David Bowie BBC Sessions, Volume 3: 1971 - (John Peel. BBC studio session) - SQ 8,5
Label: Albums That Should Exist
Recording Location: Studio : BBC Paris Studio ,London
Total running time: 0:58:06
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 BBC Sessions, Volume 3: 1971 - (John Peel. BBC studio session) - SQ 8,5
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01. Moonage Daydream (David Bowie).mp3
02. talk (David Bowie).mp3
03. Queen Bitch (David Bowie).mp3
04. talk (David Bowie).mp3
05. Bombers (David Bowie).mp3
06. talk (David Bowie).mp3
07. The Supermen (David Bowie).mp3
08. talk (David Bowie).mp3
09. Looking for a Friend (David Bowie).mp3
10. talk (David Bowie).mp3
11. Almost Grown (Geoffrey MacCormack & David Bowie).mp3
12. talk (David Bowie).mp3
13. Kooks (David Bowie).mp3
14. talk (David Bowie).mp3
15. Song for Bob Dylan (George Underwood & David Bowie).mp3
16. talk (David Bowie).mp3
17. Andy Warhol (Dana Gillespie & David Bowie).mp3
18. talk (David Bowie).mp3
19. It Ain't Easy (David Bowie, Geoffrey Alexander & George Underwood).mp3
20. The Supermen (David Bowie).mp3
21. Oh, You Pretty Things (David Bowie).mp3
22. Eight Line Poem (David Bowie).mp3
23. Kooks (David Bowie).mp3
24. Fill Your Heart (David Bowie).mp3
25. Amsterdam (David Bowie).mp3
26. Andy Warhol (David Bowie).mp3
This volume deals with what David Bowie performed for the BBC in 1971. It's mostly made up of two appearances.
Tracks two through 19 are from a live BBC concert hosted by DJ John Peel. Tracks 20 through 26 are from a BBC studio session. Everything has been officially released on the archival album "A Divine Symmetry," so the sound quality is excellent.
At this time, Bowie was almost entirely a British phenomenon, and in fact even in Britain he wouldn't break really big until 1972. Thus, he didn't appear on many TV or radio shows outside of Britain. However, I did manage to include one. The first song, "Moonage Daydream," actually comes from a Radio Luxembourg performance, not a BBC one.
One strange thing about Bowie at this time was he kept collaborating with musicians who weren't nearly as talented as he was. This album is a case in point. For three of the songs, two of them written by Bowie, he had someone else sing lead vocals while he merely accompanied them. One of those singers, Dana Gillespie, was talented. She already had two albums released before she briefly collaborated with Bowie, and she went on to have a long career as a blues singer. But the other two, George Underwood and Geoffrey MacCormack, stayed in musical obscurity except for their brief spotlight with Bowie.
I tried to avoid including two versions of the same song. But there are three such cases here: "The Supermen," "Kooks," and "Andy Warhol." At least for one of the versions of "Andy Warhol," the first version is sung by Gillespie, and the second version is sung by Bowie.