AUDIO – David Bowie Live in Los Angeles 1974

The wonderful sounding line recording opens with about ten minutes of animal noises and sounds (played over concert PA) before breaking into the prelude of an orgasmic woman and creaming into the funky introduction of ‘1984‘. ‘1984‘ being a foundaional track off of Bowie’s new ‘Diamond Dogs’ LP is a fitting opener to the performance. … Read more

Limited Edition David Bowie LPs Planned for Record Store Day

Parlophone is releasing limited edition David Bowie LPs ‘Cracked Actor (Live in Los Angeles 1974)’ and ‘Bowpromo’ for Record Store Day. Parlophone has planned two limited edition David Bowie releases to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Record Store Day. As Pitchfork reports,Cracked Actor (Live in Los Angeles 1974) has never been released, while Bowpromoreplicates a … Read more

Bowie’s label initially rejected ‘Ziggy Stardust’, says session drummer

The label refused to release Bowie’s masterpiece until he came up with a lead single David Bowie‘s masterpiece ‘The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars’ was rejected by the late star’s label because they felt it lacked a lead single. In an interview with the Quietus, session drummer Woody Woodmansey, … Read more