DAVID BOWIE – HEROES LP – EXC UK ORIG BRIAN ENO ROBERT FRIPP

David Bowie – Heroes
(RCA Records  1977  PL12522)
UK Sleeve – Italy Pressing for UK market

Laminated Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
Insert in Nr MINT condition

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are a few light surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)

David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter and actor. He was a figure in popular music for over five decades, regarded by critics and musicians as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, his music and stagecraft significantly influencing popular music. During his lifetime, his record sales, estimated at 140 million worldwide, made him one of the world’s best-selling music artists. In the UK, he was awarded nine platinum album certifications, eleven gold and eight silver, releasing eleven number-one albums. In the US, he received five platinum and seven gold certifications. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.

“Heroes” is the twelfth studio album by David Bowie, released in 1977. The second installment of his Berlin Trilogy with Brian Eno (the other releases being Low and Lodger).

Track listing

All lyrics written by David Bowie; all music composed by David Bowie except where noted.

Side one

1. “Beauty and the Beast” – 3:32
2. “Joe the Lion” – 3:05
3. “Heroes” (Bowie, Brian Eno) – 6:07
4. “Sons of the Silent Age” – 3:15
5. “Blackout” – 3:50

Side two

1. “V-2 Schneider” – 3:10
2. “Sense of Doubt” – 3:57
3. “Moss Garden” (Bowie, Eno) – 5:03
4. “Neuköln” (Bowie, Eno) – 4:34
5. “The Secret Life of Arabia” (Bowie, Eno, Carlos Alomar) – 3:46

Personnel

• David Bowie – vocals, keyboards, guitars, saxophone, koto, background vocals
• Carlos Alomar – rhythm guitar
• Dennis Davis – drums, percussion
• George Murray – bass
• Brian Eno – synthesisers, keyboards, guitar treatments
• Robert Fripp – lead guitar
• Tony Visconti – backing vocals
• Antonia Maass – backing vocals

Technical personnel

• David Bowie – producer
• Tony Visconti – producer, engineer
• Colin Thurston – engineer