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Today marks the 40th anniversary of David Bowie's album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. In this new edition of the Soundcheck Podcast, John Schaefer reflects on Bowie's influential concept album, first released in 1972.

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You can become Ziggy:

http://www.iamziggystardust.com/

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Interesting write up:

"David Bowie’s magnum opus remains a thrillingly open-ended concept album"

http://www.avclub.com/articles/david-bo ... ope,81115/

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