THE WORLD OF DAVID BOWIE PA 58 (-70) UK MONO

A kind of greatest hits collection from his mildly successful Deram years. Compiled by Bowie himself, having ten tracks from his debute LP, one UK B-side (The London Boys) and three previously unissued recordings (In The Heat Of The Morning, Karma Man, Let Me Sleep Beside You). These latest recorded are the most interesting, reminding of "Space Oddity" album in style and performance. "In The Heat Of The Morning" was his first collaboration with producer Tony Visconti, one that later would prove very successful. Although it seems many of the late "World Of..." monos used fold downs, the cuts here sound like true mixes to me. Bowie himself was in charge of picking the cuts and all tracks were primarily recorded in mono so there is a chance they went with the original tapes. Since there must have been separate mixed formats a fold should have left some audible mark, but there's no such here - all songs comes through beautifully with perfect balance and separation. The cuts only existing in mono by then also sounds natural with the right atmosphere. All the above indicate separate mixes, but there may be another explanation. For more on that check my more recent mono-stereo comparison https://monolover.blogspot.com/2022/09/david-bowiethe-world-of-david-bowie-uk.html . But however it was made, it is a top notch mono LP and probably the only place where you can find mono versions of "Karma Man" and "Let Me Sleep Beside You" on vinyl. The stereo issue (SPA 58) had three re-channeled tracks. Re-released 1973 in stereo only with a "Ziggy" cover. First UK with "curly hair" cover and die-cut hole on rear as shown here. (WÖF*)(UKÖ*)(PÖP*)(YMÖ*)(PKÅ*)