Bowie was the Beatles of the 1970s, constantly reinventing himself, always one step ahead of the competition and fastening onto emergent trends with such alacrity he appeared to have invented them. From 1972 onwards Bowie was a major pop star but one fuelled by the marginal and esoteric strands of music and culture. He was major league pop star as cult artist, drawing arcane ideas from the periphery to the centre, and making them mainstream. The Beatles had performed a similar role in the mid to late ‘60s, but they never made an album as radical as Low. Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 3): PL 12030-A-1 A̶P̶L̶1̶2̶0̶3̶0̶-̶A̶ R̶S̶1̶1̶0̶8̶A̶-̶1̶ W A2N STERLING Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 11): PL 12030-B-2 A̶P̶L̶1̶2̶0̶3̶0̶-̶B R̶S̶1̶1̶0̶8̶B-̶2 A2AM STERLING In 2001 Bowie said “I phoned Dinger [sic] from France in the first few days of recording” Low, rather than “Heroes”. Even though he got the name wrong, and his memory wasn’t always the best, I’ll leave that in the piece. He does mention France, which is where Low was recorded.

David Bowie - Low (45th Anniversary) (ORANGE VINYL LP)

Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 1): PL 12030-B-1 A̶P̶L̶1̶2̶0̶3̶0̶-̶B̶ R̶S̶ ̶1̶1̶0̶8̶B̶-̶1̶ A1J W STERLING Photography credit appears on insert as "Cover photo from 'The Man Who Fell to Earth', a Cinema 5 release"Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 24): PL 12030-B-2 A̶P̶L̶1̶2̶0̶3̶0̶-B̶ R̶S̶ ̶1̶1̶0̶8̶ ̶B̶-̶2̶ A6E W STERLING Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 15): PL 12030-A-2 A̶P̶L̶1̶ 2̶0̶3̶0̶ A̶ R̶S̶1̶1̶0̶8̶A̶-2 W A2T STERLING Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 17): PL 12030-A-1 A̶P̶L̶1̶2̶0̶3̶0̶-̶A̶ R̶S̶1̶1̶0̶8̶A̶-̶1̶ A2E W STERLING Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 7): PL 12030-B-2 A̶P̶L̶1̶2̶0̶3̶0̶-̶B̶ R̶S̶1̶1̶0̶8̶-̶B̶-̶2̶ A6B W STERLING Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 21): PL 12030-A-1 A̶P̶L̶1̶2̶0̶3̶0̶-̶A̶ R̶S̶1̶1̶0̶8̶A̶-̶1 W A1W STERLING

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Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 12): PL 12030-A-1 A̶P̶L̶1̶2̶0̶3̶0̶-̶A̶ R̶S̶1̶1̶0̶8̶A̶-̶1 A4K W STERLING Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 2): PL 12030-A-1 A̶P̶L̶1̶2̶0̶3̶0̶-̶A̶ R̶S̶1̶1̶0̶8̶A̶-̶1̶ W A1AK STERLING Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 26): PL 12030-A A̶P̶L̶1̶2̶0̶3̶0̶ ̶A̶ R̶S̶ ̶1̶1̶0̶8̶ ̶A̶-̶2 W A3U STERLING Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 20): PL 12030-A-2 A̶P̶L̶1̶-̶2̶0̶3̶0̶-̶A̶ R̶S̶1̶1̶0̶8̶-̶A-̶2̶ W A1AG STERLING Thank you. I got confused by Bowie naming him “Michael Dinger” (a conflation of Michael Rother and Klaus Dinger), and obviously interpreted it wrongly. I did get it right in the “Heroes” article, at least…

Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 17): PL 12030-B-1 A1O A̶P̶L̶1̶2̶0̶3̶0̶-̶B̶ R̶S̶ ̶1̶1̶0̶8̶B̶-̶1̶ W STERLING Matrix / Runout (Variant 1 runout side A): P.L12030-A-1A̶P̶L̶I̶2̶0̶3̶0̶ ̶A̶ ̶R̶S̶1̶1̶0̶8̶A̶-1̶ A4P STERLING Bowie: The last time you were with me was in Los Angeles – one of the worst periods in my life, I think. I got into a lot of emotional and spiritual trouble there and so I decided to split and discover new ways of relating to the music business per se. I wasn’t sure exactly what I was in it for any more. Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 22): PL 12030-B-2 A̶P̶L̶1̶2̶0̶3̶0̶-̶B̶ R̶S̶1̶1̶0̶8̶B̶-̶2 A6E W STERLING

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Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 28): PL 12030-A-2 A̶P̶L̶1̶2̶0̶3̶0̶ ̶A̶ R̶S̶ ̶1̶1̶0̶8̶ ̶A̶-̶2̶ W A1E STERLING

Brian Eno: vocals, Splinter Minimoog synthesiszer, Report ARP synthesizer, Rimmer EMI, EMS Synthi AKS synthesizer, piano, Chamberlin keyboard, guitar treatments Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 28): PL 12030-B A̶P̶L̶1̶-̶2̶0̶3̶0̶-̶B R̶S̶1̶1̶0̶8̶-̶B-̶1 W A1E STERLING A1, A3-A6, B4) 1, 3-6, 11 North America - Tintoretto Music (BMI) administered by RZO Music, Inc. Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc. (BMI) o/b/o EMI Music Publishing Ltd. Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 7): PL 12030-A-2 A̶P̶L̶1̶2̶0̶3̶0̶ ̶A̶ R̶S̶1̶1̶0̶8̶A̶-̶2̶ W A3B STERLING