“Oh, look out you rock ’n rollers”
David Bowie’s Hunky Dory LP (his first for RCA), was purportedly released on this day (4th December 1971) in the US, a couple of weeks before the UK release on the 17th.
The attendant single, Changes, was also issued around this time in the US, a whole month before the UK release.
Brian Ward’s iconic cover image was first revealed publicly as early as August 1971 (for a feature in the UK‘s Sounds magazine), albeit flipped and yet to receive Terry Pastor’s colourisation treatment.
We’ll get even more trainspottery for you with the UK celebration of Hunky Dory in a couple of weeks.
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