David Bowie TVC 15 - We Are The Dead (1976 Netherlands) estimated value € 40,00
Label: RCA Victor – PB-10664
Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single
Recorded at: Cherokee Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, United States
Recorded date: October – November 1975
Released: 30 April 1976
Country: Netherlands
"TVC 15" is a song written and recorded by singer-songwriter David Bowie and released on his 1976 album Station to Station.
The track was inspired by an episode in which Iggy Pop, during a drug-fueled period at Bowie's LA home, hallucinated and believed the television set was swallowing his girlfriend. Bowie developed a story of a holographic television, TVC 15. In the song, the narrator's girlfriend crawls into the television and afterwards, the narrator desires to crawl in himself to find her.
Tracklist
Side A – TVC 15 – 3:33
Side B – We Are The Dead – 4:48
Description
Media & Sleeve Condition
Media: Very Good (VG)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good (VG)
Ring wear: No
All three seams looking perfect: Yes
Picture sleeve looks near mint: Yes
Creases or folds: No
Stamps or writing: No
Live Versions
A live performance recorded on 23 March 1976 was included on Live Nassau Coliseum '76, later released on the 2010 reissues of Station to Station, the 2016 box set Who Can I Be Now? (1974–1976) and as a stand-alone album in 2017.
Performances from the 1978 "Heroes" tour appear on Stage (1978) and Welcome to the Blackout (2018).
Bowie also performed the song on Saturday Night Live on 15 December 1979 with Klaus Nomi and Joey Arias, and during Live Aid on 13 July 1985.
Producers
Harry Maslin
David Bowie
Musicians
David Bowie: Lead vocals, saxophone
Warren Peace: Percussion, backing vocals
Carlos Alomar, Earl Slick: Electric guitar
George Murray: Bass
Dennis Davis: Drums
Roy Bittan: Piano
Key Details
Album: A standout track from Station to Station (1976).
Inspiration: Inspired by Iggy Pop’s surreal hallucination involving a television swallowing his girlfriend during Bowie’s Los Angeles period.
Production: Co-produced by David Bowie and Harry Maslin.
Release: The single was released on 30 April 1976 as the second single from the album.
Live Performance: One of its most famous versions was performed on Saturday Night Live in 1979 with Klaus Nomi and Joey Arias.