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HALLO SPACEBOY VIDEO UPGRADE “It's confusing these days...” Hallo Spaceboy was originally released on the 1995 1. Outside album. This version was going to be the follow up to Strangers When We Meet, even going as far as a video being filmed at the Big Twix concert in Birmingham, released as the No Trendy Réchauffé live album by Parlophone. Hallo Spaceboy was performed twice at the gig, once as part of the main set and again as the last encore. That final version was intended to be the video. Bowie had this to say of that original album version: “I adore that track. In my mind, it was like Jim Morrison meets industrial. When I heard it back, I thought, ‘Fuck me. It’s like metal Doors,’ It’s an extraordinary sound.” In the event, the song was reworked and produced by Pet Shop Boys for the single, giving Bowie a #12 hit in the UK. The chart placing was no doubt helped by a profusion of remixes and various formats (including a pink vinyl 45), not to mention the eventual David Mallet-directed official video, which featured both Bowie and the Pet Shop Boys interspersed with stock footage of all manner of interesting and slightly sinister flavours. View the restored video here: Two live songs from the Birmingham set, Moonage Daydream and Under Pressure, were used as the single’s extra tracks along with the radio edit of The Hearts Filthy Lesson. Various sources have been suggested as possible inspiration for the spoken introduction by Bowie on this version: “If I fall, moondust will cover me”, including Brion Gysin’s* last words and more likely, a line from his 1969 novel The Process: “I look for my guide to find him, too, buried in moondust.” It’s unlikely we’ll ever know for certain, but we can probably rule out the Mike & Bernie Winters 1967 comedy classic, Smother Me With Moondust And Elusive Strawberries. * Gysin was the original inventor of the cut-up method employed by both Bowie and William Burroughs. #HalloSpaceboy #BowiePetShopBoys

HALLO SPACEBOY VIDEO UPGRADE “It's confusing these days...” Hallo Spaceboy was originally released on the 1995 1. Outside album. This version was going to be the follow up to Strangers When We Meet, even going as far as a video being filmed at the Big Twix concert in Birmingham, released as the No Trendy Réchauffé live album by Parlophone. Hallo Spaceboy was performed twice at the gig, once as part of the main set and again as the last encore. That final version was intended to be the video. Bowie had this to say of that original album version: “I adore that track. In my mind, it was like Jim Morrison meets industrial. When I heard it back, I thought, ‘Fuck me. It’s like metal Doors,’ It’s an extraordinary sound.” In the event, the song was reworked and produced by Pet Shop Boys for the single, giving Bowie a #12 hit in the UK. The chart placing was no doubt helped by a profusion of remixes and various formats (including a pink vinyl 45), not to mention the eventual David Mallet-directed official video, which featured both Bowie and the Pet Shop Boys interspersed with stock footage of all manner of interesting and slightly sinister flavours. View the restored video here: Two live songs from the Birmingham set, Moonage Daydream and Under Pressure, were used as the single’s extra tracks along with the radio edit of The Hearts Filthy Lesson. Various sources have been suggested as possible inspiration for the spoken introduction by Bowie on this version: “If I fall, moondust will cover me”, including Brion Gysin’s* last words and more likely, a line from his 1969 novel The Process: “I look for my guide to find him, too, buried in moondust.” It’s unlikely we’ll ever know for certain, but we can probably rule out the Mike & Bernie Winters 1967 comedy classic, Smother Me With Moondust And Elusive Strawberries. * Gysin was the original inventor of the cut-up method employed by both Bowie and William Burroughs. #HalloSpaceboy #BowiePetShopBoys

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WAITING IN THE SKY VINYL LP FOR RSD 2024 “He’d like to come and meet us...” To mark what would have been David Bowie’s 77th birthday, Parlophone Records are proud to announce the release of a very special David Bowie limited vinyl LP, WAITING IN THE SKY (BEFORE THE STARMAN CAME TO EARTH) which will be released on 20th April, 2024 for Record Store Day. Keep reading for the full press release. #BowieRSD #RSD2024 #BowieWaitingInTheSky + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + DAVID BOWIE WAITING IN THE SKY (BEFORE THE STARMAN CAME TO EARTH) LIMITED 11-TRACK VINYL ALBUM RELEASED EXCLUSIVELY FOR RECORD STORE DAY 20th APRIL, 2024 Parlophone Records are proud to announce the release of a very special David Bowie limited vinyl LP, WAITING IN THE SKY (BEFORE THE STARMAN CAME TO EARTH) which will be released on 20th April, 2024 for Record Store Day. The album is taken from the Trident Studios 1/4” stereo tapes dated 15th December, 1971, which were created for the then provisional tracklisting for what would become THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS album. The tracklisting for WAITING IN THE SKY (BEFORE THE STARMAN CAME TO EARTH) runs differently from the ZIGGY STARDUST album and features four songs that didn’t make the final album. On Side 1, in the place of ‘STARMAN’, one of the last three tracks recorded for the album in February 1972, is ‘ROUND AND ROUND’, a Chuck Berry cover. The track was finally released on a single as the B-side to ‘DRIVE-IN SATURDAY’ on 6th April, 1973. Initially, closing Side 1 of the album was Bowie's version of Jacques Brel’s ‘AMSTERDAM’, which would later appear as the B-side of ‘SORROW’ on 12th October, 1973. Side 2 of the 15th December, 1971 tracklisting features two long-time non-LP fan favourites, ‘HOLY HOLY’ and ‘VELVET GOLDMINE’. The former is a re-recording with The Spiders of David’s 1971 single. Again, this version of the track had to wait several years before surfacing as the B-side of ‘DIAMOND DOGS’ on 14th June, 1974. ‘VELVET GOLDMINE’ is considered by many to be a lost Ziggy era classic, one Bowie often referred to as ‘He’s A Goldmine’ or ‘She’s A Goldmine’ in his notebooks and interviews. The track was recorded during the Ziggy sessions but was not released until 26th September, 1975, alongside ‘CHANGES’ backing the re-released album version of ‘SPACE ODDITY’, which peaked at no. 1 in the U.K. singles chart in November 1975. The cover of WAITING IN THE SKY (BEFORE THE STARMAN CAME TO EARTH) features a photo of David taken at an early Ziggy Stardust period session by Brian Ward, and the two sides of the inner bags are the fronts of the two Trident Studios tape boxes. The album’s title comes from the lyrics of ‘STARMAN’, which, along with ‘ROCK ’N’ ROLL SUICIDE’ and ‘SUFFRAGETTE CITY’, had not yet been recorded when this variation of the album was compiled. WAITING IN THE SKY (BEFORE THE STARMAN CAME TO EARTH) was cut on a customised late Neumann VMS80 lathe with fully recapped electronics from 192kHz restored masters of the original Trident Studios master tapes, with no additional processing on transfer. The half-speed vinyl cut was by engineer John Webber at AIR Studios, London. DAVID BOWIE WAITING IN THE SKY (BEFORE THE STARMAN CAME TO EARTH) Side 1 Five Years Soul Love Moonage Daydream Round And Round Amsterdam Side 2 Hang On To Yourself Ziggy Stardust Velvet Goldmine Holy Holy Star Lady Stardust DAVID BOWIE WAITING IN THE SKY (BEFORE THE STARMAN CAME TO EARTH) LIMITED 11-TRACK VINYL ALBUM RELEASED BY PARLOPHONE EXCLUSIVELY FOR RECORD STORE DAY 20th APRIL, 2024

WAITING IN THE SKY VINYL LP FOR RSD 2024 “He’d like to come and meet us...” To mark what would have been David Bowie’s 77th birthday, Parlophone Records are proud to announce the release of a very special David Bowie limited vinyl LP, WAITING IN THE SKY (BEFORE THE STARMAN CAME TO EARTH) which will be released on 20th April, 2024 for Record Store Day. Keep reading for the full press release. #BowieRSD #RSD2024 #BowieWaitingInTheSky + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + DAVID BOWIE WAITING IN THE SKY (BEFORE THE STARMAN CAME TO EARTH) LIMITED 11-TRACK VINYL ALBUM RELEASED EXCLUSIVELY FOR RECORD STORE DAY 20th APRIL, 2024 Parlophone Records are proud to announce the release of a very special David Bowie limited vinyl LP, WAITING IN THE SKY (BEFORE THE STARMAN CAME TO EARTH) which will be released on 20th April, 2024 for Record Store Day. The album is taken from the Trident Studios 1/4” stereo tapes dated 15th December, 1971, which were created for the then provisional tracklisting for what would become THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS album. The tracklisting for WAITING IN THE SKY (BEFORE THE STARMAN CAME TO EARTH) runs differently from the ZIGGY STARDUST album and features four songs that didn’t make the final album. On Side 1, in the place of ‘STARMAN’, one of the last three tracks recorded for the album in February 1972, is ‘ROUND AND ROUND’, a Chuck Berry cover. The track was finally released on a single as the B-side to ‘DRIVE-IN SATURDAY’ on 6th April, 1973. Initially, closing Side 1 of the album was Bowie's version of Jacques Brel’s ‘AMSTERDAM’, which would later appear as the B-side of ‘SORROW’ on 12th October, 1973. Side 2 of the 15th December, 1971 tracklisting features two long-time non-LP fan favourites, ‘HOLY HOLY’ and ‘VELVET GOLDMINE’. The former is a re-recording with The Spiders of David’s 1971 single. Again, this version of the track had to wait several years before surfacing as the B-side of ‘DIAMOND DOGS’ on 14th June, 1974. ‘VELVET GOLDMINE’ is considered by many to be a lost Ziggy era classic, one Bowie often referred to as ‘He’s A Goldmine’ or ‘She’s A Goldmine’ in his notebooks and interviews. The track was recorded during the Ziggy sessions but was not released until 26th September, 1975, alongside ‘CHANGES’ backing the re-released album version of ‘SPACE ODDITY’, which peaked at no. 1 in the U.K. singles chart in November 1975. The cover of WAITING IN THE SKY (BEFORE THE STARMAN CAME TO EARTH) features a photo of David taken at an early Ziggy Stardust period session by Brian Ward, and the two sides of the inner bags are the fronts of the two Trident Studios tape boxes. The album’s title comes from the lyrics of ‘STARMAN’, which, along with ‘ROCK ’N’ ROLL SUICIDE’ and ‘SUFFRAGETTE CITY’, had not yet been recorded when this variation of the album was compiled. WAITING IN THE SKY (BEFORE THE STARMAN CAME TO EARTH) was cut on a customised late Neumann VMS80 lathe with fully recapped electronics from 192kHz restored masters of the original Trident Studios master tapes, with no additional processing on transfer. The half-speed vinyl cut was by engineer John Webber at AIR Studios, London. DAVID BOWIE WAITING IN THE SKY (BEFORE THE STARMAN CAME TO EARTH) Side 1 Five Years Soul Love Moonage Daydream Round And Round Amsterdam Side 2 Hang On To Yourself Ziggy Stardust Velvet Goldmine Holy Holy Star Lady Stardust DAVID BOWIE WAITING IN THE SKY (BEFORE THE STARMAN CAME TO EARTH) LIMITED 11-TRACK VINYL ALBUM RELEASED BY PARLOPHONE EXCLUSIVELY FOR RECORD STORE DAY 20th APRIL, 2024

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FINAL SONG FROM BBC’s LATER WITH JOOLS HOLLAND “I’m stiff on my legend...” Here’s the fourth and final instalment from Bowie’s 1999 appearance on BBC TWO’s Later... with Jools Holland. It’s a blistering rendition of Cracked Actor and a fine example of just how good Bowie’s band was. It certainly ranks among the very best performances of the song and the singer turns in a tasty vocal himself. Watch the full thing here on the official Bowie YouTube channel: #Bowie1999 #Hours25 #BowieHours #BowieLaterJools #BowieAtTheBBC

FINAL SONG FROM BBC’s LATER WITH JOOLS HOLLAND “I’m stiff on my legend...” Here’s the fourth and final instalment from Bowie’s 1999 appearance on BBC TWO’s Later... with Jools Holland. It’s a blistering rendition of Cracked Actor and a fine example of just how good Bowie’s band was. It certainly ranks among the very best performances of the song and the singer turns in a tasty vocal himself. Watch the full thing here on the official Bowie YouTube channel: #Bowie1999 #Hours25 #BowieHours #BowieLaterJools #BowieAtTheBBC

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BRING ME THE DISCO KING (LONER MIX) “Memories that flutter like bats out of hell...” Go here: the official visualiser for David Bowie - Bring Me The Disco King (Loner Mix) The song was originally written and recorded in 1992 as an up-tempo track and intended for inclusion on Black Tie White Noise. It was later re-recorded during the Earthling sessions, but that version also remains unreleased. However, six years later the track was slowed, scaled back, and recorded once more for Reality’s closing track. Bowie had this to say of the Reality version: “I stripped it down completely and just had Mike Garson playing piano. We did it at half the tempo as the original, and now it works brilliant. This poor little orphan Annie thing seems to have a home now.” This remix was part of 2003’s Underworld film soundtrack album, with considerable additional production by former Nine Inch Nails keyboardist Danny Lohner, additional guitar by Red Hot Chili Peppers’ John Frusciante and additional vocals by Tool’s vocalist Maynard James Keenan, amongst other contributors. #ICGEAAlbumFocusReality #BowieBMTDK #UnderworldFilm

BRING ME THE DISCO KING (LONER MIX) “Memories that flutter like bats out of hell...” Go here: the official visualiser for David Bowie - Bring Me The Disco King (Loner Mix) The song was originally written and recorded in 1992 as an up-tempo track and intended for inclusion on Black Tie White Noise. It was later re-recorded during the Earthling sessions, but that version also remains unreleased. However, six years later the track was slowed, scaled back, and recorded once more for Reality’s closing track. Bowie had this to say of the Reality version: “I stripped it down completely and just had Mike Garson playing piano. We did it at half the tempo as the original, and now it works brilliant. This poor little orphan Annie thing seems to have a home now.” This remix was part of 2003’s Underworld film soundtrack album, with considerable additional production by former Nine Inch Nails keyboardist Danny Lohner, additional guitar by Red Hot Chili Peppers’ John Frusciante and additional vocals by Tool’s vocalist Maynard James Keenan, amongst other contributors. #ICGEAAlbumFocusReality #BowieBMTDK #UnderworldFilm

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Nothings gonna touch you in these Golden Years

Nothings gonna touch you in these Golden Years

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Loving life and all it’s got to give

Loving life and all it’s got to give

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“All you’ve got to do is win...” Fancy winning a set of ten Bowie albums on vinyl? If you answered that in the affirmative, enter now at: #BowieVinylComp

“All you’ve got to do is win...” Fancy winning a set of ten Bowie albums on vinyl? If you answered that in the affirmative, enter now at: #BowieVinylComp

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DAVID BOWIE: YOU’RE NOT ALONE - OFFICIAL TEASER “Oh please. Please make it soon...” A little under four weeks until the public launch of David Bowie: You're Not Alone. The show opens on 22 April at Lightroom in London’s King’s Cross. Exciting times! Tickets here: #BowieLightroomLDN

DAVID BOWIE: YOU’RE NOT ALONE - OFFICIAL TEASER “Oh please. Please make it soon...” A little under four weeks until the public launch of David Bowie: You're Not Alone. The show opens on 22 April at Lightroom in London’s King’s Cross. Exciting times! Tickets here: #BowieLightroomLDN

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DAVID BOWIE ‘HEROES’ - THE POWERFUL & EVOCATIVE FINAL SONG IN THE SERIES FINALE OF NETFLIX’S STRANGER THINGS ‘HEROES’ IS AVAILABLE TO STREAM NOW ON PARLOPHONE: WATCH THE HD REMASTERED 'HEROES' VIDEO: New Year’s Day saw the broadcast on Netflix of the final episode of the phenomenally successful and critically lauded stranger things . Ten years in the making, the final song of the entire series is ‘Heroes’ by David Bowie, one of music’s boldest innovators and most enduring visionaries. After the final scene of Series 5 Episode 8 plays, the show doesn’t jump to its typical credits sequence. Instead, it rolls into a nostalgic animated end-credits segment and lets Bowie’s “Heroes” play all the way through. The decision to end the show with the iconic track was suggested by actor Joe Keery, who plays Steve Harrington on the show and records music under the name Djo. Speaking to Netflix Tudum, the show’s co-creator Ross Duffer says, “Once Joe said that, we immediately knew that was the right song to end the show on because it is, in some ways, an anthem for Stranger Things. To use the original Bowie version just felt right and fitting for the conclusion.” Initially released in September 1977, ‘Heroes’ is the title track of the second instalment of Bowie’s hugely influential ‘Berlin Trilogy’ of albums produced by Bowie and Tony Visconti and featuring Brian Eno. Recorded at Hansa Studios in West Berlin, which was situated only 150 metres away from the Berlin Wall and co-written with Eno, the song references the East German soldiers that could be seen from the studio’s control room and a love affair between a couple kissing in the shadow of the Wall. The song, which has become an iconic anthem, was recorded by Bowie in English, German and French and has been covered by artists such as Oasis, Prince, Coldplay, Yungblud, Lady Gaga, Arcade Fire, Smashing Pumpkins, Depeche Mode, Blondie, Neil Finn, Peter Gabriel, King Crimson, Bon Jovi, Motorhead, Miley Cyrus, Aurora, Moby, David Byrne & St Vincent and The Wallflowers, who took it into the US top 10. A decade after the 1977 release of ‘Heroes’, Bowie brought his Glass Spider Tour to Berlin during the Summer of 1987. He performed as part of a series of shows at the Reichstag, a poignant symbol of the divided city just metres away from the Wall. The concert was held near the border, where many East Berliners crowded along to listen to music forbidden by the Soviet government, allowing the two halves of the city to hear the same show, with ‘Heroes’ as the emotional highlight for both sides. Bowie later remarked, “We kind of heard that a few of the East Berliners might actually get the chance to hear the thing, but we didn’t realise in what numbers they would. And there were thousands on the other side that had come close to the wall. So it was like a double concert where the wall was the division. And we would hear them cheering and singing along from the other side. God, even now I get choked up. It was breaking my heart. I’d never done anything like that in my life, and I guess I never will again.” During the shows, the East German authorities cracked down on the fans, attacking them with water cannons and arresting hundreds. The shows helped change the mood around the Wall, which had stood for over a quarter of a century, and was now seen with renewed anger. Within two years, the Wall came down, and it has long been believed that the Concerts For Berlin were a turning point in the East. When Bowie died in 2016, the German Foreign Office confirmed as much by posting a live version of ‘Heroes’ on social media and declaring, ‘Good-bye David Bowie. You are now among #Heroes. Thank you for helping bring down the #wall’ #StrangerThings #BowieHeroes

DAVID BOWIE ‘HEROES’ - THE POWERFUL & EVOCATIVE FINAL SONG IN THE SERIES FINALE OF NETFLIX’S STRANGER THINGS ‘HEROES’ IS AVAILABLE TO STREAM NOW ON PARLOPHONE: WATCH THE HD REMASTERED 'HEROES' VIDEO: New Year’s Day saw the broadcast on Netflix of the final episode of the phenomenally successful and critically lauded stranger things . Ten years in the making, the final song of the entire series is ‘Heroes’ by David Bowie, one of music’s boldest innovators and most enduring visionaries. After the final scene of Series 5 Episode 8 plays, the show doesn’t jump to its typical credits sequence. Instead, it rolls into a nostalgic animated end-credits segment and lets Bowie’s “Heroes” play all the way through. The decision to end the show with the iconic track was suggested by actor Joe Keery, who plays Steve Harrington on the show and records music under the name Djo. Speaking to Netflix Tudum, the show’s co-creator Ross Duffer says, “Once Joe said that, we immediately knew that was the right song to end the show on because it is, in some ways, an anthem for Stranger Things. To use the original Bowie version just felt right and fitting for the conclusion.” Initially released in September 1977, ‘Heroes’ is the title track of the second instalment of Bowie’s hugely influential ‘Berlin Trilogy’ of albums produced by Bowie and Tony Visconti and featuring Brian Eno. Recorded at Hansa Studios in West Berlin, which was situated only 150 metres away from the Berlin Wall and co-written with Eno, the song references the East German soldiers that could be seen from the studio’s control room and a love affair between a couple kissing in the shadow of the Wall. The song, which has become an iconic anthem, was recorded by Bowie in English, German and French and has been covered by artists such as Oasis, Prince, Coldplay, Yungblud, Lady Gaga, Arcade Fire, Smashing Pumpkins, Depeche Mode, Blondie, Neil Finn, Peter Gabriel, King Crimson, Bon Jovi, Motorhead, Miley Cyrus, Aurora, Moby, David Byrne & St Vincent and The Wallflowers, who took it into the US top 10. A decade after the 1977 release of ‘Heroes’, Bowie brought his Glass Spider Tour to Berlin during the Summer of 1987. He performed as part of a series of shows at the Reichstag, a poignant symbol of the divided city just metres away from the Wall. The concert was held near the border, where many East Berliners crowded along to listen to music forbidden by the Soviet government, allowing the two halves of the city to hear the same show, with ‘Heroes’ as the emotional highlight for both sides. Bowie later remarked, “We kind of heard that a few of the East Berliners might actually get the chance to hear the thing, but we didn’t realise in what numbers they would. And there were thousands on the other side that had come close to the wall. So it was like a double concert where the wall was the division. And we would hear them cheering and singing along from the other side. God, even now I get choked up. It was breaking my heart. I’d never done anything like that in my life, and I guess I never will again.” During the shows, the East German authorities cracked down on the fans, attacking them with water cannons and arresting hundreds. The shows helped change the mood around the Wall, which had stood for over a quarter of a century, and was now seen with renewed anger. Within two years, the Wall came down, and it has long been believed that the Concerts For Berlin were a turning point in the East. When Bowie died in 2016, the German Foreign Office confirmed as much by posting a live version of ‘Heroes’ on social media and declaring, ‘Good-bye David Bowie. You are now among #Heroes. Thank you for helping bring down the #wall’ #StrangerThings #BowieHeroes

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SPACE ODDITY 45 RELEASED 55 YEARS AGO TODAY “And the stars look very different today...” To mark the 55th anniversary of the release of the Space Oddity single, we thought that this post would bear repeating. Five years ago, In celebration of both Space Oddity’s 50th anniversary and the release of the Tony Visconti 2019 Mix of both the Space Oddity album and single, From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free gave us another exclusive. Nacho synced the new full-length mix to the original Hits A GoGo broadcast live from Zurich on 3rd November, 1969. The show had a haunted house theme for the recent Halloween celebrations, which explains the moody lighting and dry ice. Watch the complete video, here: #SpaceOddity55 #SpaceOddity2019TVmix #NachoBowie

SPACE ODDITY 45 RELEASED 55 YEARS AGO TODAY “And the stars look very different today...” To mark the 55th anniversary of the release of the Space Oddity single, we thought that this post would bear repeating. Five years ago, In celebration of both Space Oddity’s 50th anniversary and the release of the Tony Visconti 2019 Mix of both the Space Oddity album and single, From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free gave us another exclusive. Nacho synced the new full-length mix to the original Hits A GoGo broadcast live from Zurich on 3rd November, 1969. The show had a haunted house theme for the recent Halloween celebrations, which explains the moody lighting and dry ice. Watch the complete video, here: #SpaceOddity55 #SpaceOddity2019TVmix #NachoBowie

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GETTING IT RIGHT FOR YOUNG AMERICANS 51st “Taking it all the right way...” Though generally celebrated on 7th March (even by us), it transpires we may have not got that UK release date quite right. As we mentioned last year, based on chart positions and press adverts, evidence points to the fact that in the UK at least, Young Americans was actually released on 21st March 1975. Anyway, From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free has tweaked his video for Right, which is the real reason for this post. View the full thing and read all about it here: #YoungAmericans50 #YoungAmericans51st #DavidBowieRight #NachosVideos

GETTING IT RIGHT FOR YOUNG AMERICANS 51st “Taking it all the right way...” Though generally celebrated on 7th March (even by us), it transpires we may have not got that UK release date quite right. As we mentioned last year, based on chart positions and press adverts, evidence points to the fact that in the UK at least, Young Americans was actually released on 21st March 1975. Anyway, From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free has tweaked his video for Right, which is the real reason for this post. View the full thing and read all about it here: #YoungAmericans50 #YoungAmericans51st #DavidBowieRight #NachosVideos

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"HEROES" ON BING CHRISTMAS SHOW 1977 “For ever and ever...” Back in 2016 we posted the then oft overlooked performance of "Heroes" recorded for Bing Crosby's 1977 Merrie Olde Christmas TV Special. Notable for the wonderfully bizarre, but nevertheless beautiful David Bowie and Bing Crosby duet of Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy, the broadcast also contained aforementioned video of "Heroes". In the promo film, Bowie sings one of the most heartfelt and emotional performances of "Heroes" he ever delivered. The vocal was sung over a backing track, with some not so subtle phasing and echo effects on his voice that may well have been added after the event. Looking amazing, he sings close up straight to camera while he also performs several set mime pieces superimposed along with the main performance. Along with a little help from Particledots on the audio, From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free produced a new version without Bing's spoken introduction encroaching on the performance. The show was filmed in Elstree just outside London in the UK on September 11th, 1977. Originally broadcast in the US by CBS on the 30th of November 1977, the UK had to wait another month to see exactly what the fuss was being reported in the music weeklies, when the show was finally aired there on Christmas Eve 1977. FOOTNOTE: The shot of a shirtless Bowie was one of several stills taken during this "Heroes" filming session, though he didn't appear like this in the actual broadcast. #BowieBing #BowieHeroes #NachoBowie

"HEROES" ON BING CHRISTMAS SHOW 1977 “For ever and ever...” Back in 2016 we posted the then oft overlooked performance of "Heroes" recorded for Bing Crosby's 1977 Merrie Olde Christmas TV Special. Notable for the wonderfully bizarre, but nevertheless beautiful David Bowie and Bing Crosby duet of Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy, the broadcast also contained aforementioned video of "Heroes". In the promo film, Bowie sings one of the most heartfelt and emotional performances of "Heroes" he ever delivered. The vocal was sung over a backing track, with some not so subtle phasing and echo effects on his voice that may well have been added after the event. Looking amazing, he sings close up straight to camera while he also performs several set mime pieces superimposed along with the main performance. Along with a little help from Particledots on the audio, From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free produced a new version without Bing's spoken introduction encroaching on the performance. The show was filmed in Elstree just outside London in the UK on September 11th, 1977. Originally broadcast in the US by CBS on the 30th of November 1977, the UK had to wait another month to see exactly what the fuss was being reported in the music weeklies, when the show was finally aired there on Christmas Eve 1977. FOOTNOTE: The shot of a shirtless Bowie was one of several stills taken during this "Heroes" filming session, though he didn't appear like this in the actual broadcast. #BowieBing #BowieHeroes #NachoBowie

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HOW BOWIE WAVED BYE BYE TO THE 70S ON SNL “And now he is a puppet dancer...” Last month Rolling Stone voted David Bowie’s 1979 appearance on Saturday Night Live, #1 of The 50 Best ‘Saturday Night Live’ Musical Performances. And deservedly so. It was forty-five years ago today that a whole new persuasion of young Americans was converted to the cause by that very broadcast. For it was on 15th December 1979 that the live broadcast in New York had a similarly persuasive effect on a receptive group of US youngsters as Starman on TOTPs in 1972 and the BBC’s Cracked Actor documentary had on UK teenagers in 1975. Of course, the TV-viewing youth of America looking for something new had already had their hearts and minds captured by broadcasts of both The 1980 Floor Show and The Ziggy Stardust Motion Picture more than half a decade earlier, but the SNL appearance helped to cast the net further. Bowie performed The Man Who Sold The World, TVC 15 and Boys Keep Swinging, with Klaus Nomi, Joey Arias and a toy pink poodle/TV monitor all making extraordinary guest appearances. The show was hosted by actor Martin Sheen. For The Man Who Sold The World Bowie was lifted and positioned in front of the microphone by Klaus and Joey in a costume designed by Mark Ravitz and Bowie, inspired by Sonia Delaunay’s designs for Tristan Tzara’s 1923 play Le Cœur à gaz (The Gas Heart). The skirt suit that David wore for TVC 15 was designed by Brooks Van Horn costume house, New York. The song also showcased aforementioned pink TV poodle. For Boys Keep Swinging DB operated a puppet while utilising green-screen technology to hilarious effect. In an absurd move the show’s producers blanked the line “Other boys check you out” but seemingly missed the puppet’s obvious excitement at the climax of the song. Words cannot do Bowie’s SNL appearance justice, suffice to say, it remains among the most surreal television performances broadcast anywhere, ever. If you've never seen this piece of TV history, prepare to be captivated by all three songs courtesy of a full From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free remaster here: While you’re there, read his own notes regarding the broadcast and associated credits. #BowieSaturdayNigthLive #BowieSNL #Bowie1979 #NachoBowie

HOW BOWIE WAVED BYE BYE TO THE 70S ON SNL “And now he is a puppet dancer...” Last month Rolling Stone voted David Bowie’s 1979 appearance on Saturday Night Live, #1 of The 50 Best ‘Saturday Night Live’ Musical Performances. And deservedly so. It was forty-five years ago today that a whole new persuasion of young Americans was converted to the cause by that very broadcast. For it was on 15th December 1979 that the live broadcast in New York had a similarly persuasive effect on a receptive group of US youngsters as Starman on TOTPs in 1972 and the BBC’s Cracked Actor documentary had on UK teenagers in 1975. Of course, the TV-viewing youth of America looking for something new had already had their hearts and minds captured by broadcasts of both The 1980 Floor Show and The Ziggy Stardust Motion Picture more than half a decade earlier, but the SNL appearance helped to cast the net further. Bowie performed The Man Who Sold The World, TVC 15 and Boys Keep Swinging, with Klaus Nomi, Joey Arias and a toy pink poodle/TV monitor all making extraordinary guest appearances. The show was hosted by actor Martin Sheen. For The Man Who Sold The World Bowie was lifted and positioned in front of the microphone by Klaus and Joey in a costume designed by Mark Ravitz and Bowie, inspired by Sonia Delaunay’s designs for Tristan Tzara’s 1923 play Le Cœur à gaz (The Gas Heart). The skirt suit that David wore for TVC 15 was designed by Brooks Van Horn costume house, New York. The song also showcased aforementioned pink TV poodle. For Boys Keep Swinging DB operated a puppet while utilising green-screen technology to hilarious effect. In an absurd move the show’s producers blanked the line “Other boys check you out” but seemingly missed the puppet’s obvious excitement at the climax of the song. Words cannot do Bowie’s SNL appearance justice, suffice to say, it remains among the most surreal television performances broadcast anywhere, ever. If you've never seen this piece of TV history, prepare to be captivated by all three songs courtesy of a full From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free remaster here: While you’re there, read his own notes regarding the broadcast and associated credits. #BowieSaturdayNigthLive #BowieSNL #Bowie1979 #NachoBowie

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BOWIE ON DINAH! FIFTY YEARS AGO TODAY “'Cos you can never really tell when somebody wants something you want too...” Fifty years ago today (3rd March 1976), CBS in America broadcast Bowie's appearance on Dinah Shore’s chat show: Dinah! Recorded the previous month while Bowie was in LA, he performed Stay and Five Years with the then current tour band... David Bowie • Vocals Carlos Alomar • Guitar Dennis Davis • Drums Tony Kaye • Keyboards George Murray • Bass Stacey Heydon • Guitar Bowie sat and chatted with the other guests who included: Nancy Walker, Henry Winkler, Natalie Cole and Candy Clark. Also present was Dwain Vaughns who demonstrated a few karate moves on Bowie. Neither of the men were hurt during the making of the show. You can find the full broadcast on YouTube, including both songs, though sadly not in the kind of quality that the Nacho's Videos Five Years teaser we’ve used here boasts. #Bowie1976 #BowieDinaShore #StationToStation50 #NachosVideos

BOWIE ON DINAH! FIFTY YEARS AGO TODAY “'Cos you can never really tell when somebody wants something you want too...” Fifty years ago today (3rd March 1976), CBS in America broadcast Bowie's appearance on Dinah Shore’s chat show: Dinah! Recorded the previous month while Bowie was in LA, he performed Stay and Five Years with the then current tour band... David Bowie • Vocals Carlos Alomar • Guitar Dennis Davis • Drums Tony Kaye • Keyboards George Murray • Bass Stacey Heydon • Guitar Bowie sat and chatted with the other guests who included: Nancy Walker, Henry Winkler, Natalie Cole and Candy Clark. Also present was Dwain Vaughns who demonstrated a few karate moves on Bowie. Neither of the men were hurt during the making of the show. You can find the full broadcast on YouTube, including both songs, though sadly not in the kind of quality that the Nacho's Videos Five Years teaser we’ve used here boasts. #Bowie1976 #BowieDinaShore #StationToStation50 #NachosVideos

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"HEROES" IN STRANGER THINGS DOC TRAILER “We could steal time just for one day...” Join the stranger things team for One Last Adventure on Netflix on 12th January. Listen now: #StrangerThings #BowieHeroes

"HEROES" IN STRANGER THINGS DOC TRAILER “We could steal time just for one day...” Join the stranger things team for One Last Adventure on Netflix on 12th January. Listen now: #StrangerThings #BowieHeroes

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BOWIE EXITS THE 70s IN THE UK WITH KENNY EVERETT “Can you hear me, Major Tom?” 45 years ago today, David Bowie’s re-recording of Space Oddity was broadcast on the Will Kenny Everett Make It To 1980? Show. You'll be familiar with this broadcast (Shot 18 September 1979 | Broadcast 31 December 1979), but this From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free edit bears repeating. The original footage was directed for the show by Bowie’s video director of the time, David Mallet, the action takes place in a high-ceilinged padded cell and an exploding kitchen with an unflappable nurse. Speaking to Angus MacKinnon in the NME in 1980, Bowie said: “That came about because (David) Mallet wanted me to do something for his show and he wanted Space Oddity. I agreed as long as I could do it again without all its trappings and do it strictly with three instruments. Having played it with just an acoustic guitar onstage early on, I was always surprised as how powerful it was just as a song, without all the strings and synthesizers. In fact the video side of it was secondary; I really wanted to do it as a three-piece song.” Both scenes were recreated for the May 1980 filming of Ashes To Ashes, the continuity experts among you will notice the very obvious differences. So, ten years after it was originally a hit, Major Tom also had the last word of the 70s for Bowie. Another 45 years on and the impact of this version is still as powerful. Read Nacho's notes with more detail regarding the recording of both the sound and vision, along with the complete video, here: Audio Source: David Bowie | Space Oddity | Recorded Good Earth Studios | Soho, London | September 1979 | Released as B side of Alabama Song | 15 February 1980 Vocals & 12-string guitar | David Bowie Bass | Zaine Griff Piano | Hans Zimmer Drums | Andy Duncan Producer | Tony Visconti FOOTNOTE: In the US Bowie appeared on Dick Clark's Salute to the Seventies TV broadcast. Bowie mimed to an edit of the 1969 Space Oddity recording. Stills from this show were utilised for the sleeve of the aforementioned Alabama Song 45. Sadly, a decent quality version of this broadcast has yet to surface. You can find it on YouTube, but hopefully Nacho will get his hands on a higher quality version to work his magic on. #SpaceOddity55 #SpaceOddityKennyEverett #NachoBowie #NachosVideos

BOWIE EXITS THE 70s IN THE UK WITH KENNY EVERETT “Can you hear me, Major Tom?” 45 years ago today, David Bowie’s re-recording of Space Oddity was broadcast on the Will Kenny Everett Make It To 1980? Show. You'll be familiar with this broadcast (Shot 18 September 1979 | Broadcast 31 December 1979), but this From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free edit bears repeating. The original footage was directed for the show by Bowie’s video director of the time, David Mallet, the action takes place in a high-ceilinged padded cell and an exploding kitchen with an unflappable nurse. Speaking to Angus MacKinnon in the NME in 1980, Bowie said: “That came about because (David) Mallet wanted me to do something for his show and he wanted Space Oddity. I agreed as long as I could do it again without all its trappings and do it strictly with three instruments. Having played it with just an acoustic guitar onstage early on, I was always surprised as how powerful it was just as a song, without all the strings and synthesizers. In fact the video side of it was secondary; I really wanted to do it as a three-piece song.” Both scenes were recreated for the May 1980 filming of Ashes To Ashes, the continuity experts among you will notice the very obvious differences. So, ten years after it was originally a hit, Major Tom also had the last word of the 70s for Bowie. Another 45 years on and the impact of this version is still as powerful. Read Nacho's notes with more detail regarding the recording of both the sound and vision, along with the complete video, here: Audio Source: David Bowie | Space Oddity | Recorded Good Earth Studios | Soho, London | September 1979 | Released as B side of Alabama Song | 15 February 1980 Vocals & 12-string guitar | David Bowie Bass | Zaine Griff Piano | Hans Zimmer Drums | Andy Duncan Producer | Tony Visconti FOOTNOTE: In the US Bowie appeared on Dick Clark's Salute to the Seventies TV broadcast. Bowie mimed to an edit of the 1969 Space Oddity recording. Stills from this show were utilised for the sleeve of the aforementioned Alabama Song 45. Sadly, a decent quality version of this broadcast has yet to surface. You can find it on YouTube, but hopefully Nacho will get his hands on a higher quality version to work his magic on. #SpaceOddity55 #SpaceOddityKennyEverett #NachoBowie #NachosVideos

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110,824 views • 1 year ago

STATION TO STATION 50TH ANNIVERSARY VINYL OUT NOW “Such is the stuff from where dreams are woven...” On 23rd January 1976, fifty years ago this very day, David Bowie’s Station To Station LP was released. As the headline suggests, to commemorate its Golden Jubilee, the album is issued today as a limited-edition, half-speed mastered LP and a picture disc LP (both pressed from the same master), with a poster reproduction of the UK music press advert used to advertise Bowie’s latest masterpiece at the time. Purchase here: Read the press release here: #StationToStation50

STATION TO STATION 50TH ANNIVERSARY VINYL OUT NOW “Such is the stuff from where dreams are woven...” On 23rd January 1976, fifty years ago this very day, David Bowie’s Station To Station LP was released. As the headline suggests, to commemorate its Golden Jubilee, the album is issued today as a limited-edition, half-speed mastered LP and a picture disc LP (both pressed from the same master), with a poster reproduction of the UK music press advert used to advertise Bowie’s latest masterpiece at the time. Purchase here: Read the press release here: #StationToStation50

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MORE BOWIE ON BBC’s LATER WITH JOOLS HOLLAND “I'm happy hope you're happy too...” On the 44th anniversary of Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) hitting the #1 spot in the UK, we thought it would be appropriate to share another performance from Bowie’s appearance on BBC TWO’s Later... with Jools Holland, in the shape of a song that originally appeared on the album. Obviously, we’re talking the #1 song Ashes To Ashes and you can watch the full thing from the 4th December 1999 broadcast here on the official Bowie YouTube channel: #Bowie1999 #Hours25 #BowieHours #BowieLaterJools #BowieAtTheBBC

MORE BOWIE ON BBC’s LATER WITH JOOLS HOLLAND “I'm happy hope you're happy too...” On the 44th anniversary of Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) hitting the #1 spot in the UK, we thought it would be appropriate to share another performance from Bowie’s appearance on BBC TWO’s Later... with Jools Holland, in the shape of a song that originally appeared on the album. Obviously, we’re talking the #1 song Ashes To Ashes and you can watch the full thing from the 4th December 1999 broadcast here on the official Bowie YouTube channel: #Bowie1999 #Hours25 #BowieHours #BowieLaterJools #BowieAtTheBBC

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NACHO RESTORATION OF DICK CLARK SPACE ODDITY “And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear...” Today sees the anniversary of the release of the Alabama Song/Space Oddity 45 on 15th February 1980. Space Oddity had been recorded in a 3-song session in London with Tony Visconti, specifically for the Will Kenny Everett Make It To 1980? Show, which was broadcast on 31st December 1979 in the UK. A few days later, on 4th January 1980, Bowie’s appearance on the Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's was broadcast on NBC in the US. Produced and presented by Dick Clark, the show featured our man miming to the original 1969 US single edit of Space Oddity. Wearing a Willy Brown designed blue/green jump suit, with a hand-drawn graphic pattern inspired by Le Corbusier, Bowie accessorized with 3 flying saucer shaped pin buttons. The overall effect was future nostalgia. Bowie gave a straight-faced delivery straight to camera to stunning effect, with slicked back hair and looking icy cool throughout. An on-set image shot by Steve Schapiro was used for the Alabama Song/Space Oddity 45 foldout sleeve. Nacho has created a new restoration of the US performance which you can view in full here: While you’re there read his superb research notes. #BowieSpaceOddity #SpaceOddityDickClark #NachosVideos (Ooops - Sorry, forgot to hit return on the 15th!)

NACHO RESTORATION OF DICK CLARK SPACE ODDITY “And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear...” Today sees the anniversary of the release of the Alabama Song/Space Oddity 45 on 15th February 1980. Space Oddity had been recorded in a 3-song session in London with Tony Visconti, specifically for the Will Kenny Everett Make It To 1980? Show, which was broadcast on 31st December 1979 in the UK. A few days later, on 4th January 1980, Bowie’s appearance on the Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's was broadcast on NBC in the US. Produced and presented by Dick Clark, the show featured our man miming to the original 1969 US single edit of Space Oddity. Wearing a Willy Brown designed blue/green jump suit, with a hand-drawn graphic pattern inspired by Le Corbusier, Bowie accessorized with 3 flying saucer shaped pin buttons. The overall effect was future nostalgia. Bowie gave a straight-faced delivery straight to camera to stunning effect, with slicked back hair and looking icy cool throughout. An on-set image shot by Steve Schapiro was used for the Alabama Song/Space Oddity 45 foldout sleeve. Nacho has created a new restoration of the US performance which you can view in full here: While you’re there read his superb research notes. #BowieSpaceOddity #SpaceOddityDickClark #NachosVideos (Ooops - Sorry, forgot to hit return on the 15th!)

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NORTH AMERICA LABYRINTH IN CONCERT 2026 TICKETS “🔮🎶 You remind me of the babe…the babe with the POWER!⚡️” The power and magic of Labyrinth continues! Celebrate the film’s 40th anniversary with Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: In Concert across North America in 2026. Tickets are on sale NOW at See you in Goblin City! #LabyrinthInConcert #JimHensonsLabyrinth #LabyrinthLiveBand #LabyrinthConcertTour #BowieLabyrinth

NORTH AMERICA LABYRINTH IN CONCERT 2026 TICKETS “🔮🎶 You remind me of the babe…the babe with the POWER!⚡️” The power and magic of Labyrinth continues! Celebrate the film’s 40th anniversary with Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: In Concert across North America in 2026. Tickets are on sale NOW at See you in Goblin City! #LabyrinthInConcert #JimHensonsLabyrinth #LabyrinthLiveBand #LabyrinthConcertTour #BowieLabyrinth

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THE LONELIEST GUY ON PARKINSON “All the pages that have turned...” Back in November 2003, The Parkinson Show featured Michael Parkinson in conversation with David Bowie, Victoria Beckham, and Clive James. Aside from the interview, David also performed Ziggy Stardust and The Loneliest Guy. Here’s the emotionally charged presentation of the latter with accompaniment from Mike Garson and Gerry Leonard for your viewing pleasure: #ICGEAAlbumFocusReality #BowieParkinson #BowieBBC

THE LONELIEST GUY ON PARKINSON “All the pages that have turned...” Back in November 2003, The Parkinson Show featured Michael Parkinson in conversation with David Bowie, Victoria Beckham, and Clive James. Aside from the interview, David also performed Ziggy Stardust and The Loneliest Guy. Here’s the emotionally charged presentation of the latter with accompaniment from Mike Garson and Gerry Leonard for your viewing pleasure: #ICGEAAlbumFocusReality #BowieParkinson #BowieBBC

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YOUNG AMERICANS 50TH ANNIVERSARY VINYL DUE IN MARCH “Young American, young American, you want the young American...” DAVID BOWIE YOUNG AMERICANS 50th ANNIVERSARY HALF SPEED MASTERED LP 50th ANNIVERSARY PICTURE DISC LP WITH POSTER LIMITED EDITION RELEASES AVAILABLE 7th MARCH, 2025 ON PARLOPHONE PRE-ORDER HERE: (Link will be updated throughout the day) #BowieYoungAmericans #YoungAmericans50 7th March 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the release of David Bowie's ninth studio album, YOUNG AMERICANS. On the exact day of its Golden Jubilee, YOUNG AMERICANS will be issued as a limited edition 50th anniversary half-speed mastered LP and a picture disc LP pressed from the same master. The picture disc comes with a poster of the album cover. The album saw Bowie broaden his musical horizons once more, embracing what he called 'Plastic Soul' and would give Bowie his first number one single in the U.S., ‘FAME’, co-written with John Lennon and Bowie's then guitarist, Carlos Alomar. The album was partly influenced by the 'Philly Sound' and recorded in Philadelphia at Sigma Sound studios during a break in the DIAMOND DOGS tour with a band that featured amongst others Bowie stalwart Mike Garson on keys, along with the late Luther Vandross on vocals and David Sanborn on saxophone. During the Tony Visconti produced sessions at Sigma Sound, Bowie immersed himself in soul music and created a new persona called The Gouster, a slang term for a hip street character. An early version of the album using this title was issued on the boxset WHO CAN I BE NOW? (1974-1976). When the tour recommenced, Bowie radically reworked the setlist to incorporate the new material and stripped the elaborate production of the tour back to reflect a radically new musical direction. At the end of the tour in December ’74, sessions continued at The Record Plant and, while recording in New York, Bowie connected with John Lennon, where they recorded a cover of The Beatles ‘ACROSS THE UNIVERSE’ and a new collaborative composition, ‘FAME’ at Electric Lady Studios. The New York sessions were co-produced by David and Record Plant engineer Harry Maslin. Bowie opted not to tour following YOUNG AMERICANS’ release, and within nine months, had moved on again, releasing his next album, STATION TO STATION, and reinventing himself once again in the persona of The Thin White Duke. This new pressing of YOUNG AMERICANS was cut on a customised late Neumann VMS80 lathe with fully recapped electronics from 192kHz restored masters of the original Record Plant master tapes, with no additional processing on transfer. The half-speed was cut by John Webber at AIR Studios. DAVID BOWIE - YOUNG AMERICANS - TRACKLISTING SIDE ONE Young Americans Win Fascination Right SIDE TWO Somebody Up There Likes Me Across The Universe Can You Hear Me Fame YOUNG AMERICANS 50th ANNIVERSARY HALF SPEED MASTERED LP 50th ANNIVERSARY PICTURE DISC LP WITH POSTER AVAILABLE 7th MARCH, 2025 ON PARLOPHONE

YOUNG AMERICANS 50TH ANNIVERSARY VINYL DUE IN MARCH “Young American, young American, you want the young American...” DAVID BOWIE YOUNG AMERICANS 50th ANNIVERSARY HALF SPEED MASTERED LP 50th ANNIVERSARY PICTURE DISC LP WITH POSTER LIMITED EDITION RELEASES AVAILABLE 7th MARCH, 2025 ON PARLOPHONE PRE-ORDER HERE: (Link will be updated throughout the day) #BowieYoungAmericans #YoungAmericans50 7th March 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the release of David Bowie's ninth studio album, YOUNG AMERICANS. On the exact day of its Golden Jubilee, YOUNG AMERICANS will be issued as a limited edition 50th anniversary half-speed mastered LP and a picture disc LP pressed from the same master. The picture disc comes with a poster of the album cover. The album saw Bowie broaden his musical horizons once more, embracing what he called 'Plastic Soul' and would give Bowie his first number one single in the U.S., ‘FAME’, co-written with John Lennon and Bowie's then guitarist, Carlos Alomar. The album was partly influenced by the 'Philly Sound' and recorded in Philadelphia at Sigma Sound studios during a break in the DIAMOND DOGS tour with a band that featured amongst others Bowie stalwart Mike Garson on keys, along with the late Luther Vandross on vocals and David Sanborn on saxophone. During the Tony Visconti produced sessions at Sigma Sound, Bowie immersed himself in soul music and created a new persona called The Gouster, a slang term for a hip street character. An early version of the album using this title was issued on the boxset WHO CAN I BE NOW? (1974-1976). When the tour recommenced, Bowie radically reworked the setlist to incorporate the new material and stripped the elaborate production of the tour back to reflect a radically new musical direction. At the end of the tour in December ’74, sessions continued at The Record Plant and, while recording in New York, Bowie connected with John Lennon, where they recorded a cover of The Beatles ‘ACROSS THE UNIVERSE’ and a new collaborative composition, ‘FAME’ at Electric Lady Studios. The New York sessions were co-produced by David and Record Plant engineer Harry Maslin. Bowie opted not to tour following YOUNG AMERICANS’ release, and within nine months, had moved on again, releasing his next album, STATION TO STATION, and reinventing himself once again in the persona of The Thin White Duke. This new pressing of YOUNG AMERICANS was cut on a customised late Neumann VMS80 lathe with fully recapped electronics from 192kHz restored masters of the original Record Plant master tapes, with no additional processing on transfer. The half-speed was cut by John Webber at AIR Studios. DAVID BOWIE - YOUNG AMERICANS - TRACKLISTING SIDE ONE Young Americans Win Fascination Right SIDE TWO Somebody Up There Likes Me Across The Universe Can You Hear Me Fame YOUNG AMERICANS 50th ANNIVERSARY HALF SPEED MASTERED LP 50th ANNIVERSARY PICTURE DISC LP WITH POSTER AVAILABLE 7th MARCH, 2025 ON PARLOPHONE

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DANCING IN THE STREET - 40th ANNIVERSARY WHITE VINYL 12” - JAGGER SPEAKS “When people stared in Jagger’s eyes and scored, Like the video films we saw...” The headline says it all but keep reading for the press release and a few words from Sir Michael Philip Jagger himself, along with a link to the upgraded 4k video. #BowieLiveAid #BowieJaggerDancing #BowieJaggerDITS + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + DAVID BOWIE & MICK JAGGER - DANCING IN THE STREET 40th ANNIVERSARY - LIMITED EDITION REMASTERED WHITE VINYL 12” AVAILABLE 29th AUGUST 2025 ON PARLOPHONE: (Link will update throughout the day) WATCH THE UPGRADED 4K VIDEO NOW: ‘’We had such a laugh doing Dancing in the Street with both the song recorded in the studio and the video done in one day. Remarkable how we pulled it off really. The video is hilarious to watch now. We enjoyed camping it up and trying to impersonate each other’s moves, making it up as we went along. It was the only time David and myself collaborated on anything, which is a real shame.” Mick Jagger, June 2025 LONDON, 10TH JUNE 2025 - 40 years ago today, Live Aid, the benefit concert organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise further funds for relief of the famine in Ethiopia, was announced with a press conference on the pitch at Wembley Stadium. The show was held simultaneously on Saturday, 13th July 1985, at Wembley and John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia. One of the day's highlights was the surprise duet of the Motown classic, 'Dancing In The Street', between David Bowie and Mick Jagger. The video for the track, which, like the song, had only been recorded and filmed in thirteen hours, only fourteen days earlier, was shown at 7 pm in the UK (2 pm in Philadelphia), just before Bowie took to the stage at Wembley Stadium. The single version of the song was released on 27th August, with all the proceeds benefiting famine relief. It topped the UK Singles Chart for four weeks and reached No. 7 in the United States on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the track, a limited edition white vinyl 12" will be released on 29th August, 2 days after its anniversary, bringing together all of the song's mixes for the first time. 30% of the retail price from the sale of this single will be donated by David Bowie, Mick Jagger and Parlophone Records to The Band Aid Charitable Trust (Charity Number 292199). The original plan for Live Aid was to perform the track together live, with Bowie at Wembley Stadium and Jagger at John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia. It soon became apparent that the satellite link-up between the two countries would mean a half-second delay, rendering the plan impossible. Instead, the pair convened at Westside Studios in London on 29th June, where Bowie was working with producers Clive Langer & Alan Winstanley. The duo went directly from the studio to Spillers Millennium Mills in the East End to shoot the video with director David Mallet, who had previously worked with Bowie on the groundbreaking Ashes To Ashes video. The video has been upgraded to high resolution to celebrate the anniversary using the original film negative. Speaking about the song and video at the time, Bowie said “We thought about it on a Thursday night and we just went through a bunch of old songs and thought that ‘Dancing’ was one we both knew very well and then we went into the studio between 7 and 11 on Saturday night and then we went over to the Docklands and shot the video for the rest of the night so we did the whole thing in ten hours, it was great.” He also talked about the spirit of Live Aid, saying, “Everybody out there who sent money in, you’re the real heroes because it’s easy for me to go up there and sing some songs, but it’s much harder for you to give money and not be recognised. Good on ya!” DAVID BOWIE DAVID BOWIE & MICK JAGGER DANCING IN THE STREET 40th ANNIVERSARY WHITE VINYL TRACKLISTING SIDE ONE Dancing In The Street (Clearmountain Mix) (3.11) Dancing In The Street (Instrumental) (3.17) Dancing In The Street (Steve Thompson Mix) (4.42) SIDE TWO Dancing In The Street (Edit) (3.24) Dancing In The Street (Dub) (4.43) + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - +

DANCING IN THE STREET - 40th ANNIVERSARY WHITE VINYL 12” - JAGGER SPEAKS “When people stared in Jagger’s eyes and scored, Like the video films we saw...” The headline says it all but keep reading for the press release and a few words from Sir Michael Philip Jagger himself, along with a link to the upgraded 4k video. #BowieLiveAid #BowieJaggerDancing #BowieJaggerDITS + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + DAVID BOWIE & MICK JAGGER - DANCING IN THE STREET 40th ANNIVERSARY - LIMITED EDITION REMASTERED WHITE VINYL 12” AVAILABLE 29th AUGUST 2025 ON PARLOPHONE: (Link will update throughout the day) WATCH THE UPGRADED 4K VIDEO NOW: ‘’We had such a laugh doing Dancing in the Street with both the song recorded in the studio and the video done in one day. Remarkable how we pulled it off really. The video is hilarious to watch now. We enjoyed camping it up and trying to impersonate each other’s moves, making it up as we went along. It was the only time David and myself collaborated on anything, which is a real shame.” Mick Jagger, June 2025 LONDON, 10TH JUNE 2025 - 40 years ago today, Live Aid, the benefit concert organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise further funds for relief of the famine in Ethiopia, was announced with a press conference on the pitch at Wembley Stadium. The show was held simultaneously on Saturday, 13th July 1985, at Wembley and John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia. One of the day's highlights was the surprise duet of the Motown classic, 'Dancing In The Street', between David Bowie and Mick Jagger. The video for the track, which, like the song, had only been recorded and filmed in thirteen hours, only fourteen days earlier, was shown at 7 pm in the UK (2 pm in Philadelphia), just before Bowie took to the stage at Wembley Stadium. The single version of the song was released on 27th August, with all the proceeds benefiting famine relief. It topped the UK Singles Chart for four weeks and reached No. 7 in the United States on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the track, a limited edition white vinyl 12" will be released on 29th August, 2 days after its anniversary, bringing together all of the song's mixes for the first time. 30% of the retail price from the sale of this single will be donated by David Bowie, Mick Jagger and Parlophone Records to The Band Aid Charitable Trust (Charity Number 292199). The original plan for Live Aid was to perform the track together live, with Bowie at Wembley Stadium and Jagger at John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia. It soon became apparent that the satellite link-up between the two countries would mean a half-second delay, rendering the plan impossible. Instead, the pair convened at Westside Studios in London on 29th June, where Bowie was working with producers Clive Langer & Alan Winstanley. The duo went directly from the studio to Spillers Millennium Mills in the East End to shoot the video with director David Mallet, who had previously worked with Bowie on the groundbreaking Ashes To Ashes video. The video has been upgraded to high resolution to celebrate the anniversary using the original film negative. Speaking about the song and video at the time, Bowie said “We thought about it on a Thursday night and we just went through a bunch of old songs and thought that ‘Dancing’ was one we both knew very well and then we went into the studio between 7 and 11 on Saturday night and then we went over to the Docklands and shot the video for the rest of the night so we did the whole thing in ten hours, it was great.” He also talked about the spirit of Live Aid, saying, “Everybody out there who sent money in, you’re the real heroes because it’s easy for me to go up there and sing some songs, but it’s much harder for you to give money and not be recognised. Good on ya!” DAVID BOWIE DAVID BOWIE & MICK JAGGER DANCING IN THE STREET 40th ANNIVERSARY WHITE VINYL TRACKLISTING SIDE ONE Dancing In The Street (Clearmountain Mix) (3.11) Dancing In The Street (Instrumental) (3.17) Dancing In The Street (Steve Thompson Mix) (4.42) SIDE TWO Dancing In The Street (Edit) (3.24) Dancing In The Street (Dub) (4.43) + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - +

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LIFE ON MARS? 45 IS 50 - WATCH 4K UPGRADE “To the seat with the clearest view...” With the many celebrations posted today, you’ve no doubt noticed that 22nd June 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the Life On Mars? single. The song was originally released on the Hunky Dory album at the tail end of 1971 and by the following year Bowie had answered his own question by finding some Spiders on the Red Planet. According to music press reports from the time, the single was issued due to the overwhelming positive audience response to the song during the current 1973 tour. Ironic then that Bowie didn’t perform it at Hammersmith on 3rd July when the single had entered the top five of the official UK charts. Meanwhile, feast your eyes on this 4k upgrade of the Mick Rock directed promotional video over on YouTube: A word of warning for those of you used to the oversaturated previous versions of the video, you’re in for a bit of a shock. This upgrade has finally been colour corrected to something approaching reality. Those of you who saw the Life On Mars? suit at the David Bowie Is exhibition will recognise that this version is a far more accurate representation of the original colouring. And just for fun, we’ve also synced the video to the audio of the Life On Mars? Original Ending Version from Divine Symmetry. For a more in-depth appreciation of the track, Alan York’s piece from November 2021: LIFE ON MARS?: HOW DAVID BOWIE CREATED AN OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD CLASSIC, is still well worth a read: #BowieLOM #BowieLOM50 #BowieMickRock

LIFE ON MARS? 45 IS 50 - WATCH 4K UPGRADE “To the seat with the clearest view...” With the many celebrations posted today, you’ve no doubt noticed that 22nd June 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the Life On Mars? single. The song was originally released on the Hunky Dory album at the tail end of 1971 and by the following year Bowie had answered his own question by finding some Spiders on the Red Planet. According to music press reports from the time, the single was issued due to the overwhelming positive audience response to the song during the current 1973 tour. Ironic then that Bowie didn’t perform it at Hammersmith on 3rd July when the single had entered the top five of the official UK charts. Meanwhile, feast your eyes on this 4k upgrade of the Mick Rock directed promotional video over on YouTube: A word of warning for those of you used to the oversaturated previous versions of the video, you’re in for a bit of a shock. This upgrade has finally been colour corrected to something approaching reality. Those of you who saw the Life On Mars? suit at the David Bowie Is exhibition will recognise that this version is a far more accurate representation of the original colouring. And just for fun, we’ve also synced the video to the audio of the Life On Mars? Original Ending Version from Divine Symmetry. For a more in-depth appreciation of the track, Alan York’s piece from November 2021: LIFE ON MARS?: HOW DAVID BOWIE CREATED AN OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD CLASSIC, is still well worth a read: #BowieLOM #BowieLOM50 #BowieMickRock

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THE LOST TMWFTE SOUNDTRACK: THE VISITOR - NACHO INVESTIGATES “It will tumble from the sky...” The headline says it all. Check out the conclusions of From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free ( investigations into what happened to Bowie’s original soundtrack for The Man Who Fell to Earth on YouTube now: While you’re there read his superb research notes, from where, this introduction... + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + David Bowie | The Man Who Fell to Earth | What Happened to The Visitor? | 2025 Fifty years ago, in December 1975, David Bowie was recording the soundtrack music for the movie he was starring in, The Man Who Fell to Earth. But sometimes, life’s taking you nowhere; and the music he created was never used and remains almost unheard to this day. + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + #BowieTheVisitor #BowieTMWFTESoundtrack #NachoBowie #NachosVideos

THE LOST TMWFTE SOUNDTRACK: THE VISITOR - NACHO INVESTIGATES “It will tumble from the sky...” The headline says it all. Check out the conclusions of From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free ( investigations into what happened to Bowie’s original soundtrack for The Man Who Fell to Earth on YouTube now: While you’re there read his superb research notes, from where, this introduction... + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + David Bowie | The Man Who Fell to Earth | What Happened to The Visitor? | 2025 Fifty years ago, in December 1975, David Bowie was recording the soundtrack music for the movie he was starring in, The Man Who Fell to Earth. But sometimes, life’s taking you nowhere; and the music he created was never used and remains almost unheard to this day. + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + #BowieTheVisitor #BowieTMWFTESoundtrack #NachoBowie #NachosVideos

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ZIGGY STARDUST ON PARKINSON “Became the special man, then we were Ziggy’s band...” Those of you who read yesterday’s post will have guessed this was coming, mainly on account of it being the only other song Bowie performed on The Parkinson Show in November 2003. In contrast to that previous post of The Loneliest Guy with its understated accompaniment from just Mike Garson and Gerry Leonard, this time it's the Bowie band in full flight and they jolly well rock too: #BowieParkinson #BowieBBC

ZIGGY STARDUST ON PARKINSON “Became the special man, then we were Ziggy’s band...” Those of you who read yesterday’s post will have guessed this was coming, mainly on account of it being the only other song Bowie performed on The Parkinson Show in November 2003. In contrast to that previous post of The Loneliest Guy with its understated accompaniment from just Mike Garson and Gerry Leonard, this time it's the Bowie band in full flight and they jolly well rock too: #BowieParkinson #BowieBBC

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TONY VISCONTI ON THE RECORDING OF ★ (BLACKSTAR) “I am the best jazz you've ever heard...” In today’s video Tony remembers the approach to the recording of Bowie’s 28th studio album: the 2016 Bowie Visconti-produced ★ Being Bowie’s final album, it’s not hard to imagine that this is an emotionally charged instalment, but at the same time there are joyous insights into the process of recording jazz musicians playing rock music. Tony also talks about the mixing of the album with Tom Elmhirst. Many thanks to Tony for taking the time for these interviews and for his refreshing honesty. Watch the full video here: #ICGEAAlbumFocus★ #Bowie★ #BowieBlackstar #BowieVisconti

TONY VISCONTI ON THE RECORDING OF ★ (BLACKSTAR) “I am the best jazz you've ever heard...” In today’s video Tony remembers the approach to the recording of Bowie’s 28th studio album: the 2016 Bowie Visconti-produced ★ Being Bowie’s final album, it’s not hard to imagine that this is an emotionally charged instalment, but at the same time there are joyous insights into the process of recording jazz musicians playing rock music. Tony also talks about the mixing of the album with Tom Elmhirst. Many thanks to Tony for taking the time for these interviews and for his refreshing honesty. Watch the full video here: #ICGEAAlbumFocus★ #Bowie★ #BowieBlackstar #BowieVisconti

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