The return of The Thin White Duke…
The May issue of
One of those in the list is the record above, the double bootleg album of David Bowie’s show at the Nassau Veteran’s Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, on March 23rd 1976, known to literally billions of fans as The Thin White Duke.
The first version of the bootleg was Resurrection on 84th Street, (above) which had an incorrect running order and never attained the legendary status of The Thin White Duke.
The Thin White Duke corrected the running order and came in a deluxe colour sleeve (unusual for that time) and it was even more attractive to Bowie fans for the inclusion of David’s rather surreal appearance on The Cher Show, which included a duet with the host of Can You Hear Me and the bizarre Young Americans Medley.
Here’s the tracklisting of The Thin White Duke…
01 – Station To Station
02 – Suffragette City
03 – Fame
04 – Word On A Wing
05 – Stay
06 – Panic In Detroit
07 – Changes
08 – TVC 15
09 – Diamond Dogs
10 – Rebel Rebel
11 – The Jean Genie
12 – Can You Hear Me (Duet with Cher)
13 – Young Americans Medley (Duet with Cher)
It’s no secret that this show (minus the Cher section) is due for the EMI treatment, following on from His Master’s Voice (released officially as Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (The Motion Picture Soundtrack) in 2003) and David Bowie, commonly known as Santa Monica, (released officially as David Bowie – Live Santa Monica ’72 in June 2008).
But what we want to know from you, is what other bootlegs you would like to see get the official treatment. Doesn’t mean it will ever happen, just be cool to find out what you think.
Please stick to live bootlegs as opposed to studio stuff.
This is open to members and non-members alike and five entrants will be plucked from the bucket of suggestions and rewarded with a suitable prize for taking part.
To keep it easy, please keep it to one choice per entry. Send your suggestions to me here.
We’ll keep this one open until the end of May and announce the findings soon thereafter.