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David Bowie - Up The Hill Backwards Cassette Single. This is one of the cute cassettes that I didn't know they issued until quite recently. 'Cute' because they're not just a card sleeve but a cigarette-styled packet to boot. Just a little bit different.
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David Bowie // Up The Hill Backwards Cassette, Single (UK, 1981) The track features shifting rhythms, layered arrangements, and an intentionally uneasy musical structure that reflects the lyrical themes of uncertainty, social tension, and emotional instability. Bowie’s vocal performance moves between controlled melodic phrasing and more dramatic expression, reinforcing the restless tone of the recording. Produced with longtime collaborator Tony Visconti, the recording forms part of an album that successfully balanced experimentation with wider commercial appeal. The broader Scary Monsters project is often viewed as the closing chapter of Bowie’s highly innovative late-1970s period before his major mainstream breakthrough during the following decade. As a UK cassette single, this release reflects the growing importance of prerecorded tape formats during the early 1980s, when cassette singles became increasingly common within mainstream music retail and portable listening culture. For collectors, cassette singles from the Scary Monsters era remain closely associated with one of Bowie’s most artistically respected recording periods, preserving the visual and physical presentation of his transitional early-1980s work.
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Stock 1 in stock. Official release and now out of print. Condition: 'used - good' (see scan). Card slv has wear in places like all these sleeves once opened. Will be play tested before dispatch.
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