デヴィッド・ボウイさんのインスタグラム写真 - (デヴィッド・ボウイInstagram)「DAILY BOWIE THING – Day 78 “Such is the stuff from where dreams are woven…” Having been released on 23rd January 1976, Station To Station celebrates its 45th birthday today. Considered a classic among fans and critics alike, the record was unusual for a Bowie album in that it contained just six tracks, even though it still clocked in at a little over thirty-eight minutes. For the first time ever, a David Bowie album was a bigger commercial success Stateside than in the UK. It reached #3 on the Billboard 200 and #5 on the official UK album chart. Four of Station To Station’s six songs were released as commercial A-sides by RCA, with Golden Years being the pre-album hit. The song scored Bowie yet another top ten just in time for the Christmas UK chart in 1975, where it remained right up to the release of the album. The first image in today’s slide show is the original withdrawn US sleeve featuring the colour version of Steve Schapiro’s still of TJ Newton in The Man Who Fell To Earth. Above the untrimmed printer’s proof is possibly the only complete version of the original vinyl album. Our good friend Michael Olsen pasted the proof onto an album sleeve blank, put a brand-new copy of the record and inner bag inside and had it shrink-wrapped at the pressing plant, before adding the finishing touch of a Golden Years hype sticker. If memory serves, Mr O sold it on eBay some time ago. Is the lucky buyer reading this? Do you still have it? Anyway, rather than waffle on ourselves, Jason Draper reminds us of the Duke’s majesty in a superb piece over on Dig!: http://bit.ly/S2SonDig (Temp link in bio) FOOTNOTE: Apologies for the nonappearance of #DailyBowieThing yesterday, it evaporated in a magical moment. #DailyBowieThing #BowieS2S #BowieS2SLPis45 #ThinWhiteDuke」1月24日 3時36分