Month: March 2016

 

“You’re face to face, With The Man Who Sold The World”

 

Record Store Day, 16th April, 2016, brings two very special limited edition Bowie picture disc releases. The German sleeve of the original Mercury The Man Who Sold The World round cover being one, and the 40th anniversary edition of TVC 15 being the other. (See separate post for that.)

This picture disc features the original German LP fold out round cover with artwork designed by Witt of Hamburg. The sleeve originally unfolded to reveal two foot wide circular images of those featured here on the picture disc.

The original version of this release is the rarest of the Mercury versions of the album, which include the ‘Dress Sleeve’ and the ‘Cartoon/Cowboy Cover’.

 

DAVID BOWIE – THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD GERMAN ROUND COVER PICTURE DISC

 

Side 1

The Width Of A Circle

All The Madmen

Black Country Rock

After All

 

Side 2

Running Gun Blues

Saviour Machine

She Shook Me Cold

The Man Who Sold The World

The Supermen

 

#TMWSTWpicdisc  #BowieRSD  #BowieVinyl

 

“Oh my TVC 15, oh oh”

 

Record Store Day, 16th April, 2016, brings two very special limited edition Bowie picture disc releases. One being the 40th anniversary edition of TVC 15 and the other being a picture disc of the German sleeve of the original Mercury The Man Who Sold The World round cover. (See separate post for that.)

Originally released in April 1976, TVC 15 was the second single taken from the Station To Station album, with the smash hit Golden Years being the first, released in November 1975.

This RSD 2016 release will be a double A side with the 2010 single edit of Wild Is The Wind making its vinyl debut here.

 

DAVID BOWIE – TVC 15 LIMITED EDITION 40th ANNIVERSARY PICTURE DISC

A-Side TVC 15 (Original Single edit)

Produced by David Bowie & Harry Maslin

Recorded at Cherokee Studios and Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles

 

AA – Side Wild Is The Wind (2010 Harry Maslin mix single edit)

Produced by David Bowie & Harry Maslin

Recorded at Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles

Remixed by Harry Maslin 2010

 

The image on the A side of the picture disc is a shot by Bowie’s lifelong friend, Geoff MacCormack, taken on the set of The Man Who Fell To Earth. The AA side features a Steve Schapiro image from 1975.

 

#TVC1540  #BowieRSD  #BowieVinyl

 

“…stiffly waxed and one foot wide”

 

As you may remember, last Friday (February 26th), Parlophone issued both the Bowie At The Beeb vinyl box set and the first six Bowie studio albums (excluding the Deram album), as heavyweight 180g vinyl editions.

All seven of the albums have entered the new UK Official Vinyl Albums Chart Top 20, where they join the Platinum status ★ album (#6).

Nothing Has Changed – The Very Best Of David Bowie hovers just outside the Top 20 at #22.

The Bowie albums in the UK Official Vinyl Albums Chart Top 20 are as follows…

 

02 – THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST – PARLOPHONE

03 – HUNKY DORY – PARLOPHONE

04 – BOWIE AT THE BEEB – PARLOPHONE

05 – ALADDIN SANE – PARLOPHONE

06 – BLACKSTAR – RCA

08 – THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD – PARLOPHONE

13 – SPACE ODDITY – PARLOPHONE

19 – PIN UPS – PARLOPHONE

 

That’s a very impressive six Bowie vinyl albums in the Top 10 alone.

Get them all in the Bowie Store now.

 

#BowieAtTheBeeb  #BowieVinyl

 

“I believe, I might be of service”

 

Dave Grohl presented a touching and sensitive version of The Beatles’s song Blackbird for the “In Memoriam” section at the Oscars Awards 2016 on Sunday evening.

As he performed, footage of those being remembered played onscreen behind him, with a snippet of Bowie’s stylish Zoolander appearance providing today’s lyric quotation.

Watch this beautiful tribute here.

 

#Oscars2016  #GrohlBowie