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David Bowie: The Shape of Things to Come Episode 2 (MCPS BOWIE16; EU 01/2020) Format: 7" Release notes: bootleg, blue vinyl, limited edition no. 0824/1.000 Tracks: Silly Boy Blue* // Love You till Tuesday** Other notes: *demo, recorded with The Lower Third, R.G. Jones Oak Studios, 31/08/1965; **demo, 1966
Collector's notes: Another semi-legal release. Silly Boy Blue is the recording previously released on the C'est la Vie bootleg. Love You till Tuesday is the acoustic demo that had been available on bootlegs since To Meet Bowie from 1982. According to the cover, this latter recording was made at Decca Studios, 12/1966, but since this bootleg is the only source for this claim, I'll file it under "unconfirmed information" for the time being. |
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David Bowie: The Shape of Things to Come Episode 2 (MCPS BOWIE17; EU 01/2020) Format: 7" Release notes: bootleg, picture disc, plastic NC with sticker, limited edition Tracks: Silly Boy Blue* // Love You till Tuesday** Other notes: *demo, recorded with The Lower Third, R.G. Jones Oak Studios, 31/08/1965; **demo, 1966 Collector's notes: This is the picture disc issue of the record from the previous entry. Of course the sound is not as good as on the standard release, but still very good. In fact, the sound of this picture disc is much better than that of many of the official 40th Anniversary releases. |
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David Bowie: Alabama Song (Parlophone DBALAS 40; EU 02/2020) Format: 7"EP Release notes: side 1: 45 rpm, side 2: 33 1/3 rpm, picture disc, plastic NC with sticker, limited edition Tracks: Alabama Song // Joe the Lion* / Alabama Song** Other notes: *sound check, Earls Court, London, 30/06-01/07/1978; **live, Earls Court, London, 01/07/1978 Collector's notes: Nothing exciting about this one. The exact recording date of Joe the Lion (an interesting version, by the way!) is unknown, but Alabama Song is different from the version on Welcome to the Blackout and must hence be from the 1st July. |
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David Bowie: Is It Any Wonder? (Parlophone/Iso DB 80120/0190295332358; EU 03/2020) Format: LP Release notes: OIS, limited edition of 6.000 Tracks: Baby Universal '97* / Fun (Clownboy mix)** / Stay '97*** // I Can't Read '97° / Nuts* / The Man Who Sold the World (re-recording)°° Other notes: *studio recording, Looking Glass Studios, 08-10/1996; **studio recording, 1998; ***studio recording, The Factory, Dublin, early 1997; °dressing room recording, Madison Square Garden, New York, 09/01/1997; °°called Live Eno Mix here, recorded during the 1. Outside sessions, 1994-1995 Collector's notes: A nice release, classified as a 12" EP by some. The re-recording of Baby Universal is called Baby Universal '97, but Pegg claims that the track was re-recorded during the Earthling sessions. I Can't Read is the dubious "rehearsal" version, previously released on the Birthday Celebration bootleg. The Man Who Sold the World is again classified as a live recording on the inner sleeve. |
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David Bowie: The Lost Sessions Vol. 1 (Parachute PARA284LP; EU 03/2020) Format: 2LP Release notes: bootleg, FOC Tracks: Interview* / Love You till Tuesday** / When I Live My Dream** / Little Bombardier** / Silly Boy Blue** // In the Heat of the Morning** / When I'm Five** / Interview*** / Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed*** / Buzz the Fuzz° // Karma Man° / London Bye Ta-Ta° / An Occasional Dream° / The Width of a Circle° / Janine° // Fill You Heart° / The Prettiest Star° / Waiting for the Man°° / The Width of a Circle°° Other notes: *recorded live at the Marquee, 1966; **Top Gear BBC programme, Piccadilly Studio 1, London, 18/12/1967; ***Dave Lee Travis Show BBC programme, Aeolian Hall Studio 2, London, 20/10/1969; °The Sunday Show BBC programme, Paris Cinema Studio, London, 05/02/1970; °°Sounds of the 70s: Andy Ferris BBC programme, Playhouse Theatre, London, 25/03/1970
Collector's notes: A semi-legal compilation of four radio shows (plus the familiar Marquee interview). The pressing is very good and the sound quality is up to date - that is, not better or worse than on previous releases. Not of much interest to long-time collectors, but maybe a nice additon for someone who has only got the Bowie at the Beep album. Also available in transparent and red vinyl. |
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Tin Machine: No Sense of Destination (Roxborough ROXMB055; UK 05/2020) Format: LP Release notes: bootleg, blue vinyl, limited edition of 245 Tracks: Debaser / If There Is Something / Shopping for Girls / Sacrifice Yourself / Baby Universal / Bus Stop // Crack City / Under the God / Sorry Other notes: live, Warfield Theater, San Francisco, 17/12/1991
Collector's notes: One of the musically more interesting bootlegs from Roxborough. It's a soundboard broadcast recording, but the sound quality is nonetheless a bit dull. |
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David Bowie: Area 2 Festival - Toronto Broadcast 2002 (Sonic Boom SON0376; UK 05/2020) Format: CD Release notes: bootleg, jewel case with fold-out insert and back inlay Tracks: Ashes to Ashes / Breaking Glass / Cactus / Slip Away / China Girl / I've Been Waiting for You / 5:15 The Angels Have Gone / Heathen (The Rays) / Fashion / Let's Dance / Ziggy Stardust / Everyone Says 'Hi'* / Life on Mars?* / Slow Burn** / Fame** / I Took a Trip on a Gemini Spaceship** Other notes: live, Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto, Canada, 05/08/2002; except: *Parkinson BBC1 TV show, 19/09/2002, **Top of the Pops and TOTP2 TV shows, Kaufman Studios, New York, 02/06/2002 Collector's notes: A brilliant bootleg consisting mainly of recordings of a good-humoured Bowie from the broadcast of the Toronto gig. The sound quality of the Toronto tracks is excellent, and so is that of the two tracks from the Parkinson show. The quality of final three tracks is not as brilliant, but still very good! |
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David Bowie: The Lost Sessions Vol. 2 (Parachute PARA381LP; EU 05/2020) Format: 2LP Release notes: bootleg, FOC Tracks: Tired of My Life* / All the Madmen** / Queen Bitch*** // The Supermen*** / Song for Bob Dylan***# / Andy Warhol***## // Kooks° / Fill Your Heart° / Amsterdam° / Andy Warhol° // Lady Stardust°° / White Light/White Heat°°° / Starman+ Other notes: *demo, Haddon Hall, c. 05/1970; **unknown origin, possibly a fake mix; ***In Concert: John Peel BBC programme, Paris Cinema Studio, London, 03/06/1971; °Sounds of the 70s: Bob Harris BBC programme, Kensington House Studio T1, London, 21/09/1971; °°Sounds of the 70s: John Peel BBC programme, Kensington House Studio T1, London, 11/01/1972; °°°Sounds of the 70s: Bob Harris BBC programme, Maida Vale Studio 5, London, 23/05/1972; +recording for Lift Off with Ayshea TV show, 15/06/1972; #George Underwood on lead vocals; ##Dana Gillespie on lead vocals
Collector's notes: Part 2 of the set in this entry. It's a mixture of radio sessions, demos, the familiar fake mix of All the Madmen and a true gem: the recording of Stardust from the Ayshea TV show was thought to be destroyed, but a fan recording had been discovered in 2019. The sound quality is so-so, but it's nice to have this historical first TV recording of the track. Again, the album was also available in transparent and red vinyl. |
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Various Artists: The Many Faces of David Bowie - A Journey through the Inner World of David Bowie (Music Brokers VYN048; France 06/2020) Format: 2LP Release notes: red and blue vinyl, FOC, sticker on shrinkwrap, limited edition Tracks (Bowie): Reeves Gabrels: You've Been Around* / Dana Gillespie: Andy Warhol** / Mick Ronson: Growing Up and I'm Fine*** / Iggy Pop: Funtime° // Mick Ronson: Pleasure Man/Hey Ma Get Papa*** / Ava Cherry & the Astronettes: I Am Divine°° // Reeves Gabrels: The King of Stamford Hill* / Iggy Pop: Sister Midnight° / Ava Cherry & the Astronettes: I Am a Laser°° / - Other notes: *Bowie on lead vocals (among others), from The Sacred Squall of Now; **see Weren't Born a Man; ***see Slaughter on 10th Avenue; °live 1977, exact date and venue not specified, featuring Bowie on keyboards and backing vocals; °°see People from Bad Homes
Collector's notes: A weird compilation, which is an abridged re-issue of a 2016 3CD set. I don't normally collect tribute albums or albums of vaguely Bowie-related items unless they include something particularly interesting that I haven't heard before. However, I've made an exception in this case, because at the time of release this was the only vinyl source of the two Gabrels tracks from The Sacred Squall of Now that feature Bowie on lead vocals. |
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David Bowie: Space Oddity (Parlophone DBSOPD 1972; EU 06/2020) Format: LP Release notes: picture disc, die-cut cover, insert, poster, sticker, limited edition Tracks: see original UK issue Other notes: re-issue of original UK issue of David Bowie (Philips album) with design based on 1972 re-issues Collector's notes: A beautiful re-issue. Alas, the sound quality is rather poor - there's a lot of background noise. |
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David Bowie: Let's Dance (EMI 7805; USA 07/2020) Format: 12" Release notes: pirate release, 33 1/3 rpm, orange vinyl, plastic NC Tracks: Let's Dance (album version) // Fame (Jazzy Jay remix)* Other notes: re-issue of 2007 12"; *not listed as remix on the label
Collector's notes: I have no idea why somebody got the idea to re-issue this pirate release. It was available from regular record dealers - obviously, some distributors didn't realise its dubious nature. |
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Tin Machine: Tin Machine II (Music on Vinyl MOVLP2715; EU 07/2020) Format: LP Release notes: silver vinyl, insert, sticker on protective sleeve, limited edition no. 9.539/10.000 Tracks: see original issue Other notes: re-issue of 1991 album
Collector's notes: A major difference to the original issue is that the band name on the cover is embossed. |
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David Bowie: I'm Only Dancing (The Soul Tour 74) (Parlophone DBRSDLP 2020/0190295314170; EU 08/2020) Format: 2LP Release notes: FOC, barcode and generic Record Store Day stickers on shrinkwrap, limited edition Tracks: Memory of a Free Festival*/introduction / Rebel Rebel / John, I'm Only Dancing (Again) / Sorrow / Changes / 1984 // Moonage Daydream / Rock'n'Roll with Me / Love Me Do/The Jean Genie / Young Americans // Can You Hear Me / It's Gonna Be Me / Somebody Up There Likes Me / Suffragette City // Rock'n'Roll Suicide / Panic in Detroit / Knock on Wood** / Foot Stompin/Wish I Could Shimmy like My Sister Kate** / Diamond Dogs/It's Only Rock'n'Roll (but I Like It)** / Diamond Dogs** Other notes: live, Michigan Palace, Detroit, 20/10/1974, except: **live, Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, 30/10/1974; *performed by the Mike Garson Band Collector's notes: A great Record Store Day release. This is the first complete show of the "Phillydogs"/"Soul" tour released in decent sound quality. The sound is not exactly as good as that of "normal" live albums, but much better than the bootleg material previously released - comparable to that of the legendary 1972 Santa Monica album. |
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David Bowie: Changes Now (Parlophone/Iso CNBLP 2020/0190295332747; EU 08/2020) Format: LP Release notes: OIS, 2 generic Record Store Day stickers on shrinkwrap, limited edition Tracks: The Man Who Sold the World / Aladdin Sane (1913-1938-197?) / White Light/White Heat / Shopping for Girls // Lady Stardust / The Supermen / Repetition / Andy Warhol / Quicksand Other notes: recorded at Looking Glass Studios, New York, 11/1996 Collector's notes: A nice collection of mostly acoustic recordings. According to Pegg there was a radio session recording called ChangesNowBowie. I guess this is the session he refers to. Pegg claims that it was recorded in January 1997, but I've decided to go for the date listed on the cover. Note that the entire session had previously been released on the Falling Up through the Years bootleg. |
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David Bowie: In the Beginning (Reel to Reel BOWIE19; UK 08/2020) Format: LP Release notes: bootleg, picture disc, plastic wallet with sticker, limited edition Tracks: That's a Promise* / Silly Boy Blue* / Love You till Tuesday** / Over the Wall We Go*** / Let Me Sleep beside You° / Karma Man°° // Love You till Tuesday°°° / When I Live My Dream°°° / Little Bombardier°°° / Silly Boy Blue°°° / In the Heat of the Morning°°° Other notes: *demos, recorded with The Lower Third, R.G. Jones Oak Studios, 31/08/1965; **demo, 1966; ***demo, 12?/1966; °early mix with partly different vocals, 1967; °°official version with additional count-in; °°°Top Gear BBC programme, Piccadilly Studio 1, 18/12/1967
Collector's notes: From a musical point of view, this album wasn't necessary, especially because it was very similar to the recently released Davie Jones... and Other Stories Vol. 3, but it's really beautiful, which is why I bought it. The sound quality is astonishingly good for a picture disc - in fact, it's much better than that of the recently released official Space Oddity picture disc. |
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David Bowie: Changes Live (Roxborough ROXMB051; UK 08/2020) Format: LP Release notes: bootleg, clear vinyl, limited edition no. 193/295 Tracks: Five Years* / Life on Mars?** / Time*** / Rebel Rebel° / Changes°° // Young Americans°°° / Sound and Vision+ / Shopping for Girls++ / Joe the Lion+++ / We Prick You# Other notes: *live, NHK Hall, Tokyo, 12/12/1978; **live, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Canada, 13/07/1983; ***live, Entertainment Centre, Sydne, 03/11/1987; °Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, 16/05/1990; °°live, Sambodromo de Rio, Rio de Janeiro, 20/09/1990; °°°Santiago de Chile, Chile, Rock in Chile Festival, 27/09/1990, +live, River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 29/09/1990; ++performed by Tin Machine, live, Budokan, Tokyo, 17/02/1992; +++live, Riverport Amphitheater, St. Louis, Missouri, 11/10/1995; #Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View, California, 21/10/1995
Collector's notes: A re-issue of a compilation bootleg of live broadcast recordings that had previously been released in 2018. |
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David Bowie: Standing in the Wind - Montreal Forum 1983 (Roxborough ROXMB054; UK 08/2020) Format: LP Release notes: bootleg, red vinyl, limited edition no. 191/295 Tracks: Cat People (Putting Out Fire) / TVC 15 / Fame / Star // Stay / The Jean Genie / I Can't Explain / Modern Love Other notes: live, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Canada, 13/07/1983
Collector's notes: Another broadcast bootleg from Roxborough. Excellent sound quality, but not really interesting from a musical point of view. There is a re-issue (from the same year) on clear vinyl and in a different cover. |
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David Bowie: Outside Tour - Live '95 (Protus/Obiter Dictum PRPD3003; UK 10/2020) Format: LP Release notes: bootleg, picture disc, die-cut cover, insert Tracks: The Hearts Filthy Lesson / I Have Not Been to Oxford Town / Outside / Andy Warhol / The Man Who Sold the World / Teenage Wildlife // Look Back in Anger* / The Voyeur of Utter Destruction (as Beauty)* / Breaking Glass* / We Prick You* / A Small Plot of Land* / Under Pressure* Other notes: live, Riverport Amphitheater, St. Louis, USA, 11/10/1995; except: *live, Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View, California, 21/10/1995
Collector's notes: A nice bootleg in decent sound and pressing quality, and with an astonishingly appropriate and tasteful design. The St. Louis recordings had previously been available on Live. Inside. The recordings from Mountain View were new to me, but tracks from that show had also been released on various bootlegs in recent years. |
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David Bowie: Young Americans (Parlophone DB 74 764; EU 10/2020) Format: LP Release notes: gold vinyl, insert, cover sticker and barcode sticker, limited edition Tracks: see original issue Other notes: re-mastered re-issue of 1975 album Collector's notes: It's golden... |
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David Bowie: Sounds + Visions - The Legendary Broadcasts (Coda/MCPS CPLBVNY001; Italy 10/2020) Format: 2 x 10"LP Release notes: bootleg, gold vinyl, FOC, limited edition of 1.000 Tracks: Space Oddity* / Changes / Starman / Life on Mars?* // Ziggy Stardust / The Jean Genie / Rebel Rebel / Young Americans // Fame / Sound and Vision / "Heroes" / Fashion // Ashes to Ashes / Let's Dance / Modern Love Other notes: live, Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, 16/05/1990, except: *live, Santiago de Chile, Chile, Rock in Chile Festival, 27/09/1990
Collector's notes: Excellent sound and pressing, but apart from this it's a musically superfluous release. All the tracks had already been included in the 2017 6CD set of the same name by the same publisher. I only bought it because a double 10" by Bowie was quite unusual. |
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David Bowie: Ouvrez le Chien (Live Dallas 95) / Brilliant Live Adventures box (Parlophone/Iso DBBLALP 95991/0190295232917, box: Parlophone/Iso DBBLALP9599/0190295189365; EU 10/2020) Format: 2LP Release notes: FOC, limited edition Tracks: Look Back in Anger / The Hearts Filthy Lesson / The Voyeur of Utter Destruction (as Beauty) // I Have Not Been to Oxford Town / Outside / Andy Warhol / Breaking Glass // The Man Who Sold the World / We Prick You / I'm Deranged / Joe the Lion // Nite Flights / Under Pressure / Teenage Wildlife Other notes: live, The Starplex Amphitheater, Dallas, 13/10/1995
Collector's notes: Let me begin with the music: this was a great release - it was the first officially released recording of a show from that tour. Full stop! |
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Various Artists: The Turning - Kate's Diary (KRO/Music on Vinyl MOVATM279; EU 10/2020) Format: LP Release notes: marbled red vinyl, embossed cover, plastic wallet with 2 stickers and seal sticker, limited edition: 566/2.500 Tracks (Bowie): American Landfill // - Other notes: performed by Kristeen Young feat. David Bowie; Bowie's vocal recorded mid-2002, Looking Glass, Studio B, New York
Collector's notes: The "Bowie track" on this album is not particularly interesting. It's a song based on samples of Bowie's vocals for Saviour from Young's 2003 album Breasticles. |
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David Bowie: Metrobolist (Nine Songs by David Bowie) (Parlophone METROBOLIST 6/0190295198787; EU 11/2020) Format: LP Release notes: FOC, OIS, cover sticker and barcode sticker Tracks: see album The Man Who Sold the World Other notes: re-issue of 1970 album The Man Who Sold the World; all tracks 50th Anniversary mix by Tony Visconti
Collector's notes: A re-mixed re-issue of the album, released under the title that was originally intended. The Visconti re-mix is most obvious on the original title track. If such a re-mix was actually necessary is a matter of taste... |
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David Bowie: No Trendy Réchauffé (Live Birmingham 95) (Parlophone/Iso DBBLALP 95992/0190295198701; Germany 11/2020) Format: 2LP Release notes: FOC, limited edition Tracks: Look Back in Anger / Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) / The Voyeur of Utter Destruction (as Beauty) / The Man Who Sold the World // Hallo Spaceboy / I Have Not Been to Oxford Town / Strangers When We Meet / Breaking Glass // The Motel / Jump They Say / Teenage Wildlife // Under Pressure / Moonage Daydream / We Prick You / Hallo Spaceboy (version 2) Other notes: live, The National Exhibition Centre Hall 5, Birmingham, UK, 13/12/1995
Collector's notes: Another great recording from the strange Brilliant Live Adventures series. What is really odd about this show is that Bowie played Hallo Spaceboy twice! Moonage Daydream and Under Pressure had previously been released on the Hallo Spaceboy CD single. |
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David Bowie: Outside in Budapest (Parachute PARA392LP; EU 11/2020) Format: 2LP Release notes: bootleg, FOC Tracks: Quicksand / Queen Bitch / Waiting for the Man / Driftin' Blues*/The Jean Genie // I'm Afraid of Americans / Battle for Britain (The Letter) / The Man Who Sold the World / Fashion // Seven Years in Tibet / Stay / Looking for Satellites / Under Pressure // Hallo Spaceboy / Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) / Little Wonder / White Light/White Heat Other notes: vinyl re-issue of 2019 bootleg CD, live, Student Island Festival, Óbudai-Sziget, Budapest, Hungary, 14/08/1997; *not listed on cover Collector's notes: A nice vinyl issue of the CD bootleg. Excellent sound and pressing. |
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David Bowie: Live in Japan 1990 (Reel to Reel BOWIE20; EU 12/2020) Format: 3LP Release notes: bootleg, blue vinyl, multi-FOC, limited edition: 476/500 Tracks: Space Oddity / Changes / TVC 15 / Rebel Rebel / Be My Wife // Ashes to Ashes / Starman / Fashion / Life on Mars? // Blue Jean / Let's Dance / Stay/band introduction* / China Girl // Sound and Vision / Ziggy Stardust / Station to Station / Young Americans // Suffragette City / Fame / "Heroes" / Panic in Detroit // Pretty Pink Rose / Modern Love / The Jean Genie/Gloria / Rock'n'Roll Suicide Other notes: live, Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, 16/05/1990; *not listed on cover
Collector's notes: Material from this broadcast had been released as early as 1990 on the Sound + Vision Japan 90 bootleg. This recording of the broadcast seems to be the same version as that on the Sounds & Visions - The Legendary Broadcasts CD bootleg, which would explain that the audience noise fades out and in between Ziggy Stardust and Station to Station - on the CD set this is the point where CD 1 stops and CD 2 sets in. |
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David Bowie: Mother (Parlophone/Iso DB 80147/0190295273293; Germany 01/2021) Format: 7" Release notes: PS, limited edition: 2.557/7.147 Tracks: Mother* / Tryin' to Get to Heaven (single edit)** Other notes: *studio recording, New York 08/1998; **studio recording, 02/1998
Collector's notes: A nice release of two tracks that had been circulating on bootlegs before. There were 1.000 further copies in cream vinyl. The total number of the 8.147 copies represented Bowie's birthday. |
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David Bowie: The Shape of Things to Come Episode 3 (MCPS BOWIE24; EU 01/2021) Format: 7" Release notes: bootleg, picture disc, plastic NC with sticker, limited edition Tracks: Let Me Sleep beside You* // Karma Man** Other notes: *early mix with partly different vocals, 1967; **official version with additional count-in Collector's notes: It's a beautiful picture disc, and that's the reason I bought it. From the musical point of view it's pointless, since this single series turns out to be something like "Collect-the-In the Beginning-album-on-singles". |
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David Bowie: The Shape of Things to Come Episode 4 (MCPS BOWIE26; EU 01/2021) Format: 7" Release notes: bootleg, picture disc, plastic NC with sticker, limited edition Tracks: When I Live My Dream // In the Heat of the Morning Other notes: Top Gear BBC programme, Piccadilly Studio 1, 18/12/1967 Collector's notes: Another beautiful picture disc, and apart from that all my remarks in the previous apply to this release, too. |
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David Bowie: Liveandwell.com (Parlophone/Iso DBBLALP 95993/019029523196; Germany 01/2021) Format: 2LP Release notes: FOC, 2 OIS, limited edition Tracks: I'm Afraid of Americans* / The Hearts Filthy Lesson** / I'm Deranged*** // Hallo Spaceboy° / Telling Lies*** / The Motel*** / The Voyeur of Utter Destruction (as Beauty)° // Battle for Britain (The Letter)* / Seven Years in Tibet* / Little Wonder* // Pallas Athena*** / V-2 Schneider*** Other notes: vinyl re-issue of 1st disc of 2000 CD album with bonus tracks; *live, GQ Awards, Radio City Music Hall, New York, 15/10/1997; **live, Phoenix Festival, UK, 18/07/1996; ***live, Paradiso, Amsterdam, 10/06/1997; °live, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 02/11/1997 Collector's notes: The third release from the Brilliant Live Adventures series. Pallas Athena and V-2 Schneider had previously been released on the Tao Jones 12". According to the cover, the recording details of The Hearts Filthy Lesson are unknown, but it is from the 1996 Phoenix Festival, according to Pegg. |
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David Bowie: Unplugged and Slightly Phased - Acoustic Broadcasts 1996 (Parachute PARA356LP; EU 01/2021) Format: 2LP Release notes: bootleg, FOC Tracks: Introduction/Aladdin Sane (1913-1938-197?) / The Jean Genie / I'm a Hog for You, Baby / I Can't Read // The Man Who Sold the World / "Heroes" / Let's Dance // Aladdin Sane (1913-1938-197?)* / The Jean Genie/You and I and George* / I Can't Read* // The Man Who Sold the World* / China Girl* / "Heroes"* / White Light/White Heat* Other notes: live, Bridge School Benefit, Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View, California, 19/10/1996; except: *live, Bridge School Benefit, Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View, California, 20/10/1996
Collector's notes: Basically a re-issue of CD bootlegs like Fuck You All Night Long, but it omits Helpless. |
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David Bowie: Station to Station (Parlophone DB 74766/0190295140625; EU 01/2021) Format: LP Release notes: white vinyl, insert, replica of generic inner sleeve, sticker and bar code sticker on shrinkwrap, limited edition Tracks: see original issues Other notes: re-issue of 1976 album
Collector's notes: Another one from the "colour lottery series": half of the records were white and half of them were red. Mine is white, and I'm not sure if I'll need a red one, too... The record is basically identical to the one from the Who Can I Be Now? box (except for the vinyl colour and the stickers, of course). |
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David Bowie: David Bowie (Deram/UMC 351 732-3; Czechia 01/2021) Format: LP Release notes: mono, picture disc, die-cut cover, download insert, limited edition Tracks: see original German issue Other notes: mono re-issue of the Deram album Collector's notes: A beautiful re-issue of Bowie's first album. The pressing is okay, and thankfully they used the original mono mix from the UK version of the original LP. |
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David Bowie: Look at the Moon (Parlophone/Iso DBBLALP 95994/0190295198671; Germany 01/2021) Format: 2LP Release notes: multi-FOC, "Made in Germany" sticker on cover, limited edition Tracks: Quicksand / The Man Who Sold the World / Driftin' Blues/The Jean Genie / I'm Afraid of Americans // Battle for Britain (The Letter) / Fashion / Seven Years in Tibet // Fame / Looking for Satellites / Under Pressure // The Hearts Filthy Lesson / Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) / Hallo Spaceboy // Little Wonder / Dead Man Walking / White Light/White Heat // O Superman / Stay Other notes: live, Phoenix Festival, Long Marston, 20/07/1997 Collector's notes: The fourth release from the Brilliant Live Adventures series. A great show and the first official release of any version of O Superman, which had previously been circulating only on bootlegs. |
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David Bowie & Morrissey: Cosmic Dancer (Parlophone R 6483/0190295142254; Germany 02/2021) Format: 7" Release notes: bar code sticker on shrinkwrap Tracks: David Bowie & Morrissey: Cosmic Dancer* // Morrissey: That's Entertainment Other notes: *live, Inglewood Forum, Los Angeles, 06/06/1991 Collector's notes: An interesting release, although Bowie's impromptu performance is far below his standards. File under... er... "historical recordings". |
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David Bowie: LA Forum '78 ((LA FORUM 78); USA 03/2021) Format: 2LP Release notes: bootleg, marbled blue vinyl, poster, limited edition of 100 Tracks: Warszawa / "Heroes" / What in the World / Be My Wife // The Jean Genie / Blackout / Sense of Doubt / Speed of Life / Breaking Glass / Beauty and the Beast / Fame // Five Years / Soul Love / Star / Hang On to Yourself / Ziggy Stardust / Suffragette City / Rock'n'Roll Suicide // Art Decade / Station to Station / Stay / TVC 15 / Rebel Rebel Other notes: live, Forum, Los Angeles, 04/04/1978
Collector's notes: This is the same show as on the Slaughter in the Air bootleg. However it is based on an alternative, clearly superior audience tape, probably the one made by legendary concert taper Mike Millard, which had surfaced some years earlier. Furthermore, the show is more complete than on the old bootleg, since it includes the opening track Warszawa. |
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David Bowie: 50th Birthday Broadcast - 1997 Acoustic Celebration (Parachute PARA404LP; EU 03/2021) Format: 2LP Release notes: bootleg, FOC Tracks: interview* / The Man Who Sold the World / The Supermen / interview* // Andy Warhol / Repetition / interview* // Lady Stardust / White Light/White Heat / interview* / Shopping for Girls // interview* / Quicksand / Aladdin Sane (1913-1938-197?) / interview* Other notes: recorded at Looking Glass Studios, New York, 11/1996; except: *interview recorded 01/1997
Collector's notes: The music on this album is the same as on the recently released official Changes Now album (hence the recording date of the music). So I wouldn't call this an essential release. However, it's not superfluous, either. This album comprises the entire broadcast, so the tracks are embedded in the interview that accompanied them - including birthday greetings by numerous other musicians. Pressing and sound quality are excellent! |
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David Bowie: Something in the Air (Live Paris 99) (Parlophone/Iso DBBLALP 95995/0190295253158; Germany 03/2021) Format: 2LP Release notes: FOC, limited edition Tracks: Life on Mars? / Thursday's Child / Something in the Air // Word on a Wing / Can't Help Thinking about Me / China Girl // Always Crashing in the Same Car / Survive / Drive-In Saturday / Changes / Seven // Repetition / I Can't Read / The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell / Rebel Rebel Other notes: live, Elysée Montmartre, Paris, France, 14/10/1999 Collector's notes: Number five in the Brilliant Live Adventures series. This show had previously been available on bootlegs like Hours in Paris, but it's a nice release nonetheless. |
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David Bowie: At the Kit Kat Club (Live New York 99) (Parlophone/Iso DBBLALP 95996/0190295178024; Germany 04/2021) Format: 2LP Release notes: FOC, "Made in Germany" sticker on cover, limited edition Tracks: 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 Other notes: live, Kit Kat Club, New York, 19/11/1999 Collector's notes: The sixth and last release of the Brilliant Live Adventures series. Another one that had previously been available on bootlegs (although I never had any of these). |
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David Bowie: The Width of a Circle (Parlophone 10WOAC 50; Germany 05/2021) Format: 10"EP Release notes: textured cover, OIS Tracks: The Prettiest Star (original version, 2020 mix) / London Bye Ta-Ta (re-recorded version, 2020 mix) // Memory of a Free Festival (single version, 2020 mix)* / Holy Holy (original version, 2020 mix) Other notes: all tracks re-mixes; *part 1 and part 2 blended into one another Collector's notes: Some of the re-mixes are quite nice, although they use a bit too much reverb. |
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David Bowie: The Width of a Circle (Parlophone CDWOAC 50; Germany 05/2021) Format: 2CD Release notes: mostly mono, textured book-shaped digipak with book Tracks: Amsterdam* / God Knows I'm Good* / Buzz the Fuzz* / Karma Man* / London Bye Ta-Ta* / An Occasional Dream* / The Width of a Circle* / Janine* / Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud* / Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed* / Fill Your Heart* / The Prettiest Star* / The Cygnet Committee* / Memory of a Free Festival* // When I Live My Dream** / Columbine** / Harlequin (a.k.a. The Mirror)** / Threepenny Pierrot** / When I Live My Dream (reprise)** / The Prettiest Star (original version, alternative mix) / London Bye Ta-Ta (re-recorded version) / London Bye Ta-Ta (re-recorded version, stereo mix)+ / Memory of a Free Festival (single version, part 1)+ / Memory of a Free Festival (single version, part 2)+ / Holy Holy (original version) / Waiting for the Man*** / The Width of a Circle*** / Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud*** / The Supermen*** / The Prettiest Star (2020 mix)+ / London Bye Ta-Ta (2020 mix)+ / Memory of a Free Festival (single version, 2020 mix)°+ / All the Madmen (single edit, 2020 mix)+ / Holy Holy (original version, 2020 mix)+ Other notes: mono, except: +stereo; *The Sunday Show BBC programme, Paris Cinema Studio, London, 05/02/1970; **from the movie The Looking Glass Murders, recorded 01/02/1970, Gateway Theatre, Edinburgh; ***Sounds of the 70s: Andy Ferris BBC programme, Playhouse Theatre, London, 25/03/1970; °part 1 and part 2 blended into one another
Collector's notes: A great compilation of recordings from 1970. The Sunday Show session, which had previously been released on bootlegs like Janine, was here officially released for the fist time. It's more complete than the bootleg versions, since it includes Wild Eyed Boy... (which had been available on Bowie at the Beep before). The only track still missing is Waiting for the Man, which was not broadcast. And, as explained in the book, the original master tape is lost, so that this release is based on Tony Visconti's off-air recording of the show. This also explains the sound quality, which is far from perfect, but still much better than that of the earlier bootlegs. |
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David Bowie: The Man Who Sold the World (Parlophone DBMANPD 1972/0190295132934; Germany 05/2021) Format: LP Release notes: picture disc, die-cut cover, sticker on shrinkwrap, insert, poster Tracks: see original issue Other notes: picture disc re-issue of 1970 album with the design of the 1972 issue Collector's notes: The first picture disc with this design. It's nice - and the sound is quite good for a picture disc. |
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David Bowie: The Very Best - Live at the Montreal Forum 1983 - Serious Moonlight Tour (Protus/Obiter Dictum PRPD3010; UK 05/2021) Format: LP Release notes: bootleg, picture disc, die-cut cover, insert Tracks: Lavender Blue*/"Heroes" / Young Americans / Rebel Rebel / Let's Dance / Life on Mars? / Ashes to Ashes / Modern Love // Golden Years / Space Oddity/band introduction / Station to Station / Fame / The Jean Genie Other notes: live, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Canada, 13/07/1983; *not listed on cover Collector's notes: A semi-legal collection of songs that had been released on numerous (official and unofficial) records before. The sound quality is so-so, and the record has several pops on side 2. But it's beautiful. As in the case of Standing in the Wind, the cover gives the wrong recording date. |
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David Bowie: On My TVC 15 (Reel to Reel BOWIE28; EU 07/2021) Format: 2LP Release notes: bootleg, picture discs, plastic FOC with sticker, limited edition of 500 Tracks: Young Americans medley*° / Fame* / Can You Hear Me*° // Stay** / Five Years** / Funtime*** / Sister Midnight*** // The Man Who Sold°° / Boys Keep Swinging°° / TVC 15°° / Life on Mars?°°° / Ashes to Ashes°°° // Nite Flights+ / Black Tie White Noise+ / Strangers When We Meet++ / The Hearts Filthy Lesson+++ Other notes: *Cher TV show, 23/11/1975, °duet with Cher; **Dinah Shore TV show, 03/01/1976; ***performed by Iggy Pop featuring Bowie, Dinah Shore TV show, 15/04/1977; °°Saturday Night Live TV show, 15/12/1979, featuring Klaus Nomi; °°°Tonight TV show, 03/09/1980; +Tonight TV show, 13/05/1993; ++Tonight TV show, 27/10/1995; +++The Late Show with David Letterman TV show, 26/09/1995
Collector's notes: A nice compilation of TV material that had previously been available on other bootlegs. The sound quality and the pressing are okay for a picture disc set. The cover is made quite cleverly: the plastic sleeve folds out into a kind of gatefold cover into which the records are inserted on the inside. |
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David Bowie: Run Piper Run - Rare Studio and Live Recordings 1963-2004 (Casino Records; Italy? 09/2021) Format: 2LP Release notes: bootleg, marbled yellow vinyl, FOC, limited edition sticker on protective sleeve: 242/300 Tracks: I Never Dreamed*1 / It's True My Love*2 / How Can I Forget You*2 / I Live in Dreams*2 / Bunny Thing*3 / Funny Smile*3 / Pussy Cat*3 / Please Mr. Gravedigger°/Silly Boy Blue*4 / Run Piper Run*5 / The Laughing Gnome6 / Waiting for the Man7 / Space Oddity8 / Kooks9 / Amsterdam9 / Bombers*10 // Changes10 / Hang On to Yourself*11 / Starman*11 / Moonage Daydream*11 / It's Only Rock'n'Roll (but I Like It)12 / Can You Hear Me13 / Can You Hear Me14 / After Today14 // People on Streets15 / Let's Dance16 / Let's Dance17 / Bang Bang18 / Day-In Day-Out18 // Look Back in Anger19 / Repetition20 / Little Wonder21 / Queen Bitch22 / "Heroes"23 Other notes: *fragment; °not listed on cover; 1performed by the Kon-Rads with Bowie on lead vocals, demo, early 1963; 2demos, 1965; 3studio recordings, Decca Studios, West Hampstead, 26/01-08/03/1967; 4studio recording, Decca Studios, West Hampstead, 14/11/1966-01/03/1967; 5demo, 1967-1968; 6alternative version with additional gnome voices from the "version 2" acetate, Decca Studios, West Hampstead, 26/01-08/03/1967; 7performed by The Riot Squad, studio recording, Decca Studios, 05/04/1967, false start; 8demo (version 2), home recording with John Hutchinson, Clareville Grove, London, late 1968; 9demos, 1971; 10live, Glastonbury Fayre Festival, Glastonbury, 23/06/1971; 11alternate takes recorded during the Ziggy Stardust sessions, Trident Studios, London, 09/07/1971-04/02/1972; 12performed by The Rolling Stones, featuring David Bowie on backing vocals, early version recorded at Ron Wood's house, Richmond, London, late 1973; 13live, USA, 08/10-30/11/1974, exact date and venue unknown; 14alternate versions, Sigma Sound Studios, Philadelphia, 08/1974; 15performed by Queen & David Bowie, early version of Under Pressure, Mountain Studios, Montreux, Switzerland, 07/1981, 16demo, Mountain Studios, Montreux, Switzerland, 18/12/1982; 17Nile Rodgers' String version; 18live, press conference, Paradiso, Amsterdam, 30/03/1987; 19live, Intruders at the Palace benefit, Dominion Theatre, London, 01/07/1988; 20dressing room recording, 09/01/1997; 21Danny Saber Unplugged mix, from an in-house CD; 22live, Ruisrock Festival, Turku, Finland, 29/06/1997, truncated; 23live, Hurricane Festival, Scheessel, Germany, 25/06/2004
Collector's notes: A really interesting compilation bootleg! The sound quality ranges from "okay" to excellent, and the pressing is almost flawless. And so is the cover, which claims that the record was made in the USA. However, I doubt that the comments on the inside were written by a native speaker of English... I suspect that this is an Italian release. |
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David Bowie: "Rockpalast" - June 22, 1996 (Radio Sound Broadcast RSP 1009; EU 10/2021) Format: 2LP/12" Release notes: bootleg, white, silver and gold vinyl, 1 side etched, box, 3 covers, limited edition of 300 Tracks: Look Back in Anger / Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) / Diamond Dogs / The Hearts Filthy Lesson // Outside / Aladdin Sane (1913-1938-197?) (incl. On Broadway*/All Day and All of the Night*/Where Have All the Good Times Gone*) / Andy Warhol / The Voyeur of Utter Destruction (as Beauty) // The Man Who Sold the World / Telling Lies / Baby Universal / Hallo Spaceboy // Breaking Glass / We Prick You / Jump They Say / Lust for Life / Under Pressure // "Heroes" / band intro* / White Light/White Heat / Moonage Daydream / All the Young Dudes Other notes: live, Loreley, Sankt Goarshausen, Germany, 22/06/1996; *not listed on covers
Collector's notes: Another bootleg of the famous Loreley show. It seems to be of the "semi-legal" type and was released soon after the 25th anniversary of the show. Maybe the copyright had run out? Not surprisingly, the sound quality is excellent, comparable to that of the earlier vinyl issue. However, it's still not as good as on the older Telling Lies CD bootleg. Be that as it may, it's a beautiful release. |
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David Bowie: Brilliant Adventure [1992-2001] (Iso/Parlophone 090295253462 (DBXL 5); Germany 11/2021) Format: 16LP/2 x 12" Release notes: 16 LPs and 2 one-sided LPs (back etched), structured cardboard box with paper sheet on back, cover sticker, 7 covers (2 x FOC), 18 OIS, 2 booklets, book, limited edition Tracks: Black Tie White Noise (Iso/Parlophone DB 92011) The Wedding / You've Been Around / I Feel Free // Black Tie White Noise / Jump They Say / Nite Flites // Pallas Athena / Miracle Goodnight / Don't Let Me Down & Down // Looking for Lester / I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday / The Wedding Song The Buddha of Suburbia (Iso/Parlophone DB 92012) Buddha of Suburbia / Sex and the Church / South Horizon // The Mysteries / Bleed like a Craze, Dad // Strangers When We Meet / Dead against It / Untitled No. 1 // Ian Fish, U.K. Heir / Buddha of Suburbia (featuring Lenny Kravitz on guitar) 1. Outside (Parlophone DB 92013) Leon Takes Us Outside / Outside / The Hearts Filthy Lesson / A Small Plot of Land // Segue - Baby Grace (A Horrid Cassette) / Hallo Spaceboy / The Motel / I Have Not Been to Oxford Town // No Control / Segue - Algeria Touchshriek / The Voyeur of Utter Destruction (as Beauty) / Segue - Ramona A. Stone/I Am with Name / Wishful Beginnings // We Prick You / Segue - Nathan Adler1 / I'm Deranged / Thru' these Architects Eyes / Segue - Nathan Adler2 / Strangers When We Meet Eart hl i ng (Iso/Parlophone DB 92014) Little Wonder / Looking for Satellites / Battle for Britain // Seven / Dead Man Walking / Telling Lies // The Last Thing You Should Do / I'm Afraid of Americans / Law (Earthlings on Fire) Hours... (Iso/Parlophone DB 92015) see 2015 vinyl issues BBC Radio Theatre, London, June 27 20003 (Iso/Parlophone DB 92016) Wild Is the Wind / Ashes to Ashes / Seven // This Is Not America / Absolute Beginners / Always Crashing in the Same Car // Survive / The London Boys / I Dig Everything / Little Wonder // The Man Who Sold the World / Fame / Stay // Hallo Spaceboy / Cracked Actor / I'm Afraid of Americans /All the Young Dudes // Starman / "Heroes" / Let's Dance Toy4 (Iso DB 82017) I Dig Everything* / You've Got a Habit of Leaving* / The London Boys* / Karma Man* // Conversation Piece* / Shadow Man* / Let Me Sleep beside You* / Hole in the Ground // Baby Loves that Way* / Can't Help Thinking about Me* / Silly Boy Blue* / Toy (Your Turn to Drive) Re:Call 5 (Iso/Parlophone DB 92017) Real Cool World5 / Jump They Say6 / Lucy Can't Dance / Black Tie White Noise7 // Don't Let Me Down & Down8 / Buddha of Suburbia6 / The Hearts Filthy Lesson7 / Nothing to Be Desired / Strangers When We Meet9* / Get Real // The Man Who Sold the World10 / I'm Afraid of Americans11 / Hallo Spaceboy12 / I Am with Name13 / A Small Plot of Land14 // Little Wonder15 / Seven Years in Tibet16 / Dead Man Walking9 / Seven Years in Tibet9 / Planet of Dreams17 // I'm Afraid of Americans18 / I Can't Read19 / A Foggy Day in London Town20 / Fun21 / The Pretty Things are Going to Hell22 // Thursday's Child7 / We All Go Through23 / No One Calls / We Shall Go to Town / 1917 // The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell9 / Thursday's Child24 / New Angels of Promise24 / The Dreamers24 / Seven25 // Survive26 / Something in the Air27 / Seven26 / Pictures of Lily Other notes: called 1Segue - Nathan Adler Pt. 1 and 2Segue - Nathan Adler Pt. 2 on the cover; 3re-issue of bonus album to Bowie at the Beep CD set with bonus tracks, live, BBC Radio Theatre, London, 27/06/2000; 4recorded at Sear Sound Studios, New York, Looking Glass Studios, and Alice's Restaurant, New York, 5-10/2000; 5full length album version, slightly different mix; 6single version; 7radio edit; 8Indonesian vocal version; 9edit; 10re-recorded ("live") version from the 1. Outside sessions; 11Showgirls soundtrack version; 12re-mix featuring Pet Shop Boys; 13longer re-mix; 14longer Basquiat soundtrack version from an in-house promo CD; 15new edit, claimed to be the single edit; 16Mandarin version; 17performed by David Bowie & Gail Ann Dorsey; 18V1 edit; 19The Ice Storm long version; 20performed by David Bowie and Angelo Badalamenti; 21Bowienet mix; 22Stigmata soundtrack version; 23new mix; 24Omikron - The Nomad Soul version; 25demo; 26Marius de Vries mix; 27American Psycho remix; *re-recorded versions
Collector's notes: The fifth box set. The most interesting aspects are the inclusion of the extended BBC Radio Theatre album and Toy. As regards differences in mixes and edits, I would again like to thank the guys from the IdbD forum. I guess I wouldn't have noticed all the subtle differences.
Black Tie White Noise: double album version that is neither musically identical to the original vinyl version, nor to the CD versions: it adds The Wedding, but omits Lucy Can't Dance, which has been shifted to the Re:Call 5 album. The Buddha of Suburbia: comes as a double album with two printed inner sleeves. Not surprisingly, the sound quality of this first official vinyl release is much better than that of the single LP bootleg versions.
1. Outside: as regards the distribution of the tracks over the sides, this release is identical to the first vinyl issue. The only reason that I listed the tracks (instead of just referring to that release) is that the two Nathan Adler segues are again titled in a different way. Earthling: unlike earlier vinyl issues, this one comes with the tracks distributed over three sides. The second disc is a one-sided album (which I count as a 12" single) with an etched back. The album comes in a gatefold cover (where the records are inserted on the inside) and two printed inner sleeves. BBC Radio Theatre, London, June 27 2000: an extended version of the original CD version, and hence one of the most interesting items from this box set. It comes with three printed inner sleeves. Alas, the pressing of disc 3 of my copy isn't very good (clicks and pops) - which is a disappointment in the case of such an expensive record.
Toy: finally, there was the overdue official release of this album. Not surprisingly, the sound quality is slightly better than on earlier bootleg releases, and it even includes the previously unavailable re-recordings of Karma Man and Can't Help Thinking about Me. However, the album included in this box set is definitely not the Toy album as it was originally intended to be released: it omits Liza Jane, In the Heat of the Morning (which were included in the 2022 standalone release, however) and the two tracks of which there were re-recordings on Heathen: Uncle Floyd (a.k.a. Slip Away) and Afraid. So the bootlegs weren't made superfluous by this album.
Re:Call 5: the album has four printed inner sleeves. As regards the music, it's the usual mixture of previously released mixes, demos, alternative versions and non-album tracks. There are some surprises, though. An intended one is A Small Plot of Land, which is a version previously unreleased. But there are some accidental surprises, too: We All Go Through and Real Cool World are not the versions that the cover claims them to be, but previously unreleased mixes. And Little Wonder is an unreleased edit, too. |
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Queen/David Bowie: Live Aid - Wembley Stadium, London, England, 13 July 1985 ((no number); Italy? 11/2021) Format: LP Release notes: bootleg, white marbled vinyl, number correction sticker on cover back, limited edition: 317/340 Tracks: introduction* / Queen enter the stage / Bohemian Rhapsody** / Radio Ga Ga** / Ay-Oh** / Hammer to Fall** / Crazy Little Thing Called Love** / We Will Rock You** / We Are the Champions** / introduction*** / Is This the World We Created?° / introduction / TVC 15°° / Rebel Rebel°° / Modern Love°° / "Heroes"°° / Do They Know It's Christmas?°°° Other notes: live, Live Aid Concert, Wembley Arena, London, 13/07/1985; *by Mel Smith & Griff Rhys Jones; **performed by Queen; ***by John Hurt; °performed by Freddie Mercury & Brian May; °°performed by David Bowie; °°°performed by Band Aid
Collector's notes: To this point this was the best vinyl bootleg of Bowie's Live Aid performance. It's taken from the soundboard recording, but still not perfect: the sound could still be better and there are superfluous gaps between the tracks. |
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David Bowie: Rock'n'Roll with Me ((RNR-4 A); Netherlands? 11/2021) Format: 12" Release notes: 331/3 rpm, bootleg, red vinyl, one-sided, etched back, OIS, fold-out insert, generic round colour sticker and limited edition sticker on protective sleeve: 261/300 Tracks: Rock'n'Roll with Me (take 1) / Rock'n'Roll with Me (take 2) / Rock'n'Roll with Me (take 3) / Rock'n'Roll with Me (take 4) / Rock'n'Roll with Me (take 5) Other notes: studio outtakes/rehearsals, Olympic Studios, London, 09/01/1974
Collector's notes: A very nice release. These outtakes, which also include a lot of studio banter and are in brilliant sound quality, show the genesis of the track. They are from a tape auctioned in late 2019, and turned up on the internet as early as spring 2020. This is not the first vinyl bootleg with these tracks - there was also a 7" box set - but it's a really beautiful one. The etching of the B-side (fifth picture) is well done, and in addition to the generic inner sleeve it includes a printed one. The insert folds out into a kind of little poster. I don't show the colour sticker, since it is simply a little round red sticker. There were also 300 copies in blue vinyl. |
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David Bowie: Hunky Dory (Parlophone DBHDPD 21; Germany 01/2022) Format: LP Release notes: picture disc, die-cut cover, insert, poster, sticker on shrinkwrap Tracks: see original issue Other notes: re-issue of 1971 LP Collector's notes: Another picture disc. Not really exciting, but beautiful. |
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David Bowie: Toy (Iso/Parlophone 0190296773259 (LPTOYBOX 1); Germany 01/2022) Format: 3 x 10"LP Release notes: box, 3 covers, 6 company inner sleeves, booklet, cover sticker, limited edition Tracks: Toy (Iso/Parlophone 0190296773259-1) I Dig Everything* / You've Got a Habit of Leaving* / The London Boys* // Karma Man* / Conversation Piece* / Shadow Man* // Let Me Sleep beside You* / Hole in the Ground // Baby Loves that Way* // Can't Help Thinking about Me* / Silly Boy Blue* / Toy (Your Turn to Drive) Toy - Alternatives & Extras (Iso/Parlophone 0190296773259-2) Liza Jane* / You've Got a Habit of Leaving*° / Baby Loves that Way*° // Can't Help Thinking about Me*° / I Dig Everything*° / The London Boys (alternative version)* // Silly Boy Blue (Tibet version)*°° / In the Heat of the Morning* / Let Me Sleep beside You*° / Conversation Piece*° // Hole in the Ground° / Shadow Man*° / Toy (Your Turn to Drive)° Toy - Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric** (Iso/Parlophone 0190296773259-3) In the Heat of the Morning / I Dig Everything / You've Got a Habit of Leaving // The London Boys / Karma Man / Conversation Piece // Shadow Man / Let Me Sleep beside You / Hole in the Ground / Baby Loves that Way // Can't Help Thinking about Me / Silly Boy Blue / Toy (Your Turn to Drive) Other notes: recorded at Sear Sound Studios, Looking Glass Studios, and Alice's Restaurant, New York, 5-10/2000, except: °°recorded at Looking Glass studios, New York, 2001; *re-recording; °alternative mix by Tony Visconti; **Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric mix
Collector's notes: The standalone version of Toy contains some additional material like Liza Jane and In the Heat of the Morning. The alternative mixes had mostly been previously released as single B-sides etc. The Unplugged... mixes are quite interesting, in some cases they might be better than the actual album versions. |
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David Bowie: Low (Parlophone DB 77821/0190296726798; EU 01/2022) Format: LP Release notes: orange vinyl, title sticker on cover back, insert, replica generic inner sleeve, 2 stickers (plus barcode sticker) on shrinkwrap, limited edition Tracks: see original issue Other notes: re-issue of 1977 LP
Collector's notes: It's orange... |
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David Bowie: Kingston Polytechnic 6 May, 1972 - In Concert ((Poly A-D); EU 02/2022) Format: 2LP Release notes: bootleg, limited edition of 300 Tracks: Intro/Hang On to Yourself / Ziggy Stardust / The Supermen / Queen Bitch / Song for Bob Dylan / Changes // Starman / Five Years / Space Oddity / Andy Warhol // Amsterdam / I Feel Free / Moonage Daydream / White Light/White Heat // You Got to Have a Job (If You Don't Work - You Can't Eat) / Suffragette City / Rock'n'Roll Suicide / Waiting for the Man Other notes: live, Kingston Polytechnic, London, 06/05/1972
Collector's notes: Some copies come with a sticker on the cover back that says there are 300 copies in black vinyl. So I suppose there are also copies in other colours. |
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David Bowie: The Gouster (Sigma Sound Records SSR45-001/002/003; UK 03/2022) Format: 3 x 7" Release notes: 33 1/3 rpm, red, blue and clear vinyl, die-cut envelope cover, 3 covers, 2 postcards, limited edition card: 16/200 Tracks: Shilling the Rubes / Young Americans (takes 1 & 2) // I Am a Laser / Young Americans (take 3) // After Today (alternative take) / Sweet Thing* Other notes: studio recordings, Sigma Sound Studios, Philadelphia, 13/08/1974; except: *lead vocals by Ava Cherry, studio recording, Sigma Sound Studios, Philadelphia, 09/07/1974
Collector's notes: An expensive, but truly fantastic release! In 2009 a reel-to-reel tape of these recordings (minus the Ava Cherry track) had been sold, and snippets from the songs had since been released on bootlegs such as C'est la Vie and Ain't that Close to Love. However, here the songs were included in full length for the first time. |
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David Bowie: Utterly Pissed Off (ROM 96; Italy 04/2022) Format: LP Release notes: bootleg, orange vinyl, limited edition no. 82/100 Tracks: Look Back in Anger / Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) / The Hearts Filthy Lesson / Outside / Aladdin Sane (1913-1938-197?) / The Voyeur of Utter Destruction (as Beauty) // The Man Who Sold the World / Hallo Spaceboy / Breaking Glass / Telling Lies / Jump They Say / Under Pressure / "Heroes" Other notes: live, Live Link Festival, Olympic Stadium, Rome, 09/07/1996
Collector's notes: The sound quality of this broadcast recording is excellent. However, the tracks are edited at the beginning and/or end, and sometimes an Italian radio DJ is talking over the music. Maybe that's the reason why this material hadn't been released on a bootleg before. |
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Tin Machine: Tin Machine II (Music on Vinyl MOVLP2715; EU 04/2022) Format: LP Release notes: transparent turquoise marbled vinyl, insert, sticker on protective sleeve, limited edition no. 598/5.000 Tracks: see original issue Other notes: re-issue of 1991 album Collector's notes: Except for the vinyl colour this release is identical to the 2020 issue. |
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David Bowie: Toy E.P. - You've Got It Made with All the Toys (Iso/Parlophone 0190296704/DBTOYRSD 2022; Germany 04/2022) Format: 10"LP Release notes: OIS, sticker (and generic Record Store Day sticker) on shrinkwrap, limited edition Tracks: You've Got a Habit of Leaving (radio edit)* / Shadow Man (vocal and piano mix)* / Silly Boy Blue (alternative ending mix)* // Can't Help Thinking about Me** / I Dig Everything*** / The London Boys*** Other notes: *recorded at Sear Sound Studios, Looking Glass Studios, and Alice's Restaurant, New York, 5-10/2000; **live, Mark Radcliffe BBC radio show, Maida Vale Studio, London, 25/10/1999; ***live, Roseland Ballroom, New York, 19/06/2000 Collector's notes: A Record Store Day release. Toy, Toy and Toy without end... The live tracks are nice, but more re-mixes wouldn't have been necessary (in my humble opinion). |
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David Bowie: Brilliant Adventure EP (Iso/Parlophone 0190296670510/DBBARSD 2022; Germany 04/2022) Format: 12" Release notes: OIS, sticker (and generic Record Store Day sticker) on shrinkwrap, limited edition Tracks: Johnny Downloader (a.k.a. I'm Afraid of Americans) (early version)* / I Have Not Been to Oxford Town (alternative single mix)** // A Small Plot of Land*** / My Death*** Other notes: *probably recorded during the 1. Outside sessions, Hit Factory, New York, 01/1995; **recorded during the 1. Outside sessions, Hit Factory, New York, 01/1995; ***live, Shakespeare Festival, The Grand Ballroom, The Manhattan Center, New York, 18/09/1995
Collector's notes: The most interesting track on this Record Store Day release is, of course, the early version of I'm Afraid of Americans, which has different lyrics (and a rather different sound, too). According to the inner sleeve, which doesn't give any recording date, the only musicians involved were Bowie, Brian Eno and David Richards. Although this isn't the the usual line-up of the Outside sessions, I suppose that this song was also recorded during those sessions, especially because the original version of the finished track (as on the Showgirls soundtrack) was also recorded then. |
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David Bowie: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (Parlophone DBZSPD 2022/0190296459573; Germany 06/2022) Format: LP Release notes: picture disc, insert, poster, sticker on shrinkwrap, limited edition Tracks: see original issues Other notes: re-issue of 1972 LP Collector's notes: 50th anniversary re-issue. |
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David Bowie: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (Parlophone DBZS 50/019029631453; Germany 06/2022) Format: LP Release notes: half-speed master, OBI, OIS, sticker on shrinkwrap Tracks: see original issues Other notes: re-issue of 1972 LP
Collector's notes: Another 50th anniversary re-issue. If fact, I can't say that the half-speed master sounds any better than a good, well-preserved original issue. |
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David Bowie: Changes Eno (Pearl Asylum PEARLALP009; UK 06/2022) Format: LP Release notes: bootleg, orange vinyl, limited edition no. 122/200 Tracks: Warszawa* / Boys Keep Swinging** / Look Back in Anger*** / We Prick You° / The Hearts Filthy Lesson°° // "Heroes"* / Red Sails°°° / Hallo Spaceboy+ / I Have Not Been to Oxford Town° Other notes: *live, NHK Hall, Tokyo, 12/12/1978; **Saturday Night Live TV Show, 15/12/1979; ***rehearsal, Sound Stage, Las Colinas, Dallas, 27/04/1983; °live, Shoreline Ampitheater, Mountain View, California, 21/10/1995; °°The Late Show with David Letterman TV show, 26/09/1995; °°°live, Forum, Montreal, Canada, 13/07/1983; +live, Riverport Amphitheater, St. Louis, 11/10/1995
Collector's notes: A semi-legal release of live and TV tracks whose original versions were related to Brian Eno in some way. What sounded like an interesting concept turned out to be a rather uninspired mixture of songs in good to very good, but rarely excellent sound quality. According to the cover, the Letterman track was recorded on the 25th, but according to Pegg it was on the 26th. |
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