Dorian Gray in the making, a budding mutant searching for himself, David Bowie in 1969 was first and foremost a transcendental folk artist guided by his masters Bob Dylan, Nick Drake, and Syd Barrett. Inspired by Kubrick and his special odyssey, the chameleon slips into his first skin, that of a curly-haired astronaut strumming a twelve-string guitar and a beating heart, like a messenger from space. Producer Tony Visconti is already on board and orchestrates this acid folk-rock album with tact and generosity ("Letter To Hermione", "An Occasional Dream"), knowing full well that the inevitable is yet to come.
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