Iman's Valentine’s Day messages to David

“He kissed her then and there...”

Iman posted two Valentine’s Day messages to David on socials earlier, one of which was a picture of them from March 1993 kissing in the street in London’s Chelsea, with the following caption…

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❤️You #BowieForever #ValentinesDay

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We rarely post paparazzi pictures, but we’re making an exception for these as it seems (if the photo caption is to be believed), that the couple were OK with the situation.

They certainly look like they were.

#DailyBowieThing #DavidAndIman #‎ForeverLove

ISOLAR 1 Tour kicks off 45 years ago tonight

“The European canon is here”

Forty-five years ago, on 2nd of February 1976, the ISOLAR 1 World Tour* commenced at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, Canada.

Following the surrealist shock of show opener, Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí's Un Chien Andalou, Bowie walked onto the stage at around 20:50 (right about now if you’re in Vancouver) to the opening strains of Station To Station in front of a 17,500 strong audience.

Fronting a band comprised of Carlos Alomar (rhythm guitar), Stacy Heydon (lead guitar), Dennis Davis (drums, percussion), George Murray (bass) and Tony Kaye (keyboards, synthesisers), Bowie was icy cool in black and white with a swept back shock of blond and crimson hair.

The show was reported in a couple of local newspapers the following day. Here’s a short excerpt from Nick Collier’s review in the Vancouver Sun...

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“Bowie has long claimed to be an actor playing out a role as a rock star. Film is the medium of expression with which he has become enamored, and his spartan set, lit with dozens of white spotlights, strengthened the image.

He was slightly tense, but the effect as he sang “the return of the thin white duke/throwing darts in lover’s eyes” was stunning.

The proclamatory verse from Station To Station segued into Suffragette City with a burst of brilliant light, and Bowie smiled like a shy child on the beach at Sybaris.

Carnations and roses were tossed from the audience as he sang Waiting For The Man and then moved on to the strange spiritual call of Word On A Wing.”

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The image by Robert Murray top left in our montage appeared in the same half-page review and must have been the first published photograph of The Thin White Duke live. The main image of Bowie in similar pose was taken by Andrew Kent. The other images are of the Vancouver pass and the ISOLAR tour programme.

* ISOLAR 1 was the name given to the tour retrospectively. At the time it was variously known as The 1976 World Tour, The Station To Station Tour, The White Light Tour and it's even been assigned the name that appeared on promotional items such as the press kit: DAVID BOWIE ON STAGE 1976. Take your pick.

#BowieIsolar1 #ThinWhiteDuke

BLA part 4 - Look At The Moon! (Live Phoenix Festival 97)

“Moondust will cover you...”

Here's the press release for the fourth of six parts that make up Brilliant Live Adventures, available to pre-order here now.

#BowiePhoenix97 #DBBLA #BrilliantLiveAdventures

DAVID BOWIE ‘BRILLIANT LIVE ADVENTURES’ (1995-1999) - A SERIES OF SIX LIVE ALBUMS FROM THE 1990s

AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY VIA THE DAVID BOWIE OFFICIAL STORE & WARNER MUSIC GROUP’S DIG! STORE

‘BRILLIANT LIVE ADVENTURES’ PART 4 ‘LOOK AT THE MOON! (LIVE PHOENIX FESTIVAL 97)’ TO BE RELEASED ON 2xCD AND 3xLP 12th FEBRUARY

Parlophone Records is proud to announce further details for DAVID BOWIE 'BRILLIANT LIVE ADVENTURES', a series of six live albums from the 1990s being released on vinyl and CD as limited one run only pressings.

The fourth in the series, to be released 12th February on double CD and triple vinyl, is LOOK AT THE MOON! (LIVE PHOENIX FESTIVAL 97). Recorded live at The Phoenix Festival, Long Marston, England on 20th July, 1997, LOOK AT THE MOON! features such previously unreleased rarities as a cover of Laurie Anderson’s ‘O Superman’, which the band had also played at their secret show as 'The Tao Jones Index’ show at the festival the previous day.

LOOK AT THE MOON! by David Bowie; David Bowie – vocals, guitar, saxophone, Zachary Alford - drums, Gail Ann Dorsey - bass, vocals, lead vocal on ‘O Superman’, keyboards, Reeves Gabrels – guitars, synthesisers, vocals, musical director, Mike Garson – piano, keyboards, synthesisers.

DAVID BOWIE - LOOK AT THE MOON! (LIVE PHOENIX FESTIVAL 97) TRACKLISTING

CD 1

Quicksand (David Bowie)

The Man Who Sold the World (David Bowie)

Driftin’ Blues (Charles Brown/Eddie Williams/Johnny Moore)/The Jean Genie (David Bowie)

I'm Afraid of Americans (David Bowie/Brian Eno)

Battle for Britain (The Letter) (David Bowie/Reeves Gabrels/Mark Plati)

Fashion (David Bowie)

Seven Years in Tibet (David Bowie/Reeves Gabrels)

Fame (David Bowie/Carlos Alomar /John Lennon)

Looking for Satellites (David Bowie/Reeves Gabrels/Mark Plati)

Under Pressure (David Bowie/Freddie Mercury/Roger Taylor/John Deacon/Brian May)

CD 2

The Hearts Filthy Lesson (David Bowie/Brian Eno/Michael Garson/Sterling Campbell/Erdal Kizilcay/Reeves Gabrels)

Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (David Bowie)

Hallo Spaceboy (David Bowie/Brian Eno)

Little Wonder (David Bowie/Reeves Gabrels/Mark Plati)

Dead Man Walking (David Bowie/Reeves Gabrels)

White Light/White Heat (Lou Reed)

O Superman (Laurie Anderson)

Stay (David Bowie)

LP

Side 1

Quicksand (David Bowie)

The Man Who Sold the World (David Bowie)

Driftin’ Blues (Charles Brown/Eddie Williams/Johnny Moore)/The Jean Genie (David Bowie)

I'm Afraid of Americans (David Bowie/Brian Eno)

Side 2

Battle for Britain (The Letter) (David Bowie/Reeves Gabrels/Mark Plati)

Fashion (David Bowie)

Seven Years in Tibet (David Bowie/Reeves Gabrels)

Side 3

Fame (David Bowie/Carlos Alomar /John Lennon)

Looking for Satellites (David Bowie/Reeves Gabrels/Mark Plati)

Under Pressure (David Bowie/Freddie Mercury/Roger Taylor/John Deacon/Brian May)

Side 4

The Hearts Filthy Lesson (David Bowie/Brian Eno/Michael Garson/Sterling Campbell/Erdal Kizilcay/Reeves Gabrels)

Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (David Bowie)

Hallo Spaceboy (David Bowie/Brian Eno)

Side 5

Little Wonder (David Bowie/Reeves Gabrels/Mark Plati)

Dead Man Walking (David Bowie/Reeves Gabrels)

White Light/White Heat (Lou Reed)

Side 6

O Superman (Laurie Anderson)

Stay (David Bowie)

DAVID BOWIE - LOOK AT THE MOON! (LIVE PHOENIX FESTIVAL 97) IS AVAILABLE ON ISO RECORDS/PARLOPHONE RECORDS 12th FEBRUARY ON 2xCD AND 3xLP

Station To Station album is 45 today

“Such is the stuff from where dreams are woven”

Having been released on 23rd January 1976, Station To Station celebrates its 45th birthday today. Considered a classic among fans and critics alike, the record was unusual for a Bowie album in that it contained just six tracks, even though it still clocked in at a little over thirty-eight minutes.

For the first time ever, a David Bowie album was a bigger commercial success Stateside than in the UK. It reached #3 on the Billboard 200 and #5 on the official UK album chart.

Four of Station To Station’s six songs were released as commercial A-sides by RCA, with Golden Years being the pre-album hit. The song scored Bowie yet another top ten just in time for the Christmas UK chart in 1975, where it remained right up to the release of the album.

The montage here shows the original withdrawn US sleeve featuring the colour version of Steve Schapiro’s still of TJ Newton in The Man Who Fell To Earth.

Below the untrimmed printer’s proof is possibly the only complete version of the original vinyl album. Seventies Bowie Fan Club President, Michael Olsen, pasted the proof onto an album sleeve blank, put a brand-new copy of the record and inner bag inside and had it shrink-wrapped at the pressing plant, before adding the finishing touch of a Golden Years hype sticker.

Check out some press ads and other related memorabilia here and read Jason Draper’s superb piece regarding the album over on Dig!

#DailyBowieThing #BowieS2S #BowieS2SLPis45 #ThinWhiteDuke

BLA Part 3 - LIVEANDWELL out now

“You’re released but your custody calls”

LIVEANDWELL the third of six parts that make up Brilliant Live Adventures is released today.

We know the full title of the album contains .COM, but we don’t want to continue to upset folk by sending them to a dead page.

#BowieLiveAndWell #DBBLA #BrilliantLiveAdventures

Holy Holy 45 is 50 today

“I don't wanna be angel, Just a little bit evil, I feel a devil in me...”

David Bowie’s Holy Holy was released on this day fifty years ago (15th January 1971), as the last of the Bowie releases on Mercury. It was clear the label wasn’t really giving the record the promotion it had given the preceding Bowie singles in terms of picture sleeves and press adverts. Picture sleeves were issued in Spain (top left) and Germany only.

A Blue Mink production with Bowie on vocals and guitar, the track also featured Herbie Flowers on bass, Barry Morgan on drums and Alan Parker on guitar, all three were members of Blue Mink at the time.

In a brief interview with Kid Jensen at the time, David told him that he was trying to record a feeling that “these are the last few years of this present civilisation”, but that he didn’t think that original idea came off too well. He added that he hoped to write more material on that theme. Five Years opened an album released the following year.

Holy Holy received a positive response from the music press generally and it’s likely DB welcomed the Syd Barrett comparison made in a Melody Maker review. (See snippet in our montage)

Despite the favourable reviews and a solo performance on acoustic guitar in one of his men’s dresses on Granada TV’s Six-O-One* in the UK, Holy Holy didn't perform well on any singles chart. It would take more than another year and another label before that kind of success arrived.

A far more urgent version of the song re-recorded with The Spiders in 1972 ended up as the B-side of the Diamond Dogs single release in June 1974. The Spiders’ version has been used erroneously on both the RCA Rare album release in 1982 and the 1990 Ryko reissue of The Man Who Sold The World, where it was listed as the original Mercury version in both instances. The Mercury version was finally given an official release on the David Bowie (Five Years 1969 – 1973) box set in 2015.

* On the set at Granada, David met TV producer Roger Damon Price, who claims that he told Bowie about an idea he was working on for a TV show called The Tomorrow People. The show was to feature a master race called The Homo Superior.

#HolyHoly45 #FiveYearsBox

Can't Help Thinking About Me is 55

“I hope I make it on my own...”

David Bowie’s 7" single, Can't Help Thinking About Me, was released on 14th January 1966 in the UK, fifty-five years ago today. Issued as Pye 7N 17020, the B-side was, And I Say To Myself, another Bowie-penned tune along with the A-side.

Officially issued as David Bowie with The Lower Third, (that's what it says on the stock copy label) evidence points to the theory that this really should have been the first solo David Bowie release.

Promos of the single sport David Bowie alone, as does the front-page NME advert (published the same day as the record was released), along with the other press adverts we have used.

Further evidence can be seen in an article that appeared in a trade mag of March 3rd, 1966, (originally supplied to us by BowieNetter Shilo65) though David had parted company with the band by this time. It's also interesting to note the missing G from the song title in the shop display, reinforced by the appearance of an apostrophe in place of the missing letter in the actual copy. Where are Pauline Williams and Mary McGukin now, we wonder, and do they still have their David Bowie autographs?

In the event, the personal appearances the sharply dressed young mod made, such as the one reported above, did nothing to ensure the success of Can't Help Thinking About Me, despite three dubious weeks on the Melody Maker singles chart, a privilege which was allegedly bought with good hard cash!

Bowie also promoted the single on the TV show Ready Steady Go! with his new band The Buzz on 4th March.

Can't Help Thinking About Me contained what Bowie considered to be one of the worst lines he ever wrote:

“My girl calls my name ‘Hi Dave. Drop in, see you around, come back, If you're this way again’”.

It’s not that bad and either way David retained enough of a fondness for the song to resurrect a cracking version for the 1999 'hours...' promotional tour.

#DailyBowieThing #BowieCantHelpThinking

David Bowie: January 8th 1947 - January 10th 2016

#BowieForever

David Bowie Birthday single out now

“Trying to get to heaven before they close the door”

As promised, here’s the link you’ve been waiting for.

In case you don’t know what we’re talking about, to celebrate what would have been David Bowie’s 74th birthday today, two previously unreleased cover versions of John Lennon’s Mother and Bob Dylan’s Tryin’ To Get To Heaven, are available as a limited edition 7” single now.

The record is limited to 8147 numbered copies, 1000 of which are on cream coloured vinyl purchasable via the above link. The remainder are black vinyl. Both tracks are also available to stream and download.

#BowieBirthdaySingle2021 #BowieMotherHeaven45

★ album is five today

“If I never see the English evergreens I'm running to...”

Five years ago today (8th January 2016), David Bowie issued the much anticipated ★ album on his 69th birthday. Those who managed to get to hear it upon release (or even before), had the luxury of listening in innocence before the terrible news that followed soon after.

David’s passing gave the album a very different flavour and a poignancy to the lyrics that wasn't necessarily apparent beforehand, today’s lyric quotation being a good illustration of that.

As discussed in the BOWIE KOOKS FB group yesterday, a listening party in London on the day before the album’s release (organised by Sony and DavidBowie.com), felt like a very privileged place to be, getting to hear the album in superb sound at the Dolby Screening Room in London’s Soho.

Our montage shows the clear vinyl plus three lithographs pre-order package offered by the official David Bowie Store, an incredibly beautiful and highly desirable set.

For obvious reasons, there are some who still haven’t been able to face listening to ★, understandable, but five years on, perhaps it’s finally time to check out this masterpiece.

#BowieBlackstar

Bowie birthday single update

“Mother calls”

As we announced on 16th December, to celebrate what would have been David Bowie’s 74th birthday tomorrow (8th January, 2021), two previously unreleased cover versions of John Lennon’s Mother and Bob Dylan’s Tryin’ To Get To Heaven, will be released as a limited edition 7” single.

The 7” single is limited to 8147 numbered copies, 1000 of which will be on cream coloured vinyl, purchasable from the official David Bowie store and Warner Music’s Dig! Store only. The remainder will be black.

Both tracks will be available to stream and download and you may already be listening to them if it’s the 8th where you are.

However, the cream vinyl will go on sale tomorrow afternoon UK time, when we will be posting a link to both stores.

#BowieBirthdaySingle2021 #BowieMotherHeaven45

Happy New Year

“The European canon is here...” *

Most of you will have now entered 2021, let’s hope it’s brighter than the year we just left behind.

Aside from being a new year greeting, today’s #DailyBowieThing is in the plural. Our montage is a small sample of the Bowie things that have a significant anniversary in 2021 and that will no doubt be featured as part of the #DailyBowieThing unbroken run of posts on Facebook and Instagram.

* Today’s lyric quotation is from the title track of the 1976 album, Station To Station. Eagle-eyed readers will have noticed that the Japanese advert for the album (bottom left), actually has “The European Man Is Here!!” – It’s not known if the lyric was misheard, though that’s most likely.

As if the canon v cannon debate wasn’t enough. Despite the official songbook having it as cannon, canon is correct...and that’s from DB directly.

#DailyBowieThing #Bowie2021

DAILY BOWIE THING – Day 61

“Heaven is smiling down...”

Back on December 2nd @iman kindly re-posted DAILY BOWIE THING – Day 21 with the following message...

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Who else is loving this like I am?

Let’s not forget I was a fan of his music way before we met & married!

So far it’s on Day 31 ... do share your comments on your faves... & I’ll share with you mine.

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It’s true. Iman saw Bowie live on the first Isolar tour in 1976, hard to imagine she had any clue as to where her future lay at that point.

Anyway, today’s actual #DailyBowieThing continues the general collector theme with the two CDs pictured in our montage. Both extremely rare, here are links to previous features we posted in 2018 regarding them both.

I AM IMAN book and CDR (2001)

1 - The Wedding (David Bowie)

2 - Wild Is The Wind (Tiomkin/Washington)

3 - Loving The Alien (David Bowie)

4 - As The World Falls Down (David Bowie)

5 - Abdulmajid (David Bowie/Brian Eno)

The Beauty of Color CD (2005)

1 - Fascination (David Bowie/Luther Vandross)

2 - I've Been Waiting For You (Neil Young)

3 - I'm Deranged (David Bowie/Brian Eno)

4 - Don't Let Me Down And Down (Tarha/Valmont)

5 - Abdulmajid (David Bowie/Brian Eno)

Thirty days after her post we're still going strong with #DailyBowieThing Day 61 on this the last day of the horrendous year that was 2020. Surely 2021 can only be better.

Hopefully, we’ll see you for Day 62 in the new year. Please stay safe.

#DailyBowieThing #DavidAndIman #BowieForever #BowieCollector

David Bowie’s 25-year-old seasonal message

“Give my children sunny smiles, Give them room and cloudless skies...”

In 1995, David donated one of his artworks to the War Child charity for use as a Christmas card. The message inside the 1995 card is superimposed in our montage over a 1995 image of David stood in front of his British Conflicts and The Crouch Laura Ashley wallpaper.

We'd like to echo the sentiments of David’s message and take this opportunity to thank you for all of your support over 2020.

Meanwhile, War Child is still improving the lives of many children thanks to the continued kindness of donors.

#BowieWarChild #BowieCard

Lazarus exclusive streaming premiere on Dice.fm

“I’ve got drama, can’t be stolen”

The headline says it all, keep reading for the press release.

London 17th December 2020

LAZARUS

BY David Bowie and Enda Walsh

DIRECTED BY Ivo van Hove

INSPIRED BY THE NOVEL The Man Who Fell To Earth by Walter Tevis

Exclusive Premiere Streaming on Dice.fm - TICKETS HERE NOW

Friday 8 January, 7pm – David Bowie’s birthday

Saturday 9 January, 7pm

Sunday 10 January, 3pm – fifth anniversary of David Bowie’s death

“WILD, FANTASTICAL, EYE-POPPING. A SURREALISTIC TOUR DE FORCE.” – Rolling Stone

To remember David Bowie on his birthday and to mark the fifth anniversary of his untimely death, producers Robert Fox and RZO Entertainment Inc are exclusively releasing the stream of the London production of Lazarus, captured live on stage. The streaming will be available for three performances only. This will be the UK premiere of the filmed version of this remarkable show.

Lazarus includes songs from Bowie’s iconic catalogue as well as new songs written for the stage including the title song, Lazarus.

Inspired by the book, The Man Who Fell To Earth, by Walter Tevis (“The Queen’s Gambit”) Lazarus focuses on Thomas Newton, as he remains still on Earth - a 'man' unable to die, his head soaked in cheap gin and haunted by a past love. We follow Newton over the course of a few days where the arrival of another lost soul - might finally set him free.

Michael C Hall (“Dexter”, “Six Feet Under”) stars as Newton, the character famously portrayed by David Bowie in the 1976 screen adaptation of The Man Who Fell To Earth directed by Nicolas Roeg. Lazarus co-stars Sophia Anne Caruso (“Beetlejuice” on Broadway) and the production is directed by Ivo van Hove (“All About Eve”, “Network” and “A View From The Bridge”).

Lazarus opened at The New York Theatre Workshop in November 2015. The London production opened in November 2016 where it played a sold-out run.

This live-streamed event will be available for three performances only in multiple time zones (GMT, AEDT, EST, PST, CST) from Friday 8 to Sunday 10 January 2021.

The Lazarus Cast Album is available on RCA / ISO Records

#LazarusMusical #LazarusStreaming #BowieLazarus #LazarusLondon #LazarusFilming #TMWFTE #TJNewton #LazarusSoundtrack

Station To Station 45th red or white vinyl

“The return of the Thin White Duke”

DAVID BOWIE STATION TO STATION 45th ANNIVERSARY RED / WHITE VINYL

‘BRICKS & MORTAR’ EXCLUSIVE LIMITED EDITION RELEASED 22nd JANUARY 2021

Originally released 23rd January 1976, Station To Station was David Bowie’s tenth studio album. To celebrate its 45th anniversary Parlophone is proud to announce a special limited edition ‘bricks & mortar’ only pressing of the album on both red & white vinyl.

Considered a classic among fans and critics alike, the record was unusual for a Bowie album in that it contained just six tracks, even though it still clocked in at a little over thirty-eight minutes.

For the first time ever, a David Bowie album was a bigger commercial success Stateside than in the UK. It reached #3 on the Billboard 200 and #5 on the official UK album chart.

Four of Station To Station’s six songs were released as commercial A-sides by RCA, with Golden Years being the pre-album hit on both sides of the Atlantic. The song scored Bowie yet another top ten just in time for the Christmas UK chart in 1975, where it remained right up to the release of the album in January 1976.

45 years on from its release, Station To Station is now seen as a musical bridge between the ‘plastic soul’ of 1975’s Young Americans and the start of Bowie’s Berlin era with 1977’s Low.

Side 1

Station To Station

Golden Years

Word On A Wing

Side 2

TVC 15

Stay

Wild Is The Wind

FOOTNOTE: Due to the continued restrictions of the pandemic, you should be able to find this release in the online stores of your favoured high street vinyl outlets.

#BowieStationToStation #BowieS2S45th #BowieVinyl

David Bowie birthday single 2021 details

“Trying to get to heaven before they close the door”

We’re proud to be able to announce details of how we’re marking what would have been David Bowie’s 74th birthday on the 8th January, 2021.

Stay tuned for more information regarding ordering and keep reading for the press release.

#BowieBirthdaySingle2021 #BowieMotherHeaven45

DAVID BOWIE BIRTHDAY SINGLE: MOTHER/TRYIN’ TO GET TO HEAVEN

TO BE RELEASED 8 JANUARY 2021 ON PARLOPHONE/ISO RECORDS

7” SINGLE LIMITED TO 8147 COPIES, INCLUDING 1000 ON CREAM VINYL

To celebrate what would have been David Bowie’s 74th birthday on the 8th January, 2021, two previously unreleased cover versions, John Lennon’s MOTHER and Bob Dylan’s TRYIN’ TO GET TO HEAVEN, will be released as a very special limited edition 7” single.

The 7” single is limited to 8147 numbered copies, 1000 of which will be on cream coloured vinyl available only from the official David Bowie store and Warner Music’s Dig! store (the remainder will be black). Both tracks will be available to stream and download.

Originally recorded by Lennon for his 1970 album John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, Bowie's version of MOTHER was produced by Tony Visconti in 1998 for a Lennon tribute that never came to fruition. Bob Dylan’s original TRYIN’ TO GET TO HEAVEN was released on his 1997 Album of the Year GRAMMY winning Time Out Of Mind. David’s version was recorded in February 1998 during the mixing sessions for the ‘LiveAndWell.com’ album.

MOTHER

Produced by David Bowie, Tony Visconti and Reeves Gabrels

Engineered by Dave Amlen and Zach Wind (NYC) and Reeves Gabrels (Bermuda)

Recorded in Bermuda in 1997 and Sound On Sound Studios, New York, July, 1998

David Bowie – vocals

Reeves Gabrels – guitars

Tony Visconti – bass, harmony vocals

Andy Newmark – drums

Jordan Ruddess - piano

Richard Barone – harmony vocals

TRYIN’ TO GET TO HEAVEN

(Bob Dylan)

Produced by David Bowie. Co-produced by Reeves Gabrels and Mark Plati

Mixed by Mark Plati

Recorded at Looking Glass, New York City, February 1998. Mixed at Sony Studios New York City.

David Bowie – vocals, guitar and saxophone

Reeves Gabrels – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, pedal steel, synths and vocals

Mark Plati – synths and programming

Gail Ann Dorsey – bass and vocals

Zach Alford - drums

7” SINGLE

A/ Mother

AA/Tryin’ To Get To Heaven (single edit)

8147 copies numbered worldwide limited edition, 1000 cream vinyl exclusive to the David Bowie store and Dig! The remainder will be black vinyl.

DIGITAL DOWNLOAD & STREAMING

1. Tryin’ To Get To Heaven

2. Mother

‘MOTHER’ & ‘TRYIN’ TO GET TO HEAVEN’ are released on Parlophone/ISO Records 8th January, 2021

BLA Part 3 - LIVEANDWELL.COM

“Earthling On Fire...”

Here's the press release for the third of six parts that make up Brilliant Live Adventures, available to pre-order here now.

#BowieLiveAndWell #DBBLA #BrilliantLiveAdventures

DAVID BOWIE ‘BRILLIANT LIVE ADVENTURES’ (1995-1999) - A SERIES OF SIX LIVE ALBUMS FROM THE 1990s

VINYL, CD AND LIMITED-EDITION BOXES TO HOUSE COMPLETE SETS AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY VIA THE DAVID BOWIE OFFICIAL STORE & WARNER MUSIC GROUP’S DIG! STORE

‘BRILLIANT LIVE ADVENTURES’ PART 3: ‘LIVEANDWELL.COM’ THIRD LIVE ALBUM TO BE RELEASED ON 15TH JANUARY ON CD AND 2xLP FEATURING NEWLY DESIGNED ARTWORK

Parlophone Records is proud to announce the third in a series of six very special David Bowie live releases from the 90’s that will be released on CD and vinyl over the coming months.

DAVID BOWIE LIVEANDWELL.COM is a live album previously released in 2000 in limited quantities to BowieNet subscribers. This expanded edition includes two bonus tracks: Pallas Athena and V-2 Schneider.

LIVEANDWELL.COM was recorded in New York, Amsterdam and Rio De Janeiro during the 1997 Earthling tour. It’s first 10 tracks have until now been physically available only on the BowieNet release, while the two bonus tracks were released as a 12” single under the name The Tao Jones Index (the alias Bowie and his band employed to play an unannounced set in the dance tent at the Phoenix Festival in England in 1997). These limited-edition vinyl and CD sets are released in newly designed artwork featuring a cover shot of Bowie taken by Scarlet Page while rehearsing for his June 1997 London Hanover Grand shows.

LIVEANDWELL.COM was Produced by David Bowie, co-produced by Reeves Gabrels and Mark Plati and mixed by Mark Plati at Looking Glass Studios, NYC. The musicians on the live recordings are David Bowie – vocals, guitar, saxophone, Zachary Alford - drums, Gail Ann Dorsey - bass, vocals, keyboards, Reeves Gabrels – guitars, synthesisers, vocals and Mike Garson – piano, keyboards, synthesisers.

DAVID BOWIE - LIVEANDWELL.COM TRACKLISTING

CD

I'm Afraid Of Americans (David Bowie/Brian Eno) (Radio City Music Hall New York, 15th October, 1997)

The Hearts Filthy Lesson (David Bowie/Brian Eno/Michael Garson/Sterling Campbell/Erdal Kizilcay/Reeves Gabrels) (venue unknown, 1997)

I'm Deranged (David Bowie/Brian Eno) (Amsterdam, Paradiso, 10th June, 1997)

Hallo Spaceboy (David Bowie/Brian Eno) (Rio de Janeiro, Metropolitan, 2nd November, 1997)

Telling Lies (David Bowie) (Amsterdam, Paradiso, 10th June, 1997)

The Motel (David Bowie) (Amsterdam, Paradiso, 10th June, 1997)

The Voyeur Of Utter Destruction (As Beauty) (David Bowie/Brian Eno/Reeves Gabrels) (Rio de Janeiro, Metropolitan, 2nd November, 1997)

Battle for Britain (The Letter) (David Bowie/Reeves Gabrels/Mark Plati) (Radio City Music Hall New York, 15th October, 1997

Seven Years In Tibet (David Bowie/Reeves Gabrels) (Radio City Music Hall New York, 15th October, 1997)

Little Wonder (David Bowie/Reeves Gabrels/Mark Plati) (Radio City Music Hall New York, 15th October, 1997)

Pallas Athena (David Bowie) (Amsterdam, Paradiso, 10th June, 1997)

V-2 Schneider (David Bowie) (Amsterdam, Paradiso, 10th June, 1997)

LP

Side 1

I'm Afraid Of Americans (David Bowie/Brian Eno) (Radio City Music Hall New York, 15th October, 1997)

The Hearts Filthy Lesson (David Bowie/Brian Eno/Michael Garson/Sterling Campbell/Erdal Kizilcay/Reeves Gabrels) (venue unknown, 1997)

I'm Deranged (David Bowie/Brian Eno) (Amsterdam, Paradiso, 10th June, 1997)

Side 2

Hallo Spaceboy (David Bowie/Brian Eno) (Rio de Janeiro, Metropolitan, 2nd November, 1997)

Telling Lies (David Bowie) (Amsterdam, Paradiso, 10th June, 1997)

The Motel (David Bowie) (Amsterdam, Paradiso, 10th June, 1997)

Side 3

The Voyeur Of Utter Destruction (As Beauty) (David Bowie/Brian Eno/Reeves Gabrels) (Rio de Janeiro, Metropolitan, 2nd November, 1997)

Battle for Britain (The Letter) (David Bowie/Reeves Gabrels/Mark Plati) (Radio City Music Hall New York, 15th October, 1997

Seven Years In Tibet (David Bowie/Reeves Gabrels) (Radio City Music Hall New York, 15th October, 1997)

Little Wonder (David Bowie/Reeves Gabrels/Mark Plati) (Radio City Music Hall New York, 15th October, 1997)

Side 4

Pallas Athena (David Bowie) (Amsterdam, Paradiso, 10th June, 1997)

V-2 Schneider (David Bowie) (Amsterdam, Paradiso, 10th June, 1997)

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Strangers When We Meet single is 25

“Cold tired fingers, Tapping out your memories”

Top left in our montage is a single-sided flat for Strangers When We Meet, taken from the album 1. Outside and released as a single 25 years ago today.

The 14th November to 7th December leg of The Outside World Tour was also advertised on this flat. Indeed, on 20th November, the day of the single’s release, Bowie was playing the first of two shows at Birmingham NEC.

He would return to the city the following month for the last show of the 1995 leg of The Outside World Tour for the Big Twix Mix Show. That performance was released today as No Trendy Réchauffé, a title taken from the Strangers When We Meet lyric. As old Leonardo Da Vinci said: “Realise that everything connects to everything else.”.

The image bottom right is a still from Sam Bayer’s beautiful video, which we posted on Facebook earlier:

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★ video arrived five years ago today

“He trod on sacred ground he cried aloud into the crowd”

Five years ago today, Johan Renck’s video for ★ was premiered.

Watch it here.

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