DAVID BOWIE: Space Oddity (EXTREMELY RARE 1999 JAPAN ADVANCE MEDIA SAMPLE PROMOTIONAL CD TOCP-65305) LONG OUT OF PRINT.
The David Bowie 24bit Digital Remaster Series No.1
In 1999 Toshiba-EMI Japan re-issued the entire David Bowie catalogue of albums. They were carefully digitally re-mastered to 24bit digital. The ORIGINAL ANALOG MASTER TAPES WERE USED FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR CD MASTERING. The original RCA CD's were mastered from copies of the Vinyl LP masters which sound great on vinyl but very thin on a CD. In 1990, Ryko remastered and issued the CD's at a time when mastering studio software was in its infancy and the results were reasonable but a little lifeless. The Ryko discs are mainly sought after because some have bonus tracks.
This was the first time they were properly mastered for CD by Peter Mew at Abbey Road Studios and they sound amazing. There are no bonus tracks etc, because the main aim here is to make the entire catalogue as David Bowie himself intended, every album as it was originally released but beautifully bought up to CD standard for the first time and preserve the integrity of each album.
This brilliant album, serves as a timeless masterpiece and tribute to DAVID BOWIE on CD. It is, in my opinion one of the greatest albums ever recorded and certainly a pinnacle of the 70's.
These original analogue masters have been digitally transferred at 24 bits resolution, processed using Sonic Solutions NoNoise technology and mastered to 16 bit for CD using Prism SNS Noise Shaping.
Space Oddity the single made it to No.5 in the UK in 1969. It hit Number 1 again years alter in 1975. The Title was not the original name of the album but was re-issued in 1972 with new cover art. This CD has the original Philips artwork with the 1972 RCA Records Title.
This is an extremely rare PROMOTIONAL PRE-RELEASE ADVANCE MEDIA REVIEW COPY of the 1999 Japanese CD ISSUE OF SPACE ODDITY. Released in a jewel case with sixteen page booklet and folded sheet with lyrics and information in Japanese as part of the "David Bowie Series" printed on the obi strip.
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY RARE STILL FACTORY SEALED JAPANESE FIRST PRESSING PROMO CD FROM 1999! I CANNOT FIND ANOTHER COPY ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AT THE TIME OF MAKING THIS AD.
ONE OF THE JEWELS OF MY COLLECTION. I personally love all the Japanese issues above the rest of the world, not only sonically but for the fantastic packaging. I have another non promo copy of this CD and it sounds awesome. As a collector the most important thing is rarity. There aren't many of these around, and I can't find another PROMO COPY of this anywhere else in the world that is mint, brand new like mine.
As the years go by, these albums are going to get harder and harder to find as CD production is falling every year. It won't be long before rare CD's are selling for more than vinyl. CD's don't wear out, vinyl records do. I grew up with vinyl but the only thing I miss are the covers.
OUT OF PRINT JAPANESE PROMO PRESSING. Toshiba Japanese promo CD's are the most sought after by collectors like me because the stamping and numbering on the inner ring of the CD means they make a separate glass master just for promo samples. This means only one metal master stamper is produced instead of the father-mother-stamper method for regular CD's. This means SUPREME QUALITY, or the best it possibly can be as an exact copy of the original master without any data loss in production.
I love collecting Japanese CD's, they are generally superior quality to the rest of the world on every level in my opinion. All the JAPANESE CD's I own are the best sounding in the world with very few exceptions!!
IT IS BRAND NEW STILL FACTORY SEALED. Has been packed away in storage for over 26 years!
Tracklisting:
01. Space Oddity
02. Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed
03. (Don't Sit Down)
04. Letter To Hermione
05. Cygnet Committee
06. Janine
07. An Occasional Dream
08. Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud
09. God Knows I'm Good
10. Memory of A Free Festival
For the serious collectors, afflicted with “must have” disease:
THE JAPANESE DAVID BOWIE 1999, 24bit Digital Remaster Series
* Each CD has a number on the spine(listed below), when the CD’s are stacked in the correct order, side by side. “DAVID BOWIE” appears across all the spines with a small picture of David to signify which album it is at the top of each spine. Although these CD’s were a global release, only the Japanese series had this exclusive artwork.
01. TOCP-65305 Space Oddity
02. TOCP-65306 The Man Who Sold The World
03. TOCP-65307 Hunky Dory