RIP DEREK BOSHIER

It is with much sadness that we learn of the passing of artist and friend of David Bowie, Derek Boshier.

Bowie fans will know him best for his artwork contributions to both Lodger and Let’s Dance.

The sad news was posted on his Instagram page earlier today. Here’s an edited excerpt...

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It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Derek Boshier (1937-2024), the esteemed English artist whose work spanned decades of pioneering creativity. Born in Portsmouth in 1937, and moved to the USA in the 90s, Boshier leaves behind a lasting legacy that shaped and challenged the art world with his astute and often wry observations of popular culture.

“We are deeply saddened by Derek Boshier’s passing. An inspiration to so many, his relentless curiosity was a true force of nature. We will miss his witty sense of humour, his stories that would light up any room he was in. Above all we will miss his extraordinary drive to create and reinvent the art he was destined to share with the world. Shine bright Derek! We will do our very best to continue sharing your stories and celebrate your legacy for the generations to come.” - Mila Askarova, Founder & CEO of Gazelli Art House

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Read Derek’s recollections of meeting with Bowie and the subsequent collaborations in a piece on Vice.com from 2017 by Katie Bain titled: David Bowie and The Clash Were Fans of Derek Boshier’s Art, and You Should Be Too

If you’re not already familiar with it, check out some of Derek’s Bowie related work here:

The two DBs are pictured here with Derek’s daughters.

#BowieBoshier

MICK ROCK’S PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED STARMAN LIVE FOOTAGE

PRESS RELEASE

DAVID BOWIE - ‘THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS’

THE LEGENDARY ALBUM IN DOLBY ATMOS FOR THE FIRST TIME

PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED FOOTAGE OF THE ZIGGY STARDUST TOUR REVEALED HERE

TO BE RELEASED ON BLU-RAY AUDIO DISC 6th SEPTEMBER 2024 AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER HERE

Parlophone Records is proud to announce the first ever Dolby Atmos spatial audio version of DAVID BOWIE’s THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS making its debut in Dolby Atmos spatial audio. The new mix of the album will be available on Blu-Ray Audio on 6th September.

The Blu-Ray audio disc of THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS features four iterations of this timeless album: 2024 Dolby Atmos mix, 2024 Stereo Mix (96 khz / 24-bit pcm), original 1972 Stereo Mix – 2012 remaster (192 khz / 24-bit pcm), original 1972 Stereo Mix – 2012 remaster (48 khz / 24-bit pcm). The Atmos version of the album was mixed by Emre Ramazanoglu and Ken Scott at RAK Studios, London.

Ahead of the release, spectacular previously unseen footage from the Ziggy Stardust tour shot in the UK during 1972 and 1973 by late Bowie collaborator & photographer Mick Rock has been revealed, featuring the album version of “Starman” as its soundtrack.

Of this new Dolby Atmos mix the album’s co-producer, Ken Scott says “You’re in there with the act, with David. He was so theatrical I think being able to put him into an immersive place makes this a really good choice for an Atmos mix. My whole philosophy with this has been to make it more like a live experience. And I’ve even got him moving about the stage a little towards the end, the way he would have in real life. Hopefully it just feels as if you’re in the theatre with this amazing show going on.”

THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS is the breakthrough album that catapulted David Bowie into the international spotlight. Over the past 50 years it has remained a touchstone record, growing in stature with each passing year. It is now ingrained in popular culture, its undeniable influence spanning musicians from Arcade Fire to Lady Gaga, to Harry Styles’s androgynous fashion sense to Noel Fielding’s shirts on The Great British Bake-Off to Ziggy make-up challenges on Tik-Tok. David Bowie laid to rest the Ziggy Stardust persona in July 1973 at his infamous last show with the Spiders From Mars at London’s Hammersmith Odeon, but Ziggy’s impact reverberates to this day.

DAVID BOWIE

THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS

BLU-RAY AUDIO

Five Years – 4:42

Soul Love – 3:34

Moonage Daydream – 4:40

Starman – 4:10

It Ain’t Easy – 2:58

Lady Stardust – 3:22

Star – 2:47

Hang On To Yourself – 2:40

Ziggy Stardust – 3:13

Suffragette City – 3:25

Rock ’n’ Roll Suicide - 2.58

2024 DOLBY ATMOS MIX

2024 STEREO MIX (96 KHZ / 24-BIT PCM)

ORIGINAL 1972 STEREO MIX – 2012 REMASTER (192 KHZ / 24-BIT PCM)

ORIGINAL 1972 STEREO MIX – 2012 REMASTER (48 KHZ / 24-BIT PCM)

#BowieRockNRollStar #Bowie1972 #BowieZiggyStardust #ZiggyStardustDolbyAtmos #ZiggyStardustBluRay #BowieMickRock

HAPPY BIRTHDAY IMAN

With just a few hours to go, we’re hoping you’ve had a splendid day, Iman.

The birthday girl is pictured here 34 years ago with her new beau(ie) attending the Twice Gifted Auction benefit for the American Cancer Society in November 1990. The event took place at the Edward Nachamkin Gallery in NYC.

📸 Ron Galella

#ImanBirthday #imanhbd #BowieRonGalella

JIM HENSON’S LABYRINTH: IN CONCERT PRESS RELEASE

JIM HENSON’S LABYRINTH: IN CONCERT

NORTH AMERICAN TOUR LAUNCHES TO 30 CITIES THIS FALL

Experience the 80s Cult Classic on Screen

With the Iconic Soundtrack Performed by a Live Band on Stage

Accompanied by David Bowie's Legendary Vocals

Tickets Go on Sale Friday, June 21

GOBLIN CITY – June 18, 2024 – For the first time ever, Jim Henson’s original masterpiece and musical fantasy film Labyrinth, starring the iconic David Bowie, will transport fans to Goblin City in an exciting fusion of film and live music on stage with “Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: In Concert.” The 30-city North American tour launches September 24 - Jim Henson’s birthday - with stops in Atlanta, Orlando, and New Orleans. For tour dates, tickets, VIP packages and more information, visit www.labyrinthinconcert.com.

Labyrinth’s loyal and steadfast cult following has grown for nearly 40 years since the film’s theatrical release on June 27, 1986. Audiences are invited to experience an epic evening as the movie is presented on a large HD cinema screen. On stage, a live band will perform in sync with Bowie’s original vocals, playing the songs and the score from the soundtrack composed by Bowie and Trevor Jones.

“Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: In Concert” producer Black Ink Presents, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, is known for its extensive history of breathing new life into iconic films with symphonies, orchestras, or bands live on stage, including Batman, Ghostbusters, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Rocketman, La La Land, and more. “I have always been a huge fan of the groundbreaking collaboration of Jim Henson, George Lucas, David Bowie, and Trevor Jones on this film, and bringing it to fans in a live concert screening experience is a dream come true,” says John Kinsner, CEO of Black Ink Presents. “Getting to hear Bowie’s vocals with a live band while watching the film is sure to give every Labyrinth fan goosebumps.”

“It’s always incredible when the amazing fans of Jim Henson’s Labyrinth come together to watch (and rewatch!) this beloved fantasy adventure,” says Nicole Goldman, Executive Vice President of Branding for The Jim Henson Company. “With ‘Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: In Concert,’ we are welcoming loyal and new fans to the world of the Goblin King, and celebrating the incredible music of David Bowie and Trevor Jones in a whole new way. It is certain to be a ‘Magic Dance!’” Starring Bowie and Jennifer Connelly, as well as scores of goblins and creatures from the renowned Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, the film features a soundtrack of unique and memorable melodies, with Bowie's original songs like “Magic Dance,” “Underground” and “As the World Falls Down,” along with Jones' orchestral score. The collaboration between Bowie and Jones provides an enchanting and distinctive musical experience, perfectly capturing the whimsical and fantastical elements of the film and contributing to its lasting acclaim and popularity.

“Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: In Concert” tour schedule includes (subject to change):

September 24 Morgantown, WV Metropolitan Theatre

September 25 Reading, PA Santander PAC

September 26 Glenside, PA Keswick Theatre

September 27 York, PA Pullo Center

September 28 Concord, NH Capitol Center for the Arts

September 29 Mississauga, ON, Canada Living Arts Centre

October 1 Rutland, VT Paramount Theatre

October 2 Medford, MA Chevalier Theatre

October 3 Patchogue, NY Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts

October 5 Munhall, PA Carnegie Music Hall of Homestead

October 7 Cleveland, OH Agora Theatre

October 8 Louisville, KY Louisville Palace

October 9 Columbus, OH KEMBA Live

October 10 Lexington, KY Lexington Opera House

October 11 Indianapolis, IN Murat Theatre

October 12 Detroit, MI Masonic Cathedral Theatre

October 13 Milwaukee, WI Pabst Theater

October 14 Cincinnati, OH Taft Theatre

October 16 Saint Paul, MN Fitzgerald Theater

October 17 Waukegan, IL Genesee Theatre

October 18 Kansas City, MO Uptown Theater

October 19 Omaha, NE Holland Center

October 21 Dallas, TX Majestic Theater

October 22 New Orleans, LA Orpheum Theater

October 23 Atlanta, GA The Eastern

October 24 Jacksonville, FL Florida Theatre

October 25 Orlando, FL Plaza Live

October 26 Clearwater, FL Ruth Eckerd Hall

October 27 Fort Lauderdale, FL The Parker

For more information, including tickets and tour dates, visit www.labyrinthinconcert.com.

About Black Ink Presents

A leader in turn-key solutions for music performances and experiential entertainment, Black Ink provides creative direction, design, and production management for concerts, tours, and other unique and immersive events nationwide. The company also produces “live-to-film” shows in which a full orchestra or band performs a film score live, synced with a screening of the film or other media. Notable projects include: The Nightmare Before Christmas in Concert in cities around the world, featuring special guests such as Billie Eilish, Phoebe Bridgers, and Catherine O’Hara; Joe Hisaishi Symphonic Concert: Music from the Studio Ghibli Films of Hayao Miyazaki conducted by iconic Japanese film composer Joe Hisaishi; Rocketman in Concert featuring Elton John; La La Land in Concert conducted by composer Justin Hurwitz in arenas and concert halls around the world; Coco in Concert, Encanto in Concert, and The Lion King 30th Anniversary Celebration, all at the Hollywood Bowl and all filmed for release on Disney+.

About The Jim Henson Company

The Jim Henson Company has remained an established leader in family entertainment for over 65 years and is recognized as an innovator in puppetry, animatronics, and digital animation. The Company’s most recent credits include the Oscar®-winning Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio for Netflix, the Emmy®-winning Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock for Apple TV+, and the feature film The Portable Door for MGM+. The Company is currently in post-production on a new reimagining of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day starring Eva Longoria and Cheech Marin for Disney+. Other television credits include Slumberkins, Harriet the Spy and Fraggle Rock: Rock On, all for Apple TV+, Word Party for Netflix, Earth to Ned for Disney+, and the Emmy-winning Netflix Original series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. Other TV productions include Dinosaur Train (PBS), Splash and Bubbles (PBS), Sid the Science Kid (PBS), and Julie’s Greenroom (Netflix), as well as Fraggle Rock, The Storyteller, and the sci-fi series Farscape. Feature film credits include The Star (Sony Pictures Animation), Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (Disney), and the ground-breaking fantasy classics The Dark Crystal, and Labyrinth.

With additional locations in New York and London, The Jim Henson Company is headquartered in Los Angeles on the historic Charlie Chaplin lot, complete with soundstage and post-production facilities. The Company is home to Jim Henson’s Creature Shop™, a pre-eminent character-building and visual effects group with international film, television, theme park and advertising clients, as well as Henson Recording Studios, one of the music industry’s top recording facilities known for its world-class blend of state-of-the-art and vintage equipment. The Company’s Henson Alternative credits include the feature film The Happytime Murders, and the popular live puppet improvisational show Puppet-Up! – Uncensored.

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MICK ROCK’S PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED ZIGGY LIVE FOOTAGE

PRESS RELEASE

WORLD PREMIERE OF PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED MICK ROCK LIVE FOOTAGE FROM THE ZIGGY STARDUST TOUR - WATCH IT HERE NOW

ROCK ’N’ ROLL STAR! RELEASED TODAY 5CD/BLU-RAY, DIGITAL BOX SET & HALF SPEED MASTERED LP INCLUDES 28 EXCLUSIVE UNRELEASED TRACKS - AVAILABLE TO BUY HERE

KEF & PARLOPHONE RECORDS PRESENT

‘THE JOURNEY THROUGH THE CREATION OF ZIGGY STARDUST’

15TH-30TH JUNE 2024

AT KEF MUSIC GALLERY

42-48 GREAT PORTLAND STREET, LONDON W1W 7NB

HEAR ‘THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS’ IN DOLBY ATMOS FOR THE FIRST TIME EXCLUSIVELY FROM 15TH JUNE – 30TH JUNE AT THE KEF MUSIC GALLERY GREAT PORTLAND STREET, LONDON. DOLBY ATMOS MIX TO BE RELEASED ON BLU-RAY AUDIO DISC & STREAMING 6th SEPTEMBER 2024. AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER HERE

June 14th 2024, London – Today sees the release of ROCK ‘N’ ROLL STAR!, a 5CD and 1 Blu-Ray Audio set chronicling David Bowie’s journey through the creation of the Ziggy Stardust character and the recording of the iconic …ZIGGY STARDUST… album. ROCK ‘N’ ROLL STAR! contains 29 unreleased tracks, covers early songwriting demos, recordings from David’s band, The Arnold Corns, rehearsals at Bowie’s then-home, Haddon Hall, BBC sessions, singles, live performances, plus outtakes and alternative versions from the original album recording sessions, which have been newly mixed by original album co-producer, Ken Scott.

Last night, the KEF Music Gallery London, 32-48 Great Portland St, London, hosted the world premiere of tracks from ROCK ‘N’ ROLL STAR!, the Dolby Atmos mix of ‘ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS’ along with a Q&A with Ziggy co-producer Ken Scott.

Also unveiled was previously unreleased footage from the Ziggy Stardust tour shot in the UK during 1972 and 1973 by late Bowie collaborator, photographer Mick Rock, featuring the album version of “Ziggy Stardust” as its soundtrack.

From June 15th to June 30th, high-end audiophile speaker purveyors KEF will partner with Parlophone to celebrate the …ZIGGY STARDUST … Atmos mix and the June 14th release of the 5CD and 1 Blu-Ray Audio box set ROCK ‘N’ ROLL STAR!.

For the first time ever, fans will be able to experience the Dolby Atmos mix exclusively at the KEF Music Gallery, nearly three months ahead of its release. The Gallery will also be hosting special events and activations inspired by the time that Bowie was writing and recording this legendary album.

The Dolby Atmos spatial audio mix of DAVID BOWIE’s THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS will be released on Blu-Ray Audio and Streaming on September 6th.

THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS is the breakthrough album that catapulted David Bowie into the international spotlight. Over the past 50 years it has remained a touchstone record, growing in stature with each passing year. It is now ingrained in popular culture, its undeniable influence spanning musicians from Arcade Fire to Lady Gaga, to Harry Styles’s androgynous fashion sense to Noel Fielding’s shirts on The Great British Bake-Off to Ziggy make-up challenges on Tik-Tok. David Bowie laid to rest the Ziggy Stardust persona in July 1973 at his infamous last show with the Spiders From Mars at London’s Hammersmith Odeon, but Ziggy’s impact reverberates to this day.

#BowieRockNRollStar #Bowie1972 #BowieZiggyStardust #ZiggyStardustDolbyAtmos #ZiggyStardustBluRay #BowieKEF #KEF #KEFListenAndBelieve

ROCK ‘N’ ROLL STAR! BOX OUT NOW

“...and I'd come on like a regular superstar...”

Have you got yours yet? What do you think?

Join in the discussion on the official David Bowie social pages.

Go here for purchase links.

Streaming links here.

Read the press release here.

#BowieRockNRollStar #Bowie1972 #BowieZiggyStardust

RIP MARK CARR PRITCHETT

Our thoughts are with the family and friends of Mark Carr Pritchett, who, sad to report, passed away yesterday morning.

Fans will know well his association with Bowie, from DB’s creation of The Arnold Corns through to Mark’s appearance as second guitarist for The 1980 Floor Show. Not to mention being the owner of the guitar Bowie posed with for the Ziggy Stardust cover shoot.

Here’s a heavily edited excerpt from Tris Penna’s notes from the RNRS! box set released tomorrow...

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Mark Carr Pritchett was a Beckenham neighbour of David’s and as a self-described ‘jobbing’ guitarist in the late 60s/early 70s’ was a band member of ‘The Arnold Corns’.

“Sometime around May 1969, I was trolling through Beckenham with guitar in hand to go and rehearse with my high school band ‘Rungk’ and I saw a poster on the wall ‘Artists, musicians, poets, potters, please come to a meeting at the Three Tuns’. That event was the genesis of the ‘Beckenham Arts Lab’ which is where I first met the then twenty-two year old David Bowie – who had just moved into the

ground floor flat in Haddon Hall which was close to my parents’ house, so we were neighbours.

And over the next year we just got matey really and he learnt more about my life and we’re playing guitars, sharing equipment and stuff.

Fast forward to January 1972.

I’m sitting there in me flat. Knock on the door. It’s David.

“Hello, mate. I need a favour”.

‘What do you want? Come in. Do you want a cup of tea?’

“No, I'm really pushed for time. Your red Les Paul, can I borrow it?”

‘Yeah, of course.’

“Now”

‘Yeah all right? Why?’

“Got a photo shoot. I really need that guitar now. Do you mind?”

I said ‘no, not at all, put it in its case and there you go.’

“I’ll get it back to you in the morning.”

‘Don’t harm it, it’s not insured.’

“No! I won’t.”

And off, he’s gone.

The next day it comes back and there were still raindrops on the bloody thing.

I said ‘Ah nice one Dave, you’ve looked after my guitar for me.’

“Ah alright, ok, sorry. I took some photos with it.”

And then when months later I saw the cover of the Ziggy Stardust album, there was my Les Paul.

It was Ziggy’s guitar – not stolen as per the song, but one that was borrowed from me!”

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RIP FRANÇOISE HARDY

Sad to learn of the passing of Françoise Hardy the French singer-songwriter and actress.

David and Françoise seemed to enjoy a mutual appreciation.

David said this of her in 1997: “I was for a very long time, passionately in love with her, as I’m sure she’s guessed, every male

And here’s Françoise talking about her favourite Bowie album and recalling telling him about it when they met in 2003.

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“I’ve always been fascinated by David Bowie, but I’m not what you call a fan because fans have all the records and know everything. I’m not like that. His album Outside impressed me most.”

“I was on a show with him, and I told him that Outside was my favourite album by him, and he was stunned. He couldn’t believe it. I think he was quite happy to hear that.”

“There are other good tunes on this album, but I prefer ‘I’m Deranged’. When you don’t speak English well like me, it doesn’t matter so much not to understand the lyrics. Of course, it can bring something more, but it’s more about the whole musical atmosphere, the production by Brian Eno, and also the melody, which are all tremendous.”

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That show was Trafic.musique, France 2. A Bowie Special recorded on 4th September 2003. Broadcast 18th September 2003. Image by Total Blam Blam taken at the taping of it.

IMAN’S MESSAGE TO DAVID ON THEIR 32nd ANNIVERSARY

Today (6th June), is the 32nd anniversary of David and Iman’s official church wedding at Saint James Episcopal Church, in Florence, Italy, in 1992.

Here’s the message Iman posted for #imandaily today...

OUR SOULS WILL DANCE

TOGETHER AGAIN

ONE DAY

The image we’ve used is another of Brian Aris’s stunning shots of the beautiful couple taken on the day.

#imandaily #DavidAndImanAnniversary #BowieForever #EternalLove

‘I CAN’T EXPLAIN’ (TRIDENT STUDIOS VERSION – TAKE 2)

“I know what it means...”

If it’s 31st May wherever you are, you can listen to ‘I CAN’T EXPLAIN’ (TRIDENT STUDIOS VERSION – TAKE 2) here now.

Keep reading for the press release.

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DAVID BOWIE - ‘I CAN’T EXPLAIN’ (TRIDENT STUDIOS VERSION – TAKE 2)

TAKEN FROM THE FORTHCOMING BOXSET ‘ROCK ‘N’ ROLL STAR!’ 5CD/BLU-RAY, DIGITAL BOXSET & HALF-SPEED MASTERED LP RELEASED ON 14TH JUNE, 2024

Parlophone Records today releases ‘I CAN’T EXPLAIN’ (TRIDENT STUDIOS VERSION – TAKE 2) the third track to be taken from DAVID BOWIE ROCK ‘N’ ROLL STAR!, a 5CD and 1 Blu-Ray Audio set. The boxset explores David Bowie’s journey from February 1971 through the creation of Ziggy Stardust, and the recording of the iconic THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS album.

‘I CAN’T EXPLAIN’ (TRIDENT STUDIOS VERSION – TAKE 2) is a cover of The Who’s classic 1965 debut single. It was produced by David and recorded at Trident Studios in Soho, London, on the 24th of June 1972. This high energy version of the track has remained undiscovered for over 50 years.

A year later Bowie would record the song again at a much slower tempo with co-producer Ken Scott for his PIN UPS album. Other unreleased highlights on ROCK ‘N’ ROLL STAR!, include an unheard version of the deep-cut classic ‘SHADOW MAN’, and ‘LADY STARDUST (ALTERNATIVE VERSION – TAKE 1) performed in a much lower register to the released version.

#BowieRockNRollStar #Bowie1972 #BowieICantExplain

LODGER ALBUM IS 45

“And it won’t be forgotten…”

Though a Top 5 album in the UK, Lodger is often referred to as underrated or overlooked. But it seems this 1979 release is now appreciated by a much wider audience than it was when it was first released 45 years ago.

Packed with absolute gems, the Bowie/Visconti-produced Lodger is a true Bowie classic and is the final release in the so-called (albeit misleading), Berlin Trilogy.

The Trojan that is Jason Draper has yet again given us another in-depth piece titled: ‘Lodger’ Track By Track: A Guide To Every Song On David Bowie’s Art-Pop Classic. Read it here now:

Image courtesy of Duffy Archive.

#BowieLodger #Lodger45

DIAMOND DOGS IS FIFTY - READ ALL ABOUT IT ON DIG!

“Any day now…”

On the day that we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Diamond Dogs and the release today of the Diamond Dogs picture disc and half-speed master, Jason Draper has written another in-depth piece titled: ‘Diamond Dogs’ At 50: A Track-By-Track Guide To Every Song On David Bowie’s Apocalyptic Nightmare.

It’s a superb piece and you can read it here now.

#DiamondDogs50 #1974TheYearOfTheDiamondDogs

ZIGGY DOLBY ATMOS ON BLU-RAY AUDIO DISC & STREAMING DUE SEPTEMBER

“And he was awful nice, Really quite paradise...”

Keep reading for the press release.

#ZiggyStardustDolbyAtmos #ZiggyStardustBluRay

DAVID BOWIE ‘THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS’

THE LEGENDARY ALBUM IN DOLBY ATMOS FOR THE FIRST TIME

TO BE RELEASED ON BLU-RAY AUDIO DISC & STREAMING 6th SEPTEMBER 2024

AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER HERE

16th May 2024 London - Parlophone Records is proud to announce the first ever Dolby Atmos spatial audio version of DAVID BOWIE’s THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS is making its debut in Dolby Atmos spatial audio. The new mix of the album will be available on Blu-Ray Audio and streaming services on 6th September.

The Blu-Ray audio disc of THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS features four iterations of this timeless album: 2024 Dolby Atmos mix, 2024 Stereo Mix (96 khz / 24-bit pcm), original 1972 Stereo Mix – 2012 remaster (192 khz / 24-bit pcm), original 1972 Stereo Mix – 2012 remaster (48 khz / 24-bit pcm). The Atmos version of the album was mixed by Emre Ramazanoglu and Ken Scott at RAK Studios, London.

Of this new Dolby Atmos mix the album’s co-producer, Ken Scott says “You’re in there with the act, with David. He was so theatrical I think being able to put him into an immersive place makes this a really good choice for an Atmos mix. My whole philosophy with this has been to make it more like a live experience. And I’ve even got him moving about the stage a little towards the end, the way he would have in real life. Hopefully, it just feels as if you’re in the theatre with this amazing show going on.”

June 14th sees the release of DAVID BOWIE ROCK ‘N’ ROLL STAR!, a 5CD and 1 Blu-Ray Audio set chronicling David Bowie’s journey through the creation of the Ziggy Stardust character and the recording of the iconic THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS album. ROCK ‘N’ ROLL STAR!, contains 29 unreleased tracks, covers early songwriting demos, recordings from David’s band, The Arnold Corns, rehearsals at Bowie’s then-home, Haddon Hall, BBC sessions, singles, live performances, plus outtakes and alternative versions from the original album recording sessions, which have been newly mixed by original album co-producer, Ken Scott.

THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS is the breakthrough album that catapulted David Bowie into the international spotlight. Over the past 50 years it has remained a touchstone record, growing in stature with each passing year. It is now ingrained in popular culture, its undeniable influence spanning musicians from Arcade Fire to Lady Gaga, to Harry Styles’s androgynous fashion sense to Noel Fielding’s shirts on The Great British Bake-Off to Ziggy make-up challenges on Tik-Tok. David Bowie laid to rest the Ziggy Stardust persona in July 1973 at his infamous last show with the Spiders From Mars at London’s Hammersmith Odeon, but Ziggy’s impact reverberates to this day.

DAVID BOWIE

THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS

BLU-RAY AUDIO

Five Years – 4:42

Soul Love – 3:34

Moonage Daydream – 4:40

Starman – 4:10

It Ain’t Easy – 2:58

Lady Stardust – 3:22

Star – 2:47

Hang On To Yourself – 2:40

Ziggy Stardust – 3:13

Suffragette City – 3:25

Rock ’n’ Roll Suicide - 2.58

2024 DOLBY ATMOS MIX

2024 STEREO MIX (96 KHZ / 24-BIT PCM)

ORIGINAL 1972 STEREO MIX – 2012 REMASTER (192 KHZ / 24-BIT PCM)

ORIGINAL 1972 STEREO MIX – 2012 REMASTER (48 KHZ / 24-BIT PCM)

DAVID BOWIE

ROCK ‘N’ ROLL STAR!

5CD/BLU-RAY, DIGITAL BOX SET & HALF-SPEED MASTERED LP

RELEASED ON 14TH JUNE, 2024

PRE-ORDER HERE

DAVID BOWIE

‘THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS’

BLU-RAY AUDIO DISC & STREAMING

RELEASED ON 6th SEPTEMBER 2024

AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER HERE

RIP DAVID SANBORN

Sad to learn of the passing of American alto saxophonist, David Sanborn.

Bowie fans will know him best for his sublime work on Young Americans and David Live, he also played flute on the latter.

The sad news was posted on his social pages in the last hour...

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It is with sad and heavy hearts that we convey to you the loss of internationally renowned, 6 time Grammy Award-winning, saxophonist, David Sanborn. Mr. Sanborn passed Sunday afternoon, May 12th, after an extended battle with prostate cancer with complications.

Mr. Sanborn had been dealing with prostate cancer since 2018, but had been able to maintain his normal schedule of concerts until just recently. Indeed he already had concerts scheduled into 2025.

David Sanborn was a seminal figure in contemporary pop and jazz music. It has been said that he “put the saxophone back into Rock ’n Roll.”

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The image here was posted by David Sanborn back in 2020, along with this caption: “The last time Bowie and I were together...dinner in Montreux, Switzerland, July 2002.”

LADY STARDUST TAKE 1 ALTERNATIVE VERSION

“Lady stardust sang his songs...”

If it’s 3rd May wherever you are, you can listen to LADY STARDUST (ALTERNATIVE VERSION – TAKE 1) here now.

Keep reading for the press release.

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LADY STARDUST - (ALTERNATIVE VERSION – TAKE 1)

TAKEN FROM THE FORTHCOMING BOXSET ROCK ‘N’ ROLL STAR!

5CD/BLU-RAY, DIGITAL BOX SET & HALF-SPEED MASTERED LP RELEASED ON 14TH JUNE, 2024

3rd May 2024 London - Parlophone Records today releases LADY STARDUST (ALTERNATIVE VERSION – TAKE 1), the second track to be taken from DAVID BOWIE ROCK ‘N’ ROLL STAR!, a 5CD and 1 Blu-Ray Audio set. The boxset explores David Bowie’s journey through the creation of Ziggy Stardust, and the recording of the iconic THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS album.

The hitherto unknown LADY STARDUST (ALTERNATIVE VERSION – TAKE 1) took its original producer by surprise. Ken Scott recalls, “This was a shock when I first heard it. I pulled up the faders and suddenly, what the hell? I had no recollection of it being like that originally, but I guess it was just a guide vocal. But it sounds great, is really interesting and brings a totally different feeling to the song.”

The band line-up for LADY STARDUST (ALTERNATIVE VERSION – TAKE 1) is David Bowie on vocals, Mick Ronson on piano, Trevor Bolder on bass and Woody Woodmansey on drums. Scott singles out Ronson for praise, “Ronno on piano is very good indeed. The Trident Studio piano was just amazing, a Bechstein grand from around 1850 and I think the hammers had been treated with varnish or something – it was the best rock and roll piano in the whole world.”

LADY STARDUST (ALTERNATIVE VERSION – TAKE 1) was recorded at Trident Studios, St Anne’s Court, London on 12th November 1971, produced by David Bowie and Ken Scott and arranged by David Bowie and Mick Ronson.

Other unreleased highlights on ROCK ‘N’ ROLL STAR!, include an unheard version of the deep-cut classic ‘SHADOW MAN’, and an up-tempo take of The Who’s ‘I CAN’T EXPLAIN’, which Bowie would later slow down and cover for the PIN-UPS album.

#BowieRockNRollStar #Bowie1972 #BowieLadyStardust

IMAN’S MESSAGE TO DAVID ON THEIR 32nd ANNIVERSARY

On April 24th, 1992, David and Iman married at a registry office civil ceremony in Lausanne, Switzerland. Iman marked the 32nd anniversary of that event today with a photograph of the couple in Amsterdam taken by Ellen von Unwerth in 2003. (We’ve used a crop of the same image)

Iman also posted the following message online:

“THE YEARS MAY PASS, BUT STILL, YOU STAY AND STAY AND STAY”

#imandaily #BowieForever #DavidAndImanAnniversary #EternalLove

BOWIE X ENO X NATURE GET REAL SOUNDS RIGHT MIX OUT NOW

“Planet Earth is blue, And there’s something you can do...”

We told you about the new version of Brian Eno and David Bowie’s Get Real Sounds Right Mix (Featuring NATURE) on the David Bowie social pages a few days ago.

@soundsright.earth is a global music initiative by @museumfortheun to recognise NATURE as an official artist and to raise funds for her conservation.

Over to Brian to explain...

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Brian Eno: “Throughout my life I’ve wondered - how I can return something to the places I’ve taken ideas from? Music started out as the sounds of the natural world, and Sounds Right creates a system to give back to nature, helping to preserve the planet so that it can continue to inspire us for years to come.

In the nature remix of “Get Real”, a track I co-wrote with David Bowie 30 years ago, the animals are invading the song – it's like it has sprung leaks everywhere and these animals are coming in through every window and crack between the doors. They're sort of threatening - suddenly Nature has crept into the art.”

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Eno also recently told the Midnight Chats podcast about some of NATURE’S contributions to the new version of Get Real:

“It’s a powerful song – very good lyrics – and with this new kind of container that we're putting it in of being a song about our relationship with the Earth, I think it really works. The wild pigs sound really good...So yes, we'll have David, Bri and some wild pigs!”

“I’ve got a number of recordings of different animals here. I wanted big, slightly menacing animals in the song. Not birds and wind and things like that. So, I tried a Siberian tiger. That was a bit too overwhelming. I tried some rooks. I've always loved rooks, but they sounded like ducks in that context, which is not quite the same message.”

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A share of royalties from any song that credits NATURE as an artist will go to @EarthPercent, a charity founded by Eno. The organization will then distribute that money to conservation and restoration projects in the world’s “most precious and precarious ecosystems” under the guidance of the Sounds Right Expert Advisory Panel, a group of world-leading biologists, environmental activists, Indigenous People’s representatives, and experts in conservation funding.

So, listen to Get Real Sounds Right Mix (Featuring NATURE) frequently on major streaming platforms, to help the planet now.

#soundsright #NATUREtheartist #BowieEnoNatureGetReal

DAVID BOWIE - ROCK ‘N’ ROLL STAR! BOX COMING IN JUNE

“I could make it all worthwhile...”

Read on for the press release.

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DAVID BOWIE - ROCK ‘N’ ROLL STAR!

5CD/BLU-RAY, DIGITAL BOX SET & HALF-SPEED MASTERED LP TO BE RELEASED ON 14TH JUNE, 2024

INCLUDES 29 EXCLUSIVE PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED TRACKS

PRE-ORDER HERE

‘ZIGGY STARDUST (DEMO)’ AVAILABLE NOW TO STREAM AND DOWNLOAD:

Parlophone Records proudly announces DAVID BOWIE ROCK ‘N’ ROLL STAR!, a 5CD and 1 Blu-Ray Audio set that explores David Bowie’s journey from February 1971 through the creation of the Ziggy Stardust character, the recording of the iconic THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS album, and captures the international mania that surrounded the Ziggy phenomenon in the form of UK radio sessions and TV performances, as well as live tracks from Ziggy and the Spiders’ 1st October 1972 show at the Boston Music Hall.

ROCK ‘N’ ROLL STAR!, containing 29 unreleased tracks, covers early songwriting demos, recordings from David’s studio creation, The Arnold Corns, rehearsals at Bowie’s then-home, Haddon Hall, BBC sessions, singles, live performances, plus outtakes and alternative versions from the original album recording sessions, which have been newly mixed by original album producer, Ken Scott.

Unreleased highlights include an alternative version of ‘Lady Stardust’, a version of the deep-cut classic ‘Shadow Man’ and an up-tempo take of The Who’s ‘I Can’t Explain’, which he would later slow down and cover for the PIN UPS album.

The audio-only Blu-Ray disc features the definitive 2012 remaster of the original Ziggy Stardust album in 96kHz/24bit PCM stereo, plus the album and additional mixes from 2003 in DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 as well as the singles, outtakes and alternative versions in 96kHz/24 bit PCM stereo.

The Blu-Ray also includes a version of the ZIGGY STARDUST album called WAITING IN THE SKY (BEFORE THE STARMAN CAME TO EARTH) taken from Trident Studio tapes dated 15th December 1971, which features an alternative running order and four songs that didn’t make the final album. This will also be available as a limited vinyl LP on 20th April, 2024 for Record Store Day. In addition, there is a 1-LP version of ROCK ‘N’ ROLL STAR! compiling the alternative takes and mixes.

ROCK ‘N’ ROLL STAR! also contains two books. The first is an extensive 112-page book with detailed liner notes, memorabilia, contemporary reviews and articles, rare photographs from Barrie Wentzel, Michael Putland, Mick Rock, Sukita and Alec Byrne, as well as brand-new notes and interviews with Ken Scott, Mark Carr Pritchett and David’s plugger from the time, Anya Wilson. Accompanying the main book is a 36-page compiled reproduction of David’s personal Ziggy Stardust era notebooks.

The first track taken from ROCK ‘N’ ROLL STAR! is ‘ZIGGY STARDUST’ (DEMO)’ recorded by Bowie on vocal and acoustic guitar in 1971 at Haddon Hall in Beckenham.

DAVID BOWIE - ROCK ‘N’ ROLL STAR!

* PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

Disc 1

1. So Long 60s (San Francisco Hotel recording) *

2. Hang On To Yourself (early demo) *

3. Lady Stardust (demo)

4. Ziggy Stardust (demo)

5. Star (Aka Stars) (demo) *

6. Soul Love (demo and DB spoken notes) *

7. Starman (demo 1 excerpt) *

8. Starman (demo 2) *

9. Moonage Daydream (The Arnold Corns version)

10. Hang On To Yourself (The Arnold Corns version)

11. Looking For A Friend (The Arnold Corns version – rough mix) *

12. Haddon Hall Rehearsals Segue: Ziggy Stardust / Holy Holy / Soul Love *

13. Star (Aka Stars) (Haddon Hall rehearsal) *

14. Sweet Head (Haddon Hall rehearsal) *

Disc 2

Sounds Of The 70s: John Peel

Session recorded on 11th January, 1972 and broadcast on 28th January, 1972

1. Ziggy Stardust *

2. Queen Bitch *

3. Waiting For The Man *

4. Lady Stardust *

Sounds Of The 70s: Bob Harris

Session recorded on 18th January, 1972 and broadcast on 7th February, 1972

5. Hang On To Yourself

6. Ziggy Stardust

7. Queen Bitch

8. Waiting For The Man

9. Five Years

Old Grey Whistle Test Performance

Filmed on 7th February, 1972 and broadcast on 8th February, 1972

except ‘Oh! You Pretty Things’ which was not broadcast until 1982.

10. Oh! You Pretty Things (take 1)

11. Queen Bitch

12. Five Years

Disc 3

Sounds Of The 70s: John Peel

Session recorded on 16th May, 1972 and broadcast on 23rd May, 1972

1. White Light/White Heat

2. Moonage Daydream

3. Hang On To Yourself

4. Suffragette City

5. Ziggy Stardust

Johnnie Walker Lunchtime Show

Session recorded on 22nd May, 1972 and broadcast from 5th – 9th June, 1972

6. Starman

7. Space Oddity

8. Changes

9. Oh! You Pretty Things

Sounds Of The 70s: Bob Harris

Session recorded on 23rd May, 1972 and broadcast On 19th June, 1972

10. Andy Warhol

11. Lady Stardust

12. White Light/White Heat

13. Rock ‘N’ Roll Suicide

Top Of The Pops Performance

Filmed on 5th July, 1972 and broadcast on 6th July, 1972

14. Starman

Disc 4

1. Round And Round

2. The Supermen (Ziggy session version)

3. Holy Holy (Ziggy session version)

4. Velvet Goldmine (Ziggy session outtake)

5. Starman (original single mix)

6. John, I’m Only Dancing (original single version)

Recorded Live At The Music Hall, Boston.

Recorded on 1st October, 1972

7. The Supermen

8. Changes

9. Life On Mars?

10. My Death *

11. John, I’m Only Dancing

Disc 5

1. Looking For A Friend (The Arnold Corns version 2022 mix) *

2. Hang On To Yourself (early Ziggy session take) *

3. Star (take 5 alternative version) *

4. Lady Stardust (take 1 alternative version) *

5. Shadow Man (Ziggy session version) *

6. The Supermen (Ziggy session version 2023 Mix) *

7. Holy Holy (Ziggy session version alternative mix) *

8. Round And Round (alternative mix)

9. It’s Gonna Rain Again (Ziggy session outtake) *

10. Looking For A Friend (Ziggy session version) *

11. Velvet Goldmine (Ziggy sessions outtake 2022 mix) *

12. Sweet Head (Ziggy sessions outtake 2022 mix) *

13. Starman (Top Of The Pops version 2022 mix)

14. John, I’m Only Dancing (alternative Trident Studios version) *

15. I Can’t Explain (Trident Studios version) *

Bonus Mix

16. Moonage Daydream (2003 instrumental mix)

Blu Ray Audio

THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS

Original album mix (96khz/24bit Stereo)

THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS AND EXTRAS

2003 5.1 Mixes (DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 - 96khz/24bit)

WAITING IN THE SKY (BEFORE THE STARMAN CAME TO EARTH)

Early Ziggy Stardust album tracklisting – December 1971 (96khz/24bit PCM stereo)

THE SINGLES

(96khz/24bit PCM stereo)

OUTTAKES AND ALTERNATIVE VERSIONS

(96khz/24bit PCM stereo)

ROCK ‘N’ ROLL STAR! HALF-SPEED MASTERED LP

Vinyl tracklisting

Side 1

1 Hang On To Yourself (early Ziggy session take)

2 Star (Take 5 alternative version)

3 Lady Stardust (Take 1 alternative version)

4 Shadow Man (Ziggy session version)

5 The Supermen (Ziggy session version 2023 mix)

6 Holy Holy (Ziggy session version alternative mix)

7 Round And Round (alternative mix) +

Side 2

1 Velvet Goldmine (Ziggy sessions outtake 2022 mix)

2 Looking For A Friend (Ziggy session version)

3 It's Gonna Rain Again (Ziggy sessions outtake)

4 Sweet Head (Ziggy sessions outtake 2022 mix)

5 Starman (Top Of The Pops version 2022 mix)

6 John, I'm Only Dancing (alternative Trident Studios version) *

7 I Can't Explain (Trident Studios version) +*

Produced by David Bowie and Ken Scott except + Produced by David Bowie

DIAMOND DOGS 50TH ANNIVERSARY VINYL DUE IN MAY

“Keep cool, Diamond Dogs rule, OK...”

DAVID BOWIE DIAMOND DOGS

50th ANNIVERSARY HALF SPEED MASTERED LP

50th ANNIVERSARY PICTURE DISC LP LIMITED EDITION RELEASES

OUT 24th MAY, 2024

PRE-ORDER HERE

Today (15th February 2024) marks the 50th anniversary of the release of David Bowie’s landmark single ‘REBEL REBEL’, which appeared in a remixed form on Bowie’s eighth and most musically adventurous album of the early 1970s, DIAMOND DOGS.

On 24th May, 2024, the exact day of its Golden Jubilee, DIAMOND DOGS will be issued as a limited edition 50th anniversary half-speed mastered LP and a picture disc LP pressed from the same master. The first single from the album, the aforementioned ‘REBEL REBEL’, reached number 5 in the UK and the album would also reach similar heights on both sides of the Atlantic reaching number 1 in the UK and number 5 in the USA.

The writing of the album was influenced by Bowie not being able to secure the rights for a theatrical production of George Orwell’s 1984 and by the work of William S. Burroughs, whom Bowie had appeared with in a two-way interview feature for Rolling Stone titled: BEAT GODFATHER MEETS GLITTER MAINMAN.

The songs on the album created an urban apocalyptic scenario with Bowie appearing on the cover as a controversial half-man, half-dog hybrid painted by the Belgian artist Guy Peellaert, who used photographs as reference taken for the project by the world-renowned photographer Terry O’Neill. Since its release, tracks from DIAMOND DOGS have been covered by artists such as Beck, Tina Turner, Duran Duran, Def Leppard, Joan As Police Woman, Dead Or Alive, The Struts and many others.

To promote the album Bowie undertook his most theatrical and elaborate tour to date, which was captured on film for the infamous BBC programme Cracked Actor and the classic DAVID LIVE album. Despite promises to fans that the tour would reach the UK, it never did. For the second leg of the US tour, Bowie stripped back the show and started taking his material in a more soulful direction, which would be fully realised with the release of his next album, YOUNG AMERICANS.

This new pressing of DIAMOND DOGS 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.

DAVID BOWIE - DIAMOND DOGS TRACKLISTING

SIDE ONE

Future Legend

Diamond Dogs

Sweet Thing

Candidate

Sweet Thing (Reprise)

Rebel Rebel

SIDE TWO

Rock ’n’ Roll With Me

We Are The Dead

1984

Big Brother

Chant Of The Ever Circling Skeletal Family

DIAMOND DOGS 50th ANNIVERSARY HALF SPEED MASTERED LP

DIAMOND DOGS 50th ANNIVERSARY PICTURE DISC LP

AVAILABLE 24th MAY, 2024 ON PARLOPHONE

#DiamondDogs50 #1974TheYearOfTheDiamondDogs #BowieRebelRebel50