David Bowie 1983-05-18 Brussels ,Vorst Nationaal (2nd Source Possibily 3rd Source)
Sound Quality Rating
01. INTRO-JEAN GENIE.flac
02. STAR.flac
03. LAVENDER BLUE – HEROES.flac
04. WHAT IN THE WORLD.flac
05. LOOK BACK IN ANGER.flac
06. JOE THE LION.flac
07. WILD IS THE WIND..flac
08. GOLDEN YEARS.flac
09. FASHION.flac
10. LETS DANCE.flac
11. RED SAILS.flac
12. BREAKING GLASS.flac
13. LIFE ON MARS.flac
14. SORROW.flac
15. CAT PEOPLE.flac
16. CHINA GIRL.flac
17. SCARY MONSTERS (AND SUPER CREEPS).flac
18. REBEL REBEL.flac
19. I CAN’T EXPLAIN.flac
20. WHITE LIGHT,WHITE HEAT.flac
21. STATION TO STATION.flac
22. CRACKED ACTOR.flac
23. ASHES TO ASHES.flac
24. SPACE ODDITY – BAND INTRODUCTIONS.flac
25, YOUNG AMERICANS.flac
26, SOUL LOVE.flac
27, HANG ON TO YOURSELF.flac
28. FAME.flac
29. TVC15.flac
30. STAY.flac
31. JEAN GENIE.flac
32. MODERN LOVE.flac
Label : Davros archives presents – DAVROS382
Audio Source : audience
Lineage : TDK-C90 + C60
Taping Gear : Nakamichi 1000ZXL – Monster RCA Phono
Taper: Unknown
Recording Location: Unknown
Total running time : 2:05:58
Sound Quality : Much noise ,dull ,but still good listened to
Attendance : 7.000
Artwork : Yes
Note: The first try-out concert before the real start of the Serious Moonlight Tour.
Known Issue : There are quite a few faults with it but i think they may be on the orignal Master there are quite a few muffilled parts as though the taper was covering the mic at time’s (Possibily from Security). There are also a lot of clicks etc as though the taper was also having trouble with the mic’s connector’s. Also a lot of audience noise.
In 1983 Bowie returned to the stage after an almost 5 years break, this time not as a cult artist,but as a mainstream artist. Having just released the million-seller “Let’s Dance” combined with the fact that Bowie had not toured for so long guaranteed sell-out concerts almost everywhere around the globe.
Before the start of the Serious Moonlight Tour, Bowie and his band decided to do 2 try-out concerts,this is the first one. Basically, these try-outs were longer than the normal tour concerts. This concert includes some rare performances of songs like “Wild is the Wind”, “Joe the Lion” and “I Can’tExplain”.
This recording is sourced from master cassettes and was carefully re-mastered and edited in order to get the best sound. The original recording suffered from microphone problems, but you’ll be suprised by the good sound quality of this re-master.
News papers:
Three Dutch papers wrote about this concert,giving him much praise.
Three Belgian papers also glorified the concert,one calling it ‘one interminable orgasm’ (!), and: “This was unearthly. Bowie is god,in the unreligious sense of the word”.
A Swedish paper wrote “Bowie in tears after debut”,and,oddlly enough,there was one not-so-positive review.
A Belgian wrote: “Now everyone wants to hear from those present what it was like,well,good,excellent,amazing,but … no real exuberance,not the real joy of rock & roll really”. I will not commenton this! !
Expectations of this concert ,the first after 4,5 years time, were sky high. Besides hundreds of – Belgian and foreign – journalists who had come to Vorst there were Bowie freaks from allover the world.
David Bowie Tour band 1983 – The Serious Moonlight World Tour :
• David Bowie – lead vocals, guitar, saxophone
• Earl Slick – guitar
• Carlos Alomar – guitar, backing vocals, music director
• Carmine Rojas – bass guitar
• Tony Thompson – drums, percussion
• Dave Lebolt – keyboards, synthesizers
The Borneo Horns:
• Steve Elson – saxophones
• Stan Harrison – saxophones, woodwinds
• Lenny Pickett – saxophones, woodwinds
Backing vocals
• George Simms – backing vocals
• Frank Simms – backing vocals• Frank Simms – backing vocals