David Bowie – Aladdin Sane (50th Anniversary Edition)

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TWO SPECIALVINYLRELEASES TO CELEBRATE THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF ALADDIN SANE TO BERELEASED 14th APRIL, 2023

9th January, 2023 – April 2023marks the 50th anniversary ofthe releaseofDavid BowiesALADDIN SANE, which was released only ten months after his breakthrough albumTHE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS. The title track and songs such asPanic In Detroit’, Lady Grinning SoulandTimemarked a significant musical progression from its predecessor, adding brass, woodwind, soulful backing vocals and the distinctive piano playing of Mike Garson.

On14th April, 2023,one week before its Golden JubileeALADDINSANEwill be issued as alimited edition 50th anniversary picture disc LP pressed from the samemaster.
This new pressing ofALADDIN SANEwas cut on a customised late Neumann VMS80 lathe with fully recapped electronicsfrom 192kHz restoredmasters of the originalmastertapes, with no additional processing on transfer.

The album was preceded by two singlesThe Jean GenieandDrive-In Saturday,peaking in the U.K. singles chart at numbers 2 and 3 respectively,and was the first time he topped the U.K. album charts. It also markedBowiesdebut on the U.S. charts reaching the top 20 album chart there, where an edited version ofTimewas released as a single.

The coverofALADDINSANEhas become one of the moststriking andmemorableimages in rock n roll historyand was rumoured to be the most expensiveproducedup to that point. The cover photograph wastakenby Brian Duffy, who would also shoot the sleeves for 1979sLODGERand 1980sSCARY MONSTERS (AND SUPER CREEPS)and features Bowie with the iconic red and blue lightning bolt make-up, an image whichhas stakedout anindelible spot inthe planetscultural lexicon.

Bowie describedALADDIN SANEas Ziggy Goes To Washington: Ziggy under the influence of America. The album was to be Ziggy Stardust’s last stand, and the persona was laid to rest three months after the David Bowiealbums release in July 1973 at the infamous final showwith theSpidersFromMarsat Londons Hammersmith Odeon.

Tracklist:

Watch That Man
Aladdin Sane (1913-1938-197?)
Drive-In Saturday
Panic In Detroit
Cracked Actor
Time
The Prettiest Star
Lets Spend The Night Together
The Jean Genie
Lady Grinning Soul