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The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars

by: David Bowie

Release Date June 01, 1990
I just can't get my head round record companies offering so many versions of classic albums such as this one...

This version was beautifully re-mastered and although the production sounds thin by today's standards (it was made for LP after all), the clarity and "musicality" over the slightly over warm and clogged sounding original LP [and original CD] shines through. The bonus tracks are great too, especially "John, I'm Only Dancing." Big speakers are all that's needed to restore some body to the sound in my opinion..

I didn't buy all the issues of Bowie's work in the early nineties and think I should before they're unavailable. To be fair, the later mastering probably tidied things up a little more (and there's a surround ... Read More: