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“I am what I play”

You’ve no doubt already seen this one as we’ve received a couple of excited communications regarding the unearthing of David Bowie’s first ever press release.

We’re talking about the late BBC DJ John Peel’s mammoth record collection, which is currently being archived and digitised for wider enjoyment.

John amassed a huge collection of vinyl over the years, right up to his death at the age of 65 in October 2004.

Now johnpeelarchive.com has begun to share the first lot of archived 45s, which just so happens to be John’s impressive collection of Bowie singles.

While the

“Funny how secrets travel”

We posted the first of two (or three or more) extracts from Paul Morley’s David Bowie in a weekend book a couple of days ago.

Here follows a second lot of excerpts with lots of contributions from the cards that visitors filled in at the V&A during Paul’s residency.

One of the contributions took the form of a USB drive which bore the simple legend: David Bowie is POSTCARD. It contained the following:

My favourite thing about David Bowie is: The fact that he actually KNEW his own destiny from such an early age (David Bowie Is, is proof of that)...and the

“New York's a go-go and everything sounds right”

Next Sunday (May 5th), three very talented men with special ears (responsible for the production duties on almost two thirds of David Bowie’s studio albums), assemble in New York for the Red Bull Music Academy Classic Album Sundays Bowie Special.

Here’s a bit about it

RED BULL MUSIC ACADEMY MEETS CLASSIC ALBUM SUNDAYS: A DAVID BOWIE SPECIAL

Three classic Bowie records. Three iconic producers talking about their making.

 

12pm - 2.30pm: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars – w/ Ken Scott

3pm - 5.30pm: Heroes – w/

“The solid book we wrote cannot be found just yet”

One of the more intriguing exhibits during the Bowie Weekender at the V&A over the last couple of days, was the installation of Paul Morley at a desk with a laptop, a pile of reference books, Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt’s Oblique Strategies and a screen behind him with a live display of the mammoth task he has undertaken.

All is explained on a label on an adjacent pillar:

Paul Morley is writing about David Bowie

10:00 - 17:30

Join legendary rock journalist Paul Morley as he writes a book about David Bowie in a weekend!

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