David Bowie. Waiting In The Sky (Before The Starman Came To Earth) Record Store Day, Limited Edition, Stereo, Half Speed Master

Rare Record Store Day limited edition pressing of David Bowie's essential early recordings, mastered at half-speed for superior clarity and warmth. This stereo collection captures Bowie before "The Man Who Sold the World," featuring formative performances including "Moonage Daydream," "Ziggy Stardust," and "Velvet Goldmine" alongside covers that shaped his artistic vision—Chuck Berry's "Round And Round" and Jacques Brel's "Amsterdam."

Record Store Day exclusive.
Limited to 8,000 copies worldwide.

Includes printed inner sleeve with the two sides being the fronts of the two Trident Studios tape boxes.

The album is taken from the Trident Studios quarter-inch stereo tapes dated December 15, 1971, created for the provisional tracklisting for what would become The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars album.

Cut on a customised late Neumann VMS80 lathe with fully recapped electronics from 192kHz restored masters of the original Trident Studios master tapes, with no additional processing on transfer.
The half-speed vinyl cut was by engineer John Webber at AIR Studios, London.

Track A4 originally released by Chuck Berry with the title 'Around And Around'.