David Bowie 1971-06-05 In Concert – Paris Theatre ,BBC transcription disc # 349 , – SQ 9
Recorded for In Concert: John Peel 5 June 1971
Broadcast on 20 June 1971
Studio BBC Paris Stdio ,London
01 Queen Bitch.flac
02 The Supermen.flac
03 Looking For A Friend.flac
04 Kooks.flac
05 Song For Bob Dylan.flac
06 Andy Warhol (with Dana Gillespie).flac
07 It Ain’t Easy.lac
‘Oh! You Pretty Things’ was not broadcast,
Notes
The rehearsal and recording started at 15:30 and ended at 24:00 on 3rd June 1971. Geoffrey Alexander takes the lead vocal on ‘Almost Grown’. George Underwood takes the vocal for ‘Song For Bob Dylan’. Dana Gillespie takes lead vocal for ‘Andy Warhol’. For ‘It Ain’t Easy’ David Bowie sings the first verse, Geoffrey Alexander sings the second and George Underwood sings the third. ‘Oh! You Pretty Things’ was also recorded but dropped from the broadcast due to time restrictions. The one hour long programme was broadcast on 20th June 1971 on Radio One at 19:00 until 20:00. The programme number was TLN 22/IEI311 Q. The broadcast was repeated again on the 23rd June 1971. Unfortunately the original master tape to this session has been lost by the BBC and is now no longer on archive.
Recorded: 3rd June 1971
Broadcast: 20th June 1971 (repeated on 23rd June 1971)
Sound: Chris Lycett. Assistant: John Etchells
Studio: BBC Paris Studio, Lower Regent Street, London, England
Side 2: 25:14 min. (stereo)
On side A are CLIFF RICHARD”, “MANFRED MANN”, “GREYHOUND”, “MARVIN WELCH and FARRAR”
Click on the link here for Audio Player – David Bowie – In Concert with John Peel – June 20,1971 – BBC Radio 1
Band:
David Bowie: vocals, piano, 12-string guitar;
Mark Carr-Pritchard: guitar;
Mick Ronson: guitar;
Trevor Bolder: bass;
Mick Woodmansey: drums;
George Underwood, Dana Gillespie and Geoffrey Alexander: vocals and backing vocals.
Produced by Jeff Griffin.
DJ John Peel introduces the songs and gives the auclience same information on Bowie. The audience in the studio is limited and there is soft clapping af ter each song.
Supermen was performed in the acous tic version wich Bowie on 12-string guitar
Looking For a Friend can also be found as a studio version on the Hunky Dory Outtakes tape,but this one is the only live version.
David Bowie’s breakthrough album Hunky Dory wouldn’t come out until December, but this concert gives a lot of previews of coming attractions. Big changes were coming down. The Man Who Sold World, which had been released only months before, laid the groundwork for what was to come. It could be said this concert, hosted by none other than John Peel and recorded at the BBC’s Paris Theatre in London, was a gestation period for Glam as it was to become. Six months later, the whole scene would change.
So this could be considered historic – probably on the par with Bowie’s Glastonbury performance, which occurred three days later, on June 23, 1971.
Bowie enthusiasts have probably heard this one thousands of times. It’s still exciting to listen to, just to know what was around the corner.
You really do need to play this one loud.
Notes
The rehearsal and recording started at 15:30 and ended at 24:00 on 3rd June 1971. Geoffrey Alexander takes the lead vocal on ‘Almost Grown’. George Underwood takes the vocal for ‘Song For Bob Dylan’. Dana Gillespie takes lead vocal for ‘Andy Warhol’. For ‘It Ain’t Easy’ David Bowie sings the first verse, Geoffrey Alexander sings the second and George Underwood sings the third. ‘Oh! You Pretty Things’ was also recorded but dropped from the broadcast due to time restrictions. The one hour long programme was broadcast on 20th June 1971 on Radio One at 19:00 until 20:00. The programme number was TLN 22/IEI311 Q. The broadcast was repeated again on the 23rd June 1971. Unfortunately the original master tape to this session has been lost by the BBC and is now no longer on archive.
David Bowie talks about the effect that John Peel had on his life.
