David Bowie Earthling FM (sessions and interviews collection 1997) – SQ 10

David Bowie Earthling FM (sessions and interviews collection 1997)
Sound Quality Rating

DISC 1 – total running time: 83:31
Recorded at Madison Square Garden during the rehearsals for the 50th Birthday show 1997. This is an acoustic set broadcast by the BBC on January 8th 1997.
01. Interview
02. The Man Who Sold The World
03. The Supermen
04. Interview
05. Andy Warhol
06. Repetition
07. Interview
08. Lady Stardust
09. White Light White Heat
10. Interview
11. Shopping For Girls
12. Interview
13. Quicksand
14. Aladdin Sane
15. Interview
16. BBC Promo Clip

DISC 2 – total running time: 68:20
Morning Becomes Eclectic, KCRW Santa Monica 20th February 1997 (31:17)
Real Audio broadcast by KCRW Santa Monica on 20th February 1997, with David introducing the Earthling album. Interviewed by Chris Douridas.
01. interview
02. Battle For Britain (The Letter)
03. interview
04. Seven Years In Tibet
05. interview
06. Iím Afraid Of Americans
07. interview

DISC 3 – total running time: 59:54
99X Atlanta – Smith’s Old Bar
David and Reeves recorded at Smithís Old Bar in Atlanta for the 99X Breakfast Show with Jimmy Baron, Steve Barnes and Leslie Fram, starting at 7am on 8th April 1997
01. introduction/interview
02. Scary Monsters
03. interview
04. Seven Years In Tibet
05. interview
06. The Supermen (excerpt)
07. interview
08. Dead Man Walking
09. interview
10. The Jean Genie
11. interview
12. I Canít Read
13. interview/outro/credits

DISC 4 – total running time: 76:48
A. WBCN Boston, Fort Apache,
an afternoon of questions, answers, chat and music with David Bowie- guitar and vocals ,Reeves Gabrels- guitar
Fort Apache Studios, Cambridge, Mass. April 8, 1997 – live FM broadcast runtime: 59:42 (minutes/seconds)
01. introduction and talk 5:36
02. scary monsters 3:16
03. talk 6:56
04. seven years in Tibet 4:48
05. talk 6:17
06. dead man walking 5:33
07. talk 6:17
08. Jean Genie 4:38
09. talk 6:33
10. I can’t read 5:14
11. talk 1:17

David and Reeves perform in front of a small audience in a studio and answer questions from the audience. This recording is complete. a short section from a second master tape was used to fill in the talk when the original master tape was flipped so every word and note in this is complete and from master recording.

Venue: Rocce Rossa Festival, Arbatax, Sicily, Italy, 1997-07-11 ,Audio Source: FM broadcast – Total running time: 17:04
It’s an FM broadcast of three tracks from the Rocce Rossa festival. Unfortunately the DJs have decided that (presumably to irritate bootleggers) they’re going to talk. A lot. A really big lot. Like over the songs.
12. Introduction
13. Hallo Spaceboy
14. DJ chatter
15. Looking For Satellites
16. DJ chatter
17. Little Wonder
18. Outro (actually some more DJ chatter!)

DISC 5 – total running time: 57:53
Z95.3FM Vancouver (29:41)
David and Reeves on Z95.3FM in Vancouver on 5th September 1997, interviewed by Darren Lamb and Janice Ungaro.
01. interview
02. Always Crashing In The Same Car
03. interview
04. The Supermen and link
05. Dead Man Walking
06. interview
07. The Visa Song
08. interview
09. I Canít Read
10. interview
11. Iím Afraid Of Americans/outro

107.7 The End, Seattle (28:12)
David and Reeves on 107.7 The End, Seattleís Breakfast Show with Jim Keller, at 8am on 8th September 1997.
12. interview
13. Scary Monsters
14. interview
15. I Can’t Read
16. interview
17. Always Crashing In The Same Car
18. outro
19. “Heroes” (play-out)

DISC 6 – total running time: 70:28
KMTT, Seattle (29:21)
David and Reeves on KMTT The Mountain, Seattle, with John Fisher, broadcast at 9am on 8th September 1997
01. introduction/interview
02. The Supermen and link
03. Dead Man Walking
04. interview
05. Always Crashing In The Same Car
06. interview
07. Scary Monsters
08. outro

Live 105, San Francisco (41:05)
David and Reeves on the Live 105 Breakfast Show at 7am on 9th September 1997. Interviewed by Johnny Steele and Lori Thompson, and also featuring Greg Proops.
09. introduction
10. interview
11. Always Crashing In The Same Car
12. interview
13. I Canít Read
14. interview
15. Dead Man Walking
16. interview
17. Scary Monsters
18. afters

DISC 7 – total running time: 59:12
KROQ, Los Angeles (17:15) ,KROQ Tammy Bruce Show 10 Sept 1997
01. Introduction
02. Always crashing the same car
03. I can’t read
04. The Supermen and link (Jimmy’s riff)
04. Dead man walking
06. Interview
07. Scary monsters (C&W version)

KFOG, San Francisco (41:55)
David and Reeves on KFOG San Francisco, hosted by John Gruppone and Anna Lisa, on 16th September 1997.
08. introduction – interview
09. Always Crashing In The Same Car
10. interview
11. I Can’t Read
12. interview
13. Scary Monsters
14. interview

DISC 8 – total running time: 71:01
102.1 The Edge, Toronto (32:11) The Edge Studio ,Toronto, Canada ,26th September 1997
01. Intro
02. Always Crashing In The Same Car
03. Interview Questions
04. I Can’t Read
05. Interview
06. The Supermen
07. Closing

WBCN Boston (38:49)
David and Reeves on Mark Parenteauís WBCN afternoon show on 30th September 1997.
08. introduction/interview
09. Always Crashing In The Same Car
10. interview
11. The Supermen
12. interview
13. Scary Monsters
14. outro

DISC 9 – total running time: 72:40
WXPN Philadelphia (43:09)
David and Reeves with David Dye on World CafÈ on WXPN Philadelphia – recorded at the Sigma Sounds studios on 2nd October 1997 and broadcast on 16th October.
01. introduction – interview
02. Dead Man Walking
03. interview
04. Always Crashing In The Same Car
05. interview
06. I Can’t Read
07. Interview
08. The Supermen
09. interview
10. Scary Monsters
11. outro

93 XRT, Chicago (partial) (29:31)
David and Reeves on the evening show from 93XRT Chicago on 16th October 1997.
12. interview
13. Scary Monsters
14. Space Oddity/interview
15. Always Crashing In The Same Car
16. interview
17. I Canít Read
18. interview

DISC 10 – total running time: 73:01
Rock & Pop, Buenos Aires (41:34)
David and Reeves on Rock & Pop, Buenos Aires on 7th November 1997. Includes an audience recording of the soundcheck.
01. soundcheck (includes Scary Monsters, Shakiní All Over, The Outer Limits, Heavenís In Here, Driftiní, Any Way You Want Me and The Jean Genie
02. introduction
03. Always Crashing In The Same Car
04. interview
05. I Canít Read
06. interview
07. The Supermen
08. interview

Not the FM broadcast, this is an audience recording of Davidís set at the Live 105 Green Xmas, at Kesar Pavilion in San Francisco on 7th December 1997.
09. Battle For Britain (The Letter)
10. Look Back In Anger
11. Little Wonder
12. Iím Afraid Of Americans
13. Scary Monsters
14. Hallo Spaceboy

Label : No label > From The Hunky Geordie Tapes – HUG258CD (2014)
Audio Source : FM Broadcast (disc 10, tracks 9-14 are audience)
Total running time : 11:32:36
Sound Quality :
Artwork : By Steve23yh
Note : The track splits were hopeless, so I joined all the tracks into a single chunk, then recut.

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On all discs, sector boundary errors resolved using TLH.

Finally an appeal. Does anyone have the missing bits:

1. WHYT Detroit, 22nd September
2. CHOM 97.7 Montreal, 25th September
3. The missing ending from KFOG San Francisco
4. The full broadcast of 93 XRT Chicago or KROQ Los Angeles?