Month: October 2014

 

“I am the best jazz you’ve ever heard”

 

As we promised last month, this week’s NME (Issue dated October 11th, street date October 8th) has a three-page Bowie feature regarding the upcoming releases of the Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) single and the Nothing Has Changed best of compilation album.

They’ve already previewed a two-page spread online wherein Tony Visconti talks about recording this Summer in New York with the Maria Schneider Orchestra on the Bowie/Visconti produced forthcoming single.

Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) features Donny McCaslin as soloist on tenor saxophone and Ryan Keberle soloist on trombone, both of whom are pictured here with David in our exclusive Jimmy King photograph. That’s Donny in the middle and Ryan on the right and that’s Maria Schneider in the NME spread.

The item also reveals that Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) will receive its world premiere on the BBC Radio 6 Music show ‘Guy Garvey’s Finest Hour’ hosted by Elbow front man Guy Garvey on Sunday October 12th from 2pm to 4pm.

Though NME mentions that Guy will be playing the radio edit, it now looks like he’ll be playing the full 7:24 minute version instead.

If you can’t quite make out the NME preview, the magazine is available from Wednesday and it includes another page regarding Nothing Has Changed too.

 

“The mirror will watch over you”

 

It is with much pleasure that we can reveal the three different Jonathan Barnbrook designed sleeves for the upcoming Nothing Has Changed – The Very Best of Bowie compilation.

The 3CD Deluxe Edition/Digital Download features a Jimmy King photograph from 2013, while the 2CD Edition/Digital Download has a 1975 Steve Schapiro picture.

Finally, the Double Vinyl features a Mick Rock shot of Bowie at his Haddon Hall home in Beckenham in 1972. Scroll the images here to see the different versions of the sleeve.

Nothing Has Changed – The Very Best of Bowie is released on Parlophone on November 17^th, in the UK and via Columbia/Legacy on November 18^th In the US. (Regional variations apply)

Below are both the UK and US press releases.

Also, check out the new splash page on www.DavidBowie.com for order links, etc.

 

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UK PRESS RELEASE

 

DAVID BOWIE ‘SUE (OR IN A SEASON OF CRIME)’

 

LIMITED 10” VINYL AND DIGITAL DOWNLOAD

 

WORLD PREMIERE ON ‘GUY GARVEY’S FINEST HOUR’

BBC RADIO 6 MUSIC OCTOBER 12^th

 

‘NOTHING HAS CHANGED’ THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION

BOTH RELEASED NOVEMBER 17^th ON PARLOPHONE

 

3CD, 2CD, DOUBLE VINYL, DIGITAL DOWNLOADS

ALL WITH INDIVIDUAL ARTWORK

 

SUE (or IN A SEASON OF CRIME) the new single from David Bowie taken from the forthcoming definitive collection of Bowie’s music NOTHING HAS CHANGED is released on Parlophone on November 17^th.

 

SUE was recorded this Summer in New York with the Maria Schneider Orchestra and produced by Bowie and Tony Visconti. Maria Schneider, who also arranged the track, has won numerous Grammies and is the leader of one of the best big bands in the USA. The song features Donny McCaslin as soloist on tenor saxophone and Ryan Keberle soloist on trombone. Bowie wrote the lyrics for SUE and collaborated on the music with Maria Schneider.

 

SUEwill receive its world premiere on the BBC Radio 6 Music show ‘Guy Garvey’s Finest Hour’ hosted by Elbow front man Guy Garvey on Sunday October 12^th from 2pm to 4pm.

 

Jonathan Barnbrook who worked on THE NEXT DAY, HEATHEN and REALITY albums has designed the artwork for NOTHING HAS CHANGED, as shown here (scroll images) each format has its own specific sleeve.

 

Of the artwork Barnbook says, “A different image appears on each use. The linking theme is Bowie looking in the mirror. Something which was a strong enough ‘archetype’ to provide an immediately identifiable visual link but make it clear this was a collection of songs through the experience of one person’s life, not necessarily a specific concept or period of time as albums tend to be”.

 

NOTHING HAS CHANGED collects together for the first time the definitive collection of Bowie’s music from 1964 to 2014 and features some previously unreleased material as well as tracks making their debut on CD.

 

LET ME SLEEP BESIDE YOUwas first released on THE WORLD OF DAVID BOWIE in 1970. In 2000, it was re-recorded for inclusion on the unreleased TOY album and has remained in the vaults until its inclusion on NOTHING HAS CHANGED.

 

SHADOW MANis a famous still unreleased outtake from 1971, the version on NOTHING HAS CHANGED is a re-recording that was made for the unreleased TOY album and first appeared as a b-side on a swiftly deleted single in the early 2000s.

 

LOVE IS LOST (HELLO STEVE REICH MIX BY JAMES MURPHY FOR THE DFA EDIT) this edited version of critically lauded remix by James Murphy is making its CD premiere.

 

YOUR TURN TO DRIVEis making its CD debut, it was originally offered as a free download to customers who ordered their copy of the REALITY album online.

  

WILD IS THE WIND (2010 Harry Maslin Mix) was previously only released on the audio DVD in the Station To Station Deluxe box set. This is its debut on CD.

 

YOUNG AMERICANS (2007 Tony Visconti mix single edit)The unedited version of the song was previously only released in 5.1 mix on the Young Americans Special Edition CD/DVD. This single edit is previously unreleased.

 

ALL THE YOUNG DUDESthis is a previously unreleased stereo mix of David’s own version of the song given to, and a hit for, Mott The Hoople.

 

LIFE ON MARS? (2003 Ken Scott Mix)this version was previously only released on the 40th anniversary 7” picture disc; this is its debut on CD.

 

David Bowie is, a film of the blockbuster exhibition created by the Victoria and Albert Museum, will be released in cinemas worldwide. Distributed by Omniverse Vision, the documentary was filmed on the closing night of the V&A exhibition in London and directed by Hamish Hamilton, the BAFTA-winning Director of the Academy Awards and the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games. For the trailer, participating cinemas and tickets please visit www.davidbowie.com/davidbowieisfilm

 

DAVID BOWIE ‘NOTHING HAS CHANGED’ TRACKLIST/ARTWORK

 

3CD DELUXE EDITION/DIGITAL DOWNLOAD

 

CD 1:

Sue (or In A Season Of Crime) (7.40)

Where Are We Now? (4.09)

Love Is Lost (Hello Steve Reich Mix by James Murphy for the DFA Edit) (4.07)

The Stars (Are Out Tonight) (3.57)

New Killer Star (radio edit) (3.42)

Everyone Says ‘Hi’ (edit) (3.29)

Slow Burn (radio edit) (3.55)

Let Me Sleep Beside You (3.14)

Your Turn To Drive (4.44)

Shadow Man (4.48)

Seven (Marius De Vries mix) (4.12)

Survive (Marius De Vries mix) (4.18)

Thursday’s Child (radio edit) (4.25)

I’m Afraid Of Americans (V1) (clean edit) (4.30)

Little Wonder (edit) (3.40)

Hallo Spaceboy (PSB Remix) (with The Pet Shop Boys) (4.23)

The Heart’s Filthy Lesson (radio edit) (3.32)

Strangers When We Meet (single version) (4.21)

 

CD 2:

Buddha Of Suburbia (4.24)

Jump They Say (radio edit) (3.53)

Time Will Crawl (MM remix) (4.18)

Absolute Beginners (single version) (5.35)

Dancing In The Street (with Mick Jagger) (3.20)

Loving The Alien (single remix) (4.45)

This Is Not America (with The Pat Metheny Group) (3.51)

Blue Jean (3.11)

Modern Love (single version) (3.56)

China Girl (single version) (4.15)

Let’s Dance (single version) (4.08)

Fashion (single version) (3.25)

Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) (single version) (3.32)

Ashes To Ashes (single version) (3.35)

Under Pressure (with Queen) (3.56)

Boys Keep Swinging (3.17)

‘Heroes’ (single version) (3.35)

Sound And Vision (3.03)

Golden Years (single version) (3.27)

Wild Is The Wind (2010 Harry Maslin Mix) (5.58)

 

CD 3:

Fame (4.14)

Young Americans (2007 Tony Visconti mix single edit)  (3.13)

Diamond Dogs (5.56)

Rebel Rebel (4.28)

Sorrow (2.53)

Drive-In Saturday (4.29)

All The Young Dudes (3.08)

The Jean Genie (original single mix) (4.05)

Moonage Daydream (4.40)

Ziggy Stardust (3.12)

Starman (original single mix) (4.10)

Life On Mars? (2003 Ken Scott Mix) (3.49)

Oh! You Pretty Things (3.11)

Changes (3.33)

The Man Who Sold The World (3.56)

Space Oddity (5.12)

In The Heat Of The Morning (3.00)

Silly Boy Blue (3.54)

Can’t Help Thinking About Me (2.46)

You’ve Got A Habit Of Leaving (2.32)

Liza Jane (2.18)

 

2CD EDITION/DIGITAL DOWNLOAD

 

CD 1:

Space Oddity (5.12)

The Man Who Sold The World (3.56)

Changes (3.33)

Oh! You Pretty Things (3.11)

Life On Mars? (3.49)

Starman (original single mix) (4.10)

Ziggy Stardust (3.12)

Moonage Daydream (4.40)

The Jean Genie (original single mix) (4.05)

All The Young Dudes (3.08)

Drive-In Saturday (4.29)

Sorrow (2.53)

Rebel Rebel (4.28)

Young Americans (original single edit) (3.13)

Fame (4.14)

Golden Years (single version) (3.27)

Sound And Vision (3.03)

‘Heroes’ (single version) (3.35)

Boys Keep Swinging (3.17)

Fashion (single version) (3.25)

Ashes To Ashes (single version) (3.35)

 

CD 2:

Under Pressure (with Queen) (3.56)

Let’s Dance (single version) (4.08)

China Girl (single version) (4.15)

Modern Love (single version) (3.56)

Blue Jean (3.11)

This Is Not America (with The Pat Metheny Group) (3.51)

Dancing In The Street (with Mick Jagger) (3.20)

Absolute Beginners (edit) (4.46) 

Jump They Say (radio edit) (3.53)

Hallo Spaceboy (Pet Shop Boys remix) (with The Pet Shop Boys) (4.23)

Little Wonder (edit) (3.40)

I’m Afraid Of Americans V1 (clean edit) (4.30)

Thursday’s Child (radio edit) (4.25)

Everyone Says ‘Hi’ (3.29)

New Killer Star (radio edit) (3.42)

Love Is Lost (Hello Steve Reich Mix by James Murphy for the DFA Edit) (4.07)

Where Are We Now? (4.09)

Sue (or In A Season Of Crime) (7.40)

 

DOUBLE VINYL

 

SIDE 1:

Let’s Dance (single version) (4.08)

Ashes To Ashes (single version) (3.35)

‘Heroes’’ (single version) (3.35)

Changes (3.33)

Life On Mars? (3.49)

 

 

SIDE 2:

Space Oddity (UK single edit) (4.38)

Starman (original single mix) (4.10)

Ziggy Stardust (3.12)

The Jean Genie (original single mix) (4.05)

Rebel Rebel (4.28)

 

SIDE 3:

Golden Years (single version) (3.27) 

Fame (4.14)

Sound And Vision (3.03)

Under Pressure (3.56)  – Queen & David Bowie

Sue (or In A Season Of Crime) (7.40)

 

SIDE 4:

Hallo Spaceboy (Pet Shop Boys remix) – with The Pet Shop Boys (4.23)

China Girl (single version) (4.15)

Modern Love (single version) (3.56)

Absolute Beginners (single version) (5.35)

Where Are We Now? (4.09)

 

 

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US PRESS RELEASE

 

DAVID BOWIE ‘SUE (OR IN A SEASON OF CRIME)’

 

LIMITED 10” VINYL AND DIGITAL DOWNLOAD

 

‘NOTHING HAS CHANGED’ THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION

BOTH RELEASED NOVEMBER 18^th ON COLUMBIA/LEGACY

 

3CD, 2CD, DOUBLE VINYL, DIGITAL DOWNLOADS

ALL WITH INDIVIDUAL ARTWORK

 

October 8, 2014 – New York, NY – SUE (or IN A SEASON OF CRIME) the new single from David Bowie taken from the forthcoming definitive collection of Bowie’s music NOTHING HAS CHANGED is released on Columbia/Legacy on November 18^th.

 

SUE was recorded this Summer in New York with the Maria Schneider Orchestra and produced by Bowie and Tony Visconti. Maria Schneider, who also arranged the track, has won numerous Grammys and is the leader of one of the best big bands in the USA. The song features Donny McCaslin as soloist on tenor saxophone and Ryan Keberle soloist on trombone. Bowie wrote the lyrics for SUE and collaborated on the music with Maria Schneider.

 

Jonathan Barnbrook who worked on THE NEXT DAY, HEATHEN andREALITY albums has designed the artwork for NOTHING HAS CHANGED, as shown here (scroll images) each format has its own specific sleeve.

 

Of the artwork Barnbook says, “A different image appears on each use. The linking theme is Bowie looking in the mirror. Something which was a strong enough ‘archetype’ to provide an immediately identifiable visual link but make it clear this was a collection of songs through the experience of one person’s life, not necessarily a specific concept or period of time as albums tend to be”.

 

NOTHING HAS CHANGED collects together for the first time the definitive collection of Bowie’s music from 1964 to 2014 and features some previously unreleased material as well as tracks making their debut on CD.

 

LET ME SLEEP BESIDE YOUwas first released on THE WORLD OF DAVID BOWIE in 1970. In 2000, it was re-recorded for inclusion on the unreleased TOY album and has remained in the vaults until its inclusion on NOTHING HAS CHANGED.

 

SHADOW MANis a famous still unreleased outtake from 1971, the version on NOTHING HAS CHANGED is a re-recording that was made for the unreleasedTOY album and first appeared as a b-side on a swiftly deleted single in the early 2000s.

 

LOVE IS LOST (HELLO STEVE REICH MIX BY JAMES MURPHY FOR THE DFA EDIT) this edited version of critically lauded remix by James Murphy is making its CD premiere.

 

YOUR TURN TO DRIVEis making its CD debut, it was originally offered as a free download to customers who ordered their copy of the REALITY album online.

  

WILD IS THE WIND (2010 Harry Maslin Mix) was previously only released on the audio DVD in the Station To Station Deluxe box set. This is its debut on CD.

 

YOUNG AMERICANS (2007 Tony Visconti mix single edit)The unedited version of the song was previously only released in 5.1 mix on the Young Americans Special Edition CD/DVD. This single edit is previously unreleased.

 

ALL THE YOUNG DUDESthis is a previously unreleased stereo mix of David’s own version of the song given to, and a hit for, Mott The Hoople.

 

LIFE ON MARS? (2003 Ken Scott Mix)this version was previously only released on the 40th anniversary 7” picture disc; this is its debut on CD.

 

 

David Bowie is, a film of the blockbuster exhibition created by the Victoria and Albert Museum, will be released in cinemas worldwide. Distributed by Omniverse Vision, the documentary was filmed on the closing night of the V&A exhibition in London and directed by Hamish Hamilton, the BAFTA-winning Director of the Academy Awards and the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games. For the trailer, participating cinemas and tickets please visit www.davidbowie.com/davidbowieisfilm

 

 

DAVID BOWIE ‘NOTHING HAS CHANGED’ TRACKLIST

 

3CD DELUXE EDITION/DIGITAL DOWNLOAD

 

CD 1:

Sue (or In A Season Of Crime) (7.40)

Where Are We Now? (4.09)

Love Is Lost (Hello Steve Reich Mix by James Murphy for the DFA Edit) (4.07)

The Stars (Are Out Tonight) (3.57)

New Killer Star (radio edit) (3.42)

Everyone Says ‘Hi’ (edit) (3.29)

Slow Burn (radio edit) (3.55)

Let Me Sleep Beside You (3.14)

Your Turn To Drive (4.44)

Shadow Man (4.48)

Seven (Marius De Vries mix) (4.12)

Survive (Marius De Vries mix) (4.18)

Thursday’s Child (radio edit) (4.25)

I’m Afraid Of Americans (V1) (clean edit) (4.30)

Little Wonder (edit) (3.40)

Hallo Spaceboy (PSB Remix) (with The Pet Shop Boys) (4.23)

The Heart’s Filthy Lesson (radio edit) (3.32)

Strangers When We Meet (single version) (4.21)

 

CD 2:

Buddha Of Suburbia (4.24)

Jump They Say (radio edit) (3.53)

Time Will Crawl (MM remix) (4.18)

Absolute Beginners (single version) (5.35)

Dancing In The Street (with Mick Jagger) (3.20)

Loving The Alien (single remix) (4.45)

This Is Not America (with The Pat Metheny Group) (3.51)

Blue Jean (3.11)

Modern Love (single version) (3.56)

China Girl (single version) (4.15)

Let’s Dance (single version) (4.08)

Fashion (single version) (3.25)

Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) (single version) (3.32)

Ashes To Ashes (single version) (3.35)

Under Pressure (with Queen) (3.56)

Boys Keep Swinging (3.17)

‘Heroes’ (single version) (3.35)

Sound And Vision (3.03)

Golden Years (single version) (3.27)

Wild Is The Wind (2010 Harry Maslin Mix) (5.58)

 

CD 3:

Fame (4.14)

Young Americans (2007 Tony Visconti mix single edit)  (3.13)

Diamond Dogs (5.56)

Rebel Rebel (4.28)

Sorrow (2.53)

Drive-In Saturday (4.29)

All The Young Dudes (3.08)

The Jean Genie (original single mix) (4.05)

Moonage Daydream (4.40)

Ziggy Stardust (3.12)

Starman (original single mix) (4.10)

Life On Mars? (2003 Ken Scott Mix) (3.49)

Oh! You Pretty Things (3.11)

Changes (3.33)

The Man Who Sold The World (3.56)

Space Oddity (5.12)

In The Heat Of The Morning (3.00)

Silly Boy Blue (3.54)

Can’t Help Thinking About Me (2.46)

You’ve Got A Habit Of Leaving (2.32)

Liza Jane (2.18)

 

2CD EDITION/DIGITAL DOWNLOAD

 

CD 1:

Space Oddity (5.12)

The Man Who Sold The World (3.56)

Changes (3.33)

Oh! You Pretty Things (3.11)

Life On Mars? (3.49)

Starman (original single mix) (4.10)

Ziggy Stardust (3.12)

Moonage Daydream (4.40)

The Jean Genie (original single mix) (4.05)

All The Young Dudes (3.08)

Drive-In Saturday (4.29)

Sorrow (2.53)

Rebel Rebel (4.28)

Young Americans (original single edit) (3.13)

Fame (4.14)

Golden Years (single version) (3.27)

Sound And Vision (3.03)

‘Heroes’ (single version) (3.35)

Boys Keep Swinging (3.17)

Fashion (single version) (3.25)

Ashes To Ashes (single version) (3.35)

 

CD 2:

Under Pressure (with Queen) (3.56)

Let’s Dance (single version) (4.08)

China Girl (single version) (4.15)

Modern Love (single version) (3.56)

Blue Jean (3.11)

This Is Not America (with The Pat Metheny Group) (3.51)

Dancing In The Street (with Mick Jagger) (3.20)

Absolute Beginners (edit) (4.46) 

Jump They Say (radio edit) (3.53)

Hallo Spaceboy (Pet Shop Boys remix) (with The Pet Shop Boys) (4.23)

Little Wonder (edit) (3.40)

I’m Afraid Of Americans V1 (clean edit) (4.30)

Thursday’s Child (radio edit) (4.25)

Everyone Says ‘Hi’ (3.29)

New Killer Star (radio edit) (3.42)

Love Is Lost (Hello Steve Reich Mix by James Murphy for the DFA Edit) (4.07)

Where Are We Now? (4.09)

Sue (or In A Season Of Crime) (7.40)

 

DOUBLE VINYL

 

SIDE 1:

Let’s Dance (single version) (4.08)

Ashes To Ashes (single version) (3.35)

‘Heroes’’ (single version) (3.35)

Changes (3.33)

Life On Mars? (3.49)

 

SIDE 2:

Space Oddity (UK single edit) (4.38)

Starman (original single mix) (4.10)

Ziggy Stardust (3.12)

The Jean Genie (original single mix) (4.05)

Rebel Rebel (4.28)

 

SIDE 3:

Golden Years (single version) (3.27) 

Fame (4.14)

Sound And Vision (3.03)

Under Pressure (3.56)  – Queen & David Bowie

Sue (or In A Season Of Crime) (7.40)

 

SIDE 4:

Hallo Spaceboy (Pet Shop Boys remix) – with The Pet Shop Boys (4.23)

China Girl (single version) (4.15)

Modern Love (single version) (3.56)

Absolute Beginners (single version) (5.35)

Where Are We Now? (4.09)

 

 

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10″ – Digital 

 

“He’s a broken man”

 

The Chicago Reader has posted a cool piece by Patrick Sisson titled; The time David Bowie called Chicago home.

It relates to Bowie’s time in Chicago while performing the lead role of Joseph Merrick in the stage show of The Elephant Man from August 5 to August 31 1980.

Here’s a bit from Julie Weiss, the production’s costume designer.

 

“Watching David Bowie become the Elephant Man, it was so much more than a cap, a hood, and a loincloth for me. It was seeing the soul of Merrick scream the line ‘I am not an animal! I am a human being!’ He understands what it’s like to be an outsider. When the audience saw David Bowie playing Elephant Man, they were reminded of the shame we should all feel rejecting those who are different.”

 

Elephant Man director Jack Hofsiss had this to say about Bowie’s approach to playing the Elephant Man.

 

“David really embraced the idea that this child had been beaten up and pushed around because of his deformities, and he was much more weary of interacting with people. It’s a significant difference in the way the character was played like that, and I was astonished how well it worked. David understood it, having grown up on the tougher streets of London, and made it very much his own.”

 

Read the full article here on The Chicago Reader.

 

“Look in his eyes and see your reflection”

 

The Jimmy King photograph accompanying this item is one of the images being used for part of the upcoming Nothing Has Changed campaign.

Much more than that we cannot tell you right now, suffice to say, keep your eye out for next week’s NME (Issue dated October 11th, street date October 8th), which will feature an explanation of the artwork concept for Nothing Has Changed, among other things.