A bit surprised no one else has posted this but, in case you missed it, there is a Bowie digital EP being drip fed over the next few weeks and a (wouldn’tyerjustknowit) Record Store limited edition LP/CD release in April of unreleased material.
This version of The Man Who Sold The World is rather good….!
https://www.davidbowie.com/blog/2020/1/7/parlophone-to-issue-unreleased-bowie-tracks
I tagged it on to the end of the Bowie podcast thread last week, but no-one seemed to notice š
It seems this song is the only one the two releases have in common. Not a big lover of RSD releases personally though.
I’ve grown weary of RSD only releases and the Bowie estate’s predilection for them. The only winners from what I can see, are the sly buggers who snaffle up multiple copies and then flog them on eBay for silly money.
http://www.davidbowieworld.nl/mijn-bootlegs-2-2/bbc/attachment/david-bowie-falling-up-trough-the-years-front/
I agree on RSD releases, and I have moaned about this before. Just release the friggin’ thing….
These Bowie releases keep on coming, neverending.
Even I’m getting tired.
Track 2
Number 3
Oh I like this one. It’s warm and sexy!
Nice and crunchy. A 9/10 for me.
If they’d retained Earl Slick’s guitar solo it would have been a 10/10.
With lyrics by David and music co-written by David and Reeves Gabrels, āBaby Universalā was initially recorded by Tin Machine for Tin Machine II. Released as the bandās penultimate single in October 1991, it was performed during the final Tin Machine US television appearance on Saturday Night Live.
āBaby Universalā was regularly performed on Bowieās āOutside Summer Festivals Tourā in 1996. The version now being released as āBABY UNIVERSAL ā97ā was originally re-recorded for the Earthling album, originally intended to be sequenced between āIām Afraid Of Americansā and āLaw (Earthlings On Fire)ā. The song was ultimately removed from the final album master, but David was very fond of this version and before the track was dropped was quoted as saying, āI thought āBaby Universalā was a really good song and I donāt think it got heard. I didnāt really want that to happen to it, so I put it on this albumā¦ I think this version is very good.ā
Too cluttered. It would sound better with some more air in it.
You could say that about most of Earthing.
Track 5 – ‘Nuts’
Final one
I like it.
I’ve been listening a lot to Outside recently. It’s his whole career in one album; fabulous singing, big tunes, weirdness, experimental soundscapes, peculiar narrative arc, etc….
THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD (CHANGESNOWBOWIE VERSION)
This version of the classic track is taken from the 9-track session ChangesNowBowie, recorded for radio and broadcast by the BBC on Davidās 50th birthday on 8th January, 1997. The broadcast featured an interview with David by Mary Anne Hobbs interspersed with specially recorded birthday messages and questions from the likes of Scott Walker, Damon Albarn, Bono, Robert Smith and many more. This mostly acoustic session was a stripped back affair featuring some of Davidās favourites of his own compositions
STAY ā97
Stay originally appeared on the āStation To Stationā album in 1976 and was released as a single in the US in August of that year. The previously unreleased 1997 re-recording of āSTAY’ began at The Factory in the Dublin Docklands during the pre-Earthling tour rehearsals while David, Mark Plati and Reeves Gabrels were preparing the backing/sequencer tracks before the rest of the band arrived, and the rehearsals started in earnest. David wanted to āupdate’ some of his live show staples so they would sit well sonically with the Outside/Earthling material. The recording was completed later, potentially for use as a āB-sideā, and mixed at Right Track Recording studios, New York in May/June 1997.
I CANāT READ ā97
I Canāt Read originally appeared on Tin Machineās eponymous debut album in 1989, and was a staple in the bandās live set. In the autumn of 1996, during the mixing stages for Earthling, David re-recorded the track ā which, at one stage, appeared on a mastered version of the album. A second version, featuring minor chords and a darker sound for the chorus, was recorded for Ang Leeās film The Ice Storm. The full length version appeared on a single in 1998, while an edit featured on the filmās soundtrack album in 1997, both released by VelVel Records. While the songās third incarnation, āI CANāT READ ā97ā, was Davidās preferred solo version, it was ultimately cut from Earthling and replaced at the last minute with āThe Last Thing You Should Doā.
BABY UNIVERSAL ā97
With lyrics by David and music co-written by David and Reeves Gabrels, āBaby Universalā was initially recorded by Tin Machine for Tin Machine II. Released as the bandās penultimate single in October 1991, it was performed during the final Tin Machine US television appearance on Saturday Night Live. āBaby Universalā was regularly performed on Bowieās āOutside Summer Festivals Tourā in 1996. The version now being released as āBABY UNIVERSAL ā97ā was originally re-recorded for the Earthling album, originally intended to be sequenced between āIām Afraid Of Americansā and āLaw (Earthlings On Fire)ā. The song was ultimately removed from the final album master, but David was very fond of this version and before the track was dropped was quoted as saying, āI thought āBaby Universalā was a really good song and I donāt think it got heard. I didnāt really want that to happen to it, so I put it on this albumā¦ I think this version is very good.ā
NUTS
The unreleased semi instrumental āNUTSā was jointly written by David, Reeves Gabrels and Mark Plati. It was recorded during the final Earthling sessions in November 1996, the same session during which āThe Last Thing You Should Doā was written and recorded. Both songs were being recorded as bonus tracks but then, at the last minute David swapped out āI Canāt Readā (released as track two from this streaming E.P. on 17th January) with āThe Last Thing You Should Doā. However, āNUTS’ has remained unreleased until today.
Now available for the first time since its 1995 release, āTHE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLDā (LIVE ENO MIX) was previously issued as a double A-side green vinyl 7ā single and CD single in various territories with the Outside version of āStrangers When We Meet.ā The Live Eno Mix version of this classic song is based on the fairly radical trip-hop reworking performed on the Outside World Tour. Longtime Bowie collaborator Brian Eno reshaped, overdubbed and mixed this live recording of the song at Westside Studios in London on 30th October, 1995, recalling the session in his diaries: āI added some backing vocals and a sonar blip and sculpted the piece a little so that there was more contour to it.ā.
In addition to the previously announced Record Store Day 2020 release of CHANGESNOWBOWIE, Parlophone Records are proud to also announce the unearthing of never before heard recordings of David Bowie in concert circa 1974 in the form of IāM ONLY DANCING (THE SOUL TOUR 74) on 2LP and 2CD.
Taken from recently discovered sources in The David Bowie ArchiveĀ®, IāM ONLY DANCING (THE SOUL TOUR 74) was recorded mostly during Davidās performance at the Michigan Palace, Detroit on 20th October, 1974, with the encores taken from the Municipal Auditorium, Nashville on 30th November, 1974. The only song missing from the full set on 20th October performance is āDiamond Dogsā which was unfortunately only recorded in part. To make up for that it was decided to include the encores from the 30th November performance which featured āDiamond Dogsā but also enables a fuller representation of the set from The Soul Tour including such numbers as āKnock On Woodā and the āFoot Stompinā / I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kateā medley.
The Soul Tour was a radical mid-tour departure from Bowieās 1974 Diamond Dogs theatrical extravaganza. During a three week break in late 1974, the Diamond Dogs Tourās elaborate six-ton Hunger City stage set was drastically stripped back, and the tourās set list overhauled to include as-yet-unreleased tracks from the Young Americans sessions at Sigma Sound in Philadelphia. The Soul Tour also featured a revamped band, augmented to include musicians and vocalists from those sessions, and rechristened The Mike Garson Band.
DAVID BOWIE – IāM ONLY DANCING (THE SOUL TOUR 74) (2LP / 2CD)
TRACKLISTING
CD 1
LP Side 1
1. Introduction – Memory Of A Free Festival
2. Rebel Rebel
3. John, Iām Only Dancing (Again)
4. Sorrow
5. Changes
6. 1984
LP Side 2
1. Moonage Daydream
2. Rock ānā Roll With Me
3. Love Me Do / The Jean Genie
4. Young Americans
CD 2
LP Side 3
1. Can You Hear Me
2. Itās Gonna Be Me
3. Somebody Up There Likes Me
4. Suffragette City
LP Side 4
1. Rock ānā Roll Suicide
2. Panic In Detroit
3. Knock On Wood *
4. Foot Stompinā / I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate / Foot Stompinā *
5. Diamond Dogs / Itās Only Rock ānā Roll (But I like It) / Diamond Dogs *
Recorded at the Michigan Palace, Detroit on 20th October, 1974 and * at the Municipal Auditorium, Nashville on 30th November, 1974.
Musicians:
David Bowie – Vocals, 12 string acoustic guitar, harmonica
The Mike Garson Band:
Earl Slick – Guitar
Carlos Alomar – Guitar
Mike Garson – Piano, Mellotron
David Sanborn – Alto sax, flute
Pablo Rosario – Percussion
Emir Ksasan – Bass
Dennis Davis – Drums
Backing vocals – Warren Peace, Anthony Hinton, Luther Vandross, Ava Cherry, Robin Clark and Diane Sumler.
These recordings have been mastered from the only available sources to provide the best sound quality possible. Any flaws and distortion are inherent in the original sources and we hope the historical importance of the recordings outweighs any such imperfections and does not detract from the enjoyment of the performances.
DAVID BOWIE – CHANGESNOWBOWIE (1LP / 1CD)
TRACKLISTING
Side 1
The Man Who Sold The World
Aladdin Sane
White Light / White Heat
Shopping For Girls
Lady Stardust
Side 2
The Supermen
Repetition
Andy Warhol
Quicksand
Recorded at Looking Glass Studios in New York in November 1996
Musicians;
David Bowie – Vocals, acoustic guitar
Gail Ann Dorsey – Bass, vocals
Reeves Gabrels – Guitars
Mark Plati – Keyboards and programming
That’s a Bowie Holy Grail right there. I’m in!
The Soul Live album, I mean
The first in a series of three very special David Bowie live releases from the 90ās that will be released digitally over the coming months.
DAVID BOWIE LIVEANDWELL.COM is a live album previously only available in limited quantities to BowieNet subscribers in 2000, expanded for this edition to include two bonus tracks; Pallas Athena and V-2 Schneider.
LIVEANDWELL.COM is a 12-track live album, recorded in New York, Amsterdam, Rio De Janeiro and at the UKās Phoenix festival during the 1997 Earthling tour, all tracks have only been available on the very limited BowieNet release while the two bonus tracks were released as a 12ā single under the name The Tao Jones Index, which was the name Bowie and his band used when they played unannounced special sets in dance tents at festivals.
LIVEANDWELL.COM was Produced by David Bowie, co-produced by Reeves Gabrels and Mark Plati and mixed by Mark Plati at Looking Glass Studios, NYC. The musicians on the live recordings are David Bowie ā vocals, guitar, saxophone, Zachary Alford – drums, Gail Ann Dorsey – bass, vocals, keyboards, Reeves Gabrels ā guitars, synthesisers, vocals and Mike Garson ā piano, keyboards, synthesisers.
DAVID BOWIE – LIVEANDWELL.COM TRACKLISTING
I’m Afraid Of Americans (David Bowie/Brian Eno) (Radio City Music Hall New York, 15th October, 1997)
The Hearts Filthy Lesson (David Bowie/Brian Eno/Michael Garson/Sterling Campbell/Erdal Kizilcay/Reeves Gabrels) (Long Marston, Phoenix Festival, 20th July, 1997)
I’m Deranged (David Bowie/Brian Eno) (Amsterdam, Paradiso, 10th June, 1997)
Hallo Spaceboy (Rio de Janeiro, Metropolitan, 2nd November, 1997)
Telling Lies (David Bowie) (Amsterdam, Paradiso, 10th June, 1997)
The Motel (David Bowie) (Amsterdam, Paradiso, 10th June, 1997)
The Voyeur Of Utter Destruction (As Beauty) (David Bowie/Brian Eno/Reeves Gabrels) (Rio de Janeiro, Metropolitan, 2nd November, 1997)
Battle for Britain (The Letter) (David Bowie/Reeves Gabrels/Mark Plati) (Radio City Music Hall New York, 15th October, 1997
Seven Years In Tibet (David Bowie/Reeves Gabrels) (Radio City Music Hall New York, 15th October, 1997)
Little Wonder (David Bowie/Reeves Gabrels/Mark Plati) (Radio City Music Hall New York, 15th October, 1997)
Pallas Athena (David Bowie) (Amsterdam, Paradiso, 10th June, 1997)
V-2 Schneider (David Bowie) (Amsterdam, Paradiso, 10th June, 1997)
Available to stream 15 May.
The next in this series is from the Outside tour, Dallas 1995, available 5 July to stream
DAVID BOWIE – OUVREZ LE CHIEN TRACKLISTING
Look Back In Anger (David Bowie/Brian Eno)
The Hearts Filthy Lesson (David Bowie/Brian Eno/Michael Garson/Sterling Campbell/Erdal Kizilcay/Reeves Gabrels)
The Voyeur Of Utter Destruction (As Beauty) (David Bowie/Brian Eno/Reeves Gabrels)
I Have Not Been To Oxford Town (David Bowie/Brian Eno)
Outside (David Bowie/Kevin Armstrong)
Andy Warhol (David Bowie)
Breaking Glass (David Bowie/George Murray/Dennis Davis)
The Man Who Sold The World (David Bowie)
We Prick You (David Bowie/Brian Eno)
Iām Deranged (David Bowie/Brian Eno)
Joe The Lion (David Bowie)
Nite Flights (Scott Engel)
Under Pressure (David Bowie/Freddie Mercury/Roger Taylor/John Deacon/Brian May)
Teenage Wildlife (David Bowie)
Recorded live at the Starplex Amphitheater, Dallas, 13th October, 1995
Bonus Tracks
Moonage Daydream* (David Bowie)
Under Pressure* (David Bowie/Freddie Mercury/Roger Taylor/John Deacon/Brian May)
Recorded live at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, 13th December, 1995.
This November sees the 50th Anniversary of the release of David Bowieās The Man Who Sold The World in North America.The rest of the world would have to wait until April 1971 to witness Bowieās landmark entry into the 1970s, marking the beginning of a collaboration with guitarist Mick Ronson that would last through classic works including Hunky Dory, Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Saneāas well as the first in a 10-year series of indispensable albums stretching through 1980ās Scary Monstersā¦
Originally titled Metrobolist, the album’s name was changed at the last minute to The Man Who Sold The World — the original stereo master tapes were in fact labeled Metrobolist, with the title ultimately crossed out. The 2020 re-release of the album under its Metrobolist moniker has been remixed by original producer Tony Visconti, with the exception of the track āAfter Allā which Tony considered perfect as is, and is featured in its 2015 remaster incarnation.
The Metrobolist 50th anniversary artwork has been created by Mike Weller who was behind the originally intended album artwork which Mercury refused to release. The gatefold sleeve also features many images from the infamous Keith MacMillan Mr Fish ādressā shoot at Haddon Hall which would cause so much controversy when one of the shots was used on the cover of the The Man Who Sold The World album in the rest of the world in spring of 1971. The original U.S. release of The Man Who Sold The World utilised some of the original Metrobolist design elements.