Bowie nominated in six categories for Q Awards 2013

“Vote now for the candidate”

Q Magazine has just announced the nominations for its annual awards and David Bowie is nominated in six of them.

Here’s a bit from the press release...

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On Monday, October 21st 2013 Q – the UK’s premier music magazine will be honouring the greatest music of the past year again at one of the most respected, legendary and infamous dates on the music calendar, The Q Awards 2013.

In the time honoured tradition Q continues to champion the very best in music, topping the list of nominees this year are David Bowie with six nominations, followed by Arctic Monkeys, Foals and Daft Punk with 3 apiece.

Q Senior Editor Matt Mason said: “It's been another unforgettable year for music, and the nominations reflect the breadth and brilliance of artists from the UK and beyond. The return of David Bowie proved that, even in the digital age, pop stars retain the ability to completely amaze and surprise us, while the phenomenal success of Daft Punk showed that you can still reach right across the globe with one great song. With Glastonbury back on the calendar, we've also enjoyed a summer of outstanding live performances. All the Q Awards nominees have helped ensure that 2013 has been an incredible year for music. ”

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We’ll leave you with a list of all the nominations which you can vote for here.

The Q Awards 2013 - Nominations

Q BEST NEW ACT

Disclosure

Palma Violets

Laura Mvula

Jagwar Ma

TOY

Valerie June

Tom Odell

Jake Bugg

Q BEST TRACK

Daft Punk ft Pharrell Williams        Get Lucky

Arctic Monkeys                                  Do I Wanna Know?

David Bowie                                      Where Are We Now?

Ellie Goulding                                   Burn

Robin Thicke ft TI and Pharrell      Blurred Lines

Q BEST VIDEO

Daft Punk ft Pharrell Williams       Get Lucky

David Bowie                                     The Stars (Are Out Tonight)

Manic Street Preachers                  Show Me The Wonder

Vampire Weekend                           Diane Young

Beady Eye                                         Shine A Light

Q BEST ALBUM presented by Bose

David Bowie                                      The Next Day

Vampire Weekend                           Modern Vampires Of The City

Foals                                                  Holy Fire

Daft Punk                                          Random Access Memories

Biffy Clyro                                          Opposites

Q BEST LIVE ACT

Arctic Monkeys

Mumford & Sons

Muse

The Stone Roses

Foals

Q BEST SOLO ARTIST presented by Citroen

David Bowie

Jake Bugg

Laura Marling

Ellie Goulding

John Grant

Q BEST ACT IN THE WORLD TODAY

David Bowie

Vampire Weekend

Arctic Monkeys

Biffy Clyro

Foals

Q BEST EVENT

Glastonbury

David Bowie at the V&A

Kraftwerk at Tate Modern

The Rolling Stones in Hyde Park

Latitude

The Killers at Wembley Stadium & The Garage

Sorrow 40th picture disc revealed...pre-order now

“Spending all my money” 

We told you about the Sorrow 40th Anniversary 7” Picture Disc (due via Parlophone on October 14th) a couple of weeks ago.

We’re pleased to be able to give you an exclusive first look at the artwork, which features one of Mick Rock’s iconic shots of Bowie from the Pin Ups album cover session on the A-side.

As we told you previously, the 1973 studio version of the song is backed with a rare live version of Sorrow recorded at Vancouver’s Pacific National Coliseum, during the 1983 Serious Moonlight tour. 

This series of discs is proving to be very popular with fans and collectors alike, with reports of the first one, Starman, fetching prices in the hundreds already.

Don’t miss out, pre-order your copy here.

To all U.S. fans, a pre-order link will be ready in the next day – we’ll keep you informed.

UPDATE: go here for U.S. links

First ever Bowie recording is fifty-years-old today

First ever Bowie recording is fifty-years-old today

“So rest your head and read a treasured dream”

Despite the headline’s claim, he wasn’t yet Bowie and the recording wasn’t a lead vocal.

However, evidence points to this day being the first time ever that the teenage David Jones committed his voice to magnetic tape in a professional recording studio.

We’ll hand over to Andy Barding for the full story…

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Today marks arguably the most important anniversary of David Bowie's career - but there's a good chance you won't know why!

Fifty years ago today, on August 29 1963, a 16-year-old David walked through the door of Decca's West Hampstead studios for an audition. His band, The Kon-rads, quickly recorded just one song live, a new group composition called 'I Never Dreamed', then waited for the assembled talent scouts to deliver their verdict.

Decca were quick to say 'no'. Rolling Stones manager Eric Easton, who had previously shown some interest in representing the semi-pro band, also passed. And can you guess what the bookers of TV talent show 'Ready Steady Win' had to say when they got to hear the same demo? That's right. Another 'no'.

The band were crushed... yet thrilled to have enjoyed their first recording session. And even though Davie Jones didn't take the main vocal on the track (that honour went to regular Kon-rads frontman Roger Ferris) he DID contribute backing vocals. Which makes this his very first pop recording, pre-dating the Davie Jones and the King Bees' "Liza Jane" single by almost ten months.

So what happened to this important piece of pop history? And how do we hear it?

The sad news is Decca's master recording is long lost, the master tape having presumably been wiped or re-recorded over. But, tantalisingly, a handful of metal acetate discs (a fragile lacquer record intended for temporary use) were cut at the studio and handed out to some of the boys in the band.

Former Kon-rads Roger Ferris (now a successful businessman in Wales) and Alan Dodds (now the Rev Alan Dodds living in Devon!) lost their personal copies over time. If any others have survived to this day they certainly haven't turned up in collections or on auction sales lists... yet.

But before you go running to the auction sites in search of this true collectors' gold, a word of caution: the Kon-rads DID go on to record a couple of singles for CBS in 1965, and they DO crop up for sale from time to time. And, interesting though they are, none of these freakbeat 45s feature David's dulcets. He had already moved onto the King Bees by then.

Some years ago, some hardcore collector hearts skipped a couple of beats when a previously undocumented Konrads single (the hyphen had by then been dropped) turned up on an auction site. 'I Didn't Know How Much', penned by Neville Wills and Tony Edwards, was even on the Decca Canada label (US demo copies exist, too) - prompting conjecture that it might somehow be linked to that very first audition session.

But, no. This song, its b-side 'I Thought Of You Last Night' and a handful of other studio recordings which have since appeared on bootleg with the misleading title of 'Bromley Scout Hut rehearsals' are all from the post-David line-up. A fact that has since been confirmed by David himself. 

So the hunt for 'I Never Dreamed' continues! If you happen to have a copy, needless to say, get in touch!

And in the meantime, as an incentive for all you record-hunting sleuths out there, here are the original lyrics in full - as penned 50 years ago by Alan Dodds, and miraculously recalled by Roger Ferris:

I never dreamed

That I'd fall in love with you

I never dreamed

That your eyes could be so blue

Till I looked your way baby

And saw your tender smile

I wanted you so badly

My heart was captured for a while

I never dreamed

Your caress could hurt so much

I never dreamed

That I would shake to your tender touch

Till you held my hand

Run your fingers through my hair

The other guys all laughed at me

But I didn't really care

I never dreamed

I never dreamed

I never dreamed

David Bowie is Toronto tickets on sale tomorrow

“Ontario’s AGO go!”

Tickets for David Bowie is at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) go on sale tomorrow, August 22nd.

Go here for links and more information.

The exhibition runs at AGO from September 25th to November 27th, 2013, following it’s hugely successful stint at the V&A in London in the UK.

See the original press release here.

Sorrow is next 40th anniversary picture disc

“Your high class games of sorrow”

Continuing the run of 40th anniversary 7” picture discs so far issued by EMI, Parlophone Records will release a 40th anniversary 7” picture disc of David Bowie’s Sorrow on October 14th.

Originally released on October 12th 1973, Sorrow was Bowie’s inimitable take on The Merseybeats’ version of the song (originally released by The McCoys).

The single reached #3 in the UK, staying in the charts for 15 weeks, and was the perfect advert for Bowie’s 1973 covers album, the glam rock classic, Pin Ups.

Bowie’s version is an exceptional interpretation of a great song, so successful it has superseded the original and become THE definitive version. 

The 40th anniversary 7” picture disc of David Bowie’s Sorrow will be available as a double A-side single, backed with a rare live version of the song recorded at the Pacific National Coliseum, Vancouver, from David’s hugely successful Serious Moonlight Tour on 12th September 1983.

The single was mastered by Ray Staff at AIR Mastering.

Pictured here is the original Dutch sleeve for Sorrow.

Sound and Vision 2013 set for digital release

“Waiting for the gift”

You may remember the Sound and Vision remix we told you about back in February that was commissioned for Sony’s Xperia™ Z smartphone advertising campaign.

Indeed, many of you enquired how you could get your hands on a longer version than the tantalising 58 second one used in the advert. 

Well, now your prayers have been answered as Parlophone Records will release a new longer mix as a digital download on October 7th.

Sound and Vision 2013 is a beautifully haunting reimagining of the song, re-worked from the original stems by remixer Sonjay Prabhakar.

By stripping away much of the original instrumentation and adding a new piano by Rob Gentry (programmed by Sonjay Prabhakar), while keeping Bowie’s original lead vocal and Mary Hopkin’s backing vocal, the song takes on a new reflective resonance.

Sound and Vision originally appeared on David Bowie’s 1977 Low album and was released as a single in the UK on 11th February of that year, reaching number 3 on the UK Singles Chart.

Sound and Vision 2013 and the original Sound and Vision will both be available to digitally download from October 7th. 

FOOTNOTE: Beware of a fake remix which was posted on YouTube in March. It was clumsily edited together from the original Sony version into an unconvincing three minute one.

Happy Thirteenth Birthday to Lexi

“Teenage Wildlife”

We’re sure you will all want to join us in wishing many happy returns of the day to Alexandria Zahra Jones…known to her friends and family as Lexi.

You may well be wondering what the relevance of the picture accompanying this piece is. Well, it’s Lexi’s dad also at the age of 13 in 1960, already dressing up and getting in the papers and generally causing a rumpus!

He’s the manboy in the middle, flanked by a sailor (appropriately enough) and his good friend George Underwood.

They are pictured at the American Embassy in London where David was presented with American Football shoulder pads, helmet and ball.

His fascination with America was apparent from a very early age, and that interest is possibly why his daughter is enjoying her first day as a teenager in the land of the free right now.

Happy Birthday Lexi, love ‘n stuff from everybody here and no doubt anybody else who thinks your father is a jolly good egg.

Valentine’s Day picture disc out on Monday

“Valentine knows it all”

The limited edition Valentine’s Day picture disc is released next Monday, August 19th. (Territorial variations apply)

Pre-order here and don’t forget you can watch the video here now.

Last London days, but more international dates for David Bowie is

“Made for a real world”

After an unprecedented success in London, the V&A’s David Bowie is exhibition sadly comes to a close this coming Sunday August 11th.

However, the good news is that the show has now been confirmed for five other cities through to March 2016, with further international venues in negotiation.

David Bowie is will now visit Toronto, Sao Paulo, Chicago, Paris and Groningen.

Keep reading for further details.

David Bowie is

In partnership with Gucci

Sound experience by Sennheiser

23 March – 11 August 2013

LAST CHANCE TO SEE DAVID BOWIE IS

Around 300,000 people have already seen the V&A’s David Bowie is exhibition as it enters its closing week. The V&A has been running regular late night openings to cope with demand and the exhibition has been open until 22.00 every night for the final two weeks. Tickets are still available for purchase every day at the Museum.

To give people one last chance to see the exhibition in the UK the V&A has also commissioned a special film to be transmitted live to over 200 cinemas across the UK on 13 August. David Bowie is happening now will be a cinematic, behind-the-scenes tour of the exhibition in the company of curators Victoria Broackes and Geoffrey Marsh and celebrity guests who have worked closely with Bowie throughout his career, offering an insight into the stories behind some of the 300 objects on display from the David Bowie Archive. The film, directed by BAFTA winning director, Hamish Hamilton, will capture the excitement, atmosphere and innovative staging of David Bowie is and will include footage never screened beyond the exhibition.

The V&A sold over 67,000 tickets prior to the exhibition opening, more than three times the advance sales of any other V&A exhibition, including the extremely popular Hollywood Costume show. Over 46,000 exhibition books have been sold to date and 500 collector’s editions of the book, signed by David Bowie, sold out in 14 minutes online and in store. In addition 20,000 tote bags, 36,000 guitar picks, and 93,000 postcards created to accompany the exhibition have also been sold.

The opening of the exhibition in March was celebrated with special guests including Tilda Swinton, Tracey Emin, Dame Vivienne Westwood, Bill Nighy, La Roux, David Walliams and Lara Stone, Noel and Sarah Gallagher, Bianca Jagger, Paul Simonon, Gary Kemp, Nick Rhodes, Simon and Yasmin Le Bon, Douglas Booth, Matt Smith, Rosario Dawson, Annie Nightingale and Nick Grimshaw demonstrating Bowie’s lasting influence in all areas of contemporary culture. Since then a host of other notable figures have visited the exhibition including musicians Debbie Harry, Jarvis Cocker, Earl Slick, Paul Weller, PJ Harvey, the Pet Shop Boys and Kylie Minogue, comedians Tina Fey and Lenny Henry, actors Robert Redford, James Franco, Colin Firth, Cate Blanchett and Richard E Grant, film directors Wim Wenders and Pedro Almodovar, fashion designers Tom Ford and Anna Sui, models Kate Moss and Mary Charteris, Gucci’s Creative Director Frida Giannini and editors Anna Wintour and Glenda Bailey.

The exhibition will now commence an international tour. Confirmed venues are:

• Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada from 25 September to 27 November 2013

• Museum of Image and Sound, Sao Paulo, Brazil from 28 January to 21 April 2014

• Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA from September 2014 to January 2015

• Philharmonie de Paris/ Cité de la Musique, Paris, France from 2 March to 31 May 2015

• Groninger Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands from 15 December 2015 to 15 March 2016

Further international venues are under discussion and will be confirmed soon.

Martin Roth, V&A Director said: “David Bowie’s story is so much about his audience, and the audience response to this exhibition has been quite phenomenal. I would like to thank all the visitors who have gone to such great lengths to see this extraordinary exhibition. I hope many more people get to experience it on film across the UK on 13 August, and then as it tours to venues around the globe.”

David Bowie is, is the first international retrospective of the extraordinary career of David Bowie – one of the most pioneering and influential performers of modern times. Over 300 objects including handwritten lyrics, original costumes, photography, set

designs, album artwork and rare performance material from the past five decades were brought together from the David Bowie Archive for the very first time. It demonstrated how Bowie’s work has both influenced and been influenced by wider movements in art, design, theatre and contemporary culture and focussed on his creative processes, shifting style and collaborative work with diverse designers in the fields of fashion, sound, graphics, theatre and film.

The exhibition’s multi-media design introduced Sennheiser’s advanced sound technology alongside theatrical scene-setting, original animations and video installations to create an immersive journey through the artistic influences that Bowie has cited as formative.

Valentine’s Day single added to BBC Radio 2 A-list

“Feelings he’s treasured most of all...”

Just three Mondays, or a little over a fortnight to go till the release of the limited edition Valentine’s Day picture disc on August 19th.

We’ve revealed a bit more here to confirm your suspicions that the picture on the A-side of the disc itself is indeed a close-up of one of the “Heroes” hands. Well done if you spotted that.

BBC Radio 2 have added the track to the A-List of their playlist, which is great news and no mean feat considering it’s the fourth single from The Next Day.

Don’t forget you can watch Valentine’s Day here now and pre-order the limited edition Valentine’s Day picture disc here.

NME picks up on Valentine’s Day subtleties

“He’s got something to say”

Though it was apparent that various Bowie fan forums spotted the clues early on, the subtext of David Bowie’s Valentine’s Day video seemed to go largely unnoticed by the media at large.

However, Lucy Jones has highlighted those points over at NME Blog, proving that Valentine’s Day is just as much a conversation piece as the previous videos from The Next Day.

You can watch Valentine’s Day here now and pre-order the limited edition Valentine’s Day picture disc here.

Thanks yet again to Jimmy King for another great still from the video shoot.

Ten-page Bowie cover feature in Classic Pop

“Popular musics and aftershocks”

Issue #6 of the excellent Classic Pop magazine has a ten page cover feature entitled: When Bowie Went Pop.

The magazine reassesses Bowie’s work in the eighties via some of the musicians that worked with him during the period, as it attempts to explore “how David Bowie's music defined the 1980s pop landscape”.

The article, written by Andy Price, also studies the work that Bowie made during that decade - from the albums Scary Monsters to Never Let Me Down and the tours, soundtracks, film, television and stage work that Bowie crammed into the 80s.

The mag is on sale this coming Thursday 1st August and digital versions can be downloaded here.

V&A issue Outside limited edition coloured vinyl

 

 

“It’s happening outside...”

 

 

The V&A has just announced the release of another David Bowie limited edition vinyl pressing (details below) which you can order here right now. 

 

Excerpts from Outside by David Bowie 

Limited Edition Vinyl

Exclusive to the V&A

Limited pressing of 500

 

The colour of the vinyl used in this edition is intended to reflect the colours that make up the elements of the original album artwork for ‘Excerpts from Outside’ . The main green colour is mixed with brown, cream, purple and black from the artwork to create a ‘marbled’ vinyl effect.

The process is done manually, by putting the batches of raw coloured vinyl together as it is warm. This is then mixed together and cut into individual ‘pucks’ of vinyl that are then inserted into the record presses for LP manufacture. Each record produced is therefore individual as the mix of colours is never the exact same in any two copies of the LP, making this a unique opportunity to purchase a very desirable Bowie collectible.

 

Please note each pressing is a unique colour combination and therefore might not be an exact match to the image shown.

Win sold out V&A coloured vinyl Heathen

“I and my Heathen heart”

Judging by the prices the Heathen V&A/Music On Vinyl limited edition coloured vinyl has been going for on eBay, it seems it’s still a much sought after item.

The pressing was limited to 500 numbered copies and the album has been selling from between £120 and £200 GBP (approx. $185 to $305 USD).

However, in conjunction with Music On Vinyl we are pleased to be able to give five more lucky people a chance to win a copy for free in a new sweepstake.

For your chance to win, simply go here and follow the instructions.

Bowie’s old school makes David Bowie Is One Of Us film

“Hey man, my school days insane”

Staff and students from University of the Arts London (UAL), supported by the learning team at the V&A, have worked with young people from David Bowie's former school, Ravens Wood School in Bromley, on a short film entitled David Bowie is...one of us.

It’s a wonderful little tribute to DB and his time at Ravens Wood School, though it’s no wonder he went the way he did when one considers the school uniform: black and white leotards! ;-)

Below is some background to the making of the film, which you can watch in its entirety here on YouTube.

David Bowie short film created in collaboration between University of the Arts London (UAL) and the V&A

Staff and students from University of the Arts London (UAL), supported by the learning team at the V&A, have worked with young people from David Bowie's former school, Ravens Wood School in Bromley, on a short film entitled David Bowie is...one of us, with the help of 3AngryMen film production company and music producer, Robert Worby. The film includes original choreography, costumes and make-up by UAL students and Ravens Wood pupils related to Bowie's creative influences.

The V&A approached UAL's Widening Participation team to help devise and develop the project, inspired by the exhibition David Bowie is which runs at the V&A until 11 August 2013.

Caroline Stevenson, Lecturer at UAL, said of the film:

"We spent quite a lot of time researching the ideas behind Bowie's work, but also imagining what life might have been like for him as a young student in the Bromley suburbs. We used JG Ballard's ideas about Inner Space and also Brian Eno's Oblique Strategy 'Ghost echoes' to develop the characters and the narrative in the film, both of which influenced Bowie as well. The students chose the title, David Bowie is...one of us, because we wanted to make a film for David Bowie, rather than a film about him; the main character is inspired by Bowie, but he's also all of us. The film narrative is about that inter-zone that Ballard talks about where the imaginary world meets reality."

The film was devised and filmed at Ravens Wood, using some key spaces that were also used by Bowie when he was at school there, such as the stairwell leading to the art room where he used to play his guitar because he liked the acoustics.

Jackie McManus, Head of Widening Participation at UAL, said:

"UAL's Widening Participation team is delighted to have been invited by the V&A to work with Ravens Wood School (known as Bromley Tech when Bowie was there). The film is a celebration and honouring of Bowie; students at Ravens Wood School and UAL, and all those on a journey of creative discovery."

Adrian Deakes, Programme Manager for Theatre and Performance in the Learning Department of the V&A, said:

“It’s been a pleasure working with UAL and the school and their students. Although they were obviously aware that Bowie was an ex-pupil, I think they were amazed by how the exhibition highlights his world influence and how wide-ranging this has been. I think the film, from the costumes, to the make-up, to the music and choreography really reflects that.”

UAL believes that widening participation to art and design higher education is essential to realising the University's vision and values, of innovating and stimulating creativity, and valuing diversity and respecting individuality.

David Bowie now available on SongPop

“Oh God, I could do better than that”

The music of David Bowie has just been released as the latest category for the world-famous and highly addictive guess-that-tune app, SongPop. 

It seems a huge range of songs from the Bowie canon has been made available, if not the whole back catalogue.

But be warned, once you’ve been bitten by the SongPop bug, there’s no turning back.

Valentine’s Day video and press release

“It’s happening today”

It gives us much pleasure to be able to announce the release of the new video for David Bowie’s upcoming Valentine’s Day single.

View Valentine’s Day here now http://smarturl.it/ValentinesDayVideo and keep reading for the press release.

The four photographs here were taken on set by Jimmy King.

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DAVID BOWIE 'VALENTINE'S DAY' 

Directed by Indrani & Markus Klinko, who previously collaborated with Bowie on the artwork for the 'HEATHEN' album, 'VALENTINE'S DAY' is the new visual from David Bowie's latest album 'THE NEXT DAY'.

http://smarturl.it/ValentinesDayVideo

'THE NEXT DAY' which also features 'WHERE ARE WE NOW?', 'THE STARS (ARE OUT TONIGHT)' and the title track 'THE NEXT DAY' is Bowie's most critically acclaimed and best-selling album in decades and on its release in March charted at #1 in 15 countries. 

'THE NEXT DAY'leads the field in music round ups of the year so far with readers of THE GUARDIAN voting it their favourite album, THE QUIETUS selecting 'WHERE ARE WE NOW?' as the best track of the year and ROLLING STONE describing 'THE NEXT DAY'as a 'triumphant, unanticipated comeback doesn't disappoint. Far from a swan song, the album shows a resolved, optimistic Bowie'.

Valentine’s Day picture disc 45 due for August

“It’s in his scrawny hands”

You've no doubt seen various reports regarding the upcoming release of Valentine’s Day as David Bowie’s next single. (88883756667)

We can confirm that the 7" picture disc 45 will be issued via ISO/Columbia on August 19th in the UK (August 20th in the US, other regional variations apply) with the instrumental track Plan on the flipside.

The record comes in a transparent plastic sleeve overprinted with a white square so that the disc shows through the transparent lettering.

If you look at the version exclusively unveiled here, you can just make out what the picture on the record actually is. We will reveal more over the coming days.

Meanwhile, you can pre-order Valentine’s Day here.

Sheet music available for TND now

“A couple of songs from your new songbook”

For those of you that like to perform a Bowie tune or two you may be pleased to learn that Wise Publications published the PVG sheet music for The Next Day album (including 3 bonus tracks) this week. (July 10th)

Here’s the blurb from the Music Sales site:

David Bowie: The Next Day

Released to the surprise of fans, pundits and even Columbia Records' own PR department, The Next Day is David Bowie's twenty-fourth studio album, announced on his sixty-sixth birthday.

Containing Bowie's first collection of all-new material for over ten years, The Next Day débuted at number 1 and number 2 on charts across the world. A critical as well as commercial success, the album garnered five star reviews from Q, the Independent and the Telegraph, while the Guardian, Mojo, Rolling Stone and the Times gave it four stars.

This matching songbook contains sheet music for all the tracks from The Next Day, including the singles Where Are We Now?, The Stars (Are Out Tonight), The Next Day and Valentine's Day. It also contains the songs from the deluxe version of the album: So She, Plan and I'll Take You There.

All the songs have been expertly arranged for Piano, Vocal and Guitar.

Go here for more.

Chalkie Davies unpublished Bowie images in NME

“But I never wave bye bye”

As we’ve already mentioned on this page, forty years ago this month (July 3rd 1973), David Bowie killed off Ziggy Stardust live at London's Hammersmith Odeon.

In the current NME (July 13th), photographer Chalkie Davies remembers the show and reveals some of the incredible shots he took on the night, images he hasn’t made public until now.

In a four-page feature, NME speaks to Davies and looks back at one of Bowie's defining moments.