“Fame, What’s your name?”
You must be getting the hang of this by now and will have realised some time ago that the next limited David Bowie 7″ picture disc will be the 40th anniversary edition of Fame.
Originally issued in the UK on Friday July 18th 1975, this 40th anniversary disc will be released 40 years and 6 days on from that date, on Friday July 24th 2015.
Fame was the second 45 released from the Young Americans album and it gave Bowie his first #1 single when it reached the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100.
Here follows the full details.
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DAVID BOWIE ‘FAME’ LIMITED EDITION 40th ANNIVERSARY 7″ PICTURE DISC.
Friday July 24th 2015 sees the release of the latest special limited DAVID BOWIE 7″ picture disc, the 40th anniversary edition of FAME.
Originally released in Summer 1975, FAME was taken from the album YOUNG AMERICANS, it was co-written with John Lennon and guitarist Carlos Alomar and was Bowie’s first #1 in the USA.
The b-side of the single at the time was the YOUNG AMERICANS album track RIGHT. For this 40th anniversary RIGHT is now the AA-side and appears as an alternate mix previously released by Ryko/EMI in 1991. However, due to a mastering error it was released at the wrong speed. For this release that issue has been rectified.
DAVID BOWIE – FAME LIMITED EDITION 40th ANNIVERSARY 7″ PICTURE DISC.
A-Side Fame (Original single edit)
Produced David Bowie & Harry Maslin
AA-Side Right (Alternate Mix)
Produced & mixed by Tony Visconti & Harry Maslin
The colour image used on the A-side of the picture disc is by Andrew Kent taken whilst David was performing Golden Years on the Soul Train TV show in November 1975. He also performed Fame on the show on account of its recent success on the Billboard Hot 100.
The AA side image is an outtake from a session with renowned 1940’s/50’s Hollywood photographer Tom Kelley.
FAME is released on Parlophone on Friday July 24th 2015.
FOOTNOTE: You may have noticed that we normally use the Monday UK release date when mentioning new releases. However, in February a Global Release Day was confirmed so that new music releases will be aligned internationally on a Friday. Read more about this adjustment here. http://smarturl.it/GlobalReleaseDay