TOP 1973 Orig DAVID BOWIE Aladdin Sane + CUSTOM INNER

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               CLEAN 1973 FIRST PRESS

    INCLUDES CUSTOM LYRICS INNER SLEEVE

                       David Bowie

                        Aladdin Sane

\                                                               USA - RCA - LSP 4582

BEAUTIFUL CLEAN FIRST PRESSING!!

Very Clean...Original 1973 first pressing in gatefold cover with custom double sided lyrics inner sleeve...

The follow-up to his breakthrough The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, it was the first album Bowie wrote and released as a bona fide pop star. Many fans & critics agree that Aladdin Sane contains some of his best material including Bowie encyclopedist Nicholas Pegg describing it as "one of the most urgent, compelling and essential" Lp's of Bowie's career.

The name of the album is a pun on "A Lad Insane". An early variation was "Love Aladdin Vein", which Bowie dropped partly because of its drug connotations.

Aladdin Sane featured a tougher rock sound than its predecessor, particularly on tracks like "Panic in Detroit" (built around a Bo Diddley beat) and Bowie’s breakneck version of the Stones' "Let's Spend the Night Together".

Stepping out of the Ziggy Stardust shadow (Bowie would announce his temporary retirement from the stage later that year), ALADDIN SANE was the aftermath of Ziggy's visit, a brutal memoir of the drugs, sex and glamour that a young starlet could find at the time. "Forget that I'm 50/'Cause you just got paid," Bowie croons, adopting the persona of a "Cracked Actor," and one wonders how far stardom had pushed Bowie. Was he indeed a lad insane?

The macho guitar rave-ups are the product of brilliant spewing by Mick Ronson's searing guitar --beautiful trash, made of Stonesy grind and dangerous Kinks-like riffing. Bowie is at an evocative peak, his vocals at once voyeuristic and enticing. His cover of "Let's Spend The Night Together" sends an unwashed shiver up the back, and his youthful exuberance on "Panic In Detroit" is charmingly believable.
An amazing record with hard rock leads, dreamy piano and some great lyrical performances. You at least HEAR it if anything

Side One:

1. "Watch That Man" New York – 4:25
2. "Aladdin Sane (1913-1938-197?)" RHMS Ellinis – 5:06
3. "Drive-In Saturday" Seattle–Phoenix – 4:29
4. "Panic in Detroit" Detroit – 4:25
5. "Cracked Actor" Los Angeles – 2:56

Side Two:

1. "Time" New Orleans – 5:09
2. "The Prettiest Star" Gloucester Road – 3:26
3. "Let's Spend the Night Together" ( – 3:03
4. "The Jean Genie" Detroit and New York – 4:02
5. "Lady Grinning Soul" London – 3:46

CONDITION: The (white) gatefold cover is really hard to find M- with no dirt or soil on the white cover..as well it is very sharp and stiff, having no split seams, no bends, no writing...a TOP copy from 37 years ago...

The vinyl is all glossy clean and clear M- includes a clean double sided custom designed lyrics inner sleeve... 

      A cool addition to anyone's music library!

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