David Bowie – Aladdin Sane
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RCA Victor – LSP-4852 |
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Country: |
US |
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Genre: |
Rock |
Style: |
Glam |
Tracklist
| A1 | Watch That Man | 4:25 | |
| A2 | Aladdin Sane (1913-1938-197?) | 5:06 | |
| A3 | Drive-In Saturday | 4:29 | |
| A4 | Panic In Detroit | 4:25 | |
| A5 | Cracked Actor | 2:56 | |
| B1 | Time | 5:09 | |
| B2 | The Prettiest Star | 3:26 | |
| B3 | Let's Spend The Night Together | 3:03 | |
| B4 | The Jean Genie | 4:02 | |
| B5 | Lady Grinning Soul | 3:46 |
Companies, etc.
- Recorded At – Trident Studios
- Produced For – Mainman
- Designed At – Kitchen Tool Shop
- Record Company – RCA Corporation
- Copyright © – RCA Records
- Copyright © – Mainman
- Copyright © – Design Music Ltd.
- Copyright © – Hill & Range Songs, Inc.
- Copyright © – Vaudeville Music, Ltd.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – RCA Records
- Pressed By – RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis
Credits
- Arranged By – Mick Ronson
- Backing Vocals [Vocal Back-up] – Linda Lewis
- Bass – T. J. Bolder*
- Design [Album Cover] – Celia Philo
- Drums – Woody Woodmansey*
- Engineer – Mike Moran (7)
- Make-Up – Pierre Laroche
- Management [Represented Exclusively By] – MainMan*
- Mixed By – Mick Ronson
- Performer [Played By] – Mick Ronson
- Piano – Mike Garson
- Producer – Ken Scott
- Saxophone, Flute – Ken Fordham
Notes
RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis Dynaflex pressing, identified by stamped capital "I" in runouts.
Gatefold sleeve.
The first sleeves for 'Aladdin' were custom printed in 7 colors, including the silver ink used on the inside. These can be identified from the blue of the front lettering and back outline, which appear in a true ("royal") blue on the original, while subsequent printings used a standard 4-color CMYK process and have a distinctly greenish (cyan) color to the blue lettering and outline, while the shoulders are less silver.
Issued with printed inner sleeve.
May include David Bowie Fan Club Application Blank insert.
Promotional copies have a white 4"x5.75" sticker on the first printing front sleeve with track-list and timings (different from those shown above) and the notation, "PLEASE AUDITION BEFORE RADIO AIRPLAY" (see Images).
There are also promotional copies with text: NOT FOR SALE promotion use only etched in the top left corner of the back of the cover. (see photo).
Back cover gives locations in parentheses after the track titles (except for B3):
A1 (New York)
A2 (Ellinis)
A3 (Seattle-Phoenix)
A4 (Detroit)
A5 (Los Angeles)
B1 (New Orleans)
B2 (Gloucester Road)
B4 (Detroit and New York)
B5 (London)
Recorded at Trident Studios, London.
Produced for MainMan
Album Cover designed ... for the Kitchen Tool Shop.
A MainMan Production.
Linda Lewis appears by courtesy of Reprise Records.
© 1973, RCA Records, New York, N.Y. • Printed in U.S.A.
A1 to B1 & B5: © 1973 MainMan (ASCAP)
B2: © 1973 Design Music Ltd. All rights istered by Hill and Range Songs, Inc. (BMI)
B4: © 1972, Vaudeville Music Ltd. (BMI)
dynaflex
TM(s) ® RCA CORP. - MADE IN U.S.A.
℗ 1973 RCA Records
Runouts are stamped except "/-" is etched in Variant 1.
Gatefold sleeve.
The first sleeves for 'Aladdin' were custom printed in 7 colors, including the silver ink used on the inside. These can be identified from the blue of the front lettering and back outline, which appear in a true ("royal") blue on the original, while subsequent printings used a standard 4-color CMYK process and have a distinctly greenish (cyan) color to the blue lettering and outline, while the shoulders are less silver.
Issued with printed inner sleeve.
May include David Bowie Fan Club Application Blank insert.
Promotional copies have a white 4"x5.75" sticker on the first printing front sleeve with track-list and timings (different from those shown above) and the notation, "PLEASE AUDITION BEFORE RADIO AIRPLAY" (see Images).
There are also promotional copies with text: NOT FOR SALE promotion use only etched in the top left corner of the back of the cover. (see photo).
Back cover gives locations in parentheses after the track titles (except for B3):
A1 (New York)
A2 (Ellinis)
A3 (Seattle-Phoenix)
A4 (Detroit)
A5 (Los Angeles)
B1 (New Orleans)
B2 (Gloucester Road)
B4 (Detroit and New York)
B5 (London)
Recorded at Trident Studios, London.
Produced for MainMan
Album Cover designed ... for the Kitchen Tool Shop.
A MainMan Production.
Linda Lewis appears by courtesy of Reprise Records.
© 1973, RCA Records, New York, N.Y. • Printed in U.S.A.
A1 to B1 & B5: © 1973 MainMan (ASCAP)
B2: © 1973 Design Music Ltd. All rights istered by Hill and Range Songs, Inc. (BMI)
B4: © 1972, Vaudeville Music Ltd. (BMI)
dynaflex
TM(s) ® RCA CORP. - MADE IN U.S.A.
℗ 1973 RCA Records
Runouts are stamped except "/-" is etched in Variant 1.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Rights Society (A1 to B1, B5): ASCAP
- Rights Society (B2, B4): BMI
- Price Code (On spine): 0598
- Matrix / Runout (Side A label): RS-4543
- Matrix / Runout (Side B label): RS-4544
- Pressing Plant ID (Stamped in runouts): I
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 0): RS 4543 5S Ⅰ
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 0): RS 4544 5S Ⅰ
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 1): RS 4543 5S /- I A4
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 1): RS 4544 5S A6 I
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 2): RS 4543 5S -Ⅰ A7
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 2): RS 4544 5S -Ⅰ A3
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 3): RS 4543 5S /- I A8
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 3): RS 4544 5S /- I A1
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 4): RS 4543 5S I A2
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 4): RS 4544 5S A5
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 5): RS 4543 5S AB
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 5): RS 4544 5S A2
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 6): RS 4543 5S -Ⅰ A3
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 6): RS 4544 5S A6
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 7): RS 4543 5S Ⅰ A3
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 7): RS 4544 5S I A3
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 8): RS 4543 5S -I A7
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 8): RS 4544 5S -I A2
Other Versions (5 of 304)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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| Aladdin Sane (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold) | RCA Victor | RS 1001, LSP 4852 | UK | 1973 | |||
| Aladdin Sane (LP, Album, Gatefold) | RCA Victor | LSP 4852 | 1973 | ||||
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Aladdin Sane (LP, Album, Gatefold) | RCA Victor | LSP-4852 | Australia | 1973 | ||
| Aladdin Sane (LP, Album, Dynaflex, Gatefold) | RCA Victor | RS 1001, RS-1001 | UK | 1973 | |||
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Aladdin Sane (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold) | RCA Victor | LSP-4852 | Canada | 1973 |
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Reviews
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Not my favorite Bowie by any means, but this pressing deserves 5 stars. 3D fuzz. So great. -
Really thin… but this pressing packs a punch. I had an RCA International for years and finally found a clean US dynaflex to replace it with. Piano and guitars stand out here, for detailed listening or leaving the room, this pressing still sounds great. Recommended! -
Great sounding pressing. This is the second dynaflex Bowie record I own that has double labels on either side -
This has got to be the sy dynaflex pressing I've ever heard. This thing is flimsy as ever but it plays beautifully. -
I can't read my matrix, it appears stamped and very small. I also have a David Bowie fanclub application included. This matches in all other respects to my version, as far as I can tell. -
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