DAVID BOWIE - LONDON BYE TA-TA

Excellent early boot of a Bowie performance recorded - not really in Paris (don't be fooled by the title!) - but for The Sunday Show at Paris Cinema Studios, London, February 5th 1970. A lot of people seem to complain about the sound quality. In my opinion, the quality is entirely listenable given the archive nature and rarity of this particular performance. Capturing Bowie mid-phase between his folky Space Oddity era and the far heavier, darker and rockier The Man Who Sold The World era, Paris Bye Ta-Ta is a total must-own. The 13-track playlist is a great mix of mid-late 60s Deram-era gems and early 70s Bowie classics and obscurities that include "London Bye Ta-Ta", "Fill Your Heart" (later recorded for Hunky Dory), "Karma Man", "The Prettiest Star" (originally released as a single in 1970 but magnificently flopped then re-recorded for 1973's glam rock classic Aladdin Sane), "Buzz The Fuzz", "Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud", "Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed" and the roaring rocker "Width Of A Circle", amongst others.


DAVID BOWIE - LONDON BYE TA-TA
1990
320 kbps
93 mb


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DARKNESS AND DISGRACE - DES DE MOOR & RUSSELL CHURNEY PERFORM THE SONGS OF DAVID BOWIE

Superb and uniquely different approach to the songs of David Bowie from cabaret theatre artists Des De Moor and Russell Churney. Beautiful stuff and way beyond the constant and ever lacklustre compilations of Bowie cover versions by bands who usually lack imagination, it has been appraised by the "Thin White Duke" himself. Adapted from their critically acclaimed theatre show of the same name, Darkness And Disgrace is no Stars In Their Eyes tribute show (as someone quite rightly put it) and beams new and refreshing light into the legendary Bowie's back catalogue. Thankfully, many of the song choices are the more obscure and exceptionally brilliant and classic songs that Bowie fanatics like myself know inside out and non-Bowie fans should really hear such as "All The Madmen", "The Bewlay Brothers", "Look Back In Anger", "Always Crashing In The Same Car", "Station To Station" and "I Have Not Been To Oxford Town".


DARKNESS AND DISGRACE - DES DE MOOR & RUSSELL CHURNEY PERFORM THE SONGS OF DAVID BOWIE
2003
320 kbps
140 mb


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