David Bowie – Metrobolist (Nine Songs By David Bowie)
Label: | Parlophone – METROBOLIST 6, Parlophone – METROBOLIST6, Parlophone – 0190295198787 |
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Format: | Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
Country: | Worldwide |
Released: | |
Genre: | Rock |
Style: | Prog Rock, Glam, Hard Rock |
Tracklist
| A1 | The Width Of A Circle | 8:10 | |
| A2 | All The Madmen | 5:25 | |
| A3 | Black Country Rock | 3:36 | |
| A4 | After All | 4:00 | |
| B1 | Running Gun Blues | 3:19 | |
| B2 | Saviour Machine | 4:30 | |
| B3 | She Shook Me Cold | 4:14 | |
| B4 | The Man Who Sold The World | 4:04 | |
| B5 | The Supermen | 3:45 |
Companies, etc.
- Record Company – Warner Music Group
- Licensed To – Parlophone Records Ltd.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Co., LLC
- Copyright © – Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Co., LLC
- Copyright © – Parlophone Records Ltd.
- Copyright © – The David Bowie Archive
- Pressed By – Optimal Media GmbH – BK13480
- Published By – Tintoretto Music
- Published By – RZO Music, Inc.
- Published By – Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc.
- Published By – EMI Music Publishing Ltd.
- Published By – Chrysalis Songs
- Published By – RZO Music Ltd.
- Published By – Chrysalis Music Ltd.
- Recorded At – Trident Studios
- Recorded At – Advision Studios
- Mixed At – Human Worldwide Studios
Credits
- Cover [Original Cartoon Cover], Painting [New Lettering], Graphics [Metrobolist6 Grapheme] – Michael J. Weller
- Drums – Mick Woodmansey
- Electric Bass, Piano, Recorder – Tony Visconti
- Engineer – Eddie Offord*, Gerald Chevin, Ken Scott
- Guitar, Vocals, Synthesizer [Moog], Recorder – Mick Ronson
- Photography By [Gatefold] – Keith McMillan*
- Photography By [Left Panel 4 & 6] – Getty Images, Mirrorpix
- Producer, Mixed By – Tony Visconti
- Synthesizer [Moog] – Ralph Mace
- Vocals, Guitar, Stylophone, Harmonica – David Bowie
- Written-By – David Bowie
Notes
2020 remix of The Man Who Sold The World by Tony Visconti, which utilises the main front cover and rear images from the 1970 US release The Man Who Sold The World but on that issue the speech bubble on the front is blank (censored by Mercury Records) whereas on this release the words are reinstated.
Comes in gatefold sleeve with white thick paper inner sleeve featuring a quote of David Bowie from the year 2000 commenting on the cover.
Hand numbered copies 1 - 1970 are on white vinyl, hand numbered copies 1971 - 2020 are on gold vinyl. The remaining unnumbered stock is on black vinyl (this). All three variants have been sent out randomly.
The catalog number "Metrobolist 6" appears on front cover.
The catalog number "Metrobolist6" appears on label, spine and backcover.
The catalog number "0190295198787" appears on spine, backcover and hype sticker.
[Information on Backcover]
℗ 2020 except 'After All' orignally ℗ 1970, remaster ℗2015
℗ 2020 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC © 2020 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC
Made in the EU.
Mixed by [...] at Human Studios, NYC, 2019/2020
[Information on Gold Hype Sticker on Left Corner on Shrinkwrap]
David Bowie
Metrobolist
(aka The Man Who
Sold The Word)
──
50th Anniversary
Mix by
Tony Visconti
0190295198787
Comes in gatefold sleeve with white thick paper inner sleeve featuring a quote of David Bowie from the year 2000 commenting on the cover.
Hand numbered copies 1 - 1970 are on white vinyl, hand numbered copies 1971 - 2020 are on gold vinyl. The remaining unnumbered stock is on black vinyl (this). All three variants have been sent out randomly.
The catalog number "Metrobolist 6" appears on front cover.
The catalog number "Metrobolist6" appears on label, spine and backcover.
The catalog number "0190295198787" appears on spine, backcover and hype sticker.
[Information on Backcover]
℗ 2020 except 'After All' orignally ℗ 1970, remaster ℗2015
℗ 2020 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC © 2020 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC
Made in the EU.
Mixed by [...] at Human Studios, NYC, 2019/2020
[Information on Gold Hype Sticker on Left Corner on Shrinkwrap]
David Bowie
Metrobolist
(aka The Man Who
Sold The Word)
──
50th Anniversary
Mix by
Tony Visconti
0190295198787
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Sticker, text): 0 190295 198787
- Barcode (Sticker, scanned): 190295198787
- Label Code: LC30419
- Rights Society: GEMA/MCPS
- Rights Society: BMI
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, etched, variant 1): 0190295198787 3 II BK13480-01 A1
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched, '1I=' mirrored, variant 1): 0190295198787 1I= BK13480-01 B1
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, etched, variant 2): 0190295198787 3 \\ BK13480-01 A1
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched, '1I^' mirrored, variant 2): 0190295198787 1I^ BK13480-01 B1
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, etched, variant 3): 0190295198787 3X BK13480-01 A1
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched, 'TV' mirrored, variant 3): 0190295198787 TV BK13480-01 B1
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, etched, '3△' mirrored, variant 4): 0190295198787 BK13480-01 A1 3△
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched, '1–' mirrored, variant 4): 0190295198787 1– BK13480-01 B1
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, etched, variant 5): 0190295198787 BK13480-01 A1
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched, '1^' mirrored, variant 5): 0190295198787 BK13480-01 B1 1^
Other Versions (5 of 275)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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Recently Edited | The Man Who Sold The World (LP, Album, Stereo, Stamped Matrix, PR - Philips Pressing) | Mercury, Mercury | SR 61325, SR-61325 | US | 1970 | ||
Recently Edited | The Man Who Sold The World (LP, Album, Promo) | Mercury | SR-61325 | US | 1970 | ||
New Submission | The Man Who Sold The World (8-Track Cartridge, Album, Stereo) | Mercury, Mercury, Mercury | MC8 61325, MC8-61325, 61325 | US | 1970 | ||
Recently Edited | The Man Who Sold The World (LP, Album, Misprint) | Mercury | 6338 041 | UK | 1971 | ||
Recently Edited | The Man Who Sold The World (LP, Album) | Mercury | 6338 041D | Germany | 1971 |
Recommendations
2020 WorldwideVinyl —LP, Album, Record Store Day, Limited Edition, Stereo
2020 WorldwideVinyl —LP, Album, Record Store Day, Limited Edition, Stereo
2018 USA & EuropeVinyl —LP, Album, Record Store Day, Limited Edition
2022 WorldwideVinyl —12", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP, Record Store Day, Limited Edition, Stereo
2023 WorldwideVinyl —LP, Album, Stereo
2016 WorldwideVinyl —LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Repress, Stereo
2016 EuropeVinyl —LP, Compilation, Reissue
Reviews
Clearly this is Tony Visconti trying to honour his friend, by recreating the original cover idea (with speech bubble/ Cane Hill asylum) and title (inspired by the film Metropolis), which was changed last minute without Bowies consent.
And as his half brother Terry was in that Croydon asylum, it had a lot of meaning for him. He often quoted how important Terry was for him and gave Bowie his first taste of rock and roll via the records he shared with him.
The 'remixes' sound great on my system (never heard the original on vinyl admittedly). Don't like it, don't buy it, you cynics!
Edited 9 months agoI would not exactly say the original is an audiophile gem, but this Visconti-remix is crap. Texture and arrangements are completely spoilt.
Might as well listen to a stream.
Why this version -despite it having even a different album name- should be listed with the former album absolutely eludes me. It should be separated.
But I am not going to pick a rooster-fight with the eminent guardians of this data-bank here ...
... just so you know:
This is NOT "The Man who sold the World". It is "Toni Visconti interpretes Bowie", subtitled "with CD-ears and designed for Spotify algorithms".
Edited one year agoVery cool packaging and for $15.89 new it jumped right out of the clearance bin at the local indie record store and into my ears. The album is perfectly flat and heavy. Don't know exactly how many grams and all that and don't rightly care, because it's heavy enough for me and dead quiet in between tracks with no perceptible surface noise. The music itself absolutely kicks ass. Plenty of Mick Ronson in the mix and that's a good thing. Admittedly have no other version to compare, but this one"s good enough for my head for the time being.- I think this sounds terrible lots of noise, distortion this sounds just as bad as all the RCA albums. It's a shame that Bowie hooked up with crappy labels. How could this sound good when the RCA master is crap
- One of my favourite albums. I grew up with the black cover repress, but when I heard the 2015 bass heavy remaster I realised what I'd been missing out all those years. This reissue is a great addition. I think the mastering is superb and I'm hearing things I hadn't noticed before. Thanks once again to Tony Visconti.
Edited 10 months agoGreat and nicely balanced mix. I just rediscovered this album and I find it superior to the original mix. Pressing is very nice. And a sidenote - I love those classic looking record labels and the way the innersleeve was printed.- The Man Who Sold The World is one of my all time favorite albums, but this just leaves me with one question: WHY?! This is just... Why the changing of the title? It's the same bloody album! Why the reworking of the cover? It's the same bloody album!! Why all the limited edition shenanigans? The mix sounds downright bad at times (what is happening with that acoustic guitar on With of a Circle? Jebus!) or falls into the pit of just adding silly ping-pong delays that just sticks out like sore thumbs. On Black Country Rock a rather cringe worthy Marc Bolan-ish ad lib is left in the mix and it is quite clear why it was left out originally. It really makes one wonder whose brain fart of at stupid idea this albums was - I bet it wasn't Bowies!
- Metrobolist doesn't replace Man Who Sold The World. It is an ADDITION to the Bowie catalog. It's a real joy if you were one of those who spent the 70s listening to/studying the original. It' brings out more Mick Ronson without diminishing any other aspect. For that alone I am grateful.
Can only compare this to an older repress from the 70s and for me it sounds better. Good balanced mix, beautiful pressing and excellent package with the updated cover and gatefold making this a very worthy release. Given the fact you can currently pick this up for under £15 an absolute must.- not so crazy about this release , the David bowie David bowie toni visconti mix sounds better , my copy bought from new (factory sealed) has a very deep scratch on the side 2 and obiously forget bout the vinyl being flat.
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