with the pop/rock , an album that featured  and keyboardist .

Following its release,  began to develop his most famous incarnation, Ziggy Stardust: an androgynous, bisexual rock star from another planet. Before he unveiled Ziggy,  claimed in a January 1972 interview with Melody Maker that he was gay, helping to stir interest in his forthcoming album. Taking cues from 's stylish glam rock,  dyed his hair orange and began wearing women's clothing. He called himself Ziggy Stardust, and his backing band -- , , and bassist  -- were .  was released with much fanfare in England in late 1972. The album and its lavish, theatrical concerts became a sensation throughout England, and helped him become the only glam rocker to carve out a niche in America.  became a word-of-mouth hit in the U.S., and the re-released "Space Oddity" -- which was now also the title of the re-released Man of Words, Man of Music -- reached the American Top 20.  quickly followed  with  later in 1973. Not only did he record a new album that year, he also produced 's , ' , and 's comeback , for which he also wrote the title track.

Given the amount of work  packed into 1972 and 1973, it wasn't surprising that his relentless schedule began to catch up with him. After recording the all-covers  with , he unexpectedly announced the band's breakup, as well as his retirement from live performances, during the group's final show that year. He retreated from the spotlight to work on a musical adaptation of 's 1984, but once he was denied the rights to the novel, he transformed the work into . The album was released to generally poor reviews in 1974, yet it generated the hit single "Rebel Rebel," and he supported the album with an elaborate and expensive American tour. As the tour progressed,  became fascinated with soul music, eventually redesigning the entire show to reflect his new "plastic soul." Hiring guitarist  as the band's leader,  refashioned his group into a Philly soul band and recostumed himself in sophisticated, stylish fashions. The change took fans by surprise, as did the double-album , which featured material recorded on the 1974 tour.

, released in 1975, was the culmination of 's soul obsession, and it became his first major crossover hit, peaking in the American Top Ten and generating his first U.S. number one hit in "Fame," a song he co-wrote with  and .  relocated to Los Angeles, where he earned his first movie role in 's The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976). While in L.A., he recorded , which took the plastic soul of  into darker, avant-garde-tinged directions, but it was also a huge hit, generating the Top Ten single "Golden Years." The album inaugurated 's persona of the elegant "Thin White Duke," and it reflected 's growing cocaine-fueled paranoia. Soon, he decided Los Angeles was too boring and returned to England; shortly after arriving back in London, he gave the awaiting crowd a Nazi salute, a signal of his growing, drug-addled detachment from reality. The incident caused enormous controversy, and  left the country to settle in Berlin, where he lived and worked with .

Once in Berlin,  sobered up and began painting, as well as studying art. He also developed a fascination with German electronic music, which  helped him fulfill on their first album together, . Released early in 1977,  was a startling mixture of electronics, pop, and avant-garde technique. While it was greeted with mixed reviews at the time, it proved to be one of the most influential albums of the late '70s, as did its follow-up, , which followed that year. Not only did  record two solo albums in 1977, but he also helmed 's comeback records  and , and toured anonymously as 's keyboardist. He resumed his acting career in 1977, appearing in Just a Gigolo with  and , as well as narrating 's version of Peter and the Wolf.  returned to the stage in 1978, launching an international tour that was captured on the double-album . In 1979,  and  recorded  in New York, Switzerland, and Berlin, releasing the album at the end of the year.  was supported with several innovative videos, as was 1980's , and these videos -- "DJ," "Fashion," "Ashes to Ashes" -- became staples on early MTV.

 was 's last album for RCA, and it wrapped up his most innovative, productive period. Later in 1980, he performed the title role in the stage production of The Elephant Man, including several shows on Broadway. Over the next two years, he took an extended break from recording, appearing in Christiane F (1981) and the vampire movie The Hunger (1982), returning to the studio only for his 1981 collaboration with , "Under Pressure," and the theme for 's remake of Cat People. In 1983, he signed an expensive contract with EMI Records and released .  had recruited  guitarist  to produce the album, giving the record a sleek, funky foundation, and hired the unknown  as lead guitarist.  became his most successful record, thanks to its stylish, innovative videos for "Let's Dance" and "China Girl," which turned both songs into Top Ten hits.  supported the record with the sold-out arena tour Serious Moonlight.

Greeted with massive success for the first time,  wasn't quite sure how to react, and he eventually decided to replicate  with 1984's . While the album sold well, producing the Top Ten hit "Blue Jean," it received poor reviews and was ultimately a commercial disappointment. He stalled in 1985, recording a duet of ' "Dancing in the Street" with  for Live Aid. He also spent more time jet-setting, appearing at celebrity events across the globe, and appeared in several movies -- Into the Night (1985), Absolute Beginners (1986), Labyrinth (1986) -- that turned out to be bombs.  returned to recording in 1987 with the widely panned , supporting the album with the Glass Spider tour, which also received poor reviews. In 1989, he remastered his RCA catalog with Rykodisc for CD release, kicking off the series with the three-disc box .  supported the discs with an accompanying tour of the same name, claiming that he was retiring all of his older characters from performance following the tour.  was successful, and  re-charted amidst the hoopla.

 may have been a success, but 's next project was perhaps his most unsuccessful. Picking up on the abrasive, dissonant rock of  and ,  formed his own guitar rock combo, , with guitarist , bassist , and 's brother, drummer , who had previously worked on 's  with .  released an eponymous album to poor reviews that summer and supported it with a club tour, which was only moderately successful. Despite the poor reviews,  released a second album, the appropriately titled , in 1991, and it was completely ignored.

 returned to a solo career in 1993 with the sophisticated, soulful , recording the album with  and his by-then-permanent collaborator, . The album was released on Savage, a subsidiary of RCA, and received positive reviews, but his new label went bankrupt shortly after its release, and the album disappeared.  was the first indication that  was trying hard to resuscitate his career, as was the largely instrumental 1994 soundtrack . In 1995, he reunited with  for the industrial rock-tinged . Several critics hailed the album as a comeback, and  supported it with a co-headlining tour with  in order to snag a younger, alternative audience, but his gambit failed; audiences left before 's performance and  disappeared. He quickly returned to the studio in 1996, recording , an album heavily influenced by techno and drum'n'bass. Upon its early 1997 release,  received generally positive reviews, yet the album failed to gain an audience, and many techno purists criticized  for allegedly exploiting their subculture.  followed in 1999. In 2002,  reunited with producer  and released  to very positive reviews. He continued on with  for  in 2003, which was once again warmly received.

 supported  with a lengthy tour but it came to a halt in the summer of 2004 when he received an emergency angioplasty while in Hamburg, Germany. Following this health scare,  quietly retreated from the public eye. Over the next few years, he popped up at the occasional charity concert or gala event and he sometimes sang in the studio for other artists (notably, he appeared on 's  tribute  in 2008). Archival releases appeared but no new recordings did until he suddenly ended his unofficial retirement on his 66th birthday on January 8, 2013, releasing a new single called "Where Are We Now?" and announcing the arrival of a new album. Entitled  and once again produced by , the album was released in March of 2013. Greeted with generally positive reviews,  debuted at either number one or two throughout the world, earning gold certifications in many countries.

The following year,  released a new compilation called , which featured the new song "Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)." This song turned out to be the cornerstone of 's next project, . Arriving on January 8, 2016, the album found  re-teaming with  and exploring adventurous territory, as signaled by its lead single, "Blackstar." Just two days after its release, it was announced that  had died from liver cancer. In a Facebook post,  revealed that  knew of his illness for at least 18 months and created  as "his parting gift." It topped several national charts -- including the Billboard 200, which made it his first number one album in the U.S. By the autumn of 2016, posthumous projects began to surface, including  -- a collection of his mid-'70s albums that functioned as a sequel to the previous year's box set  -- and the release of the cast recording to , the Broadway musical he completed in his final years. On January 8, 2017 -- the year anniversary of the release of  -- the  EP, containing 's versions of songs heard in the  musical, was released.  -- the third volume of retrospective box sets, this installment focusing on his recordings of the late '70s -- appeared in September 2017. The following year, the fourth retrospective box --  -- was released, featuring albums issued between the years 1983 and 1988. Included was 's biggest-selling '80s album,  -- alongside a selection of live releases -- as well as a 2018 production of his 1987 album , featuring string arrangements by  and production from . Over the course of 2019, Parlophone released a series of limited-edition vinyl sets spotlighting demos  recorded in 1969. At the end of the year, these recordings were collected alongside a new mix of  in the box set .
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