Album Number One Hundred Eighteen “Space Oddity” - David Bowie (commonly known as Space Oddity) is the second studio album by English musician #davidbowie . After the commercial failure of his 1967 self-titled debut album, Bowie acquired a new manager, Kenneth Pitt, who commissioned a promotional film in hopes of widening the artist's audience. For the film, Bowie wrote a new song, titled "#spaceoddity ", a tale about a fictional astronaut. The song earned Bowie a contract with Mercury Records, who agreed to finance production of a new album, with Pitt hiring #tonyvisconti to produce. Due to his dislike of the song, Visconti appointed engineer #gusdudgeon to produce a re-recording for release as a lead single, while he produced the rest of the album. My copy is an #rcarecords release - AQL1-4813. ( I’m not sure the details, but RCA first released their version in 1972) Recording for the new album began in June 1969 and continued until early October, at Trident Studios in London. It featured an array of collaborators, including #herbieflowers , #rickwakeman #terrycox and the band Junior's Eyes. Departing from the music hall style of Bowie's 1967 debut, David Bowie instead features folk rock and psychedelic rock songs. #rockandroll #thesixties #britishrock https://www.instagram.com/p/CS62eYsrxlC/?utm_medium=tumblr
