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Signed Bowie's Going For A Song*

Rex Ray designed Roseland and Ziggy 2002

Well, ain’t that poster love?

At a charity auction at London’s Hotel Inter-Continental last Friday (June 29th) in aid of the Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy Charity, two signed David Bowie prints/posters went for an incredible £3,700. The posters, both designed by ‘Screaming’ Rex Ray of San Francisco, included a Roseland poster signed by Mr Ray himself and a Ziggy 2002 print signed by DB and Rex!

So if you’ve been lucky enough to win either or both of these beauties in BowieNet competitions (the prints I mean, not David and Rex) then perhaps you should check the small print of your contents insurance.

As for the chap who donated a signed-by-Rex Roseland poster to the raffle at the BowieLand party last week, if you’re kicking yourself, just contact me and your generosity will be rewarded. Instant Karma!

*No, I’ve never really understood that saying either.

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All Saints Re-issue Comp Winners

…some cat from Japan

Getting the hang of this now…if the questions are very hard (like the Blood n Glitter comp) we don’t get so many entrants, but if they’re as easy as this ‘All Saints’ competition you go berserk! I guess there is some pretty obvious logic there. As I say, very popular competition this one, as is the current competition for the original private pressing of ‘All Saints’ that we posted on Friday.

Anyway, you don’t want my waffle, you want certainty…erm, I mean the answers and a list of the winners. Here ya go then:

‘All Saints’ promo competition

I asked you to tell me three different releases that have included the instrumental track ‘Crystal Japan’…there were more than only three different ‘releases’ that contained the track of course, especially if one takes into account releases from different territories around the world…but the formats above from my own collection all include the track, and the formats most of you mentioned are included in the picture: clockwise from bottom left we have:

Up The Hill Backwards/Crystal Japan – Cassette Single – UK RCA 1981
Bowie Rare – Vinyl LP – UK RCA 1982
Up The Hill Backwards/Crystal Japan – 12″ Single – USA RCA 1981
Up The Hill Backwards/Crystal Japan – 7″ Single – UK RCA 1981
Scary Monsters (as a bonus track) – CD – UK EMI 1992
Crystal Japan/Alabama Song – 7″ Single – Japan RCA 1980

These are just the versions illustrated above, so before you write in to ask “what about the Italian Bowie Rare?” etc etc, I allowed all of the versions released as valid answers. I also allowed the original Japanese advert that the track was commissioned for, but while I hear what you are saying regarding NIN’s track ‘A Warm Place’ on their ‘The Downward Spiral’ album, I’m afraid that wasn’t allowed. So, if the ten people below would like to send their real name and address to me at MrTotalBlamBlam@AOL.Com with a subject heading of: ‘All Saints’ promo competition winner, they will receive their promo forthwith.

‘All Saints’ promo competition winners:

jaredscott@davidbowie.com
blackout80@davidbowie.com
RuneKJ@davidbowie.com
superpriest@davidbowie.com
spacebo@davidbowie.com
heelheadover@davidbowie.com
vosje@davidbowie.com
uwe@davidbowie.com
torty@davidbowie.com
antoine.loogman@davidbowie.com

‘All Saints’ stock copy competition

Even easier this one, I asked you to name the tracks common to both this issue of ‘All Saints’ and the ‘Christiane F’ soundtrack album. Hundreds of you correctly stated that ‘V-2 Schneider’, ‘Sense Of Doubt’ and ‘Warszawa’ are the names of those very tracks. The ten winners below should send their real name and address to me at MrTotalBlamBlam@AOL.Com with a subject heading of: ‘All Saints’ stock copy competition winner, to receive their CDs .

‘All Saints’ stock copy competition winners:

shtratman@davidbowie.com
ruth@davidbowie.com
pisceanvelvet@davidbowie.com
corinap@davidbowie.com
shanejohns@davidbowie.com
suikkanen@davidbowie.com
martyn@davidbowie.com
redosyre@davidbowie.com
wtu@davidbowie.com
popstar@davidbowie.com

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Second Quarter Points Winners!

The Grand Prize Winner is…..

Noggy!!

No, Noggy – THIS is as good as it gets! 😉

Congrats on a job well done! Your active participation over the last three months has kept us smiling, scratching our heads and of course laughing. AND you’ve racked up the most points anywhere in BowieNet land! Your prizes include:

  • 1 year free Premium BowieNet membership
  • A personal phone call from David Bowie
  • The Entire David Bowie CD Catalog including an autographed CD
  • PLUS A Personalized Photo!

Yahoo! As always, there are LOTS of winners! 2 1st Place winners, 5 2nd Place Winners and 10 3rd Place Winners!!!

Go HERE to see the complete winners list!!!

Please note: the prizes for the next quarter will be different than this time around, and will not be announced until the end of the quarter! Who knows what’s in store this time around….

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Doors Fans Flock To Paris

Thousands of Doors fans are expected to turn up at Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris today to mark the 30th anniversary of the death of Jim Morrison.

Thanks to BowieNetter technicolour who posted the following excerpt from “American Prayer” on the boards today. A BowieNet toast for Mr. Mojo Risin’!

We’re perched headlong
on the edge of boredom
We’re reaching for death
on the end of a candle
We’re trying for something
That’s already found us

Go here for more info.