David Bowie – ★ (Blackstar)
Tracklist
| A1 | ★ (Blackstar) | 9:57 | |
| A2 | 'Tis A Pity She Was A Whore | 4:52 | |
| A3 | Lazarus | 6:22 | |
| B1 | Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) | 4:40 | |
| B2 | Girl Loves Me | 4:51 | |
| B3 | Dollar Days | 4:44 | |
| B4 | I Can't Give Everything Away | 5:47 |
Companies, etc.
- Copyright © – ISO Records
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – ISO Records
- Licensed To – Columbia Records
- Manufactured By – Columbia Records
- Distributed By – Columbia Records
- Recorded At – The Magic Shop
- Recorded At – Human Worldwide Studios
- Mixed At – Electric Lady Studios
- Mastered At – Sterling Sound
- Pressed By – MPO
Credits
- Artwork [Star Image] – NASA (10)
- Bass – Tim Lefebvre
- Design [Album Design By] – Barnbrook
- Drums, Percussion – Mark Guiliana
- Engineer [Assistant Engineer At Human Worldwide] – Erin Tonkon
- Engineer [Assistant Engineer At Magic Shop] – Kabir Hermon
- Engineer [Assistant To Tom Elmhirst] – Joe Visciano
- Engineer [Engineer At Human Worldwide] – Tony Visconti
- Engineer [Engineer At Magic Shop] – Kevin Killen
- Guitar – Ben Monder
- Lacquer Cut By – RJ*
- Mastered By – Joe LaPorta
- Mixed By – Tony Visconti
- Mixed By [Final Master Mix] – Tom Elmhirst
- Music By – Paul Bateman (7) (tracks: B1)
- Percussion – James Murphy (tracks: B1, B2)
- Photography By – Johan Renck
- Piano, Organ [Wurlitzer Organ], Keyboards – Jason Lindner
- Producer – Tony Visconti
- Saxophone, Flute, Woodwind – Donny McCaslin
- Vocals, Acoustic Guitar – David Bowie
- Words By, Music By – David Bowie
Notes
MPO Press. Released in a gatefold sleeve with clear plastic wallet housing the vinyl, and 16 page 12" x 12" square booklet insert.
Includes a coupon with a code for a digital copy of the full album.
Front cover has 2 stickers:
"David Bowie
The new album
includes
"Blackstar"
& "Lazarus"
180 gram vinyl
plus digital
88875173871S1"
"Parental advisory explicit content"
Album title and track 1 title generally referred to as "Blackstar" but printed as "★"
© & ℗ 2015 ISO Records, under exclusive license to Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment.
Includes a coupon with a code for a digital copy of the full album.
Front cover has 2 stickers:
"David Bowie
The new album
includes
"Blackstar"
& "Lazarus"
180 gram vinyl
plus digital
88875173871S1"
"Parental advisory explicit content"
Album title and track 1 title generally referred to as "Blackstar" but printed as "★"
© & ℗ 2015 ISO Records, under exclusive license to Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode: 8 88751 73871 3
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 1 side A etched): MPO 15-0736 A 88875-17387-1A RJ
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 1 side B etched): MPO✲✲ 15-0736 B 88875-17387-1B RJ
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 1 side A & B stamped): STERLING
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 2 side A etched (STERLING stamped)): MPO✲✲ 15-0736 A 88875-17387-1A RJ STERLING
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 2 side B etched (STERLING stamped)): MPO✲✲ 15-0736 B 88875-17387-1B RJ STERLING
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 3 side A etched (STERLING stamped)): MPO✲ 15-0736 A 88875-17387-1A RJ STERLING
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 3 side B etched (STERLING stamped)): MPO✲✲ 15-0736 B 88875-17387-1B RJ STERLING
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| ★ (Blackstar) (LP, Album, MPO Pressing, 180 Gram) | Sony Music | 88875173871 | Europe | 2016 | |||
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★ (Blackstar) (LP, Album, Limited Edition, Clear, 180g) | Sony Music | 88875173871 | Europe | 2016 | ||
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★ (Blackstar) (CD, Album, Limited Edition, Stereo, Blu-spec CD2, Digipak) | Sony Records Int'l | SI 30918 | Japan | 2016 | ||
| ★ (Blackstar) (CD, Album, Stereo) | Sony Music | 88875173862 | Europe | 2016 | |||
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★ (Blackstar) (CD, Album) | ISO Records | 88875173862 | US | 2016 |
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on my copy side A runout reads: R. MPO** 15-0736 A MPO22273132 88875-17387-1A RJ STERLING
this version of the record is closest to the one in hand but with additional runout info. Anyone have any thoughts?
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Absolutely superb sound, I am extremely impressed. Lazarus sounds the most ethereal it's ever been here. Very nice packaging too, however I am still not a fan of the clear PVC sleeve, and I wish they'd have just used a polylined sleeve instead -
I own a RTI Pressing of this great album, but it crackles and pops even after cleaning. This MPO Pressing is amazing. A slight wave warp but undetectable to play. There is bass depth to Sue (Or in a life of crime) that allows my ears to pick up on instrumentation I wasn't aware of on the RTI. There is a small mystery. I have a stamped MPO Logo on Side 1 with the numbers 22 267730 stamped with it. Any ideas?
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Sound quality and pressing quality are excellent for this Blackstar album. The packaging is really nice though the star cutout has some creasing at a few points of the star. I suspect the cutout weakened the cover and either the shrink wrap or shipping caused the creasing. I'm assuming the shrink. Regardless, this is a phenomenal Bowie album. I didn't "get it" the first time I heard it but I'm digging it now. -
Nice pressing after you clean it.
Out of the package this pressing (mine at least) was a disaster. Noise all over and it felt like it was from the 40s.
After a clean it sounded great and brand new. -
Has anyone in the US tried the sunlight "trick" to reveal the Stargell hidden in the die-cut jacket? I tried this yesterday with my recently purchased MPO** (side A&B) US purchased edition and nothing happened. Most reports that I've seen come from the UK; is this possibly a UK or EU-only thing? The people who have done it mention the inner jacket paper under the die-cut being thin. My edition has the same weight stock for all of the jacket structure. Has anyone successfully gotten this to work?!?
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Edited 9 years agoThe copy i just purchased has MPO✲ on both side A & B instead of MPO✲✲ on side B anyone have any information on these? Could it be yet another repressing?
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Just got a batch of MPO represses from Alliance Distributors and the one I opened sounds wonderful. Zero noise and some of the nicest vinyl mastering I have heard in a while. Also these copies do not have the "✲✲" in the etching that is supposed to differentiate this from the first pressing so,,,,,, I don't think that is correct. -
Had terrible surface noise on my copy...exchanged it at Amazon and received a different pressing. Parental Advisory sticker was much smaller on MPO pressing, and matrix numbers on the replacement copy seem identical to the original pressing. Is this an alternate repress, or did I somehow get a copy of the first pressing? Either way, this copy sounds fantastic.
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