David Bowie Rare Demos (Interview ,Demos and Live recordings)
Sound Quality Rating
01. Interview – Over The Wall We Go
Bowie Showboat’ Marquee Club interview 1966 / Demo 1966
02. Even A Fool Learns To Love
Demo 1968 (Fragment)
03. When I’m Five
Demo 1968
04. April’s Tooth Of Gold
Demo 1968
05. All The Madmen
Live 1971 (Fragment) (at Rodney Bingenheimer’s birthday party, San Francisco, CA)
06. Something Happens
Demo 1971 (for unrealized post-Hunky Dory LP)
07. Don’t Be Afraid
Demo 1971 (for unrealized post-Hunky Dory LP)
08. Drive-In Saturday
Instrumental demo 1972 (supposed Trident Studio backing track)
09. Aladdin Sane
Instrumental demo 1972 (supposed Trident Studio backing track)
10. Time
Instrumental demo 1972 (supposed Trident Studio backing track)
11. Drive-In Saturday
Live 06/16/74 O’Keefe Auditorium, Toronto (rare live performance from Diamond Dogs Tour)
12. Win
Live 01/12/74 Omni Arena, Atlanta, GA (only known live performance from Philly Dogs Tour)
13. Sister Midnight
Live 02/09/76 Inglewood Forum, Los Angeles, CA (rare live performance from Station To Station Tour)
14. Walking Through That Door
Demo with Marc Bolan (possibly from Los Angeles 1975, or England 1977)
15. Skunk City
Demo with Marc Bolan (FRAGMENT) (possibly from Los Angeles 1975, or England 1977)
16. Sitting Next To You
Demo with Marc Bolan 1977 (Manchester, England)
17. Madman
Demo with Marc Bolan 1977 (Manchester, England)
18. Pianola
Demo with John Cale 10/15/79 Ciarbis Studios, NYC
19. Velvet Couch
Demo with John Cale 10/15/79 Ciarbis Studios, NYC
Sound Quality: Not good ,much Noise ,very dull
Review
An interesting collection. It is like looking into an artists’ sketch book where you see ideas, attempts and sometimes errors. But not many of those in this collection.
And don’t be put off by the soundquality which isn’t really hi-fi on most tracks. You are going to hear some things Mainman or whoever owns the rights to these tapes don’t want you to listen to. They think these tracks are below the artist’s usual standards and may damage his public image.
But W.E. don’t care for this public image, limited & don’t think these tracks bring dishonour to the man.
Here you can listen to creativity at work and this is what it sounds like. Sure these tracks are different to some finished and polished up end-product but if you want to listen to how Bowie creates and plays with his ideas go for this download.
