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Commencing countdown…five…
As mentioned in Yesterday’s news,
All you have to do is identify the album cover above from the enlarged section of its sleeve, along with the four others we’ll be posting this week.
Don’t do anything other than ponder the images we’re posting for now, you’ll be asked to identify them all in one go at the end of the contest.
Come back tomorrow for part two.
Sony wants to turn the world…
As you know,
We had intended to run this contest a little sooner, but here we are now anyway.
Over the next five days we’ll be playing a game popularised on the BowieNet MBs by a couple of misfits recently, wherein you have to identify an album cover from an enlarged section of its sleeve. Except this version is much, much, easier.
We’ll be posting a section from each of the above five front covers for you to ponder, and then next week we’ll run the final part of the contest when you’ll be asked to send in all of your answers at the same time.
Come back tomorrow for part one.
I want to know the real deal…
We’ve made more than one mention of Geoff MacCormack‘s delicious
And it seems the reaction to it from those of you that have already received your deluxe edition is what one has come to expect when talking about books from
We’ll reward the senders of the questions that Geoff chooses to answer with something really rather nice, and obviously we’ll publish the results of the exclusive interview here on BowieNet, along with a contest to win a collector’s edition of
Send your question for Geoff MacCormack to me here.
Usual BowieNet rules apply: Only one question and one entry per BowieNet account, and please remember you must enter using your BowieNet e-mail or at least supply your BowieNet user name.
The deadline for questions is midnight NY time on Saturday August 18th, so you have plenty of time to dream up something that will capture Geoff’s imagination. The interview and contest for the collector’s edition will be posted as soon as we get the answers back from Geoff.
Take a look at how lucky you are…
We set this contest last month to win a copy of each of the above 45s courtesy of 4AD. (07.21.2007 NEWS: PROVINCE UPDATE PLUS WIN ULTRA RARE GREEN VINYL) That’s one of the ultra-rare original green vinyl versions of TVOTR‘s Province featuring David Bowie in the plain die-cut sleeve on the left, and a copy of the reissue in the picture sleeve on the right.
All you had to do for a chance of winning was state your preference, and these are the two members that The Random Generator shone upon this time…
Original green vinyl = pauljeans
Picture sleeve reissue = kbrubaker
If you two lucky things forward your address to me, your prizes will be with you pronto.
Tony, I bet you a tenner that Ashes To Ashes fairs better than Up The Hill Backwards in the UK chart.
OK David, you’re on. I still think London Bye Ta Ta should have been released as a single though.
Alright Tony, don’t keep going on about it. That was ten bleedin’ years ago for goodness sake.
Staying back in your memory…
As promised, here’s the contest wherein ten BowieNetters get the chance to win a copy of EMI’s 17-track compilation CD,
It’s a simple one-question contest, even if arriving at the answer isn’t quite so easy…and here it is…
How many original UK David Bowie single release A-sides bear the name Tony Visconti as producer or co-producer?
For the sake of the contest, when there are several different formats of the same single release, you should only count them as one. It should also be noted that reissues, download-only and promo-only releases are not to be included.
Obviously CD singles don’t have A and B-sides, in these instances, or in the instance of EPs, we’re talking the lead-off track.
For example, the Baal EP, which entered the UK top 30 singles chart in March 1982, had as its lead-off track Baal’s Hymn…a track that was produced by Tony Visconti and David Bowie (as was the rest of the EP, in fact) so this counts as one towards your total.
Please remember we are talking UK releases only.
When you think you have the right number, e-mail your answer to me here. If you really can’t be bothered to research this one, have a guess anyway.
Usual BowieNet rules apply: Only one entry per BowieNet account, and please remember you must enter using your BowieNet e-mail or at least supply your BowieNet user name.
The contest ends at midnight NY time on Saturday August 11th, with the winners being notified shortly thereafter.
Here’s the cover and tracklisting of
The Producers – Tony Visconti
01 Héros – David Bowie
02 China Girl – Iggy Pop
03 Metal Guru – T. Rex
04 You Have Killed Me – Morrissey
05 Looks Looks Looks – Sparks
06 Will You – Hazel O?Connor
07 Chains – Mercury Rev
08 Oh Baby – Dib Cochran & The Earwigs
09 The Prettiest Star – David Bowie (original single version)
10 Flowers In The Rain ? The Move
11 Sarah – Thin Lizzy
12 Love Is The Law – Seahorses
13 Band On The Run – Wings
14 This Town Ain?t Big Enough For Both Of Us – Sparks (Plagiarism Album Version)
15 Got To Get You Into My Life – Surprise Sisters
16 Black Country Rock – David Bowie
17 Telegram Sam – T. Rex
Finally, I asked Tony what he remembered about the picture of him and David I’ve used at the top of this piece. This was his response…
“Hi Blammo – That photo was taken during the recording of “Scary Monsters”. The studio was the old Power Station in NYC. Bruce Springsteen was recording in the same studio on the same floor. We often had lunch with him and the E Street Band. That’s how Roy Bittan, his piano player, came to play on “Scary Monsters”. David and I cracked up when drummer Dennis Davis asked Springsteen what band he was in during one of our lunch breaks. Cheers, Tony.”
These are your favourite things?
I’m not sure if the buyers at Tescos supermarket in the UK are BowieNetters or not, but it seems somebody has been taking note of the current BowieNet poll at least. As you may have noticed, a close battle between Outside (20.89%) and Heathen (20.14%) has been raging at the top of part two of our best Bowie studio album poll.
Whether Tescos is aware of our poll or not, perhaps we’ll never know, but I can tell you they intend to sell both albums packaged in a ‘disc box slider’ in the autumn. You may be familiar with these sliders that are all paper packaging with no plastic tray and no booklets. (Liner note details will be made available to consumers online).
This seems to be a fairly eco-friendly way of packaging and should appeal to people who are normally content to download albums. In the UK, Outside and Heathen will set you back the best part of sixteen quid as mp3 downloads, whereas this 2CD package will be made available in the mid-line range and would work out considerably cheaper…plus you can just make your own mp3s from the discs.
You should be able to find the discs instore at Tescos nationwide in the UK from October 17th.