Look out you rock ‘n rollers…
Hunky Dory has re-entered the top fifty 30 years after its release here in the UK. Though the album didn’t chart on its original release, it has enjoyed a lot of time on the UK album chart since. Peaking at number 3 at the height of Ziggymania in 1972, it re-entered the top 40 in 1981 and 1990, and currently stands at number 42.
Some of these extra sales are obviously down to the fact that Hunky Dory is currently available at a very silly price here, as is most of the Bowie EMI back catalogue. Virgin Megastores are running a promotion for fifteen of the albums (see press ad above) where all but three of the CDs are priced at £5:99, and Hunky Dory, Pin-Ups and Never Let Me Down are a mere £3:99!
If you’ve not yet got the Bowie back catalogue, I doubt you’ll pick these CDs up cheaper at any point in the near future. If you buy all fifteen at Virgin here in the UK, you can get the lot for just over a third of the RRP at £83:85…a total saving of £152!
Personally, I reckon you’re best to go get another set even if you already have ’em, what with all the flooding and stuff here in Europe at the moment, it would be prudent to keep a safety set in a high place, such as a bird box etc. Anyway, I digress…
Further sales of Hunky Dory may be encouraged by Virgin’s current Summer Sale TV advert, which features the album among lot’s of other ludicrously low-priced classics, while ‘Changes’, Hunky Dory’s famous opening track, plays in the background.