From The Stacks: David Bowie, ‘1980 All Clear’

The deeper one gets into collecting, the weirder the records get. It’s not too difficult to amass Bowie’s complete studio discography on vinyl, at least not the RCA years. Those records sold huge when they were released, so lots of examples are out there. His death drove the prices up a bit, but with exception…

The deeper one gets into collecting, the weirder the records get.

It’s not too difficult to amass Bowie’s complete studio discography on vinyl, at least not the RCA years. Those records sold huge when they were released, so lots of examples are out there. His death drove the prices up a bit, but with exception to a few cover variants most of Bowie’s RCA era remains reasonably priced.

Once you get all of those locked in, though, it’s off to the oddballs. RCA released a few promotional only discs that make for cool collectibles, 1980 All Clear among them. You won’t get any rare tracks on this one, but come on–it’s a white label promo with its own, unique album cover.

Prices on this one are pretty volatile. I’ve seen it as low as $25 and as high as $100. Fifty bucks is probably reasonable, but I wouldn’t pay more than $25. Who am I kidding? If I didn’t already own it I’d pony up the fifty bones. Happy hunting.

 

Response to “From The Stacks: David Bowie, ‘1980 All Clear’”

  1. Anonymous

    Este es un álbum muy, muy bueno por varias razones. En primer lugar, es una muestra excepcional de algunos de los mejores trabajos de Bowie. Se creó para conseguir cierta difusión y aumentar las ventas. La ventaja es la masterización. La calidad del sonido es excepcional, no es un álbum de grandes éxitos apresurado con las versiones que fueron útiles para lanzarlo. Esto se hizo para que sonara bien para la transmisión y lo es y lo es.

    Una muy buena adición a la colección de cualquier amante de Bowie si buscas versiones de calidad de estas canciones. Lástima que no todos los álbumes recibieron este tratamiento.

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