You’re the very tough with a long past…
Managed to get my hands on a copy of the
I’ve only had a flick through the text so I still can’t comment on the accuracy of many of the features, but it seems to be a well considered and affectionate appreciation of David Bowie’s first sixty years on the planet.
That’s just a rough montage of twelve of the 148 pages above to give you a flavour, and here follows the contents to give you a more specific idea…
Year By Year
6 Chapter One: 1947 to 1969
Including: How his eye changed colour (p11), That forgotten first album (p15), The Making of Space Oddity (p16)… and more.
18 Chapter Two: 1970 to 1979
Including: A man in a dress (p22), Bowie and the occult (p24), The Rise Of Ziggy Stardust (p30), Aladdin Sane in America (p36), Bowie goes soul (p52), The lost Bowie album (p57)… and more.
76 Chapter Three: 1980 to 1989
Including: Bowie and the new romantics (p78), The Serious Moonlight tour (p82), Wowing Broadway as the Elephant Man (p80), Bowie the goblin king! (p87), The ill-advised Glass Spider tour (p88)… and more.
116 Chapter Four: 1990 to 2007
Including: Bowie and The Lord’s Prayer (p118), The death of Mick Ronson (p121), Bowie the artist (p126), The Thin White Duke At 60 (p142)… and more.
The Interviews
38 On The Road With Ziggy Stardust, April 1973
94 Teaching Iggy Pop to Ski, June 1987
124 The Renaissance Man, October 1994
130 The ’70s Remembered, July 2002
The Albums
26 Space Oddity, The Man Who Sold The World and Hunky Dory
48 Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, Pin Ups and Diamond Dogs
58 Young Americans, David Live and Station To Station
70 Low, “Heroes”, Stage and Lodger
79 Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
92 Let’s Dance, Tonight and Never Let Me Down
98 Tin Machine, Tin Machine ll and Oy Vey, Baby
122 Black Tie White Noise and The Buddha Of Suburbia
128 1.Outside, Earthling and ‘hours…’
138 Heathen and Reality
Plus
74 The Best Bowie Songs Of The ’60s & ’70s
100 The Best Bowie Songs Of The ’80s
102 The Greatest Bowie Pictures Ever Seen
140 The Best Bowie Songs Of The ’90s & ’00s
146 Win a limited Ziggy Stardust print – signed by Bowie
There does also seem to be evidence of the promised unpublished photos, including a shot I don’t think I’ve seen before of David at The Three Tuns art lab in 1969 with The Strawbs.
Unpublished or not, the magazine is packed with tons of great shots, not least of all this live one I’ve
MOJO’s 60 Years Of Bowie Special Birthday Tribute will be the coolest thing in your newsagents from Wednesday the 24th February and it will set you back a mere £5.99.
If you’re outside of the UK you can order online