David Bowie Instagram – BOWIE THING – #249 – LIFETIMES PROMO COMPILATION ALBUM
“But such a life I’ve never known…”
Over the years there have been many unique Bowie promotional compilations released on vinyl and CD in comparatively small quantities. They were usually issued to retailers, radio, and journalists to highlight a current campaign and were sometimes accompanied by a press kit.
An early example is the 1973 Japanese Rock And Roll Now vinyl LP and press kit promoting Bowie’s first live appearances in the country and compiled from the five RCA albums available at that point.
For obvious reasons, these releases command high prices, which is why some have also been a target for counterfeiters. Where we are aware of such things, we’ll point them out.
The Lifetimes campaign of June 1983 was a two-pronged affair by RCA in the UK, aimed at the Bowie back catalogue of albums and singles just in time for Bowie’s summer Serious Moonlight tour dates in the UK.
The album campaign featured all the RCA titles (aside from Stage), including the three compilations Changes One and Two and Bowie Rare.
It was a lavish advertising campaign, with an artwork based on Greg Gorman’s 1982 photograph from a session also utilised by EMI for the Let’s Dance campaign.
The numbered 15-track Lifetimes promo album was limited to 1,000 copies, see comments for the tracklisting.
Aside from the album, completists should look out for associated paraphernalia, such as press adverts, hanging shop mobile, A4 glossy brochure, window sticker, A5 flyer and no doubt other bits we’ve forgotten about.
We’ll focus on the 20 Lifetimes singles campaign another time, which also had associated collectables to consider.
📸 Greg Gorman 1982
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