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METROBOLIST (AKA THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD) 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITIONMetrobolist (AKA The Man Who Sold The World) 50th anniversary edition — David Bowie DAVID BOWIE Metrobolist (2020 UK/EU limited edition 9-track LP pressed on 180-gram Gold Vinyl, individually hand-numbered on the red centre label, limited to just 50 copies and randomly distributed among the black and white vinyl variants. The gold vinyl records are numbered 1971 to 2020, this example is number 2003. ...Yours, for £3000. DAVID BOWIE - 'METROBOLIST’ (AKA ‘THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD') 50th ANNIVERSARY EDITION REMIXED BY TONY VISCONTI WITH ARTWORK BASED ON ORIGINAL TITLE & DESIGN RELEASED 6th NOVEMBER, 2020 ON LIMITED VINYL AND CD FORMATS, ALSO FOR STREAMING AND DOWNLOAD AT STANDARD AND HIGH RESOLUTION DOWNLOAD (96kHz/24bit) Parlophone Records is proud to announce release details for METROBOLIST (aka THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD) 50th ANNIVERSARY EDITION to be released on 6th NOVEMBER, 2020. This November sees the 50th Anniversary of the release of David Bowie’s The Man Who Sold The World in North America. The rest of the world would have to wait until April 1971 to witness Bowie’s landmark entry into the 1970s, marking the beginning of a collaboration with guitarist Mick Ronson that would last through classic works including Hunky Dory, Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane—as well as the first in a 10-year series of indispensable albums stretching through 1980’s Scary Monsters… Originally titled Metrobolist, the album's name was changed at the last minute to The Man Who Sold The World -- the original stereo master tapes were in fact labelled Metrobolist, with the title ultimately crossed out. The 2020 re-release of the album under its Metrobolist moniker has been remixed by original producer Tony Visconti, with the exception of the track ‘After All’ which Tony considered perfect as is, and is featured in its 2015 remaster incarnation. The Metrobolist 50th anniversary artwork has been created by Mike Weller who was behind the originally intended album artwork which Mercury refused to release. The gatefold sleeve also features many images from the infamous Keith MacMillan Mr Fish ‘dress’ shoot at Haddon Hall which would cause so much controversy when one of the shots was used on the cover of the The Man Who Sold The World album in the rest of the world in spring of 1971. The original U.S. release of The Man Who Sold The World utilised some of the original Metrobolist design elements. As with the Space Oddity 50th anniversary vinyl, as well as a 180g black vinyl edition, it will come in 2020 limited edition handwritten numbered copies on gold vinyl (# 1971 - 2020) and on white vinyl (# 1 - 1970) all randomly distributed. For the 50th anniversary the 1970 story of the gatefold sleeve can be told in full with unused ‘dress’ photos. As Mike Weller explains: “There is a story concealed in the carpet-scattered playing cards, David has thrown a plain 52 card deck in the air as though “casting the runes” but in a significant break from 60s Tarot divinations such as I Ching etc he casts runes using a four-suit pack and switches man-dress, along with the Court Card of the Future from right hand to left, signifying a new decade and new cultural era.” David personally delivered the Metrobolist concept and his gatefold plan to the record company for production and now with this release, it can finally be seen much closer to its original concept. Bowie speaking in 2000 said of the sleeve imagery: "Mick Weller devised this kind of very subversive looking cartoon and put in some quite personalised things. The building in the background on the cartoon in fact was the hospital where my half brother had committed himself to. So for me, it had lots of personal resonance about it.” DAVID BOWIE METROBOLIST TRACKLISTING The Width of a Circle All the Madmen Black Country Rock After All Running Gun Blues Saviour Machine She Shook Me Cold The Man Who Sold the World The Supermen METROBOLIST ALBUM AVAILABLE 6th NOVEMBER, 2020 ON PARLOPHONE

I was a bit disappointed in it did not come in a jewel case and not much info inside the double folded sleeve, just images. so a bit of a let down in that respect

@merikan1 - the Bandcamp release of 'Powertron' will be on the same day as the official CD release - Friday 3rd May.

😎💗 That is awesome! Didn't she wind up in Upstate NY???

I got myself banned from it

The Dentures

Happy B-day! I hope you don't have a FEVER.

Agree about the music back then, just so many great bands, loads of fantastic records being released and great 'album' tours. There was a website (I can't remember it's name, or find it searching) that provided a chronological list of all the albums released in a particular year, in the UK. Just type in a year, '71 for example, as you mention, and a simple typed, drop down list would appear, artist, album title and date, no frills, and that was it. The thing that really struck me when I first tried this out (just a few years ago), was just the huge amount of wonderful records released, I mean literally staggering, looking back at it, jogging the old memory and all that. Pity I can't seem to find that specific site. Talking about jogging the old memory, I know you're a Notts lad, same as me, but imagine you've not seen it for many years. I live about 17 miles from Notts city centre now, but hardly ever visit these days. Like so many city and town centres, it's really gone downhill. Very sad to see, especially when remembering how it used to be in the '60s, ''70s and 80s, in particular, at least for me. Many happy memories from those decades...I randomly found a YouTube video, filmed just a few days ago, around Notts city centre, honestly mate, you will be shocked. Take a look if you want, but it's not a pleasant watch. NOTTINGHAM - Its all GOING ON HERE! Caught in the ACT!

The artist happens to be my Great Great Uncle :-)

Sounds like "The Eagle has Two Heads", Tourist... https://literariness.org/2019/05/16/analysis-of-jean-cocteaus-plays/

Lonely You

A great cover sheathing a song that’s as good as Beatles songs.

Original 1979 US release – Monarch pressing .

Mick requested the sheep.

So much better than I remembered it. Plus, since I see driverless cars where I live every few days, the concept seemed less fun and scarier than in the past

New Yorkers.

No...not even if I played with DEVO. I like Ibanez guitars though, and have a couple.

R.I.P. 😔 https://apnews.com/article/tony-bennett-dies-c3b3a7e2360449fb936a38794c7c3266

One of the proclaimers,lol I thought they were a package deal