David Bowie / The Man Who Sold The World
Artist David Bowie
Album Title: The Man Who Sold The World
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Primary Genre Rock: Classic Rock
Format CD
Released 11/04/1970
Reissue Date 01/30/1990
Label Rykodisc
Catalog No RCD 10132
Bar Code No 0 14431-0132-2 5
Reissue Yes
Remastered Yes
Packaging Jewelcase
Tracks
1. The Width Of A Circle (8:10)
2. All The Madmen (5:41)
3. Black Country Rock (3:36)
4. After All (3:55)
5. Running Gun Blues (3:15)
6. Saviour Machine (4:29)
7. She Shook Me Cold (4:16)
8. The Man Who Sold The World (3:58)
9. The Supermen (3:44)
10. Lightning Frightning (Previously Unrealeased) (3:41)
11. Holy Holy (2:23)
12. Moonage Daydream (Alternate Take) (3:54)
13. Hang On To Yourself (2:53)
Date Acquired 02/02/1990
Personal Rating
Acquired from Down In The Valley
Purchase Price 14.00

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Notes

Originally released in 1971.

Track 10: Previously unreleased track from 1970.
Track 11: Sleeve mentions 'Single A-side from 1970'. However, this is incorrect. It is the 1973 re-recording, later released as a B-side in 1974. The credits shown here reflect this correction. On this release, Herbie Flowers is credited as producer, bass and guitar player which is incorrect for this version.
Tracks 12 & 13: Released as a single under the name Arnold Corns in 1971.

Came with longbox, (some sellers kept it, not having the longbox doesn't mean it's a different release).

First pressing of David Bowie's RYKO catalogue in USA. It was pressed by PDO.
No barcode on back cover of CD since this pressing has been exclusively released in longbox with barcode on it's back side.
Back sides of both CD & longbox, have no "Sound+Vision" logo.
Back of longbox (lower, right corner) has ''Printed in Canada'' logo.

foobar2000 1.3.8 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
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Analyzed: David Bowie / The Man Who Sold the World
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR13       0.00 dB   -14.84 dB      8:10 01-The Width of a Circle
DR11       0.00 dB   -13.94 dB      5:41 02-All the Madmen
DR12       0.00 dB   -13.23 dB      3:36 03-Black Country Rock
DR12      -3.48 dB   -18.28 dB      3:55 04-After All
DR12       0.00 dB   -14.48 dB      3:15 05-Running Gun Blues
DR11       0.00 dB   -13.44 dB      4:29 06-Saviour Machine
DR12      -0.40 dB   -14.68 dB      4:17 07-She Shook Me Cold
DR12       0.00 dB   -14.33 dB      3:58 08-The Man Who Sold the World
DR11       0.00 dB   -13.50 dB      3:44 09-The Supermen
DR14       0.00 dB   -15.81 dB      3:42 10-Lightning Frightening
DR10       0.00 dB   -12.70 dB      2:23 11-Holy Holy
DR13       0.00 dB   -15.26 dB      3:55 12-Moonage Daydream
DR14       0.00 dB   -15.62 dB      2:53 13-Hang On To Yourself
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Number of tracks:  13
Official DR value: DR12

Samplerate:        44100 Hz
Channels:          2
Bits per sample:   16
Bitrate:           905 kbps
Codec:             FLAC
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Reviews
All Music Guide Review:

Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Even though it contained no hits, The Man Who Sold the World, for most intents and purposes, is the beginning of David Bowie's classic period. Working with guitarist Mick Ronson and producer Tony Visconti for the first time, Bowie developed a tight, twisted heavy guitar rock that appears simple on the surface but sounds more gnarled upon each listen. The mix is off-center, with the fuzz-bass dominating the compressed, razor-thin guitars and Bowie's strangled, affected voice. The sound of The Man Who Sold the World is odd, but the music is bizarre itself, with Bowie's bizarre, paranoid futuristic tales melded to Ronson's riffing and the band's relentless attack. Musically, there isn't much innovation on The Man Who Sold the World -- it is almost all hard blues-rock or psychedelic folk-rock -- but there's an unsettling edge to the band's performance, which makes the record one of Bowie's best albums. [Rykodisc's 1990 CD reissue includes four bonus tracks, including the previously unreleased "Lightning Frightening," and the single "Holy Holy," and both sides of the 1971 "Arnold Corns" single, "Moonage Daydream" and "Hang On to Yourself," which are early and inferior versions of songs that would later appear on Ziggy Stardust.]
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