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David Bowie: Earthling

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Earthling

On February 3, 1997, “Virgin” label released “Earthling” the twentieth David Bowie studio album.  It was recorded March – August 1996, at “Mountain Studios” in Montreux, and at “Looking Glass Studio” in New York. This was the first album Bowie self-produced since 1974 “Diamond Dogs”, together with Reeves Gabrels and Mark Plati.

Personnel:

  • David Bowie– vocals, guitar, alto saxophone, samples, keyboards
  • Mike Garson– keyboards, piano
  • Reeves Gabrels– vocals, synthesisers, real and sampled guitars, programming
  • Mark Plati– keyboards, programming, loops, samples
  • Gail Ann Dorsey– vocals, bass
  • Zachary Alford – drum loops, acoustic drums, electronic percussion

Track listing:

All lyrics by David Bowie, all music by David Bowie, Reeves Gabrels and Mark Plati, except Track 4, 5 and 9 by David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels, Track 6 by David Bowie, Track 8 by David Bowie and Brian Eno.

  1. Little Wonder
  2. Looking for Satellites
  3. Battle for Britain (The Letter)
  4. Seven Years in Tibet
  5. Dead Man Walking
  6. Telling Lies
  7. The Last Thing You Should Do
  8. I’m Afraid of Americans
  9. Law (Earthlings on Fire)
  10. I’m Afraid of Americans

Lou Reed: The Raven

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Raven

On January 28, 2003, “Sire” label released “The Raven”, the nineteenth Lou Reed album. It was recorded in 2002, and was produced by Hal Willner and Lou Reed. “The Raven” is concept album recounting the short stories and poems of Edgar Allan Poe through word and song. The album also features new versions of two of Lou Reed’s songs, “The Bed” and “Perfect Day”.

Personnel:

  • Lou Reed – vocals, guitar
  • Mike Rathke – guitar
  • Russ DeSalvo- guitar, keyboards
  • Friedrich Paravicini – piano, keyboards
  • Fernando Saunders- bass, guitar, backing vocals
  • Tony “Thunder” Smith- drums
  • Patrick Carroll- bass, drum programming
  • Laurie Anderson – vocals
  • Antony Hegarty, David Bowie- vocals
  • Doug Wieselman – baritone and tenor saxophone
  • Paul Shapiro- tenor saxophone
  • Steve Bernstein- trumpet, horn arrangement
  • Art Baron- trombone
  • Ornette Coleman- alto saxophone
  • Frank Wulff- oboe, hurdy-gurdy
  • Shelly Woodworth – English horn
  • Antoine Silverman, Marti Sweet – violin
  • Rob Mathes- string arrangements
  • Jane Scarpantoni- cello, string arrangement
  • Willem Dafoe, Steve Buscemi, Elizabeth Ashley, Amanda Plummer- voice
  • Kate & Anna McGarrigle – backing vocals
  • The Blind Boys of Alabama- backing vocals
  • Julian Schnabel – art cover

All tracks by Lou Reed.

  1. Overture
  2. Edgar Allan Poe
  3. Call On Me
  4. The Valley Of Unrest
  5. A Thousand Departed Friends
  6. Change
  7. The Bed
  8. Perfect Day
  9. The Raven
  10. Balloon
  11. Broadway Song
  12. Blind Rage
  13. Burning Embers
  14. Vanishing Act
  15. Guilty
  16. I Wanna Know (The Pit And The Pendulum)
  17. Science Of The Mind
  18. Hop Frog
  19. Tripitena’s Speech
  20. Who Am I? (Tripitena’s Song)
  21. Guardian Angel

David Bowie: Station To Station

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Station_to_Station

On January 23, 1976, “RCA” label released “Station to Station”, the tenth David Bowie studio album. It was recorded September – November 1975, at the “Cherokee Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by David Bowie and Harry Maslin. In 2003, the album was ranked No. 323 on “Rolling Stone” magazine’s list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • David Bowie– vocals, guitar, alto and saxophone, Moog synthesizer, mellotron
  • Carlos Alomar– guitar
  • Earl Slick– guitar
  • Roy Bittan– piano
  • George Murray– bass guitar
  • Dennis Davis– drums
  • Warren Peace– backing vocals
  • Steve Shapiro –photography

All tracks by David Bowie, except where noted.

  1. Station to Station
  2. Golden Years
  3. Word on a Wing
  4. TVC 15
  5. Stay
  6. Wild Is the Wind – Ned Washington, Dimitri Tiomkin

David Bowie: Low

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Low

On January 14, 1977, “RCA” label released “Low”, the eleventh David Bowie album, the first of three collaborations with Brian Eno termed the “Berlin Trilogy”.  It was recorded September – October 1976, at the “Château d’Hérouville” in Hérouville and “Hansa Studio by the Wall?”, West Berlin, and was produced by Tony Visconti and David Bowie.

Personnel:

  • David Bowie– vocals, saxophones, guitar, pump bass,  harmonica, vibraphone, xylophone, pre-arranged percussion, keyboards: ARP synthesizer, Chamberlin
  • Brian Eno– vocals, keyboards: Minimoog, ARP, EMS Synthi AKS, piano, , other synthesizers, guitar treatments, synthetics instruments
  • Roy Young– piano, Farfisa organ
  • Peter Robinson, Paul Buckmaster  – piano, ARP
  • Carlos Alomar– rhythm guitars, guitar
  • Ricky Gardiner– rhythm guitar, guitar
  • George Murray– bass
  • Dennis Davis– percussion
  • Eduard Meyer – cello
  • Iggy Pop– backing vocals
  • Mary Visconti– backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by David Bowie, except where noted.

  1. Speed of Life
  2. Breaking Glass – David Bowie, Dennis Davis, George Murray
  3. What in the World
  4. Sound and Vision
  5. Always Crashing in the Same Car
  6. Be My Wife
  7. A New Career in a New Town
  8. Warszawa – Brian Eno, David Bowie
  9. Art Decade
  10. Weeping Wall
  11. Subterraneans

David Bowie: Hunky Dory

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Hunky Dory

On December 17, 1971, “RCA” label released “Hunky Dory”, the fourth David Bowie album. It was recorded June – August 1971, at the “Trident Studios” in London, and was produced by David Bowie and Ken Scott. In 2010, “Time” magazine placed the album on its list of “100 best albums of all time”.

Personnel:

  • David Bowie – vocals, guitar, alto and tenor saxophone, piano
  • Mick Ronson – vocals, guitar, Mellotron, arrangements
  • Rick Wakeman – piano
  • Trevor Bolder – bass guitar, trumpet
  • Mick Woodmansey – drums
  • George Underwood – cover art

Track listing:

All tracks by David Bowie, except where noted.

  1. Changes
  2. Oh! You Pretty Things
  3. Eight Line Poem
  4. Life on Mars
  5. Kooks
  6. Quicksand
  7. Fill Your Heart – Biff Rose, Paul Williams
  8. Andy Warhol
  9. Song for Bob Dylan
  10. Queen Bitch
  11. The Bewlay Brothers

Lester Bowie

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On November 8, 1999, Lester Bowie died aged 58. He was musician (trumpet) and composer, best known as co-founder and member of one of the most important groups in jazz history, “Art Ensemble of Chicago”. He was a also member of the” Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians”, “Lester Bowie’s Brass Fantasy”, “The Leaders” and “Lester Bowie’s Organ Ensemble”. In his career Bowie has performed and recorded with many big names of the popular and jazz music, among them  Archie Shepp,David Murray, Jack DeJohnette, Fela Kuti, Kahil El’Zabar, Defunkt, David Bowie, Sunny Murray, Chico Freeman, Arthur Blythe, Kirk Lightsey, Cecil McBee, James Carter, Brigitte Fontaine, Melvin Jackson, Wadada Leo Smith, Jimmy Lyons, Little Milton, Albert King, Solomon Burke, Joe Tex and Rufus Thomas.

Lou Reed: Transformer

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Lou Reed Transformer

On November 8, 1972, “RCA” label released “Transformer”, the second Lou Reed studio album. It was recorded in August 1972, at the “Trident Studios” in London, and was produced by Mick Ronson and David Bowie.

Personnel

  • Lou Reed – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Mick Ronson – lead guitar, piano, recorder, string arrangements
  • David Bowie – keyboards, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Herbie Flowers – bass guitar, double-bass, tuba
  • Klaus Voormann– bass
  • Barry DeSouza – drums
  • Ritchie Dharma – drums
  • John Halsey– drums
  • Ronnie Ross– baritone saxophone
  • Trevor Bolder – trumpet
  • The Thunder Thighs– backing vocals

Track listing

All tracks by Lou Reed except where noted .

  1. Vicious
  2. Andy’s Chest
  3. Perfect Day
  4. Hangin’ Round
  5. Walk on the Wild Side
  6. Make Up
  7. Satellite of Love
  8. Wagon Wheel – Lou Reed, David Bowie
  9. New York Telephone Conversation
  10. I’m So Free
  11. Goodnight Ladies

David Bowie: The Man Who Sold the World

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The Man Who Sold the World

On November 4, 1970, “Mercury” label released “The Man Who Sold the World”, the third David Bowie studio album.  It was recorded April – May 1970, at the “Trident Studios” and “Advison Studios” in London, and was produced by Tony Visconti.

Personnel

  • David Bowie– vocals, guitars, Stylophone, organ, saxophone
  • Mick Ronson– guitars, backing vocals
  • Ralph Mace – Moog modular synthesizer
  • Tony Visconti– bass guitar, piano, guitar, recorder,backing vocals
  • Mick Woodmansey– drums, percussion
  • Ken Scott – engineer
  • Keith MacMillan – design, photography

Track listing

All tracks by David Bowie

  1. The Width of a Circle
  2. All the Madman
  3. Black Country Rock
  4. After All
  5. Running Gun Blues
  6. Saviour Machine
  7. She Shook Me Cold
  8. The Man Who Sold the World
  9. The Superman

David Bowie: Same

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David Bowie second album

On November 4, 1969, “Philips” label released the self-titled, second David Bowie studio album. It was recorded June – September 1969, at the “Trident Studios” in London, and was produced by Tony Visconti and Gus Dudgeon.

Personnel:

  • David Bowie – vocals, guitars , stylophone, kalimba, arrangements,  design concept
  • Tim Renwick– electric guitar
  • Keith Christmas– acoustic guitar
  • Mick Wayne– guitar
  • Rick Wakeman– mellotron, electric harpsichord, keyboards
  • Tony Visconti– bass, flute, recording, arrangements
  • Herbie Flowers– bass
  • John Lodge – bass
  • Terry Cox– drums
  • Benny Marshall and friends – harmonica
  • Paul Buckmaster– cello
  • Barry Sheffield – engineer
  • Malcolm Toft – engineer
  • Ken Scott – engineer
  • Vernon Dewhurst – front cover
  • George Underwood – back cover

Track listing:

All tracks by David Bowie.

  1. Space Oddity
  2. Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed
  3. Don’t Sit Down
  4. Letter to Hermione
  5. Cygnet Committee
  6. Janine
  7. An Occasional Dream
  8. Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud
  9. God Knows I’m Good
  10. Memory of a Free Festival