Just turn on with me and you’re not alone…
Nobody can have escaped the massive amount of press coverage for the Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars – The Motion Picture, 30th anniversary special edition DVD and double CD and vinyl soundtrack, due on Monday. (Tuesday 25th in the US)
Pretty well all of the music monthlies have carried full-page ads outlining the different formats, and indeed, UNCUT magazine has two different full-page ads. The release (both sound and vision) has received lots of great reviews, below are a handful of excerpts:
UNCUT – April edition (DVD – five stars)
It’s a point-and-shoot record of a now-legendary night…Bowie’s sense of melodrama is palpable.
UNCUT – April edition (Soundtrack – four stars)
Handbags, gladrags and the tears of a pierrot. Fantastic.
Q – April edition (DVD – four stars)
The audio remastering is a revelation… The bits you don’t remember are the best of all. Bowie comparing Ronson to Suzi Quatro (that’s a bit rich). The size of Bowie’s cock, shrink-wrapped in Spandex. The bravura interpretation of My Death, where it’s impossible not to marvel at his relish for words and the charisma of his story telling.
A nation of screaming teens prepared to wear goofy gear and go potty for something as weird as Bowie in 1973 is something we may never see again. A moment worth treasuring.
Q – April edition (Soundtrack – four stars)
A rare essential live album.
Record Collector – March edition (DVD and soundtrack)
All formats are stylishly presented and boast improved sound quality.
For those of you that have managed to get through the last couple of months without reading about the formats and their extras, click on the image above to take you to the
OK, on to the bit you’re all waiting for… the competition! First I’d like to thank the band… sorry, I mean Nigel Reeve at EMI (who put so much in to this whole project), for giving us five copies of the DVD and five copies of the double CD for the competition. Oh, and did I mention #10 of the numbered limited edition red vinyl?
I’m going to make this one easy as we’re only running it until Monday morning, so that the winners don’t have to rush out to buy a copy. However, the competition for the limited vinyl will stay open for a whole week.
Here’s the question: From which song in the Ziggy Stardust Motion Picture is the silhouette of Ziggy in the image above taken from?
Here’s how to enter: You may only enter the competition for one of the formats, be it one of the five DVDs or CDs, or the one copy of the vinyl LP. Click on only one of the formats below to automatically mail me with your answer. If the links don’t work for you, then just mail me with the answer and your preferred format. You must mail from a BowieNet account.
The competition for the DVDs and CDs will close at 7:00am UK time on Monday morning (24th) and all ten winners will be announced one hour later. The competition for the vinyl will close exactly one week later, with the result announced later that day. Obviously it’s the same answer for each of the formats, but remember you may only try for one of the formats. Multiple entries may be disqualified. Good Luck.