The Rest Is HistoryMusic: The Father of the Blues, Golden Age of Jazz, and David Bowie | History in Photos

Making Bowie's Cover Costly

2:50–3:32 · 42s

Chris Floyd recounts how Bowie's manager Tony Defries deliberately inflated the Aladdin Sane album cover budget to force the record label's commitment, with Brian Duffy gleefully obliging using ultra-expensive dye-transfer printing and elite makeup.

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