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Start Date: July 13, 2021
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DAVID BOWIE Station To Station 1976 UK RCA 1st PRESS w/INSERT NEAR MINT DAVID BOWIE
Station To Station

1976 UK RCA (APL1 1327) FIRST PRESSING
NICE ORIGINAL COPY DELIVERING GREAT SOUND

PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE MATT RCA ORANGE LABELS WITHOUT *STEREO* BY THE SIDE NUMBERS
MATRIX: APL1-1327-A-1E / APL1-1327-B-2E
HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL MATT COVER "Printed and Made in Great Britain by Garrodprint Ltd."
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL LYRIC INSERT
AND RCA COMPANY INNER SLEEVE DATED NOVEMBER 1975 ('11-75')

Taking the detached plastic soul of Young Americans to an elegant, robotic extreme, Station to Station is a transitional album that creates its own distinctive style. Abandoning any pretence of being a soul man, yet keeping rhythmic elements of soul, David Bowie positions himself as a cold, clinical crooner and explores a variety of styles. Everything from epic ballads and disco to synthesized avant pop is present on Station to Station, but what ties it together is Bowie's cocaine-induced paranoia and detached musical persona. At its heart, Station to Station is an avant-garde art-rock album, most explicitly on "TVC 15" and the epic sprawl of the title track, but also on the cool crooning of "Wild Is the Wind" and "Word on a Wing," as well as the disco stylings of "Golden Years." It's epic structure and clinical sound were an impressive, individualistic achievement, as well as a style that would prove enormously influential on post-punk

Side 1:
Station To Station (10:18)
Golden Years (4:03)
Word On A Wing (6:05)
Side 2:
TVC 15 (5:35)
Stay (6:17)
Wild Is The Wind (6:06)

LABELS: NEAR MINT
Neither label has any discernible spindle traces and they are clean bar a slight smudge mark on Side 2 which may well be from manufacture
VINYL Visual: EXCELLENT
There some superficial light marks and hairlines but none of these have any effect on the sound
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
Plays beautifully with little of note to fault.
The very occasional non-continuous light background tick and a little surface on the run-ins but nothing else
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT
The cover is good and solid with little wear to the edges or spine where all text is clear. There is a little (not unexpected) grubbiness to the white but nothing major. All-in-all a fine example
INSERT: NEAR MINT
Light signs of handling and one soft crease to the top corner otherwise, clean and unmarked

POST & PACKING:
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UK: £5.00 (Recorded Delivery)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00 (International Tracked)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £25.00 (International Tracked)
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Combined Post: Additional records £1 (UK) £2 (Europe including Russia) £3 (International)
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