“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The montage here shows the original withdrawn US sleeve featuring the colour version of Steve Schapiro’s still of TJ Newton in The Man Who Fell To Earth.
Below the untrimmed printer’s proof is possibly the only complete version of the original vinyl album. Seventies Bowie Fan Club President, 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.
Check out some press ads and other related memorabilia here and read Jason Draper’s superb piece regarding the album over on Dig!
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