🎼 Aladdin Sane – Album: 2001

A prestige heavyweight reissue of Bowie’s 1973 classic, this Simply Vinyl edition brought Aladdin Sane back to collectors in a deluxe 180‑gram gatefold pressing, sourced from the 1999 EMI remaster and presented with premium packaging. including the original back cover with places of creation.

Released in the UK in 2001 no exact date is available but the 1999 CD version was released September 6, 1990 as part of Simply Vinyl’s S180 Series, this edition offered a high‑quality analogue‑style presentation of the 1999 digital remaster, complete with inserts, stickers, and a heavyweight sleeve.

🔘 Personnel

• Mick Jagger – writer (B3)

• Keith Richards – writer (B3)

• Digitally remastered at Abbey Road Studios (per label notes)

🔘 Key Highlights

• 180‑gram heavyweight vinyl pressing

• Gatefold sleeve with lyric/credit insert

• Sourced from the 1999 EMI digital remaster

• Part of Simply Vinyl’s S180 Series

🔘 The Story

This 2001 Simply Vinyl reissue of Aladdin Sane forms part of the label’s S180 Series, a line dedicated to high‑quality reissues of classic albums on heavyweight vinyl. Using the 1999 EMI digital remaster as its source, the release aimed to provide collectors with a premium analogue‑style listening experience while retaining the clarity of the remastered audio.

Packaged in a sturdy gatefold sleeve, the edition includes a 12" printed sheet featuring lyrics, credits, and photographs, along with a Simply Vinyl advertising insert promoting their 180‑gram catalogue. The record itself comes housed in a clear PVC company wallet, consistent with Simply Vinyl’s early‑2000s production style.

Two silver stickers — one rectangular, one circular — identify the release as a limited edition, emphasising the label’s “Seal of Quality” branding. The rear cover notes the 1999 remastering and 2001 copyright, while the labels confirm Abbey Road Studios’ involvement in the digital remaster.

This edition stands as a collector‑focused reissue, bridging the gap between the original 1973 LP and the late‑1990s remaster campaign.

Label: Simply Vinyl – SVLP 276 / EMI – SVLP 276

Format: LP Album

Released: 2001

🔘 Track List – LP

A‑Side

A1. Watch That Man — 4:25

A2. Aladdin Sane (1913‑1938‑197?) — 5:07

A3. Drive‑In Saturday — 4:31

A4. Panic In Detroit — 4:26

A5. Cracked Actor — 2:59

B‑Side

B1. Time — 5:13

B2. The Prettiest Star — 3:27

B3. Let’s Spend The Night Together — Written‑By Mick Jagger, Keith Richards* — 3:06

B4. The Jean Genie — 4:06

B5. Lady Grinning Soul — 3:52

🔘 Variants

• Simply Vinyl – SVLP 276 / EMI – SVLP 276 — UK — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, Gatefold, 180 Gram — 2001

• EMI – 7243 521902 0 1 / EMI – 5219020 — Europe — CD, Album, Enhanced, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo — 6 Sept 1999

🔘 Related Releases

(All 1999 CD reissues)

• David Bowie – Space Oddity — 1999

• David Bowie – The Man Who Sold The World — 1999

• David Bowie – Hunky Dory — 1999

• David Bowie – The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars — 1999

• David Bowie – Aladdin Sane — 1999

• Bowie* – Pinups — 1999

• Bowie* – Diamond Dogs — 1999

• David Bowie – Young Americans — 1999

• David Bowie – Station To Station — 1999

• David Bowie – Low — 1999

• David Bowie – “Heroes” — 1999

• David Bowie – Lodger — 1999

• David Bowie – Scary Monsters — 1999

• David Bowie – Let’s Dance — 1999

• David Bowie – Tonight — 1999

• David Bowie – Never Let Me Down — 1999

• Tin Machine – Tin Machine — 1999

🔘 Context & Notes

• Matte cover

• Includes 12" printed sheet with lyrics, credits, and photos

• Includes Simply Vinyl advertising sheet for 180‑gram vinyl

• Releases come in clear PVC company wallet

• Silver “Limited Edition Vinyl LP” sticker

• Silver circular “Seal of Quality” sticker

• Rear cover: Printed in the EU; Digitally remaster; ℗ 1999 / © 2001

• Labels: Digitally remastered at Abbey Road Studios; Made in EU

• Reissue of the 1999 EMI remastered version

🔘 Glam Flashback

A lightning‑bolt classic reborn in heavyweight form, shimmering with the sharp clarity of its 1999 remaster.

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🔘 Sources

Discogs (release data, packaging notes, credits).

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