David Bowie Memory Of The Free Festival Part 1 & Part 2 (1970 US Promo 7″) estimated value € …….
DAVID BOWIE Memory Of A Free Festival part 1 and part 2 (Rare 1970 US wide centred promotional vinyl 7″ for the single release with custom black on white Mercury labels, featuring Parts One & Two, housed in the original Mercury company paper die-cut sleeve. This example remains in a really nice condition,
EXTRA INFORMATION
Artist – David Bowie (click link for complete listing)
Title – Memory Of A Free Festival (click link for more of the same title)
Promo – This item is a Promotional Item – Promos or ‘advance’ pressings differ to final or commercial releases, and are often unique. Typically sent to record stores, radio stations and DJs to market the artist, music, or both.
Biographer David Buckley described “Memory of a Free Festival” as “a sort of trippy retake of the Stones’ ‘Sympathy for the Devil’ but with a smiley lyric”. The track was written as a homage to the Free Festival, organised by the Beckenham Arts Lab, which was held at Croydon Road Recreation Ground in Beckenham on 16 August 1969.
Released in America in June 1970, the single was commercially unsuccessful; only a few hundred copies sold. It was also issued in the UK, but was similarly unsuccessful there.
The two-part single version was subsequently released on CD on the EMI/Rykodisc reissue of Bowie’s 1969 self-titled album (in 1990), on a 2-CD special edition of that album (in 2009), and on Re:Call 1, part of the Five Years (1969–1973) compilation (in 2015)
Trackliste
side A. Memory Of A Free Festival (Part 1) 3:17
Music/Text: David Bowie
Producer: Tony Visconti
side B. Memory Of A Free Festival (Part 2) 2:20
Music/Text: David Bowie
Producer: Tony Visconti
Description
Label: Mercury – 73075
Format: 45 RPM, Single, Promo, Styrene, Mono
Country: USA
Released: 12 June 1970
Recorded at: Trident, London
Recorded date: 8–9 September 1969
Media Condition: Near Mint (NM)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
ring wear: Yes
All three seams looking perfect: Yes
Picture sleeve looks near mint: No
creases or folds: No
stamps or writing: No
- David Bowie Memory Of The Free Festival Part 1 & Part 2 (1970 US Promo 7") estimated value € .......
