15 tracks chosen and introduced by David Bowie. Among all the items taken from his office for the recently opened V&A exhibition on his work was a paper titled “Memo for radio show – list of favourite records”. So with a bit of editing of old clips featuring him talking about his choices and the full list of the records he loved most this is, Memo For Radio Show a Skylarking mix for Tak Tent Radio
The Hollywood Argyles : Sho Know a Lot About Love
Alan Freed & His Rock ‘n’ Roll Band : Right Now, Right Now
Little Richard : True Fine Mama
The Beatles : Across The Universe
Roxy Music : Mother of Pearl
Legendary Stardust Cowboy : I Took a Trip On a Gemini Spaceship
Jeff Beck : Becks Bolero
Ronnie Spector : Try Some Buy Some
The Walker Brothers : The Electrician
Miles Davis : Someday My Prince Will Come
Charles Mingus : Ecclusiastics
Edgar Froese : Epsilon In Malaysian Pale pt.2
Richard Strauss : Four Last Songs (excerpt)
Vaughan Williams : Fantasia on a Theme (excerpt)
Sonic Youth : Tom Violence
Have you just broken the information superhighway, old chum?
It was adding the embedded link in the OP that did it – sorted. It’s fine in the comments
He’s not a DJ, he’s a very naughty boy!
But he told us on Lodger in 1979 “I am a DJ, I am what I play”
(You were waiting for someone to say that. Cue the QI klaxon)
It was great fun to do, I hope you enjoy