Portrait Of A Star - 1984 German Pressed 3LP Set

Rare 1982 German pressed RCA label 3LP set featuring Bowies Berlin trilogy - 'Lodger', 'Heroes' and 'Low' - recorded in collaboration with Brian Eno.

Vinyls has the generic black and silver company labels with left side RCA outline company logo - complete with both the illustrated tracklisting insert and plus two inserts.

Condition: 3xVG++ (Vinyls and Labels)/2xVG++ (Inserts)/VG+(+) (Box):
Vinyls has an amazing shine - near perfect with a very light degree of surface wear and perfect labels.
Inserts has very marginal signs of handling - next to nothing.
Box itself has a light degree of edge and seam wear - a mid-left upper back crease - graded close to near perfect/excellent - a beautiful copy.

Tracklisting:

Lodger LP:

Side 1:
1 Fantastic Voyage 2:55
2 African Night Flight 2:54
3 Move On 3:16
4 Yassassin 4:10
5 Red Sails 3:43

Side 2:
1 D.J. 3:59
2 Look Back In Anger 3:08
3 Boys Keep Swinging 3:17
4 Repetition 2:59
5 Red Money 4:17

Heroes LP:

Side 1:
1 Beauty And The Beast 3:32
2 Joe The Lion 3:05
3 Heroes 6:07
4 Sons Of The Silent Age 3:15
5 Blackout 3:50

Side 2:
1 V-2 Schneider 3:10
2 Sense Of Doubt 3:57
3 Moss Garden 4:34
4 Neuköln 4:34
5 The Secret Life Of Arabia 3:46

Low LP:

Side 1:
1 Speed Of Life 2:45
2 Breaking Glass 1:49
3 What In The World 2:20
4 Sound And Vision 3:00
5 Always Crashing In The Same Car 3:26
6 Be My Wife 2:55
7 A New Career In A New Town 2:50

Side 2:
1 Warszawa 6:17
2 Art Decade 3:43
3 Weeping Wall 3:25
4 Subterraneans 5:39

Low, 1977:
Credits:
David Bowie - vocals, guitar, pump bass, saxophones, xylophones, vibraphones, harmonica, pre-arranged percussion, keyboards: ARP synthesiser, piano, Chamberlin (credited on the album sleeve notes as "tape strings", "tape-cello" and "tape-horns")
Brian Eno - vocals, splinter Minimoog, report ARP, guitar treatments, piano, keyboards, synthetics, Chamberlin, other synthesisers
Carlos Alomar - rhythm guitar
Dennis Davis - percussion
George Murray - bass
Ricky Gardiner - guitar
Roy Young - piano, Farfisa organ
Additional musicians:
Peter Himmelman - piano, ARP synthesiser
Mary Visconti - backing vocals
Iggy Pop - backing vocals on 'What in the World'
Eduard Meyer - cellos

Technical Credits:
David Bowie - Production, arrangements
Tony Visconti - Production, arrangements

Heroes, 1977:

Credits:
David Bowie - Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards, Saxophone, Koto
Brian Eno - Synthesizer, Keyboards, Effects [Guitar Treatments]
Robert Fripp - Guitar [Lead]
Carlos Alomar - Guitar [Rhythm]
George Murray - Bass
Dennis Davis - Percussion
Tony Visconti - Backing Vocals
Antonia Maass - backing vocals

Technical credits:
David Bowie - producer
Tony Visconti - producer, engineer
Colin Thurston - engineer
Dave Richards - assistant engineer
Eugene Chaplin - assistant engineer
Masayoshi Sukita - Photography


Lodger, 1979:
David Bowie - Vocals, Piano, Synthesizer, Keyboards [Chamberlain], Guitar
Brian Eno - Drone [Ambient], Effects [Cricket Menace, Guitar Treatments], Piano, Piano [Prepared], Synthesizer, Trumpet [Horse Trumpet], French Horn [Eroica Horn]
Adrian Belew - Guitar, Mandolin
Carlos Alomar - Guitar
Tony Visconti - Mandolin, Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals
Simon House - Violin, Mandolin
George Murray - Bass
Dennis Davis - Percussion
Stanley Herbert Harrison - Saxophone
Roger Powell - Synthesizer

Erdal Kizilcay - Drums & Bass (on 'Look Back in Anger')
Reeves Gabrels - Guitar (on 'Look Back in Anger')

Technical Credits:
David Bowie - Production
Tony Visconti - Production, mix, engineer
David Richards - recording engineer
Eugene Chaplin - Assistant Engineer
Gregg Calbi - Mastering Engineer
Rod O'Brien - Mix
Gregg Caruso - Mix Assistant