David Bowie 1970-02-05 London ,Paris Cinema Studio - BBC Sessions, Volume 2 - SQ 8,5
Label: Albums That Should Exist
Recording Location: Studio : BBC Paris Studio ,London
Total running time: 1:02:00
Sound Quality: Good. Equals record or radio/TV apart from a slight noise and some dullness.
Attendance: Unknown
Artwork: None / Only front
Note 1: Broadcast on 8th february 1970
David Bowie 1970-02-05 London ,Paris Cinema Studio - BBC Sessions, Volume 2 - SQ 8,5
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DAVID BOWIE and THE HYPE
01. talk (David Bowie).mp3
02. Amsterdam (David Bowie).mp3
03. talk (David Bowie).mp3
04. God Knows I'm Good (David Bowie).mp3
05. talk (David Bowie).mp3
06 .Buzz the Fuzz (David Bowie).mp3
07. talk (David Bowie).mp3
08. Karma Man (David Bowie).mp3
09. talk (David Bowie).mp3
10. London Bye Ta-Ta (David Bowie).mp3
11. talk (David Bowie).mp3
12. An Occasional Dream (David Bowie).mp3
13. talk (David Bowie).mp3
14. The Width of a Circle (David Bowie).mp3
15. talk (David Bowie).mp3
16. Janine (David Bowie).mp3
17. talk (David Bowie).mp3
18. The Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud (David Bowie).mp3
19. talk (David Bowie).mp3
20. Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed (David Bowie).mp3
21. talk (David Bowie).mp3
22. Fill Your Heart (David Bowie).mp3
23. talk (David Bowie).mp3
24. The Prettiest Star (David Bowie).mp3
25. talk (David Bowie).mp3
26. Cygnet Committee (David Bowie).mp3
27 .talk (David Bowie).mp3
28. Memory of a Free Festival (David Bowie).mp3
'Waiting For The Man' was recorded but not broadcast (and is now lost), while 'Memory Of A Free Festival' was edited down from 6'40" to 3'12".
The BBC didn't include tracks from this show on their "Bowie At The Beeb" broadcast, because the master tape had accidentally been wiped. To everybody's surprise, a cassette taped from the radio in 1970 surfaced in 1984. Nobody complained that the sound quality was rather poor, John Peel's introductions had crudely been edited out and 'Memory Of A Free Festival' was missing altogether.
The first bootleg LP issue in 1984 was No More Sleeping With Ken Pitt (Citizen Kane Records 001), re-released as We Were So Turned On (idem), and London Studios (idem). A year later, Janine (Fancy Records PCS 70, LP) appeared, on which the sound quality was much better and the original running order of the songs was restored. This album was reissued on CD as The Day And The Moon (Manic Depression CD 016); many re-releases have since followed, i.e. A Semi-Acoustic Love Affair (no label), which has been made from a cassette, and is not a straight copy of Janine.
As the master tape had been wiped, Bowie himself came to the rescue and offered his personal copy of the show for the Bowie At The Beeb CD. It is absolutely great to hear Amsterdam/God Knows I'm Good/The Width Of A Circle/Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed/Cygnet Commitee/Memory Of A Free Festival and John Peel's commentary in (almost) impeccable sound quality. It certainly makes one long for a complete release one day
Musicians
David Bowie - vocals ,guitar ,keyboard
plus The Tony Visconti Trio
Tony Visconti - bass
Mick Ronson - guitar
John cambridge - drums