phew. quite nearly, then, i almost went an entire month without doing a post in some way related to bowie, look you see. whereas i consider that perhaps such so frequently is not required, wanted or needed, it just does not feel right not to do so.
it was with good fortune, then, that our most recent (as opposed to one in the future) trip to london facilitated me popping in to a most prestigious rock and roll shop down (or up) on baker street, just over the road from the museum for a celebrated sleuth whose name escapes me momentarily.
they had, indeed have, many many wonderful and splendid things available for sale. most of these have a pricing which is pretty much correct in terms of value but also very much in excess of what i might have funding for. signed items by such rock luminaries as the Stones and Oasis feature quite prominently in this respect. but they did have items for the more modest budget.
yes, postcards featuring select, or if you wish to go needlessly posh, curated artwork from key david bowie albums. or, if you will, david bowie tm postcards, for those "tm" letters signifying a trademarked thing would appear to accompany his name now. oh.
also yes, there are some images of the five (5) available below in non Commodore 64 mode. this is for those of you who for some reason prefer to see art, or items, "as intended", rather than beautified so.
here they are, then, in "alphabetical as i scanned them" order, rather than in chronological, or any other shape or way.
it is entirely possible that i am not supposed to have scanned and shared these here, even if i am just a humble fan doing so in a very much not for profit way to share with any fellow fans out there. should someone get in touch and tell me that i have been naughty then i shall of course say sorry.
cost of these postcards? a mere 40p each. from what i recall that is not far off the cost what Royal Mail imposed for their "stamp cards" of key, select or otherwise curated album covers. many of which were, of course, the same selected here.
whilst, or whereas, a quite fair comment would be that i am easily pleased, i am rather taken with the aesthetics of these cards. narrowing down a work of art from a square shape to a more rectangular "portrait" style is probably a doddle for arty people, i am rather taken by how well they have been done here. nice one, and well done.
any complaints or issues from me with regards to the five selected? not really. of course i would have rather liked a Station To Station one, but not to be. further, i understand that i am in a limited group who really likes Tonight, so didn't expect to find one of that.
yes, i am keeping the writing to a minimum, to be sure, as i would speculate that it is reasonable that most of you are just looking at the images. and why not.
if i am quite happy with the front of the postcards, then the back of each proves to be just as pleasing. absolutely no way am i showing off or putting here the reversed of each card, but here's the back of the "heroes" card so you can get the general idea.
again, that is probably something easy enough for an artsy person to do, but i love the attention to detail. well, they could have left it blank, but that black and white, sketch like, background watermark image of the album cover has just really taken my fancy. and i have just had a huge sense of deja vu as i wrote that, leaving me quite dizzy. have i, i wonder, encountered such cards before, and had such thoughts shared here? probably, but i am not going to look.
which side, exactly, or exactly which side of a postcard is the one which someone would consider to be the "business end" of it? hard to say. for most i suppose it would be the front, for that is the image being sent. the absence of the stuff on the reverse, however, would mean that delivering such to the intended or ostensibly proposed recipient could be difficult or tricky to the point of impossible.
i get why they have felt obliged to add a "tm" to his name, but it really does not look right. kind of distracting, i suppose, and suggesting that they (fair and understandable) protection of his name is of more value to the estate than leaving the artwork as it was and how it was intended. hey ho, such is the world we live in, such is the world we made this way.
yes, but of course that most specific and perhaps most of iconic albums was included in the select range of postcards. and here it is.
do i send out a lot of postcards? yes, as it happens. they are quick and easy to write, and usually rather pleasing for those who you send them to, so long as the image on the front is appropriate and something they like. also, quite expensive, for at the time of writing it costs £1.35 to send one of them somewhere outside of the uk. usually worth it.
as for concerns about "no privacy" in respect of what you write on a postcard, well, does such exist anymore? for some reason the government, and other, similar (invariably shady) organisations seem keen to monitor, read and file absolutely everything we send via electronic methods (the "internet"), should they wish to do the same with postcards, well then good luck with my handwriting.
right, well, there you go. i would imagine that this has been of some interest to fellow bowie fans. yes, even though one may have seen these album covers hundreds of times, i would speculate with confidence that they are always well worth a few hundred more looks.
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