Name: Aladdin Sane - 50th Anniversary
Brand: David Bowie

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5054197183133

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[r26739113]

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Extended format: Yes

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Picture Disc

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2023-04-14

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Warner Music Group

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5054197183140

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[r26734640]

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Half Speed Remaster.

Black LP

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David Bowie

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Classic

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Parlophone

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David Bowie, born on 8 January 1947 in Brixton, London, England, UK and died on 10 January 2016 in Manhattan, New York City, USA at the age of 69. He was a British pop/rock singer, musician, songwriter, and actor. Bowie is widely regarded as one of the most respected contemporary musicians of his time and is considered to be one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century.Bowie's contributions to the music industry have made him a leading figure in popular culture. His innovative style and unique sound have left an indelible mark on generations of artists and fans alike. With his extensive discography spanning various genres and his iconic alter egos such as Ziggy Stardust and The Thin White Duke, Bowie's artistic vision continues to inspire and captivate audiences worldwide.

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April 2023&nbsp;marks the 50th anniversary of&nbsp;the release&nbsp;of&nbsp;David Bowie’s&nbsp;Aladdin Sane, which was released only ten months after his breakthrough album&nbsp;The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars. The title track and songs such as&nbsp;‘Panic In Detroit,'&nbsp;‘Lady Grinning Soul’&nbsp;and&nbsp;‘Time’&nbsp;marked a significant musical progression from its predecessor, adding brass, woodwind, soulful backing vocals and the distinctive piano playing of Mike Garson.

This limited edition 50th anniversary is half-speed&nbsp;mastered. This new pressing of&nbsp;Aladdine Sane was cut on a customised late Neumann VMS80 lathe with fully recapped electronics&nbsp;from 192kHz restored&nbsp;masters of the original&nbsp;master&nbsp;tapes, with no additional processing on transfer. The&nbsp;half-speed&nbsp;was cut by John Webber at AIR&nbsp;Studios.

The album was preceded by two singles&nbsp;‘The Jean Genie’&nbsp;and&nbsp;‘Drive-In Saturday’,&nbsp;peaking in the U.K. singles chart at numbers 2 and 3 respectively,&nbsp;and was the first time he topped the U.K. album charts. It also marked&nbsp;Bowie’s&nbsp;debut on the U.S. charts reaching the top 20 album chart there, where an edited version of&nbsp;‘Time’&nbsp;was released as a single.&nbsp;

&nbsp;The cover&nbsp;of&nbsp;Aladdin Sane has become one of the most&nbsp;striking and&nbsp;memorable&nbsp;images in rock n roll history&nbsp;and was rumoured to be the most expensive&nbsp;produced&nbsp;up to that point. The cover photograph was&nbsp;taken&nbsp;by Brian Duffy, who would also shoot the sleeves for 1979’s&nbsp;Lodger and 1980’s&nbsp;Scary Monsters and features Bowie with the iconic red and blue lightning bolt make-up, an image which&nbsp;has staked&nbsp;out an&nbsp;indelible spot in&nbsp;the planet’s&nbsp;cultural lexicon.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Bowie described&nbsp;Aladdin Sane as ‘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 album's release in July 1973 at the infamous final show&nbsp;with the&nbsp;Spiders&nbsp;From&nbsp;Mars&nbsp;at London’s Hammersmith Odeon.

Aladdin Sane - 50th Anniversary 

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