(Photo by Jimmy King 2013)
#BowieForever
Aladdin Sane 50th anniversary picture disc and half speed mastered LPs
“Who will love Aladdin Sane?”
TWO SPECIAL VINYL RELEASES TO CELEBRATE THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF ALADDIN SANE TO BE RELEASED 14th APRIL, 2023 - ORDER HERE
WATCH THE UPGRADED VIDEO FOR THE JEAN GENIE NOW
April 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the release of David Bowie’s ALADDIN SANE, originally released just ten months after his breakthrough album THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS. The title track and songs such as ‘Panic In Detroit,' ‘Lady Grinning Soul’ and ‘Time’ marked a significant musical progression, adding brass, woodwind, soulful backing vocals and the distinctive piano of Mike Garson.
On 14th April, 2023, one week before its Golden Jubilee, ALADDIN SANE will be issued as a limited edition 50th anniversary half-speed mastered LP and a picture disc LP pressed from the same master.
The album was preceded by two singles ‘The Jean Genie’ and ‘Drive-In Saturday’, peaking in the U.K. singles chart at numbers 2 and 3 respectively, and was the first time Bowie topped the U.K. album charts. It also marked his debut on the U.S. top 20 album chart, where ‘Time’ and ‘Let’s Spend The Night Together’ were follow ups to the ‘The Jean Genie’.
The cover of ALADDIN SANE has become one of the most striking and memorable images in rock n roll history and is thought to be the most expensive produced up to that point. The cover photograph was taken by Brian Duffy, who would also shoot the sleeves for 1979’s LODGER and 1980’s SCARY MONSTERS (AND SUPER CREEPS) and features Bowie with the iconic red and blue lightning bolt make-up, an image which has staked out an indelible spot in the planet’s cultural lexicon.
This new pressing of ALADDIN SANE was cut on a customised late Neumann VMS80 lathe with fully recapped electronics from 192kHz restored masters of the original master tapes, with no additional processing on transfer. The half-speed was cut by John Webber at AIR Studios.
Bowie described ALADDIN SANE as ‘Ziggy Goes To Washington: Ziggy under the influence of America’. The album was to be Ziggy Stardust's last stand, and the persona was laid to rest three months after the album's release in July 1973 at the infamous final show with the Spiders From Mars at London’s Hammersmith Odeon.
DAVID BOWIE - ALADDIN SANE TRACKLISTING
SIDE ONE
Watch That Man – 4:30
Aladdin Sane (1913-1938-197?) – 5:06
Drive-In Saturday – 4:33
Panic In Detroit – 4:25
Cracked Actor – 3:01
SIDE TWO
Time – 5.15
The Prettiest Star – 3:31
Let’s Spend The Night Together – 3:10
The Jean Genie – 4:07
Lady Grinning Soul – 3:45
#AladdinSane50
Celebrating what would have been Bowie’s 76th
“As long as there’s me, As long as there’s you…”
Lovely to see all the appreciation shown for David Bowie around the globe on what would have been his 76th birthday today.
The image here was taken by Jimmy King ten years ago on Bowie’s 66th. That year of 2013 saw the return of our man with the beautiful surprise that was Where Are We Now?
On the same day, The Next Day was announced, Bowie’s first album since the release of Reality ten years earlier in 2003.
#BowieForever #WorldDavidBowieDay
Jean Genie video upgrade premiere
“Talking ’bout Monroe …” *
Mick Rock’s official The Jean Genie music video has received a bit of a polish and can now be enjoyed in 4K.
Watch it in real-time with fans across the globe this Sunday 8th January at 18:00 GMT on YouTube.
* Today’s lyric quotation is a reference to the fact that Bowie apparently wanted the video to depict “Ziggy as a kind of Hollywood street-rat” with a “consort of the Marilyn brand”. This led to Cyrinda Foxe’s casting, and she flew from New York to San Francisco especially for the shoot.
#BowieTheJeanGenie #BowieMickRock #BowieCyrindaFoxe #BowieMarsHotel #AladdinSane50
A Happy New Year from DBHQ
“I see you see me through your window...”
Welcome to 2023 via Richard Imrie’s camera lens from fifty years ago, possibly this week, but definitely within the first three weeks of 1973.
Thanks for all your support throughout 2022, it’s always very much appreciated.
Have a wonderful 2023 and here’s to some exciting anniversaries ahead and more this year.
#BowieNewYear2023 #BowieRichardImrie
Season’s Greetings to all
“I look to the stars, As they flicker and float in your eyes...”
Continuing the theme we started 12 months ago; we’ve decided to recycle again this year.
Twenty years ago this month, friends and associates of David’s received this annual greeting card for 2002 from David Bowie and Isolar.
Even at 2 years and 4 months, Alexandria showed artistic promise with her painting adorning the front of the card; 'From Earth to the Stars'.
The picture of Lexi with her proud parents in our montage was taken by Brian Aris.
Season’s Greetings to all and thanks for the Bowie love throughout 2022.
#BowieCard #BowieForever #PeaceOnEarth
Appreciation for Divine Symmetry and Moonage Daydream
“Blessing all the papers thanking one and all...”
It seems those of you who have had time to explore it are enjoying the alternative journey through Hunky Dory that is David Bowie’s Divine Symmetry.
As you can see at the end of this short video, the press response has also been more than positive.
The set is currently at #20 on the UK’s Official Physical Albums Chart Top 100 along with the Next Day Extra EP at #26.
The Next Day Extra is also #3 on the Official Record Store Chart Top 40, which records the UK's biggest albums of the week based on sales of physical formats sold through 100 UK independent record shops, compiled by the Official Charts Company in partnership with Record Store Day.
You may have also noticed that the Moonage Daydream album was #1 on the Official Soundtrack Albums Chart Top 50 last week and #9 on the Official Physical Albums Chart Top 100, not forgetting #20 on the Official Albums Chart Top 100.
Which all just translates to a huge thank you for your continued support.
#BowieDivineSymmetry #BowieMoonageDaydreamAlbum
Queen Bitch Demo digital single available now
“Walk out of her sight, right out of her mind...” *
The third track to be taken from the upcoming Divine Symmetry set is a previously unreleased demo version of Queen Bitch.
The track is available now (if it’s 4th November where you are) and you can find it at your usual digital emporium.
It’s a laid-back affair with possibly more of a Velvets’ Loaded feel than the full swagger of the Hunky Dory version.
This is just one of the previously unreleased treats to be found on Divine Symmetry later this month.
* Yep, the lyric is from this demo version.
#BowieDivineSymmetry #BowieQueenBitch
Moonage Daydream DVD and Blu-Ray release dates
“Put your Blu-Ray to my head.…” *
• DVD/Blu-Ray: 15th November in US
• DVD/Blu-Ray: 5th December in UK, Australia, France, Germany, Netherlands, Italy
• Digital from 5th December in all international territories except for Australia (23rd November), Germany (24th November) and UK (2nd December)
You can pre-order from the Bowie Official Store here.
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#BowieMoonageDaydreamFilm
Ken Scott on revisiting Hunky Dory masters
“He could scream and still relax, unbelievable...”
Here’s the second of the short films wherein Ken Scott talks about revisiting the Hunky Dory tapes and how he feels about the album fifty years later.
Watch the full thing here.
#HunkyDory50 #BowieDivineSymmetry #BowieKenScott
Oh! You Pretty Things live 1971 digital single out now
“You gotta make way for the Homo Superior...”
The second track to be taken from the upcoming Divine Symmetry set is a previously unreleased live version of Oh! You Pretty Things, recorded at Friars, Aylesbury, 25th September, 1971.
The track is available now (if it’s 21st October where you are) and you can find it here. Listen out for the Monty Python reference in the intro.
Regular visitors to this page will know how important the Aylesbury venue was to David Bowie and just four months later he would launch what became the Ziggy Stardust tour there.
Around the same time as the January show he had this to say to Penny Valentine about the previous September visit from where Oh! You Pretty Things was recorded: “We did this gig in Aylesbury before Christmas and got such a great reception, it got us off.”
You’ll be able to judge for yourself just how great that reception was with the release of Divine Symmetry next month.
#BowieDivineSymmetry #BowieOYPT
Duffy’s Aladdin Sane 50 book due next March
“Battle cries and champagne...”
Welbeck Publishing Group today announces that it will publish Aladdin Sane 50, a definitive book by Chris Duffy celebrating the 50th anniversary of David Bowie’s classic album. The book contains a plethora of photographs, including many previously unpublished portraits of Bowie from the iconic Aladdin Sane cover shoot by Chris’s father, photographer Duffy, fifty years since they were taken.
The 256-page Aladdin Sane 50 will publish on 30th March 2023, ahead of the 50th anniversary of the album’s release. Pre-order here.
Alongside Duffy’s photographs are essays on Aladdin Sane and the story behind the famous cover itself, with contributions from Paul Morley, Charles Shaar Murray, Nicholas Pegg, Kevin Cann, Jérôme Soligny and Geoffrey Marsh.
Designed by Bowie collaborators Barnbrook creative studio, the book pays tribute to a seminal album and an image that will live forever more in rock ‘n’ roll history – ‘the Mona Lisa of pop’, Aladdin Sane.
Joe Cottington, Associate Publisher at Welbeck, said: “To say I’m thrilled to be publishing this book is an understatement – sharing the full story behind music’s single most iconic image. And to combine Duffy’s remarkable images with essays on David’s music by some of the most respected writers in the Bowiesphere in a gorgeous design by Barnbrook studio – I can’t quite believe it’s all come together so perfectly, and I can’t wait for Bowie fans everywhere to see it.”
Chris Duffy, CEO at the Duffy Archive, said: “Every photographer wants a jewel in the crown and out of the thousands of photographs of David Bowie, the Aladdin Sane image has become Duffy’s jewel and David’s most recognisable image, becoming a cultural icon in the process.
They say a picture can say a thousand words – there’s no debate that thousands have been written about the Aladdin Sane album cover and it’s an honour fifty years after its release to be able to share previously unpublished images from the session. I’m privileged to honour two great men and I thank all of those who continue to hold the flame.”
#AladdinSane50Book
"HEROES" 45th Anniversary vinyl and Live In Berlin 78 digital out now
“We could steal time... ”
The "Heroes" 45th anniversary grey vinyl LP bricks and mortar and the Live In Berlin (1978) (US exhibition exclusive - digital release), which we told you about in July, are both available today (14th October).
Here’s the link to Live In Berlin.
If this is all news to you, here’s the press release.
#BowieHeroes45 #BowieHeroes #BowieBerlin #Bowie1977 #Bowie1978
Ken Scott on the creation of Hunky Dory
“Turn and face the strange...”
View the first of a couple of short films wherein Ken Scott talks about the daunting task for him and David of co-producing their first album together, Hunky Dory. Go here.
#HunkyDory50 #BowieDivineSymmetry #BowieKenScott
Starman ranked as greatest ever BBC music performance
“Hey, that’s far out so you heard him too?”
David Bowie’s 1972 performance of Starman on the BBC’s Top Of The Pops, has been ranked as the greatest BBC music performance of all time in today’s Guardian in the UK.
We won’t provide another history lesson regarding the broadcast, instead, here’s a superb snippet from Alexis Petridis who says it rather more succinctly than we ever could.
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The most famous three and a half minutes of music television in British history isn’t so much about the performance itself as its impact on viewers. No matter how weird and alien you felt, you couldn’t have been as weird and alien as David Bowie and his bandmates looked: the cavalry was here for you. The point where Bowie camply throws his arm around Mick Ronson gathered headlines at the time, but its apex comes 30 seconds later. Umpteen viewers have testified to the life-changing, he’s-talking-to-me effect of the moment when Bowie points down the camera as he sings the line “I had to phone someone so I picked on you”: Lord Kitchener for weirdos, successfully recruiting an army of suburban misfits.
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Read the full top 100 entries here.
Considering this generous though thoroughly deserved accolade, it would seem churlish to point out that the image of Bowie used in the actual newspaper is not from the BBC broadcast at all, but from the earlier performance on Lift-Off with Ayshea. Well, if we didn’t point it out, you would!
Watch the BBC performance now on YouTube.
#BowieStarman50 #ZiggyStardust50 #StarmanOnTOTP
Divine Symmetry box set details
“Just a mortal with potential of a superman...”
As promised yesterday with the announcement of the KOOKS digital single, here is the news you’ve been waiting for, details of DAVID BOWIE – DIVINE SYMMETRY (AN ALTERNATIVE JOURNEY THROUGH HUNKY DORY).
As the title suggests, the set is an accompaniment to Hunky Dory in the same way that the Conversation Piece set was to Space Oddity and the The Width Of A Circle set was to The Man Who Sold The World.
Here’s the pre-order link which will be updated throughout the day: DIVINE SYMMETRY
Keep reading for the full press release.
#BowieDivineSymmetry #BowieKOOKS
DAVID BOWIE
DIVINE SYMMETRY (AN ALTERNATIVE JOURNEY THROUGH HUNKY DORY)
4CD/BLU-RAY AND DIGITAL BOX SET
RELEASED ON 25TH NOVEMBER, 2022
INCLUDES 48 EXCLUSIVE PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED TRACKS
A DIVINE SYMMETRY (AN ALTERNATIVE JOURNEY THROUGH HUNKY DORY)
VINYL LP AVAILABLE 24th FEBRUARY, 2023
‘KOOKS (BBC SOUNDS OF THE 70s WITH BOB HARRIS)’
SINGLE AVAILABLE NOW TO STREAM AND DOWNLOAD
PRE-ORDER HERE: DIVINE SYMMETRY
28th September 2022 London - Parlophone Records proudly announces DAVID BOWIE DIVINE SYMMETRY, a four-CD, one blu-ray box set and digital equivalent. The collection celebrates the twelve months running up to the release of the album HUNKY DORY in December 1971 via home demos, BBC radio sessions and live and studio recordings.
DAVID BOWIE DIVINE SYMMETRY contains 48 previously unreleased tracks/demos from the period, and new alternative mixes of HUNKY DORY tracks by original co-producer Ken Scott.
Two books accompany DIVINE SYMMETRY, a 100-page hardback book featuring exclusive memorabilia and photos alongside a 60-page replica composite of Bowie’s notebooks from the era featuring handwritten lyrics, costume drawings, recording notes and set lists.
The sleeve notes have been written for the release by Bowie expert Tris Penna, along with contributions from HUNKY DORY co-producer Ken Scott, lifelong Bowie friends Geoff MacCormack and George Underwood, singer Dana Gillespie, guitarist Mark Pritchett, Friars Aylesbury promoter David Stopps, publisher Bob Grace and photographer Louanne Richards.
1971 was a pivotal year for Bowie. He signed a record deal with RCA, he met Andy Warhol, Lou Reed, and Iggy Pop while in New York, became a father and penned the song ‘KOOKS’ as a show of paternal pride, played live for the first time that June with Mick Ronson, Woody Woodmansey and Trevor Bolder, the band that would later be christened The Spiders From Mars and recorded the classic album HUNKY DORY.
‘KOOKS’, recorded by Bowie and guitarist Mick Ronson for the BBC’s Sounds Of The 70s presented by Bob Harris is available now for download and streaming single. It was recorded at Kensington House, Shepherds Bush, London, Studio T1 for BBC Radio on 21st September, 1971 and broadcast on 4th October, 1971
DAVID BOWIE DIVINE SYMMETRY TRACKLISTING
* PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
CD 1:
THE SONGWRITING DEMOS PLUS
1 Tired Of My Life (demo) *
2 How Lucky You Are (aka Miss Peculiar) (demo) *
3 Shadow Man (demo)
4 Looking For A Friend (demo) *
5 Waiting For The Man (San Francisco hotel recording) *
6 Quicksand (San Francisco hotel recording) *
7 King Of The City (demo) *
8 Song For Bob Dylan (demo) *
9 Right On Mother (demo) *
10 Quicksand (demo)
11 Queen Bitch (demo) *
12 Kooks (demo) *
13 Amsterdam (demo) *
14 Life On Mars? (demo) *
Bonus acetate dubs:
15 Changes (demo) *
16 Bombers (demo) *
CD 2:
BBC RADIO IN CONCERT: JOHN PEEL
David Bowie and Friends
(mono)
1 Queen Bitch *
2 Bombers
3 The Supermen *
4 Looking For A Friend
5 Almost Grown
6 Kooks
7 Song For Bob Dylan *
8 Andy Warhol *
9 It Ain't Easy
David Bowie and Friends
(stereo)
10 Queen Bitch *
11 The Supermen *
12 Looking For A Friend *
13 Kooks *
14 Song For Bob Dylan *
15 Andy Warhol *
16 It Ain't Easy *
Recorded 3rd June, 1971 and broadcast 20th June, 1971
Paris Cinema Studio, Regent Street, London
Musicians:
David Bowie – lead vocals (except as below)
George Underwood – lead vocals on ‘Song For Bob Dylan’ & ‘It Ain’t Easy’ (3rd verse) & backing vocals
Dana Gillespie – lead vocals on ‘Andy Warhol’, backing vocals
Geoff MacCormack (aka Alexander) – lead vocals ‘It Ain’t Easy’ (2nd verse), backing vocals
Mark Pritchett (aka Carr-Pritchard) – guitars, backing vocals
Mick Ronson – guitars, backing vocals
Trevor Bolder – bass
Woody Woodmansey – drums
CD 3:
BBC RADIO SESSION AND LIVE
1 The Supermen
2 Oh! You Pretty Things
3 Eight Line Poem
4 Kooks *
5 Fill Your Heart *
6 Amsterdam *
7 Andy Warhol *
Musicians:
David Bowie – vocals, acoustic guitar, piano
Mick Ronson – guitars, bass, vocals
Session recorded at Kensington House Studio T1 for BBC Radio on 21st September, 1971 and broadcast 4th October, 1971
Live Friars, Aylesbury, 25th September, 1971
8 Introduction*
9 Fill Your Heart*
10 Buzz The Fuzz*
11 Space Oddity*
12 Amsterdam*
13 The Supermen*
14 Oh! You Pretty Things*
15 Eight Line Poem*
16 Changes*
17 Song For Bob Dylan*
18 Andy Warhol*
19 Looking For A Friend*
20 Round And Round*
21 Waiting For The Man*
Recorded live to 2 track tape.
David Bowie – vocals, acoustic guitar, piano
Mick Ronson – guitars, backing vocals
Trevor Bolder – bass guitar
Woody Woodmansey – drums
Tom Parker – piano
CD 4:
ALTERNATIVE MIXES, SINGLES AND VERSIONS
BOWPROMO mixes
1 Oh! You Pretty Things
2 Eight Line Poem
3 Kooks
4 Queen Bitch
5 Quicksand
6 Bombers – Andy Warhol intro.
Produced by Ken Scott (assisted by The Actor)
Recorded by Ken Scott at Trident Studios, London
7 Lightning Frightening (aka The Man)*
Produced by David Bowie. Engineered by Ken Scott
Recorded on 23rd April, 1971, Trident Studios, London
8 Amsterdam (early mix)
Produced by David Bowie and Ken Scott
Recorded and engineered by Ken Scott at Trident Studios, London
9 Changes (mono single)
10 Andy Warhol (full length mono single)
Produced by Ken Scott (assisted by The Actor)
Recorded by Ken Scott at Trident Studios, London
11 Amsterdam (single b-side mix)
Produced by David Bowie and Ken Scott
Recorded and engineered by Ken Scott at Trident Studios, London
12 Life On Mars? (2016 mix)
Produced by David Bowie and Ken Scott
Recorded and engineered by Ken Scott at Trident Studios, London
Mixed by Ken Scott at Abbey Road Studios, London on 12th April, 2016
2021 mixes
13 Changes (2021 alternative mix)
14 Life On Mars? (original ending version)*
15 Quicksand (2021 mix – early version)*
16 Fill Your Heart (2021 alternative mix)*
17 Bombers (2021 alternative mix)*
18 Song For Bob Dylan (2021 alternative mix)*
19 The Bewlay Brothers (2021 alternative mix)*
Produced by David Bowie and Ken Scott
Recorded and engineered by Ken Scott at Trident Studios, London
Mixed by Ken Scott, October/November 2021
BLU-RAY AUDIO
All PCM Stereo 96kHz/24bit except ‘Life On Mars?’ (2016 mix):
DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and PCM Stereo 96kHz/24bit
HUNKY DORY 2015 REMASTER
1 Changes
2 Oh! You Pretty Things
3 Eight Line Poem
4 Life On Mars?
5 Kooks
6 Quicksand
7 Fill Your Heart
8 Andy Warhol
9 Song For Bob Dylan
10 Queen Bitch
11 The Bewlay Brothers
Produced by Ken Scott (assisted by The Actor)
Recorded by Ken Scott at Trident Studios, London
A DIVINE SYMMETRY (AN ALTERNATIVE JOURNEY THROUGH HUNKY DORY)
1 Changes (2021 alternative mix)
2 Oh! You Pretty Things (BOWPROMO mix)
3 Eight Line Poem (BOWPROMO mix)
4 Life On Mars? (original ending version)*
5 Kooks (BOWPROMO mix)
6 Quicksand (2021 mix – early version)
7 Fill Your Heart (2021 alternative mix)*
8 Bombers (2021 alternative mix)*
9 Andy Warhol (original mix)*
10 Song For Bob Dylan (2021 alternative mix)*
11 Queen Bitch (BOWPROMO mix)
12 The Bewlay Brothers (2021 alternative mix)*
2, 3, 5, 9 and 11
Produced by Ken Scott (assisted by The Actor)
Recorded, engineered, and mixed by Ken Scott at Trident Studios, London
1, 4, 6–8, 10 and 12
Produced by David Bowie and Ken Scott
Recorded and engineered by Ken Scott at Trident Studios, London
Mixed by Ken Scott, October/November, 2021
Bonus mix
13 Life On Mars? (2016 mix)
Produced by David Bowie and Ken Scott
Recorded and engineered by Ken Scott at Trident Studios, London
Mixed by Ken Scott at Abbey Road Studios, London on 12th April, 2016
SOUNDS OF THE 70S: BOB HARRIS
14 The Supermen
15 Oh! You Pretty Things
16 Eight Line Poem
17 Kooks*
18 Fill Your Heart*
19 Amsterdam*
20 Andy Warhol*
Session recorded at Kensington House, Shepherds Bush, London, Studio T1 for BBC Radio on 21st September 1971 and broadcast 4th October, 1971
A DIVINE SYMMETRY (AN ALTERNATIVE JOURNEY THROUGH HUNKY DORY) VINYL LP
Side 1
1 Changes (2021 alternative mix) (3.38)
2 Oh! You Pretty Things (BOWPROMO mix) (3.12)
3 Eight Line Poem (BOWPROMO mix) (2.52)
4 Life On Mars? (original ending version) (4.01)
5 Kooks (BOWPROMO mix) (2.53)
6 Quicksand (2021 mix – early version) (5.01)
Side 2
7 Fill Your Heart (2021 alternative mix) (3.12)
8 Bombers (2021 alternative mix) (2.42)
9 Andy Warhol (original mix)
10 Song For Bob Dylan (2021 alternative mix) (4.22)
11 Queen Bitch (BOWPROMO mix) (3.16)
12 The Bewlay Brothers (2021 alternative mix) (5.26)
2, 3, 5, 9 and 11
Produced by Ken Scott (assisted by The Actor)
Recorded, engineered, and mixed by Ken Scott at Trident Studios, London
1, 4, 6 – 8, 10 and 12
Produced by David Bowie and Ken Scott
Recorded and engineered by Ken Scott at Trident Studios, London
Mixed by Ken Scott, October/November, 2021
DAVID BOWIE
DIVINE SYMMETRY
4CD/BLU-RAY AND DIGITAL BOX SET
RELEASED ON 25TH NOVEMBER, 2022
INCLUDES 48 EXCLUSIVE PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED TRACKS
A DIVINE SYMMETRY
(AN ALTERNATIVE JOURNEY THROUGH HUNKY DORY)
VINYL LP AVAILABLE 24th FEBRUARY, 2023
KOOKS single available 28th September
“Remember how they messed up this old fool...”
‘KOOKS’, recorded by Bowie and guitarist Mick Ronson for the BBC’s Sounds Of The 70s presented by Bob Harris is available from 28th September (are you there yet?) as a download and streaming single.
It was recorded at Kensington House, Shepherds Bush, London, Studio T1 for BBC Radio on 21st September, 1971 and broadcast on 4th October, 1971.
This is a first tease of the upcoming Divine Symmetry set. Stay tuned for further details shortly.
‘KOOKS (BBC SOUNDS OF THE 70s WITH BOB HARRIS)’ SINGLE AVAILABLE 28th SEPTEMBER TO STREAM AND DOWNLOAD
#BowieDivineSymmetry #BowieKOOKS
Moonage Daydream is here
“Five, four, three, two, one...LIFT OFF!!!”
With MOONAGE DAYDREAM launching officially today at various venues at different times, please use these links to locate your nearest screening.
If you’re in the US or Canada head to WWW.MOONAGEDAYDREAM.FILM
If you’re outside the US or Canada visit WWW.BOWIEMOONAGEDAYDREAM.COM
Both pages will continue to be updated with new showtimes.
#BowieMoonageDaydreamFilm
Next Day Extra EP 12" for Black Friday
“Now I wish today that yesterday was just tomorrow…” *
Legacy Recordings has announced that David Bowie’s The Next Day Extra EP will be released on November 25th for Black Friday 2022.
This RSD exclusive will be available as a 7-track 33 1/3rd black vinyl 12".
Here’s the tracklisting...
Side A
1. Atomica – 4:05
2. Love Is Lost (Hello Steve Reich Mix by James Murphy for the DFA) – 10:25
3. The Informer – 4:31
Side B
1. I’d Rather Be High (Venetian Mix) – 3:49
2. Like A Rocket Man – 3:29
3. Born In A UFO – 3:02
4. God Bless The Girl – 4:10
This is the same as the digital EP released in November 2013, which was itself an edited version of the 10-track bonus disc from The Next Day Extra, which also included Plan, I'll Take You There and So She.
The image of DB with Thin White Duke puppet was taken by Jimmy King during the session for the making of the video for Love Is Lost (Hello Steve Reich Mix by James Murphy for the DFA).
* Give yourself five points if you know which song today’s lyric quotation is from.
#BowieBlackFriday2022 #BowieTNDExtraEP
D.J. (MOONAGE DAYDREAM MIX)
“I’ve got believers...”
Released on Friday 9th September, you’ve no doubt stumbled upon D.J. (MOONAGE DAYDREAM MIX) already.
Keep reading for the press release or just check it out now.
#BowieMoonageDaydreamFilm #BowieMoonageDaydreamAlbum
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DAVID BOWIE – D.J. (MOONAGE DAYDREAM MIX)
TAKEN FROM 'MOONAGE DAYDREAM’ THE COMPANION ALBUM TO THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED FILM BY BRETT MORGEN
FEATURING UNHEARD VERSIONS, LIVE TRACKS & MIXES CREATED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE FILM
RELEASED BY ISO RECORDS/PARLOPHONE
DIGITALLY 16th SEPTEMBER
2CD 18th NOVEMBER
3LP TO FOLLOW IN 2023
***** THE GUARDIAN, ***** THE TELEGRAPH, ‘ASTOUNDING’ VOGUE
HEAR DJ (MOONAGE DAYDREAM MIX) NOW
PRE-SAVE / PRE-ORDER THE ALBUM HERE
9th September, 2022, With just one week until the release of MOONAGE DAYDREAM, the critically acclaimed film by Brett Morgen, Parlophone Records is proud to announce the second track to be taken from the musical accompaniment ‘D.J.’ (MOONAGE DAYDREAM MIX).
Initially released as a single in Summer 1979 as the follow up to ‘BOYS KEEP SWINGING’ from the album LODGER, ‘D.J.’ is one of Bowie’s most adventurous singles featuring discordant violin and improvised guitar solos that were made up on the spot without the player having heard the track in advance. This exclusive and unique mix that features in MOONAGE DAYDREAM and on its companion album focuses on the song’s instrumental groove, offering an insight into the art funk foundation of the track.
Coming to cinemas this month, MOONAGE DAYDREAM illuminates the life and genius of David Bowie, one of the most prolific and influential artists of our time. Told through sublime, kaleidoscopic, never-before-seen footage, performances and music, Brett Morgen’s (The Kid Stays in the Picture, Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, Jane) feature length experiential cinematic odyssey explores David Bowie’s creative, musical and spiritual journey. The film is guided by David Bowie’s own narration and is the first officially sanctioned film on the artist.
The companion album to MOONAGE DAYDREAM features songs spanning Bowie’s career and includes previously unheard material, unique mixes created for the film and this release, along with dialogue from Bowie himself.
Highlights include a previously unreleased live medley of 'THE JEAN GENIE / LOVE ME DO / THE JEAN GENIE’ recorded live at the final Ziggy Stardust concert at Hammersmith Odeon in 1973, featuring Jeff Beck on guitar. Other rarities include an early version of the HUNKY DORY favourite ‘QUICKSAND’ and a previously unreleased live version of ‘ROCK ’N’ ROLL WITH ME’ from the legendary 1974 ’Soul Tour’.
The first track to be released was ‘MODERN LOVE’ (MOONAGE DAYDREAM MIX), one of Bowie’s biggest and best-loved worldwide hits. This version is a unique mix starting with the isolated piano motif from the track, building up into the chorus before ending on the a cappella backing vocals offering an insight into the individual elements that create the classic we all know and love.
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