David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust...

About 3 years ago, I found myself at a family reunion at my brother's house.
My uncle Rick was there. He's a cool guy with a wicked record collection. Lots of rare psychedelic and classic rock records. We generally make a rule out talking about music for a little while whenever we see each other.
This day, he asked me to go with him out to his car. In his trunk, he pulled out a stack of about 20 records and gave them to me. There was some good stuff, some bad stuff , and some weird stuff. All in all, a nice gift from the Rick.

One of the albums was "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars". Believe it or not, i'd never heard it up until then. I'd kind of made a conscious decision to avoid it because up until that point, i'd hated everything i'd heard by Bowie.
He informed me that this was his favorite album of all time.
I asked him, "If it's your favorite album, why the hell are you giving me your copy of it?"
He replied, "Don't worry. I have 19 more copies of it."
I went to his house for a party last year and looked through his record collection. And you know what? He had 19 more copies of this album! All from different countries and on different labels. Now THAT, my friends, is devotion.

Anyways...
I loved this album from the first time i dropped the needle on the record. It even inspired me to go get copies of Aladdin Sane, Hunky Dory, and a few more classic era Bowie albums. This is a must own album, no matter how you cut it.

David Bowie: "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars"

Comments

[John]

I'd just like to thank you for posting all this great music! I really appreciate it, especially the Sufjan rarities. I love them so much! Thank you so much!