Parlophone will be issuing Welcome To The Blackout (Live London ’78) – 3 x LP unreleased live set for Record Store Day on April 21st. This previously unreleased 3 LP set was recorded live during the ISOLAR II tour at Earls Court, London on the 30th June and 1st July 1978 by Tony Visconti … Read more
Near the end of 1971, an eclectic set of proto-glam rock stompers, intimate ballads, and love letters, collected under the title Hunky Dory, became David Bowie’s first masterpiece.
Continuing with its new paradigm of using augmented reality to cover the news, The New York Times has published a feature story that takes a peek into the late David Bowie‘s eclectic wardrobe of on-stage outfits.The retrospective showcases four iconic Bowie costumes, including the famed “Tokyo Pop” jumpsuit and the lightning bolt suit from the … Read more
Influential almost as much for its legend as its actual music, David Bowie’s ‘Berlin trilogy’ of 1977-79 reaches further afield than the name might suggest. Not that the city didn’t give Bowie enough to work with. “Heroes”, with its monochrome cover portrait, Brian Eno’s synthesiser strategies and Robert Fripp’s metallic guitars – all recorded at … Read more
Changestwobowie and Aladdin Sane repressed on coloured vinyl David Bowie‘s long deleted singles compilation Changestwobowie – the lesser-known sequel to Changesonebowie – will be reissued by Parlophone on April 13 on CD, vinyl and digital formats. Some of the initial run of 180g vinyl editions will come on blue vinyl (distributed randomly) before reverting to … Read more
Includes previously unreleased 1978 live album Welcome To The Blackout Record Store Day (April 21) will see the release of three new David Bowie vinyls featuring rare and unreleased material. Welcome To The Blackout (Live London ’78) is a 3xLP live set from Bowie‘s Isolar II tour, recorded at Earls Court, London on June 30 … Read more
2016 was a cruel year that claimed the lives of Leonard Cohen and David Bowie, two musicians of iconic stature. Both men knew they were dying and each chose to record a final album to express the experience. YouTuber Polyphonic analyzed how each man faced this challenge. Cohen took a more religious route, both cursing … Read more
