![]() ![]() This is a 12″ single for “Blackstar,” pressed on red vinyl. The color is a little like pea soup, but it still looks nice. So this one appears to be a genuine rarity limited to Japan only. This is most likely the first colored vinyl pressing of this album since the ultra-rare red pressing that was limited to something like a hundred copies. While Discogs does list a yellow vinyl release for that album back in 2013, I believe that to be a mistake. ![]() The Next Day is a little different, however. But don’t splurge on import prices for them, the obi strips don’t make them worth the extra cash. Of course, they still look very nice, and they sound wonderful. Aside from the obi strip and the Japanese inserts, the variants for Heathen, Reality and A Reality Tour aren’t any different than variants than the variants that Friday Music put out worldwide in 2015. They’re very nice, albeit not all of them as as “exclusive” as you might think. Since the exhibition has opened, people have been able to walk into most any record store in the country and pick them up. These included colored variants of Heathen, Reality, The Next Day, and the A Reality Tour live album. When it was announced that David Bowie Is was coming to Tokyo, several Japan-exclusive LPs were announced as well. So instead, let’s talk about the records you can buy there, because vinyl. Besides, photos weren’t allowed inside so writing anymore about it would be rather pointless. That’s all I really have to say about that. It’s the end all be all experience for any David Bowie fan, an audio/visual smorgasbord of memorabilia, rare video, behind-the-scenes footage and various Bowie ephemera from his birth to now. It was amazing, breathtaking and at times nearly reduced me to tears. It was massively successful, and since then it has gone on the road around the world. ![]() David Bowie Is was originally an exhibition at the V&A in England. ![]()
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