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Joshua G's avatar

I once had exactly the same experience after buying a CD. It was Bowies first album. That folky one before Space Oddity. I put it in to my car. And I was shocked how the production felt newer than anything that could be possible in the 60’s. There were sounds that took what felt like MINUTES to comprehend. My brain could not process what I was hearing. It turned out the cd was a misprint. The jewel case and cd label said Bowie. But the actual 1s and 0s playing through my car speakers was… Bon Jovi…

It took me YEARS to buy and listen to that actual Bowie album. I’ll never get rid of the misprinted CD and I’ll always have the memories of that special and weird experience.

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David Gibbs's avatar

Beautifully penned Dan. You even made me all nostalgic for A&B sound. You're right, parking was horrible down there. We used to drive by slowly, my wife would jump out with the CD wish list and I'd circle the block until she came out with the prize. Thank you for Natural light. It's been on repeat all morning. It's hooks in all my emotions. Yes lyrics can be colour and window dressing but you've shown us once again how they can truly embrace a persons soul, provided they have one. ;)

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