Month: September 2016

 

“I can still hear some pop…popular musics, And aftershocks.”

 

BOWIE – LEGACY will be released via Parlophone in November. The album collects together a selection of Bowie’s most popular tracks and singles, from 1969’s ‘Space Oddity’, through to the final singles ‘Lazarus’ and ‘I Can’t Give Everything Away’, issued earlier this year.

 

BOWIE – LEGACY will be available as a 1 CD and a Deluxe 2 CD from November 11th. These will be followed by a double vinyl album version on January 6th, 2017. (Tracklistings below)

 

All formats of BOWIE – LEGACY feature a previously unreleased version of the classic 1971 Hunky Dory track, ‘Life On Mars?’, remixed by its original producer Ken Scott.

 

From his very first recordings over fifty years ago, right through to his last album Blackstar, David Bowie was at the vanguard of contemporary culture as a musician, artist, icon and a constant influence on generations of writers, artists and designers. He was, and remains, a unique presence in contemporary culture.

 

Bowie left a legacy of inspiration in every discipline from art and fashion to acting and beyond. But, it is for his ground-breaking music that he will be best remembered.

 

BOWIE – LEGACY is an introduction to a world of incredible music, just waiting to be enjoyed by a whole new generation.

 

Pre-order via the links below. 

 

iTunes Standard

iTunes Deluxe

Amazon Standard (1CD)

Amazon Deluxe (2CD)

Amazon Vinyl

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#BowieLegacy

 

 

BOWIE – LEGACY 1 CD Track Listing

 

1/ Let’s Dance (single version) (4.08)

2/ Ashes To Ashes (single version) (3.35)

3/ Under Pressure – Queen & David Bowie (4.04)

4/ Life On Mars? (2016 mix) (3.37)

5/ Changes (3.35)

6/ Oh! You Pretty Things (3.11)

7/ The Man Who Sold The World (3.58)

8/ Space Oddity (5.12)

9/ Starman (original single mix) (4.12)

10/ Ziggy Stardust (3.12)

11/ The Jean Genie (original single mix) (4.05)

12/ Rebel Rebel (4.30)

13/ Golden Years (single version) (3.27)

14/ Dancing In The Street – David Bowie & Mick Jagger (3.11)

15/ China Girl (single version) (4.15)

16/ Fame (4.16)

17/ Sound And Vision (3.03)

18/ “Heroes” (single version) (3.33)

19/ Where Are We Now? (4.09)

20/ Lazarus (radio edit) (4.05)

 

BOWIE – LEGACY 2 CD Track Listing

 

CD1

1/ Space Oddity (5.12)

2/ The Man Who Sold The World (3.58)

3/ Changes (3.35)

4/ Oh! You Pretty Things (3.11)

5/ Life On Mars? (2016 mix) (3.37)

6/ Starman (original single mix) (4.12)

7/ Ziggy Stardust (3.12)

8/ Moonage Daydream (4.40)

9/ The Jean Genie (original single mix) (4.05)

10/ All The Young Dudes (3.09)

11/ Drive-In Saturday (4.29)

12/ Sorrow (2.53)

13/ Rebel Rebel (4.30)

14/ Young Americans (original single edit) (3.14)

15/ Fame (4.16)

16/ Golden Years (single version) (3.27)

17/ Sound And Vision (3.03)

18/ “Heroes” (single version) (3.33)

19/ Boys Keep Swinging (3.17)

20/ Ashes To Ashes (single version) (3.35)

21/ Fashion (single version) (3.25)

 

CD 2:

1/ Under Pressure – Queen & David Bowie (4.04)

2/ Let’s Dance (single version) (4.08)

3/ China Girl (single version) (4.15)

4/ Modern Love (single version) (3.56)

5/ Blue Jean (3.11)

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

7/ Dancing In The Street – David Bowie & Mick Jagger (3.11)

8/ Absolute Beginners (edit) (4.46)

9/ Jump They Say (radio edit) (3.53)

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

11/ Little Wonder (edit) (3.40)

12/ I’m Afraid Of Americans (V1 edit) (4.25)

13/ Thursday’s Child (radio edit) (4.25)

14/ Slow Burn (radio edit) (3.57)

15/ Everyone Says ‘Hi’ (edit) (3.29)

16/ New Killer Star (radio edit) (3.42)

17/ Where Are We Now? (4.09)

18/ Lazarus (radio edit) (4.05)

19/ I Can’t Give Everything Away (radio edit) (4.25)

 

 

BOWIE – LEGACY 2 VINYL LP Track Listing (Released January 6th 2017)

 

Side 1:

1/ Let’s Dance (single version) (4.08)

2/ Ashes To Ashes (single version) (3.35)

3/ Under Pressure – Queen & David Bowie (4.04)

4/ Life On Mars? (2016 mix) (3.37)

5/ Changes (3.35)

 

Side 2:

1/ Oh! You Pretty Things (3.11)

2/ The Man Who Sold The World (3.58)

3/ Space Oddity (5.21)

4/ Starman (original single mix) (4.12)

5/ Ziggy Stardust (3.12)

 

Side 3:

1/ The Jean Genie (original single mix) (4.05)

2/ Rebel Rebel (4.30)

3/ Golden Years (single version) (3.27)

4/ Dancing In The Street – David Bowie & Mick Jagger (3.11)

5/ China Girl (single version) (4.15)

 

Side 4:

1/ Fame (4.16)

2/ Sound And Vision (3.03)

3/ “Heroes” (single version) (3.33)

4/ Where Are We Now? (4.09)

5/ Lazarus (radio edit) (4.05)

 

“Words are flowing out like endless rain”

 

Next month Titan Books issues the latest and biggest edition yet of the Bowie-obsessive’s most useful of resources, The Complete David Bowie.

 

Authored by Nicholas Pegg, the 800-page brick of a thing is due on October 25th, expanded and updated with 70,000 words of new material. And that’s a sneak preview of one of the latest entries in our montage.

 

Keep reading for more details.

 

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THE COMPLETE DAVID BOWIE (REVISED AND UPDATED 2016 EDITION) NICHOLAS PEGG

 

The biggest edition yet – expanded and updated with 70,000 words of new material

 

Critically acclaimed in its previous editions, The Complete David Bowie is recognized as the foremost source of analysis and information on every facet of Bowie’s work. The A-Z of songs and the day-by-day dateline are the most complete ever published. From his boyhood skiffle performance at the 18th Bromley Scouts’ Summer Camp, to the majesty of his final masterpiece Blackstar, every aspect of David Bowie’s extraordinary career is explored and dissected by Nicholas Pegg’s unrivalled combination of in-depth knowledge and penetrating insight.

 

“A great deal has happened since the last edition was published in 2011,” says author Nicholas Pegg. “Just a few weeks after that edition appeared, the legendary Top of the Pops performance of The Jean Genie was unearthed, and hey presto, the book was already out of date! But that was nothing compared with what was just around the corner.”

 

Bowie’s sensational 2013 comeback with The Next Day is covered in full in the new edition, alongside such milestones as the record-breaking V&A exhibition David Bowie is, the stage musical Lazarus, and Bowie’s final masterpiece Blackstar. The Complete David Bowie discusses and dissects every last development in rock’s most fascinating career. Speaking with those closest to the star, including Bowie’s veteran producer Tony Visconti, Pegg has been able to include a wealth of previously unpublished details about the recording of The Next Day and Blackstar, including the recording dates of each and every song, not to mention the tracks that didn’t make those albums. Plus, one of the most elusive and enigmatic figures in the Bowie story, David’s one-time girlfriend Hermione Farthingale, shares new, exclusive insights into their time together and their creative collaborations: “She had read my book and was keen to talk to me and to tell her story,” states the author, “and she did, at great and generous length. Hermione spoke with such warmth and affection about her time with David. She shared some wonderful insights into the music, and the stage and screen work that they shared in the late sixties, and also the songs that David wrote about her. Hermione’s memories have really enhanced the book.”

 

The Complete David Bowie is the ultimate collection for Bowie-aficionados, and a loving tribute to one of music’s most beloved and influential stars.

 

The Complete David Bowie (Revised and Updated 2016 Edition) will include:

 

* THE ALBUMS – detailed production history and analysis of every album.

 

* THE SONGS – hundreds of individual entries reveal the facts and anecdotes behind not just the famous recordings, but also the most obscure of unreleased rarities – from ‘Absolute Beginners’ to ‘Ziggy Stardust’, from ‘Abdulmajid’ to ‘Zion’.

 

* THE TOURS – set-lists and histories of every live show.

 

* THE ACTOR – a complete guide to Bowie’s career on stage and screen.

 

* PLUS – the videos, the BBC radio sessions, the paintings, the Internet and much more.

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Nicholas Pegg is one of the world’s foremost authorities on the life and work of David Bowie. Since the original publication of The Complete David Bowie in 2000, he has written about Bowie for numerous magazines and websites, and has worked as a consultant on projects including the acclaimed BBC documentary David Bowie: Five Years, and the Victoria & Albert Museum’s exhibition David Bowie is, which opened in 2013 and has been touring the world ever since.

 

 

PRAISE FOR THE COMPLETE DAVID BOWIE

 

“Absolutely thorough, absolutely definitive and absolutely entertaining” – BBC RADIO 5 LIVE

 

“Part biblical reference work, part engrossing general read … Nicholas Pegg is one of the foremost minds in Bowieology” – Q

 

“I can’t imagine how this book could be better … the definitive read for Bowiephiles” – UNCUT

 

“Pegg’s opinionated and witty prose turns it into that rare thing: a reference book that sparkles” – MOJO

 

“All Bowie books must now be measured against Nicholas Pegg’s The Complete David Bowie” – TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

 

“This is the best Bowie reference book one could ever hope for” – TONY VISCONTI

 

“My go-to book for anything to do with Bowie. No other book delivers such fascinating and forensic detail into the great man’s work” – GARY KEMP, SPANDAU BALLET

 

“A finely calibrated and wisely critical map of Bowie’s work” – MIKE SCOTT, THE WATERBOYS

 

“A feast for the Bowie fan. Nicholas Pegg’s brilliant labour of love leaves no stone unturned, no shadow unexplored” – MARC ALMOND

 

“The definitive Bowie encyclopedia” – HOLLY JOHNSON

 

 

9781785653650 | 25TH OCTOBER 2016 | PAPERBACK & EBOOK | 800PP | £19.99

 

“He couldn’t wait for 12 o’clock midnight”

 

As we mentioned last week, we’ve teamed up with Iconic Images and Red Engine Media to give away a print of David Bowie and William Burroughs, signed by Terry O’Neill. Details here.

 

BOWIE BY O’NEILL is the book of Terry O’Neill’s iconic imagery of David Bowie and included in it are images from this lost Bowie Burroughs session, reproduced from a packet of negatives recently recovered during the production of the book.

 

For your chance to win, simply sign up to the mailing list here – if you’ve previously signed up, you will be automatically re-entered. The competition is open worldwide and closes tonight, Sunday 25th September, at midnight (UK time). Good luck!

 

Meanwhile, don’t forget that the Bowie By O’Neill Exhibition at the Ransom Art Gallery runs until 22nd October. Details here.

 

Early birds to the private view last Wednesday were lucky enough to pick up a very nice, extremely limited, 50-page, hard back catalogue. If you weren’t one of those fortunate enough to snaffle one (we weren’t), console yourself with the online version here.

 

 

#BOWIEbyONEILL  #BowieBurroughs  #MarkRansom

 

“Time may change me ”

 

In celebration of tomorrow’s worldwide release of David Bowie – Who Can I Be Now? (1974 – 1976), Helen Green Art (whose animations Bowie fans will already know very well), has created this beautiful piece of work, right here.

 

#WCIBNBox  #WhoCanIBeNowBox  #HelenGreenArtBowie

 

“Now. Not tomorrow, It’s happening now”

 

Today sees the release of the second of David Bowie‘s era box sets: Who Can I Be Now? (1974 – 1976).

 

Meanwhile, BBC Radio 6 Music in the UK has WCIBN? As their album of the day.

 

 

#WCIBNBox  #WhoCanIBeNowBox  #Bowie6Music

 

“And once there were sunbirds to soar with”

 

As you know, Live Nassau Coliseum ’76 is currently the selected album from the upcoming David Bowie – Who Can I Be Now? (1974 – 1976) box set.

 

Recorded live at the Nassau Coliseum Uniondale, NY, U.S.A., 23rd March, 1976, the album is the official document of the Isolar/Station To Station tour.

 

Bowie’s band for the shows (collectively known as Raw Moon) consisted of: Carlos Alomar (rhythm guitar), Stacy Heydon (lead guitar), Dennis Davis (drums and percussion), George Murray (bass) and Tony Kaye (keyboards and synthesisers). Bowie himself also played saxophone on occasion.

 

Andy Barding (big cheese contributor for Cygnet Committee), has dashed off a few observations regarding this particular recording…

 

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Way back in the 1970s if you wanted to hear David Bowie singing live you had to, well, queue up outside a town hall and hopefully get a gig ticket.

 

Because while the BBC had done a great job of sampling Bowie and his early band styles through radio sessions, actual live broadcasts remained rare.

 

Maybe it was the controversial iron fist of his then management company MainMan that was putting the brakes on broadcasts? Who knows… but while his musical contemporaries were seemingly getting the live concert FM treatment week after week, Bowie was not. His fans may have felt shortchanged by that, especially when a live Ziggy and the Spiders special was announced for Radio Luxembourg in 1972… then cancelled.

 

Little wonder, then, that when a full gig at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium hit the Californian FM airwaves on October 20, 1972, it was an immediate and utter sensation. A succession of illegal vinyl bootlegs featuring that set followed very quickly, with the most devoted fans shelling out megabucks for these shady discs. And so it continued, right up to its official release, way after time, in 2008.

 

The same thing happened in 1976, while Bowie was dragging his Thin White Duke character across Canada and the US on the first stage of a huge tour.

 

The concert at Uniondale, 20 miles East of New York City, was recorded live and then edited into an hour-plus programme that was syndicated across the world. And like its West Coast predecessor, it was a smash – yes, even the extended Sandy Nelson-inspired drum solo during ‘Panic In Detroit’!

 

Bootlegs inevitably followed, again, with a variety of titles, covers, wrongly-spelt song titles, coloured vinyl editions and picture discs. For those caught up in the fascination of bootlegs it became an expensive hobby. Until, again, the set got an official and enhanced release, complete with missing tunes from the original edit, in 2010.

 

The radio broadcast from Nassau Coliseum may have sounded just like any other 1976 Bowie show – but those lucky enough to attend that actual concert were in on a costume secret. This was one of only a handful of gigs where Bowie eschewed his usual stagewear of white shirt and black waistcoat (with a stylish packet of French cigarettes poking out of one pocket, for good measure).

 

For half of the gig, Bowie wore just a white shirt and black trousers. For the remainder, he wore a black hooded sweatshirt… a kind of 70s version of the hoodie. Oh, and as we hear in David’s own band introduction from that show, lead guitarist Stacy Heydon wore a red shirt that night!

 

But that’s just clothes. At the end of the day, the Uniondale Nassau Coliseum gig remains a powerful live classic. A snapshot of an artist in the process of giving it great gusto, with a hard rocking band that was hard to beat.

 

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Thanks Andy and congratulations on your recent tying of the knot.

 

Listen to Live Nassau Coliseum ’76 now via the WCIBN playlist: http://smarturl.it/Bowie7476PL

 

 

#WCIBNBox  #WhoCanIBeNowBox  #BowieS2S  #LiveNassau  #ThinWhiteDuke

 

 

“I’ve got some real nice stuff here in my bag”

 

In celebration of the release of David Bowie‘s new box set: Who Can I Be Now? (1974 – 1976), this coming Friday (23rd), UNCUT magazine has six promo goody bags to give away.

 

Each prize includes: one slip mat, one tote bag and one t-shirt.

 

As previously mentioned, David Bowie is the cover star of the current UNCUT and you can enter the contest here.

 

 

#WCIBNBox  #WhoCanIBeNowBox  #BowieUNCUT

 

“Because you’re young – you’ll meet a stranger some night”

 

We’ve teamed up with Iconic Images Ltd and Red Engine Media to give away a print of David Bowie and William Burroughs signed by Terry O’Neill. Included in this book for the first time are images from this lost session, reproduced from a packet of negatives recently recovered during the production of the book.

 

For your chance to win, simply sign up to the mailing list at http://smarturl.it/BOWIEbyONEILL – if you’ve previously signed up, you will be automatically re-entered.

 

BOWIE BY O’NEILL presents legendary photographer Terry O’Neill’s iconic imagery of David Bowie in an exciting new light.

 

Including previously unpublished and rarely seen images and contact sheets, BOWIE BY O’NEILL boasts photo sessions from The 1980 Floor Show at The Marquee Club in October 1973 (the last Ziggy Stardust performance), the iconic ‘Wild Boys’ shoot featuring David Bowie and William Burroughs the following month, and the now iconic photo session for Diamond Dogs in 1974.

 

There are also live shots from the Year Of The Diamond Dogs Tour in 1974, intimate pictures from the studio recording session for Young Americans the same year, and set photography from The Man Who Fell To Earth in 1975. Also included are images from Bowie’s meeting with Elizabeth Taylor in Beverly Hills, in 1975 and more action shots from the 1976 ISOLAR/Station To Station tour…not to mention other pictures from later in David’s career.

 

We gave you an exclusive first look at the book and some of its content last month.

 

The competition is open worldwide for a week and closes on Sunday 25th September at midnight (UK time). Good luck!

 

Meanwhile, if you’re in London next week, you can see some of these prints in the gelatine, at the Bowie By O’Neill Exhibition curated by Federica Beretta, at the Ransom Art Gallery from 22nd September to 22nd October. Details here: https://www.markransom.co.uk/

 

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“Under the moonlight, this serious moonlight”

 

We told you about this earlier in the week, Rockarchive.com, in conjunction with Photofusion, have launched a David Bowie photo exhibition in Brixton, which runs till October 26th. 

 

The exhibition is free and open Monday – Saturday 11am-5pm (Thursday until 9pm) at Photofusion, 17a Electric Lane, Brixton SW9 8LA.

 

As promised, here’s another exclusive quotation from one of the photographers taking part, Janet Macoska, regarding the picture we’ve used today…

 

 

‘This 1983 shot is amongst my favourite 3 or 4 I have ever taken in 42 years of shooting. I just love the attitude of this shot, and the fact that you can’t tell it is from a live performance. I was able to give David a framed copy of this photo in 1991, when he opened for Nine Inch Nails. What a lovely gentleman he was.

 

About 4 to 6 weeks later, I got a letter from Switzerland in the mail. Opened it and it was a handwritten “thank you” note from David for the photograph, with apologies for his tardiness in sending the thank you!’ – Janet Macoska

 

 

We’ll be posting more pictures and photographer quotations over the coming days.

 

More details at Photofusion.

 

All images courtesy of Rockarchive.com. See the associated gallery here.

 

 

#SilhouettesAndShadows  #BowieBrixton  #BrixtonDesignTrail

 

“You Belong In Rock&Folk”

 

Friend of every rock star on Earth (probably), Jérôme Soligny, has been in touch with details of the next edition of Rock&Folk magazine. (R&F590)

 

In the issue, Jérôme looks at the upcoming The Man Who Fell To Earth 4K release and the accompanying 40th anniversary book.

 

Elsewhere he gives space to The Gouster/Young Americans, (from the WCIBN? Box set), interviewing some of those that were there at the time, including musicians/producers/sound engineers etc., who were happy to share their memories, including some of the “unsung heroes”.

 

You may have noticed in our exclusive cover reveal, that the Rock&Folk logo has returned to days of yore. This is in recognition of their fifty years in publishing.

 

Here’s what David Bowie said to them ten years ago, when they were mere 40-year-old whippersnappers…

 

 

“For all at Rock and Folk, my very best wishes to you for this 40th birthday. You are true survivors and we have come a long way together, you and I. Thank you so much for being there for all of us artists and I personally look forward to talking with you again in the near future.” – David Bowie (2006)

 

 

Thanks to you Jérôme and all at Rock&Folk for your unstinting support of David Bowie over the years, it’s hugely appreciated. Also for your generosity with all of the exclusive first looks you’ve given us, this issue being no exception.

 

Meanwhile, check out that support via this animation of many of the Rock&Folk Bowie covers.

 

 

#RocknFolkBowie  #TheManWhoFellToEarth  #TMWFTE  #TJNewton #WCIBNBox  #WhoCanIBeNowBox  #BowieTheGouster  #BowieYoungAmericans