David Bowie Instagram – BOWIE’S UNIQUE ACHIEVEMENT – PART 1 “I look to the stars…” Fifty years ago today, full-page adverts were published in the music weeklies and trade mags to mark Bowie’s extraordinary performance on the UK album charts. With the appearance of the ‘The Bowie five-star constellation’ advert (see second image), it was clear that RCA was more than happy with the way things were going for David Bowie. Here’s the wording from that advert: + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + The Bowie five-star constellation Unbelievable but a fact – David Bowie takes five places in the Top Fifty album charts for ten whole weeks – a musical achievement unique in our time. And now, the man who made Space Oddity, The Man Who Sold The World, Hunky Dory, Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars and Aladdin Sane is putting a new album into orbit. It’s called PIN-UPS and will be released in mid-October. + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + Things got even crazier with the release of Pin Ups in October, but that’s a whole other story. The colour image here was one of Mick Rock’s live shots. Often mislabelled as a photo from the final show of the tour at Hammersmith on 3rd July, it isn’t. It was most likely taken at the previous performance at the same venue on the 2nd July. Aside from an adjacent frame being the background image for the advert, the picture in the advert also ended up on the back sleeve of Pin Ups. But that’s a whole… Finally, as the Life On Mars? 45 slid out of the UK singles chart, a little old man in scarlet and grey was ascending the same on his way to #6. But that’s… FOOTNOTE: The sleeve for The Laughing Gnome that appears on the second slide is the 1973 Danish release which contained the UK pressing. There was no picture sleeve in the UK. 📸 Mick Rock #Bowie5StarConstellation #AladdinSane50 #BowiePinUps50 #Bowie2023Anniversaries