David Bowie The Missing Link – Soul Tour Compilation
Detroit 16.10.74 + New York 28.10.74
SETLIST
01 Intro – New York 30.10.74
02 Space Oddity – Detroit 16.10.74
03 Rebel Rebel – New York 30.10.74
04 John I’m only Dancing – New York 30.10.74
05 Sorrow-Changes – New York 30.10.74
06 1984 – New York 30.10.74
07 Moonage Daydream – New York 30.10.74
08 When You Rock and Roll With Me – Detroit 16.10.74
09 The Jean Genie – Detroit 16.10.74
10 Diamond Dogs – Detroit 16.10.74
11 Young Americans – Detroit 16.10.74
12 Can You Hear Me – Detroit 16.10.74
13 Footstompin’- New York 30.10.74
14 It’s Gonna Be Me – Detroit 16.10.74
15 Somebody Up There Like Me – New York 30.10.74
16 Suffragette City – New York 30.10.74
17 Rock and Roll Suicide – New York 30.10.74
note by Pimm Jal de la Parra:
According to Fletcher’s book,The Missing Link is a double bootleg LP,composed of three different Soul tour tapes of October 1974; it even features a print of the sleeve of the disc. Funny thing though: no one seems to possess The Missing Link and no one ever saw it! Nevertheless this tape ,wich is supposed to be a recording of the LP,has been circulating for years now. Since I wanted to find out from which three concerts the disc had been extracted,I compared each song of concerts the tape with all other Soul Tour tapes. I discovered that the tape is a compilation of the Detroit 16-10 and New York 28-10 tapes. The numbers marked (I) arc from the DetroiL tape,those marked (2) from the NY tape. Odd,l thought,The Missing Link was supposed to be composed of three different tapes,and this one is made up of two. Even funnier is the fact that this tape certainly does not sound as if it were taken from a record: in between numbers there are long pauses and lots of surface sound and rumbling. So my conclusion is: The Missing Link never did appear for some reason, and this is anything but a taping from an LP. Someone has just concocted it himself. The person saw in Fletcher’s book what numbers it should contain and,using his Detroit and New York tapes,made this tape and brought it into circulation as a genuine tape of The Missing Link. This is my theory; should there be anyone who-does posess a copy of the album,please let me know.:
