The band was altogether…
The first review for David Bowie – Live Santa Monica ’72 has appeared in the pages of the current issue (July 2008) of
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David Bowie – Live Santa Monica ’72 – recorded in October that year, finally released after decades of bootlegs and a semi-official limited edition in’94 – is not only a terrific document of this assiduously stoked US Ziggymania, but also the discerning Bowiephile’s live album of choice.
…this Santa Monica show caught Bowie and the classic Spiders line up as their remarkable rocket was still on the way up. You can hear it all coming together for Bowie – Tony Newley, the Velvets, the Yardbirds and Jacques Brel, all forged into something distinctively his own.
…the real pleasure of this set is hearing just how powerful this band could be – particularly Ronson, specifically on “Moonage Daydream”.
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And it’s all accompanied by the above cool-as-fuck shot of the young Presley-from-outer-space sex god at it!