Ten-page Bowie NME feature out now

“A couple of songs from your old scrapbook“

Out today is the NME Bowie cover feature we told you about yesterday and last week.

The piece kicks off with a three-page article which has the following standfirst: “’Nothing Has Changed’, claims the title of a new David Bowie greatest hits collection. Dan Stubbs picks through its new material, artwork and track listing to see what it reveals about the man who changed everything”.

The remaining seven pages are headed: “David Bowie’s greatest hits according to NME - with a little help from our friends“.

NME Staff members, along with several contributors with a musical bent, have selected forty Bowie classics from across the years.

It wouldn’t be fair to give you any spoilers now, suffice to say the great majority of the selections are from the seventies, with an occasional toe dipped in the eighties. 1986 being the most recent year covered.

TV’s personal favourite DB tracks on NME Blog

“These are your favourite things”

David Bowie’s most frequently employed producer, Tony Visconti, has selected his own favourite Bowie recordings for the NME Blog.

It’s a generous list that doesn't lean as heavily on Tony’s own work with DB as you might have expected from a less giving producer. Indeed, almost 50% of the tracks are the work of other producers.

Anyway, here’s what the master knob-twiddler had to say regarding each track.

My Personal Favourite David Bowie Tracks and Why I Love Them by Tony Visconti

It's Gonna Be Me (Produced by Tony Visconti. From Young Americans, 1975)

"If Bowie and Ray Charles wrote a song together, this would be it. Soulful and sad. Great vocal performance."

Sweet Thing (Produced by David Bowie. From Diamond Dogs, 1974)

"Strange, goes to dark places, yet romantic. It's almost impossible to separate it from the following song Candidate."

Sunday (Produced by David Bowie, Tony Visconti. From Heathen, 2002)

"So ominous and atmospheric. A big shift in his writing. The vocals are wonderful."

Blackout (Produced by David Bowie, Tony Visconti. From "Heroes", 1977)"

"Insane (in a good way) music, lyrics and vocal performance. Dennis Davis is spectacular, live drums, no overdubs."

Life On Mars? (Produced by Ken Scott, David Bowie. From Hunky Dory, 1971)

"A classic, always very moving to hear. Ronson wrote a wonderful string arrangement. Goosebumps galore!"

African Night Flight (Produced by David Bowie, Tony Visconti. From Lodger, 1979)

"Ingenious commandeering of Eno over a standard Roland beat box. Not apparent, but this is a rap song…"

She Shook Me Cold (Produced by Tony Visconti. From The Man Who Sold The World, 1970)

"Birth of grunge. I'm proud of all involved, Ronson, Woodmansey and Bowie. No overdubs, just us."

It's No Game (Part One) (Produced by David Bowie, Tony Visconti. From Scary Monsters, 1980)

"Just when you thought you've heard everything - a Japanese woman rapping on a song Bowie wrote when he was 16."

Stay (Produced by David Bowie, Harry Maslin. From Station To Station, 1976)

"Funky and passionate, I always listen to this one to the end (and it's long)."

I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday (Produced by David Bowie, Nile Rodgers. From ‘Black Tie White Noise’, 1993)

"Morrissey wrote it, Bowie made this his own, a tearjerker. One of his best vocal performances ever."

Lady Grinning Soul (Produced by Ken Scott, David Bowie. From ‘Aladdin Sane’, 1973)

"An ex-girlfriend played this over and over. I grew to love it (but not her). One of (pianist) Garson's shining hours and, again, a great vocal performance."

Check out the NME piece with accompanying videos, here.

"HEROES" released on this day in 1977

“In the world of today, for tomorrow’s man”

The advertising strapline ran with the legend: “Tomorrow Belongs To Those Who Can Hear It Coming”, which is ironic considering it seems like "HEROES" was only released yesterday, not 37 years ago!

The Bowie/Visconti produced "HEROES" peaked at #3 in the UK album chart in November 1977, a year in which it was also named Album Of The Year in both NME and Melody Maker. No mean feat considering the stiff competition it was up against at the time.

With this in mind, it's difficult to understand why the title track, released in September 1977, only made it to #24 on the UK single chart, particularly considering how the track has achieved anthem status these days...the 2012 Olympics being the most recent example of its massive popularity.

Anyway, if the album has thus far escaped your ears, prepare yourself for magic.

Ten-page Bowie Best Of cover feature in NME

“Just about the best you can hear”

As we mentioned last week, In celebration of the upcoming release of David Bowie’s Nothing Has Changed Best Of compilation, the new issue of the world’s most popular music weekly has a ten-page cover feature wherein they list Bowie’s greatest hits according to NME. (Issue dated October 18th, on sale October 15th)

The blurb on the front cover, which we can exclusively reveal here, reads thus: “BOWIE -  His real greatest hits as decided by NME - with a little help from Thurston Moore, Wild Beasts, Johnny Marr, St Vincent, Temples, Anna Calvi and more.”

And in the words of the magazine itself, ’is it the usual suspects?’.

This NME exclusive is peppered with great pictorial content including original lyric sheets handwritten by David Bowie.

Bowie, Beethoven’s 9th and balloons for Berlin party

“Twenty thousand people, Cross Bösebrücke” or... “To paint that love upon a white balloon”

On the 37th anniversary of the release of "Heroes", AFP has reported that Germany will throw a giant street party next month to mark 25 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall with light shows, Beethoven and a rendition of David Bowie's Cold War hit "Heroes".

Here’s an edited extract from the article.

On-stage talks by former anti-communist dissidents will be part of the festivities to mark the anniversary of November 9, 1989, when people power spelt the death-knell of East Germany.

"With the street festival, we will celebrate the peaceful revolution and the fall of the Wall," government spokesman Steffen Seibert told reporters on Tuesday. "We will be thinking of the many courageous and determined people whose persistent protests made possible the happy events of November 9, 1989 and, subsequently, German unity."

On that day East German border guards, overwhelmed by large crowds, threw open the gates to West Berlin, allowing free passage through the detested barrier for the first time since it was built in 1961 and spelling the beginning of the end of the Iron Curtain.

To mark the anniversary, British singer-songwriter Peter Gabriel will perform "Heroes", which Bowie recorded at Hansa studio close to the Wall in 1977 when he was living in the then West Berlin.

Celebrations will kick off two days earlier with the launch of an ambitious art project featuring 8,000 illuminated white balloons pegged to the ground along a 15-kilometre (nine-mile) stretch of the Wall's former path.

On November 9, the balloons will be released from their ropes and symbolically set free into the night sky, to the stirring sounds of Beethoven's 9th Symphony.

Berlin city government spokesman Richard Meng predicted "it will be an emotional weekend when Berliners get to celebrate the happiest day in the city's recent history".

Chancellor Angela Merkel, who grew up a Christian pastor's daughter in the East, is set to inaugurate a new permanent exhibition at the Berlin Wall Memorial.

Listen to Bowie’s original Heroes/Helden on the "Heroes" 4-track EP.

For those of you that aren’t familiar with Gabriel’s version of the Bowie classic, he recorded the song in 2010 for his Scratch My Back Album. Listen to it here.

You can read the full AFP news piece here.

FOOTNOTE: Bowie is pictured “standing by the Wall” in 1987 by Denis O'Regan.

Sue makes BBC Radio 6 Music 'A' Playlist

“I can still hear some pop...popular 6 Music”

Congrats to David Bowie and all involved with the creation of Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) with the news that BBC Radio 6 Music has put the track on their 'A' Playlist.

Even though several 6 Music DJs are already playing the track, the playlist officially takes effect from this coming Saturday 18th October.

But, in the meantime, don't forget you can listen to Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) here on the new DavidBowie.com splash page. 

Sue: The players, the sound file, the RSD sleeve

“Just playing (on) that latest record”

Many of you have expressed an interest in who the musicians on Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) might be. Well, we aim to please, so here they are.

David Bowie: Vocals

Maria Schneider Orchestra:

Maria Schneider: Arranger, Conductor

Donny McCaslin: Tenor Soloist

Ryan Keberle: Trombone Soloist

Jesse Han: Flute, Alto Flute, Bass Flute

David Pietro: Alto Flute, Clarinet, Soprano Sax

Rich Perry: Tenor Sax

Donny McCaslin: Soprano Sax, Tenor Sax 

Scott Robinson: Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Contrabass Clarinet

Tony Kadleck: Trumpet, Fluegelhorn

Greg Gisbert: Trumpet, Fluegelhorn

Augie Haas: Trumpet, Fluegelhorn

Mike Rodriguez: Trumpet, Fluegelhorn

Keith O'Quinn: Trombone

Ryan Keberle: Trombone

Marshall Gilkes: Trombone

George Flynn: Bass Trombone, Contrabass Trombone

Ben Monder: Guitar

Frank Kimbrough: Piano

Jay Anderson: Bass

Mark Guiliana: Drums

If you've not actually managed to hear Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) yet, there’s a link on the new splash page here on www.DavidBowie.com to the relevant bit of Guy Garvey’s worldwide, exclusive, first play on his BBC Radio 6 Music show yesterday.

Both versions of the 10" sleeve are pictured here, the Parlophone version, which you are already familiar with (due on November 17), is joined by the Columbia version which will be available exclusively in the US for Record Store Day, Black Friday 2014, on November 28.

So, what did you make of Sue?

“And it was stalking time for the Moonboys”

For those able to access it, you will have just heard Guy Garvey’s worldwide exclusive, uninterrupted play of the full-length version of David Bowie’s next single release, Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime), on his BBC Radio 6 Music show; Guy Garvey’s Finest Hour. (http://smarturl.it/GGon6)

Kicking off the programme with Life On Mars?, and describing today as David Bowie Day, Guy followed the classic 1971 Hunky Dory track with a fine spoken tribute to Bowie and his contribution to music.

Mr Garvey’s contagious excitement in anticipation of Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) prevailed throughout the first forty minutes, and then, after giving a list of things he doesn't often utter, he introduced the track thus:

“Here’s another thing I never thought I’d find myself saying...Time now for the first play, anywhere ever in the world on the radio, of David Bowie's new song. It’s called Sue, it's seven and a half minutes of glorious Bowie-esque drama and it's my absolute privilege to play it on 6 music, the greatest radio station on Earth. Ladies and gentlemen, David Bowie and Sue...”

So what did you think? Did Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) sound how you were expecting it to?

For those of you wondering about the relevance of today’s lyric quotation, the loose theme of the show was The Moon.

And no, that’s not Sue in our picture, it’s Maria Schneider of the Maria Schneider Orchestra who recorded the Bowie/Visconti produced track with Bowie in New York during the summer.

To save you trying to transcribe them, we’ll leave you with the full set of lyrics to Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) which is released as a single via Parlophone on November 17th in the UK. (Regional variations apply)

Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)

Sue, I got the job

We’ll buy the house

You’ll need to rest

But now we’ll make it

Sue, the clinic called

The x-ray’s fine

I brought you home

I just said home

Sue, you said you wanted writ

“Sue the virgin” on your stone

For your grave

Why too dark to speak the words?

For I know that you have a son

Oh, folly, Sue

Ride the train I’m far from home

In a season of crime none need atone

I kissed your face

Sue, I pushed you down beneath the weeds

Endless faith in hopeless deeds

I kissed your face

I touched your face

Sue, Good-bye

Sue, I found your note

That you wrote last night

It can’t be right

You went with him

Sue, I never dreamed

I’m such a fool

Right from the start

You went with that clown

10" - http://smarturl.it/BowieSue10

Digital - http://smarturl.it/BowieSueiTunes

BuzzFeed’s six things about Life On Mars?

“He’s in the best-selling show”

Following Wednesday’s broadcast of the season premiere of American Horror Story: Freak Show in the US (which featured Jessica Lange’s Character, Elsa Mars, singing Life On Mars), online interest in the original Bowie version has greatly increased.

In recognition of that fact, BuzzFeed had this to say; “Although it’s long since earned its status as a classic rock track, David Bowie’s 1973 single “Life on Mars?” - taken belatedly from his 1971 album, Hunky Dory - has suddenly received a boost in popularity thanks to its inclusion in the first episode of FX’s American Horror Story: Freak Show.”

To this end the BuzzFeed team has posted an item proposing; 6 Things You May Not Have Known About David Bowie’s “Life On Mars?”. Read the full thing here.

If you’re not familiar with the Bowie original (really?), you can purchase it here, or taste it first on Spotify.

Jessica Lange’s version of Life On Mars? is also now available on iTunes.

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Guy Garvey on Sunday’s 6 Music Bowie exclusive

“Garvey is a singer with a band”

For those that hadn’t made the connection, BBC Radio 6 Music presenter, Guy Garvey, has a little side project; a band for whom he is the quite brilliant frontman, Elbow.

And though we wish him the very best of luck with that venture, it’s his DJ hat that we concern ourselves with today.

As you well know, Guy has the exclusive scoop on the full length version of Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) between 14:00 and 16:00 on Sunday afternoon in the UK, on his BBC Radio 6 Music show; Guy Garvey’s Finest Hour.

And Guy himself seems rather pleased about that, as you can probably tell:

“I'm absolutely over the moon to have the exclusive on a David Bowie tune. 6 Music is about bringing focus to new music and archiving its earliest performances for the future as well as celebrating existing great music through the recordings left to us all by keepers of the flame past.  Given Bowie’s influence on all branches of contemporary music, this is a beautiful acknowledgement from one of rock’s greatest innovators of all the station stands for.

I regularly lose a button over how proud I am to be part of 6 Music. I've just lost three.”

Nice one Guy, you seem almost as excited as we are!

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Second Coming of Ziggy in Portland Oregon

“Who knows how it could be, be tomorrow”

If you’re kicking your heels in Portland Oregon on Friday and you’re in the mood for a bit of Bowie-related art AND a Bowie party, then Friday is your lucky day.

At the Altar of a Starman: A Poster Art Tribute to Ziggy Stardust is a gallery of original works by 31 artists from around the world inspired by David Bowie’s iconic starman, Ziggy Stardust.

Here’s a bit regarding the event.

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Design Rocks: A Rock ’n’ Roll Art & Design Gala from Mars a concert/party/art show celebrating the return of Ziggy Stardust

Dr. Spaceman Brings Ziggy Stardust back to Earth for One Night Only!

In 1972, Ziggy Stardust landed on Earth and rocked the world. By 1973, he had packed up his spaceship and left us.

On October 10, he’ll come back for a night.

Where has he been? Why has he returned? How will we receive him? What would his visit look like today? How would it sound? How would we experience it?

Equal parts art show, multimedia experiment and retro-futurist rock theater, it’s going to be a kickass party.

Featuring:

* Two sets of Ziggy-era Bowie from Dr. Spaceman, Portland’s Bowie tribute

* Lights and visuals from the amazing combo of Lights Up Loud and Make Animals

* Costumes by Dream Tailor

* Poster Art Show featuring 30+ artists from around the world

7 PM - Poster art show: At the Altar of a Starman: A Poster Art Tribute to Ziggy Stardust

9 PM - Concert: Dr. Spaceman hits the stage and brings Ziggy back!

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Check out the Design Rocks site for tons more Bowie art and ticket links, etc.

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Jessica Lange covers Life On Mars on AHS

“It's the freakiest show”

We just had an excited communication from DavidBowie.com forum admin, Annie Darling, whose three favourite things just happen to be David Bowie, Jessica Lange and American Horror Story.

So imagine her (and our) delight when the just broadcast season premiere of American Horror Story: Freak Show, featured Jessica Lange’s Character, Elsa Mars, singing Life On Mars while she channelled the original Bowie video of same.

Here’s a bit from Annie for those who don’t know their American Horror Story stuff...

Each season is a different theme. The previous ones were American Horror Story: Murder House, American Horror Story: Asylum and American Horror Story: Coven

This year, the one that premiered tonight is called American Horror Story: Freak Show, which is about a carnival of sorts. Jessica Lange’s Character - Elsa Mars - is modelled after Marlene Dietrich, sort of, and is a German expatriate who moved to Jupiter (Florida, not the Planet) and is basically the leader of this “Freak Show” which is a carnival of sorts. She’s the matriarch - but her dark secret is clinging to the idea of stardom and she uses her little “freaks” to try to get that spotlight.

Creator of the show, Ryan Murphy, tweeted this: “Due to popular demand, we will be releasing Jessica Lange's version of LIFE ON MARS on iTunes.”

You can watch the video of Elsa Mars singing Life On Mars here.

Season 4 Premiere of American Horror Story: Freak Show FB page.

Thanks for that Annie, you can go to bed now!

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Bowie features in NME this week and next

“Well, I might stretch it till Wednesday”

Yesterday we told you about the three-page Bowie feature in today’s issue of NME, (Issue dated October 11th), regarding the upcoming releases of the Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) single and the Nothing Has Changed best of compilation album.

The popular music weekly has contributions from Tony Visconti talking about the session that spawned Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime), and designer Jonathan Barnbrook explaining the rationale behind the images selected for the three different sleeves for Nothing Has Changed.

NME also give the verdict on their first listen of Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime), concluding; “It’s Nick Cave meets Scott Walker meets Herbie Hancock - and it’s quite brilliant.”

Elsewhere, Bowie delivers his own description of the B-side, 'Tis A Pity She Was A Whore, thus: "If Vorticists wrote Rock Music it might have sounded like this”.

As if all that wasn’t enough, the mag has a full-page teaser for next week’s NME, (Issue dated October 18th, on sale October 15th), which promises “Bowie’s greatest hits according to NME”.

For further information on these upcoming releases and much more, keep an eye on DavidBowie.com

NHC sleeve reveal and press release

“The mirror will watch over you”

It is with much pleasure that we can reveal the three different Jonathan Barnbrook designed sleeves for the upcoming Nothing Has Changed – The Very Best of Bowie compilation.

The 3CD Deluxe Edition/Digital Download features a Jimmy King photograph from 2013, while the 2CD Edition/Digital Download has a 1975 Steve Schapiro picture.

Finally, the Double Vinyl features a Mick Rock shot of Bowie at his Haddon Hall home in Beckenham in 1972. Scroll the images here to see the different versions of the sleeve.

Nothing Has Changed – The Very Best of Bowie is released on Parlophone on November 17^th, in the UK and via Columbia/Legacy on November 18^th In the US. (Regional variations apply)

Below are both the UK and US press releases.

Also, check out the new splash page on www.DavidBowie.com for order links, etc.

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UK PRESS RELEASE

DAVID BOWIE ‘SUE (OR IN A SEASON OF CRIME)’

LIMITED 10” VINYL AND DIGITAL DOWNLOAD

WORLD PREMIERE ON ‘GUY GARVEY’S FINEST HOUR’

BBC RADIO 6 MUSIC OCTOBER 12^th

‘NOTHING HAS CHANGED’ THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION

BOTH RELEASED NOVEMBER 17^th ON PARLOPHONE

3CD, 2CD, DOUBLE VINYL, DIGITAL DOWNLOADS

ALL WITH INDIVIDUAL ARTWORK

SUE (or IN A SEASON OF CRIME) the new single from David Bowie taken from the forthcoming definitive collection of Bowie’s music NOTHING HAS CHANGED is released on Parlophone on November 17^th.

SUE was recorded this Summer in New York with the Maria Schneider Orchestra and produced by Bowie and Tony Visconti. Maria Schneider, who also arranged the track, has won numerous Grammies and is the leader of one of the best big bands in the USA. The song features Donny McCaslin as soloist on tenor saxophone and Ryan Keberle soloist on trombone. Bowie wrote the lyrics for SUE and collaborated on the music with Maria Schneider.

SUEwill receive its world premiere on the BBC Radio 6 Music show ‘Guy Garvey’s Finest Hour’ hosted by Elbow front man Guy Garvey on Sunday October 12^th from 2pm to 4pm.

Jonathan Barnbrook who worked on THE NEXT DAY, HEATHEN and REALITY albums has designed the artwork for NOTHING HAS CHANGED, as shown here (scroll images) each format has its own specific sleeve.

Of the artwork Barnbook says, “A different image appears on each use. The linking theme is Bowie looking in the mirror. Something which was a strong enough ‘archetype’ to provide an immediately identifiable visual link but make it clear this was a collection of songs through the experience of one person’s life, not necessarily a specific concept or period of time as albums tend to be”.

NOTHING HAS CHANGED collects together for the first time the definitive collection of Bowie’s music from 1964 to 2014 and features some previously unreleased material as well as tracks making their debut on CD.

LET ME SLEEP BESIDE YOUwas first released on THE WORLD OF DAVID BOWIE in 1970. In 2000, it was re-recorded for inclusion on the unreleased TOY album and has remained in the vaults until its inclusion on NOTHING HAS CHANGED.

SHADOW MANis a famous still unreleased outtake from 1971, the version on NOTHING HAS CHANGED is a re-recording that was made for the unreleased TOY album and first appeared as a b-side on a swiftly deleted single in the early 2000s.

LOVE IS LOST (HELLO STEVE REICH MIX BY JAMES MURPHY FOR THE DFA EDIT) this edited version of critically lauded remix by James Murphy is making its CD premiere.

YOUR TURN TO DRIVEis making its CD debut, it was originally offered as a free download to customers who ordered their copy of the REALITY album online.

WILD IS THE WIND (2010 Harry Maslin Mix) was previously only released on the audio DVD in the Station To Station Deluxe box set. This is its debut on CD.

YOUNG AMERICANS (2007 Tony Visconti mix single edit)The unedited version of the song was previously only released in 5.1 mix on the Young Americans Special Edition CD/DVD. This single edit is previously unreleased.

ALL THE YOUNG DUDESthis is a previously unreleased stereo mix of David’s own version of the song given to, and a hit for, Mott The Hoople.

LIFE ON MARS? (2003 Ken Scott Mix)this version was previously only released on the 40th anniversary 7” picture disc; this is its debut on CD.

David Bowie is, a film of the blockbuster exhibition created by the Victoria and Albert Museum, will be released in cinemas worldwide. Distributed by Omniverse Vision, the documentary was filmed on the closing night of the V&A exhibition in London and directed by Hamish Hamilton, the BAFTA-winning Director of the Academy Awards and the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games. For the trailer, participating cinemas and tickets please visit www.davidbowie.com/davidbowieisfilm

DAVID BOWIE ‘NOTHING HAS CHANGED’ TRACKLIST/ARTWORK

3CD DELUXE EDITION/DIGITAL DOWNLOAD

CD 1:

Sue (or In A Season Of Crime) (7.40)

Where Are We Now? (4.09)

Love Is Lost (Hello Steve Reich Mix by James Murphy for the DFA Edit) (4.07)

The Stars (Are Out Tonight) (3.57)

New Killer Star (radio edit) (3.42)

Everyone Says ‘Hi’ (edit) (3.29)

Slow Burn (radio edit) (3.55)

Let Me Sleep Beside You (3.14)

Your Turn To Drive (4.44)

Shadow Man (4.48)

Seven (Marius De Vries mix) (4.12)

Survive (Marius De Vries mix) (4.18)

Thursday’s Child (radio edit) (4.25)

I’m Afraid Of Americans (V1) (clean edit) (4.30)

Little Wonder (edit) (3.40)

Hallo Spaceboy (PSB Remix) (with The Pet Shop Boys) (4.23)

The Heart’s Filthy Lesson (radio edit) (3.32)

Strangers When We Meet (single version) (4.21)

CD 2:

Buddha Of Suburbia (4.24)

Jump They Say (radio edit) (3.53)

Time Will Crawl (MM remix) (4.18)

Absolute Beginners (single version) (5.35)

Dancing In The Street (with Mick Jagger) (3.20)

Loving The Alien (single remix) (4.45)

This Is Not America (with The Pat Metheny Group) (3.51)

Blue Jean (3.11)

Modern Love (single version) (3.56)

China Girl (single version) (4.15)

Let's Dance (single version) (4.08)

Fashion (single version) (3.25)

Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) (single version) (3.32)

Ashes To Ashes (single version) (3.35)

Under Pressure (with Queen) (3.56)

Boys Keep Swinging (3.17)

‘Heroes’ (single version) (3.35)

Sound And Vision (3.03)

Golden Years (single version) (3.27)

Wild Is The Wind (2010 Harry Maslin Mix) (5.58)

CD 3:

Fame (4.14)

Young Americans (2007 Tony Visconti mix single edit)  (3.13)

Diamond Dogs (5.56)

Rebel Rebel (4.28)

Sorrow (2.53)

Drive-In Saturday (4.29)

All The Young Dudes (3.08)

The Jean Genie (original single mix) (4.05)

Moonage Daydream (4.40)

Ziggy Stardust (3.12)

Starman (original single mix) (4.10)

Life On Mars? (2003 Ken Scott Mix) (3.49)

Oh! You Pretty Things (3.11)

Changes (3.33)

The Man Who Sold The World (3.56)

Space Oddity (5.12)

In The Heat Of The Morning (3.00)

Silly Boy Blue (3.54)

Can’t Help Thinking About Me (2.46)

You’ve Got A Habit Of Leaving (2.32)

Liza Jane (2.18)

2CD EDITION/DIGITAL DOWNLOAD

CD 1:

Space Oddity (5.12)

The Man Who Sold The World (3.56)

Changes (3.33)

Oh! You Pretty Things (3.11)

Life On Mars? (3.49)

Starman (original single mix) (4.10)

Ziggy Stardust (3.12)

Moonage Daydream (4.40)

The Jean Genie (original single mix) (4.05)

All The Young Dudes (3.08)

Drive-In Saturday (4.29)

Sorrow (2.53)

Rebel Rebel (4.28)

Young Americans (original single edit) (3.13)

Fame (4.14)

Golden Years (single version) (3.27)

Sound And Vision (3.03)

‘Heroes’ (single version) (3.35)

Boys Keep Swinging (3.17)

Fashion (single version) (3.25)

Ashes To Ashes (single version) (3.35)

CD 2:

Under Pressure (with Queen) (3.56)

Let's Dance (single version) (4.08)

China Girl (single version) (4.15)

Modern Love (single version) (3.56)

Blue Jean (3.11)

This Is Not America (with The Pat Metheny Group) (3.51)

Dancing In The Street (with Mick Jagger) (3.20)

Absolute Beginners (edit) (4.46) 

Jump They Say (radio edit) (3.53)

Hallo Spaceboy (Pet Shop Boys remix) (with The Pet Shop Boys) (4.23)

Little Wonder (edit) (3.40)

I’m Afraid Of Americans V1 (clean edit) (4.30)

Thursday’s Child (radio edit) (4.25)

Everyone Says 'Hi' (3.29)

New Killer Star (radio edit) (3.42)

Love Is Lost (Hello Steve Reich Mix by James Murphy for the DFA Edit) (4.07)

Where Are We Now? (4.09)

Sue (or In A Season Of Crime) (7.40)

DOUBLE VINYL

SIDE 1:

Let's Dance (single version) (4.08)

Ashes To Ashes (single version) (3.35)

‘Heroes’’ (single version) (3.35)

Changes (3.33)

Life On Mars? (3.49)

SIDE 2:

Space Oddity (UK single edit) (4.38)

Starman (original single mix) (4.10)

Ziggy Stardust (3.12)

The Jean Genie (original single mix) (4.05)

Rebel Rebel (4.28)

SIDE 3:

Golden Years (single version) (3.27) 

Fame (4.14)

Sound And Vision (3.03)

Under Pressure (3.56)  - Queen & David Bowie

Sue (or In A Season Of Crime) (7.40)

SIDE 4:

Hallo Spaceboy (Pet Shop Boys remix) - with The Pet Shop Boys (4.23)

China Girl (single version) (4.15)

Modern Love (single version) (3.56)

Absolute Beginners (single version) (5.35)

Where Are We Now? (4.09)

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US PRESS RELEASE

DAVID BOWIE ‘SUE (OR IN A SEASON OF CRIME)’

LIMITED 10” VINYL AND DIGITAL DOWNLOAD

‘NOTHING HAS CHANGED’ THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION

BOTH RELEASED NOVEMBER 18^th ON COLUMBIA/LEGACY

3CD, 2CD, DOUBLE VINYL, DIGITAL DOWNLOADS

ALL WITH INDIVIDUAL ARTWORK

October 8, 2014 – New York, NY - SUE (or IN A SEASON OF CRIME) the new single from David Bowie taken from the forthcoming definitive collection of Bowie’s music NOTHING HAS CHANGED is released on Columbia/Legacy on November 18^th.

SUE was recorded this Summer in New York with the Maria Schneider Orchestra and produced by Bowie and Tony Visconti. Maria Schneider, who also arranged the track, has won numerous Grammys and is the leader of one of the best big bands in the USA. The song features Donny McCaslin as soloist on tenor saxophone and Ryan Keberle soloist on trombone. Bowie wrote the lyrics for SUE and collaborated on the music with Maria Schneider.

Jonathan Barnbrook who worked on THE NEXT DAY, HEATHEN andREALITY albums has designed the artwork for NOTHING HAS CHANGED, as shown here (scroll images) each format has its own specific sleeve.

Of the artwork Barnbook says, “A different image appears on each use. The linking theme is Bowie looking in the mirror. Something which was a strong enough ‘archetype’ to provide an immediately identifiable visual link but make it clear this was a collection of songs through the experience of one person’s life, not necessarily a specific concept or period of time as albums tend to be”.

NOTHING HAS CHANGED collects together for the first time the definitive collection of Bowie’s music from 1964 to 2014 and features some previously unreleased material as well as tracks making their debut on CD.

LET ME SLEEP BESIDE YOUwas first released on THE WORLD OF DAVID BOWIE in 1970. In 2000, it was re-recorded for inclusion on the unreleased TOY album and has remained in the vaults until its inclusion on NOTHING HAS CHANGED.

SHADOW MANis a famous still unreleased outtake from 1971, the version on NOTHING HAS CHANGED is a re-recording that was made for the unreleasedTOY album and first appeared as a b-side on a swiftly deleted single in the early 2000s.

LOVE IS LOST (HELLO STEVE REICH MIX BY JAMES MURPHY FOR THE DFA EDIT) this edited version of critically lauded remix by James Murphy is making its CD premiere.

YOUR TURN TO DRIVEis making its CD debut, it was originally offered as a free download to customers who ordered their copy of the REALITY album online.

WILD IS THE WIND (2010 Harry Maslin Mix) was previously only released on the audio DVD in the Station To Station Deluxe box set. This is its debut on CD.

YOUNG AMERICANS (2007 Tony Visconti mix single edit)The unedited version of the song was previously only released in 5.1 mix on the Young Americans Special Edition CD/DVD. This single edit is previously unreleased.

ALL THE YOUNG DUDESthis is a previously unreleased stereo mix of David’s own version of the song given to, and a hit for, Mott The Hoople.

LIFE ON MARS? (2003 Ken Scott Mix)this version was previously only released on the 40th anniversary 7” picture disc; this is its debut on CD.

David Bowie is, a film of the blockbuster exhibition created by the Victoria and Albert Museum, will be released in cinemas worldwide. Distributed by Omniverse Vision, the documentary was filmed on the closing night of the V&A exhibition in London and directed by Hamish Hamilton, the BAFTA-winning Director of the Academy Awards and the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games. For the trailer, participating cinemas and tickets please visit www.davidbowie.com/davidbowieisfilm

DAVID BOWIE ‘NOTHING HAS CHANGED’ TRACKLIST

3CD DELUXE EDITION/DIGITAL DOWNLOAD

CD 1:

Sue (or In A Season Of Crime) (7.40)

Where Are We Now? (4.09)

Love Is Lost (Hello Steve Reich Mix by James Murphy for the DFA Edit) (4.07)

The Stars (Are Out Tonight) (3.57)

New Killer Star (radio edit) (3.42)

Everyone Says ‘Hi’ (edit) (3.29)

Slow Burn (radio edit) (3.55)

Let Me Sleep Beside You (3.14)

Your Turn To Drive (4.44)

Shadow Man (4.48)

Seven (Marius De Vries mix) (4.12)

Survive (Marius De Vries mix) (4.18)

Thursday’s Child (radio edit) (4.25)

I’m Afraid Of Americans (V1) (clean edit) (4.30)

Little Wonder (edit) (3.40)

Hallo Spaceboy (PSB Remix) (with The Pet Shop Boys) (4.23)

The Heart’s Filthy Lesson (radio edit) (3.32)

Strangers When We Meet (single version) (4.21)

CD 2:

Buddha Of Suburbia (4.24)

Jump They Say (radio edit) (3.53)

Time Will Crawl (MM remix) (4.18)

Absolute Beginners (single version) (5.35)

Dancing In The Street (with Mick Jagger) (3.20)

Loving The Alien (single remix) (4.45)

This Is Not America (with The Pat Metheny Group) (3.51)

Blue Jean (3.11)

Modern Love (single version) (3.56)

China Girl (single version) (4.15)

Let's Dance (single version) (4.08)

Fashion (single version) (3.25)

Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) (single version) (3.32)

Ashes To Ashes (single version) (3.35)

Under Pressure (with Queen) (3.56)

Boys Keep Swinging (3.17)

‘Heroes’ (single version) (3.35)

Sound And Vision (3.03)

Golden Years (single version) (3.27)

Wild Is The Wind (2010 Harry Maslin Mix) (5.58)

CD 3:

Fame (4.14)

Young Americans (2007 Tony Visconti mix single edit)  (3.13)

Diamond Dogs (5.56)

Rebel Rebel (4.28)

Sorrow (2.53)

Drive-In Saturday (4.29)

All The Young Dudes (3.08)

The Jean Genie (original single mix) (4.05)

Moonage Daydream (4.40)

Ziggy Stardust (3.12)

Starman (original single mix) (4.10)

Life On Mars? (2003 Ken Scott Mix) (3.49)

Oh! You Pretty Things (3.11)

Changes (3.33)

The Man Who Sold The World (3.56)

Space Oddity (5.12)

In The Heat Of The Morning (3.00)

Silly Boy Blue (3.54)

Can’t Help Thinking About Me (2.46)

You’ve Got A Habit Of Leaving (2.32)

Liza Jane (2.18)

2CD EDITION/DIGITAL DOWNLOAD

CD 1:

Space Oddity (5.12)

The Man Who Sold The World (3.56)

Changes (3.33)

Oh! You Pretty Things (3.11)

Life On Mars? (3.49)

Starman (original single mix) (4.10)

Ziggy Stardust (3.12)

Moonage Daydream (4.40)

The Jean Genie (original single mix) (4.05)

All The Young Dudes (3.08)

Drive-In Saturday (4.29)

Sorrow (2.53)

Rebel Rebel (4.28)

Young Americans (original single edit) (3.13)

Fame (4.14)

Golden Years (single version) (3.27)

Sound And Vision (3.03)

‘Heroes’ (single version) (3.35)

Boys Keep Swinging (3.17)

Fashion (single version) (3.25)

Ashes To Ashes (single version) (3.35)

CD 2:

Under Pressure (with Queen) (3.56)

Let's Dance (single version) (4.08)

China Girl (single version) (4.15)

Modern Love (single version) (3.56)

Blue Jean (3.11)

This Is Not America (with The Pat Metheny Group) (3.51)

Dancing In The Street (with Mick Jagger) (3.20)

Absolute Beginners (edit) (4.46) 

Jump They Say (radio edit) (3.53)

Hallo Spaceboy (Pet Shop Boys remix) (with The Pet Shop Boys) (4.23)

Little Wonder (edit) (3.40)

I’m Afraid Of Americans V1 (clean edit) (4.30)

Thursday’s Child (radio edit) (4.25)

Everyone Says 'Hi' (3.29)

New Killer Star (radio edit) (3.42)

Love Is Lost (Hello Steve Reich Mix by James Murphy for the DFA Edit) (4.07)

Where Are We Now? (4.09)

Sue (or In A Season Of Crime) (7.40)

DOUBLE VINYL

SIDE 1:

Let's Dance (single version) (4.08)

Ashes To Ashes (single version) (3.35)

‘Heroes’’ (single version) (3.35)

Changes (3.33)

Life On Mars? (3.49)

SIDE 2:

Space Oddity (UK single edit) (4.38)

Starman (original single mix) (4.10)

Ziggy Stardust (3.12)

The Jean Genie (original single mix) (4.05)

Rebel Rebel (4.28)

SIDE 3:

Golden Years (single version) (3.27) 

Fame (4.14)

Sound And Vision (3.03)

Under Pressure (3.56)  - Queen & David Bowie

Sue (or In A Season Of Crime) (7.40)

SIDE 4:

Hallo Spaceboy (Pet Shop Boys remix) - with The Pet Shop Boys (4.23)

China Girl (single version) (4.15)

Modern Love (single version) (3.56)

Absolute Beginners (single version) (5.35)

Where Are We Now? (4.09)

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TV talks about Bowie’s Jazz in the NME

“I am the best jazz you’ve ever heard”

As we promised last month, this week’s NME (Issue dated October 11th, street date October 8th) has a three-page Bowie feature regarding the upcoming releases of the Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) single and the Nothing Has Changed best of compilation album.

They’ve already previewed a two-page spread online wherein Tony Visconti talks about recording this Summer in New York with the Maria Schneider Orchestra on the Bowie/Visconti produced forthcoming single.

Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) features Donny McCaslin as soloist on tenor saxophone and Ryan Keberle soloist on trombone, both of whom are pictured here with David in our exclusive Jimmy King photograph. That’s Donny in the middle and Ryan on the right and that’s Maria Schneider in the NME spread.

The item also reveals that Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) will receive its world premiere on the BBC Radio 6 Music show ‘Guy Garvey’s Finest Hour’ hosted by Elbow front man Guy Garvey on Sunday October 12th from 2pm to 4pm.

Though NME mentions that Guy will be playing the radio edit, it now looks like he’ll be playing the full 7:24 minute version instead.

If you can’t quite make out the NME preview, the magazine is available from Wednesday and it includes another page regarding Nothing Has Changed too.

Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) lyric part 2

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