David Bowie 1976-02-02 Vancouver ,Pacific National Exhibition Coliseum – Vancouver Night – (Rehearsals).
Sound Quality Rating
101. Station To Station.wav
102. Suffragette City.wav
103. Waiting For The Man.wav
104. Word On A Wing.wav
105. Stay.wav
106. Tvc15.wav
107. Sister Midnight.wav
108. Life On Mars_.wav
109. Five Years.wav
201. Panic In Detroit.wav
202. Fame.wav
204. Jean Genie.wav
205. Queen Bitch.wav
206. Rebel Rebel.wav
Live at “The Tonight Show”, NBC TV on September 5 ,1980
207. Life On Mars_.wav
208. Ashes To Ashes.wav
Label: LACD 006-007
Audio Source: Soundboard
Lineage:
Total running time: 1:35:47
Sound Quality : very good. Equals record or radio apart from a slight noise and some dullness.
Attendance: 0
Artwork: yes.
Note 1: Station to station world tour reharsals, national exhibition center, Vancouver, Canada, Monday, February 2nd 1976
The Tour Band – The Station To Station Tour
• David Bowie – Vocals, saxophone
• Carlos Alomar – Rhythm guitar, music director,backing vocals
• Stacy Heydon – Lead guitar, backing vocals
• George Murray – Bass guitar, backing vocals
• Dennis Davis – Drums, percussion
• Tony Kaye – Keyboards
The band became known as “Raw Moon”
Crew
• Vern Moose Constan, Rob Joyce – Band technicians/personnel
• Lonnie McKenzie, Leroy Kerr, Lester Burton, Buddy Prewitt, Larry Sizemore – Lighting technicians/personnel
• Buford Jones, Scott Wadsworth – Sound technicians/personnel
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Reviews:
steinib Jul 17 2007
This has to be one of the best Bowie bootlegs of all time, and is easily the best I have heard. It offers the listener a glimpse of the rehearsals to the legendary 1976 tour, which is probably Bowies coolest period. The music is rather dense, being full of many layers of music, with electric guitars soaring above subtle vocal harmony. Listening to the rehearsals brings the listener much closer to the music itself as it unfolds, as the players experiment along. Not that the music is at an experimental stage, it is just being polished and the players are in some places still finding their groove within the songs. The vocal harmonics between Bowie and the backing vocalist (whose name escapes me) is particularly striking because we can hear clearly how the two voices are interwoven. The backing vocals is tortuously difficult at times, something we can not detect from the subsequent live recordings. It is thrilling to hear, if you are interested in that sort of thing. Also, at this stage the musicians can goof around and play recklessly. Some of the song really *bite*. Take “Five Years” for example. It takes three attempts to do properly, mistaking one verse for another, but this track only proves that third time really is lucky. When the song does work, it is staggering, with Bowie singing it as if for the very last time. This delivery is a truly cathartic experience which easily eclipses the studio version.
Stevehawk Jan 09 2007
Now this is quite brilliant! What a find. At times you wouldnt know these are rehearsals. A superb recording (although not quite soundboard) of the Thin White ones tour of 1976. Sadly nothing official ever made it from this tour,apart from the extra tracks on Station To Station so it makes this extra special.
This is simply one of the best Bowie bootleg in terms of sound quality of Bowie recorded around 1976.
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Dogs_Body Jan 22 2006
The 1976 Vancouver rehearsals were a complete dress rehearsal for the 1976 tour and took place on the 2nd of February 1976. This infamous bootleg has been released, re-released and butchered many many times over the years on vinyl, cassette and CD and the versions vary in content. The scarce Mainman And The Mainline contains the full rehearsals session, over two disks and the sound quality is very good. The rehearsal session generally went without hick-up apart from Five Years which had to be stopped and re-stated. Bowie took the pause as an opportunity to ask for a cigarette and cup of cocoa! Also, during Changes Bowie starts of by singing a load of mumbo-jumbo; wether or not he just forgot his lyrics I dont know. An essential and much talked about Bowie bootleg.
Anxiety Sep 27 2005
Probably my favorite Bowie bootleggage, if only to hear the Thin White Duke singing skat to “Changes” and to experience one of the most violently funky renditions of “Stay” ever to be recorded. Good stuff.
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