David Bowie – Hunky Dory
(RCA Records 1971 SF8244 Orange RCA Labels)
UK Pressing – Dynaflex
Sleeve in Excellent+ condition
– some slight wear to edges/corners, light crease in top left corner & some light ringwear rubbing near the top
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.
Hunky Dory is the fourth album by English singer-songwriter David Bowie, released by RCA Records in 1971. It was Bowie’s first release through RCA, which would be his label for the next decade. Hunky Dory has been described by Allmusic’s Stephen Thomas Erlewine as having “a kaleidoscopic array of pop styles, tied together only by Bowie’s sense of vision: a sweeping, cinematic mélange of high and low art, ambiguous sexuality, kitsch, and class.”
The style of the album cover was influenced by a Marlene Dietrich photo book that Bowie took with him to the photo shoot.
Track listing
All songs written by David Bowie, except where noted.
- Side one
- “Changes” – 3:37
- “Oh! You Pretty Things” – 3:12
- “Eight Line Poem” – 2:55
- “Life on Mars?” – 3:53
- “Kooks” – 2:53
- “Quicksand” – 5:08
- Side two
- “Fill Your Heart” (Biff Rose, Paul Williams) – 3:07
- “Andy Warhol” – 3:56
- “Song for Bob Dylan” – 4:12
- “Queen Bitch” – 3:18
- “The Bewlay Brothers” – 5:22
Personnel
- David Bowie – vocals, guitar, alto and tenor saxophone, piano
- Mick Ronson – guitar, vocals, Mellotron, arrangements
- Rick Wakeman – piano
- Trevor Bolder – bass, trumpet
- Mick Woodmansey – drums
Technical personnel
- Ken Scott – producer, recording engineer, mixing engineer
- David Bowie – producer
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