David Bowie:Pinups LP Vinyl RCA Records 1983 Issue AYL1-4653 Near Mint 12"
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Description
You are bidding on a Near Mint vinyl LP of David Bowie's 1973 album:"Pin Ups.: The cover art is worth it alone. An amazing picture of David and Angie(?) that i can't even describe. You could never get the same appreciation of this from a CD cover!
The music is entirely made up of cover versions of David Bowie's favorite artists. You get covers of the Yardbirds, The Who, The Pretty Things, Pink Floyd, Van Morrison, the Kinks, and a very young Bruce Springsteen, among others. While you have heard of most of these artists, many of the choices are not the obvious ones. A different Bowie experience, but one of my personal favorites.
The album, and cover are in spectacular Near Mint condition.
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Album Notes
PIN UPS served as a sort of "how to" guide to David Bowie's career. This all-covers album shed light on his ability to adopt personas and emulate musical genres with amazing speed and diversity. It also showed that Bowie was anticipating a different musical climate for the rest of the decade, signifying a change from what was admired during the 1960s.The psychedelic overtones of Pink Floyd's "See Emily Play" and the garage rock cynicism of the Easybeats' "Friday On My Mind" perfectly display Bowie's ear for melody and eye for pop-culture posturing. He even tips a hat to his more established influences. The Kinks' "Where Have All The Good Times Gone" sparks his interest as a memory-soaked ballad (a Ray Davies specialty), and with The Who's "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere" Bowie admits to not having invented the rock 'n' roll ego.PIN UPS served another suitable purpose for the chameleonic performer, down-playing his other-worldly image by betraying his influences. By presenting Bowie as an actual fan--and not just an image/style manipulator--the album portrayed the singer in a different light, allowing him to loosen up his approach to performing and to step outside the multiple characters he had created for himself.
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