DAVID BOWIE – THE WIDTH OF A CIRCLE COMPANION PIECE TO METROBOLIST CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD TWO CD SET FEATURING 21 UNRELEASED TRACKS FOUR TRACK 10” SINGLE / HIGH RESOLUTION (96/24) DIGITAL E.P. FEATURING 4 NON-ALBUM SINGLES NEWLY REMIXED BY TONY VISCONTI THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD ALBUM … Read more
As you all know I am a huge Bowie fan. I am also a collector and run the David Bowie collector’s group on Facebook. I have accepted I will never own everything many years ago, but I would like to own the official releases (funds allowing). I don’t need one of every country, I don’t … Read more
Tony Kaye, who toured with David Bowie during his Station to Station era, said he’s discovered two live recordings that are “so much better” than the official live release from March 1976. He described the board mixes as “fantastic performances” and explained that he tried to open discussions about releasing them, but he wasn’t able to establish a conversation before … Read more
When David Bowie and Iggy Pop decided to up-sticks and move to Berlin, the journey they went on to create some of the most delectable art-rock albums of all-time wasn’t just a creative voyage but a personal one as they looked to escape from the devilish trappings of addiction. That year saw both men strike … Read more
David Bowie had everything to prove, but backed by his greatest band and produced by the engineer for The Beatles, he made his first classic album, Hunky Dory January 1971. There was trouble in outer space. Major Tom’s signal was growing fainter by the day. And Ziggy Stardust was still an undefined blip on the … Read more
BBC Radio 6 Music and BBC Radio 4 have announced Bowie Five Years On, a series of programmes to celebrate David Bowie’s life and work on the fifth anniversary of his passing. Since his death, David Bowie’s sales and streams have continued strongly thanks to a reissues campaign from Warner Music. The 2016 Legacy collection … Read more
With the option of hindsight, it can be very easy to add extra gravitas to a particular performance or single moment. Yet, even without the knowledge of David Bowie’s sad passing, this performance of ‘Life on Mars’ is a deeply emotive and passionate affair capable of inducing goosebumps. Below, we’re bringing you the final performance … Read more
David Bowie’s collaboration with Bing Crosby on ‘Little Drummer Boy/Peace On Earth’ is one of the weirdest things that you’ll ever watch. However, despite the strange meeting of these two resoundingly different worlds, the duet somehow manages to melt the heart. Despite the atrocious acting on show from both Bowie and Crosby, all is forgotten by … Read more
