04.10.2008: David Bowie - Live Santa Monica '72

David Bowie - Live Santa Monica ’72 Limited Edition CD album – catalogue number BOWLIVE 201072 Limited edition double LP - catalogue number BOWLIVELP 201072 Digital format – catalogue number 583 2215 Released June 30th 2008 EMI Catalogue Marketing EMI Marketing will officially release David Bowie, Live Santa Monica ’72 on June 30. Recorded at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Los Angeles on October 20th 1972 during the first leg of the Ziggy Stardust US tour. Over the last 36 years this historic recording has only been occasionally available as a bootleg. For many, ownership of this concert was regarded as a true test of being a ‘proper Bowie fan’. This powerful, galvanizing show allows a more than 70 minute glimpse into the earliest nationwide live radio exposure granted David and the Spiders. David Bowie says:- "I can tell that I’m totally into being Ziggy by this stage of our touring. It’s no longer an act; I am him. This would be around the tenth American show for us and you can hear that we are all pretty high on ourselves. We train wreck a couple of things, I miss some words and sometimes you wouldn’t know that pianist Mike Garson was onstage with us but overall I really treasure this bootleg. Mick Ronson is at his blistering best."   CD tracklisting: 01 - Introduction 02 - Hang On To Yourself 03 - Ziggy Stardust 04 - Changes 05 - The Supermen 06 - Life On Mars? 07 - Five Years 08 - Space Oddity 09 - Andy Warhol 10 - My Death 11 - The Width Of A Circle 12 - Queen Bitch 13 - Moonage Daydream 14 - John, I'm Only Dancing 15 - Waiting For The Man 16 - The Jean Genie 17 - Suffragette City 18 - Rock 'N' Roll Suicide     LP tracklisting:    Record 1 Side 1 1 - Introduction 2 - Hang On To Yourself 3 - Ziggy Stardust 4 - Changes 5 - The Supermen 6 - Life On Mars? 7 - Five Years   Record 1 Side 2 1 - Space Oddity 2 - Andy Warhol 3 - My Death Record 2 Side 1 1 - The Width Of A Circle 2 - Queen Bitch 3 - Moonage Daydream 4 - John, I’m Only Dancing Record 2 Side 2 1 - Waiting For The Man 2 - The Jean Genie 3 - Suffragette City 4 - Rock ‘N’ Roll Suicide In 1972, David Bowie set out on his first US tour. He'd recently introduced the world to his Ziggy Stardust persona with his top 5 album 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars' and had completed a hugely successful UK tour. The Santa Monica concert, David’s first live US radio broadcast, was aired live on KMET in L.A. and was immediately a fan bootleg favourite. The set list is compiled primarily from the 'Hunky Dory' and 'Ziggy Stardust' albums and features two covers, Jacques Brel's "My Death" and the Velvet Underground's "Waiting For The Man," alongside the awesome power of ‘The Man Who Sold The World’ centrepiece "The Width Of A Circle" (this version is a ten and a half minute sonic assault) and an ‘Aladdin Sane’ previewing "The Jean Genie."   The set list is also quite different from the Ziggy terminating ‘Ziggy Stardust – The Motion Picture Soundtrack,’ available on CD via EMI along with its counterpart concert film on DVD.   Accompanying David was The Spiders From Mars: Mick Ronson – guitar, vocals, Trevor Bolder – bass, Mick "Woody" Woodmansey – drums and Mike Garson – piano.   This is David Bowie at the pinnacle of his creative power – in 1981 NME critics called it, "(quite simply) ... the performer’s, and one of rock’s, best ever bootlegs". The CD will initially be released as a limited edition with special packaging featuring shots taken at the actual gig for the first time.   The double LP set will be a numbered limited edition on 180 gram heavyweight vinyl; a must for collectors.