Brilliant Live Adventures update

We are aware that a number of fans have had a poor shopping experience during the ‘Brilliant Live Adventures’ campaign, and for that we are very sorry. We also recognise that, due to the unexpected demand, unfortunately many of you have been unable to purchase certain titles and subsequently missed out on the opportunity to complete their collection.

In the coming weeks we will provide you with further details of how and when we will be making these titles available to you again.

Once again, we apologise and thank you for your patience and continued support.

#DBBLA #BrilliantLiveAdventures

BLA Part 6 - DAVID BOWIE AT THE KIT KAT KLUB (LIVE NEW YORK 99)

“By the time I got to New York...”

Using a process of elimination, it’s possible that some of you saw this one coming. The news is that DAVID BOWIE AT THE KIT KAT KLUB (LIVE NEW YORK 99) will be available for pre-order this coming Friday, 19th March, on CD and double vinyl, with a release date of 2nd April.

Use this link on Friday to pre-order both BLA Part 6 and extra slipcases which will be available at the same time.

Keep reading for the full press release.

#BowieKitKatKlub #DBBLA #BrilliantLiveAdventures

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DAVID BOWIE AT THE KIT KAT KLUB (LIVE NEW YORK 99) TO BE RELEASED ON CD AND 2xLP 2nd APRIL

SIXTH & FINAL RELEASE IN ‘BRILLIANT LIVE ADVENTURES’ SERIES OF SINGLE PRESSING LIVE ALBUMS FROM THE 1990s

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

Parlophone Records is proud to announce DAVID BOWIE AT THE KIT KAT KLUB (LIVE NEW YORK 99), the sixth and final instalment of DAVID BOWIE 'BRILLIANT LIVE ADVENTURES', a series of 1990s era Bowie live albums released as limited one run only vinyl and CD pressings. The albums and limited-edition boxes to house the full vinyl or CD collections will be available only via the David Bowie official store and Warner Music Group’s Dig! store.

Out 2nd April on CD and double vinyl, DAVID BOWIE AT THE KIT KAT KLUB (LIVE NEW YORK 99) is a 12-track live album, recorded on 19th November 1999 in front of an invite-only audience of fans and contest winners.

The show was recorded and filmed for webcast the following month via Liveonline.net. The audio from the show was previously only available as a 12-track promotional CD.

DAVID BOWIE AT THE KIT KAT KLUB (LIVE NEW YORK 99) was recorded live at the Kit Kat Klub, 19th November 1999, produced by David Bowie, mixed by Mark Plati, and features Bowie backed by Page Hamilton - guitar, Gail Ann Dorsey - bass, vocals, Mark Plati – guitar, Sterling Campbell – drums, Mike Garson – piano, keyboards, synthesisers and Emm Gryner and Holly Palmer – backing vocals.

DAVID BOWIE AT THE KIT KAT KLUB (LIVE NEW YORK 99)

CD

Life On Mars?

Thursday's Child

Something In The Air

China Girl

Can't Help Thinking About Me

Always Crashing In The Same Car

Survive

Stay

Seven

Changes

The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell

I’m Afraid Of Americans

LP

Side 1

Life On Mars?

Thursday's Child

Something In The Air

Side 2

China Girl

Can't Help Thinking About Me

Always Crashing In The Same Car

Side 3

Survive

Stay

Seven

Side 4

Changes

The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell

I’m Afraid Of Americans

Young Americans in 60 seconds on Dig!

“I Dig Everything...”

As you may have noticed, we usually only make posts for Bowie related anniversaries in the larger of the five-year increments, five through to fifty five, etc.

However, the folk over at Dig! have decided to mark the 46th anniversary of the release of the Young Americans album with one of their snazzy 'In Sixty Seconds' videos.

Watch a slightly extended version here on YouTube.

For those wanting something a little more substantial, here’s a link to a more in-depth piece over on Dig!:

FOOTNOTE: We are duty-bound to point out that the content we've linked to was all created by Dig!, so we can’t take credit for any of it.

#BowieYoungAmericans

Life On Mars live Paris 99 video

“Rule Brittania is out of bounds”

For those of you who didn’t set a reminder for the YouTube premiere of the official Life On Mars? (Live at the Elysée Montmartre, 1999) video, here it is.

#BowieSomethingInTheAir #DBBLA #BrilliantLiveAdventures

BLA 5 Something In The Air pre-order link

“I've got Friday on my mind”

Yesterday we announced the fact that the Something In The Air (Live Paris 99) CD and double vinyl will be available for pre-order tomorrow morning, Friday, 26th February, with a release date of 12th March.

Here’s the link you will need for Friday morning wherever you are.

#BowieSomethingInTheAir #DBBLA #BrilliantLiveAdventures

BLA Part 5 - Something In The Air (Live Paris 99) Pre-order Friday

“Lived all our best times...”

Some of you have successfully second-guessed BLA 5, on account of it already having been released for streaming last year. The news is that it will be available for pre-order this coming Friday, 26th February, with a release date of 12th March on CD and double vinyl.

Keep reading for the full press release.

#BowieSomethingInTheAir #DBBLA #BrilliantLiveAdventures

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DAVID BOWIE

‘SOMETHING IN THE AIR (LIVE PARIS 99)’

TO BE RELEASED ON CD AND 2xLP 12th MARCH

FIFTH RELEASE IN ‘BRILLIANT LIVE ADVENTURES’ SERIES OF SIX SINGLE PRESSING 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

24th February 2021 London Parlophone Records is proud to announce the newest instalment of DAVID BOWIE 'BRILLIANT LIVE ADVENTURES', a series of six live albums from various 1990s era Bowie performances being released on vinyl and CD as limited one run only pressings. The albums and limited-edition boxes for both vinyl and CD to house the full collection will be available only via the David Bowie official store and Warner Music Group’s Dig! store.

The fifth in the series, out 12th March on CD and double vinyl, is SOMETHING IN THE AIR (LIVE PARIS 99) a 15-track live album, featuring 12 previously unreleased recordings and three B-sides of singles from the ‘hours…’ album. The day of the show was a momentous one for Bowie, as that afternoon he was awarded the Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, the highest artistic honour that France can bestow.

The Elysée Montmartre performance was one of only seven full shows promoting the ‘hours…’ album. For this special limited run of gigs Bowie dug deep into his back catalogue making these shows particularly memorable. Standout tracks include ‘Can’t Help Thinking About Me’ first released in 1966 and not performed live in over 30 years, 'Word On A Wing' from Station To Station reinstated into the set after a 23-year absence, 'Drive-In Saturday' performed for the first time since 1974, and ‘hours…’ track 'Something In The Air’ in its first live performance.

SOMETHING IN THE AIR (LIVE PARIS 99) was recorded live at the Elysée Montmartre on 14th October 1999. It was mixed by Mark Plati, and features Bowie backed by Page Hamilton – guitar, Gail Ann Dorsey – bass, vocals, Mark Plati – guitar, Sterling Campbell – drums, Mike Garson – piano, keyboards, synthesisers and Emm Gryner and Holly Palmer – backing vocals.

DAVID BOWIE - SOMETHING IN THE AIR (LIVE PARIS 99) CD TRACKLISTING

01 - Life On Mars? (David Bowie)

02 - Thursday's Child (David Bowie/Reeves Gabrels)

03 - Something In The Air (David Bowie/Reeves Gabrels)

04 - Word On A Wing (David Bowie)

05 - Can't Help Thinking About Me (David Bowie)

06 - China Girl (David Bowie/Iggy Pop)

07 - Always Crashing In The Same Car (David Bowie)

08 - Survive (David Bowie/Reeves Gabrels)

09 - Drive-In Saturday (David Bowie)

10 - Changes (David Bowie)

11 - Seven (David Bowie/Reeves Gabrels)

12 - Repetition (David Bowie)

13 - I Can't Read (David Bowie/Reeves Gabrels)

14 - The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell (David Bowie/Reeves Gabrels)

15 - Rebel Rebel (David Bowie)

DAVID BOWIE - SOMETHING IN THE AIR (LIVE PARIS 99) LP TRACKLISTING

Side 1

Life On Mars?

Thursday's Child

Something In The Air

Side 2

Word On A Wing

Can't Help Thinking About Me

China Girl

Always Crashing In The Same Car

Side 3

Survive

Drive-In Saturday

Changes

Seven

Side 4

Repetition

I Can't Read

The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell

Rebel Rebel

DAVID BOWIE - 'SOMETHING IN THE AIR (LIVE PARIS 99)' IS AVAILABLE ON ISO RECORDS/PARLOPHONE RECORDS 12th MARCH ON CD AND 2xLP

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