David Bowie 1987-06-06 Berlin ,Platz der Republik – Back In Berlin 1987 – (FM Broadcast) – SQ 9,5

David Bowie 1987-06-06 Berlin ,Platz der Republik - Back In Berlin 1987 - (FM Broadcast) - SQ 9,5.

Artwork: Yes

Audio Source: FM Broadcast

Attendance: There were over 60.000 people

Label: Wicker Man WKM2CD067

Lineage: Unknown

Recording Location: ???

Sound Quality: In 1987, David Bowie played a concert near the Reichstag in West Berlin, a stone’s throw away from the Berlin Wall, the much-hated and despised structure that split the German capital city in two. It was a concert that many Berliners on both sides of the border believe helped harden people’s resolve to bring down the hated barrier that had kept families apart for forty years.

Taper: Unknown

Taping Gear: Unknown mics / Unknown deck

Total running time: 2:06:36

David Bowie 1987-06-06 Berlin ,Platz der Republik, (RV).
Sound Quality Rating noise ,dull ,but still good listened to

Setlist: FM
01. Purple Haze.flac
02. Up The Hill Backwards.flac
03. Glass Spider.flac
04. Day-In Day-Out.flac
05. Bang Bang.flac
06. Absolute Beginners.flac
07. Loving The Alien.flac
08. China Girl.flac
09. Fashion.flac
10. Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps).flac
11. All The Madmen.flac
12. Never Let Me Down.flac

Setlist: Audience
01. Big Brother.flac
02. '87 And Cry.flac
03. Heroes.flac
04. Time Will Crawl.flac
05. Band Introductions.flac
06. Beat Of Your Drum.flac
07. Sons Of The Silent Age.flac
08. New York's In Love.flac
09. Dancing With The Big Boys.flac
10. Zeoes.flac
11. Let's Dance.flac
12. Fame.flac
13. Time.flac
14. Blue Jean.flac
15. Modern Love.flac

The concert was part of Bowie’s Glass Spider Tour, which at that point was his longest and most expensive tour. During his show in Berlin, Bowie’s performance was so loud that a huge crowd began to gather on the East side of the Wall to hear his performance better. It is rumoured that the speakers were turned slightly so as to be more audible in the East part of the city.
As the concert progressed, Bowie could hear the East Germans behind the Iron Curtain singing along in stark defiance of their tyrannical rulers.
The show’s importance, performing to two separated cities at once, clearly was not lost on Bowie. Never one to miss the occasion to highlight the unifying power of art, Bowie called out to East Berlin before playing ‘Heroes’..
This is an early show from Bowie's glass spider tour and features Peter Frampton on guitar.

David Bowie Tour band 1987 – The Glass Spider Tour
• David Bowie – vocals, guitar
• Peter Frampton – guitar, vocals
• Carlos Alomar – guitar, backing vocals, music director
• Carmine Rojas – bass guitar
• Alan Childs – drums
• Erdal Kızılçay – keyboards, trumpet, congas, violin, backing vocals
• Richard Cottle – keyboards, saxophone, tambourine, backing vocals

Tour dancers
• Melissa Hurley
• Constance Marie
• Spazz Attack (Craig Allen Rothwell)
• Viktor Manoel
• Stephen Nichols
• Toni Basil (choreography)

Tour design
• Allen Branton – Lighting design
• Mark Ravitz – Set design
• Christine Strand – Video director

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