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David Bowie: David Live

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On October 29, 1974, “RCA” label released “David Live”, the first David Bowie live album. It was recorded in July 1974, at “Tower Theater” in Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania, and was produced by Tony Visconti.

Personnel:

  • David Bowie – vocals
  • Earl Slick – guitar
  • Mike Garson – piano, Mellotron
  • Michael Kamen – electric piano, Moog, oboe, arrangements, musical director
  • Herbie Flowers – bass
  • Tony Newman – drums
  • Pablo Rosario – percussion
  • David Sanborn – alto saxophone, flute
  • Richard Grando – baritone saxophone, flute
  • Gui Andrisano – backing vocals
  • Warren Peace – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by David Bowie, except where noted.

  1. 1984
  2. Rebel Rebel
  3. Moonage Daydream
  4. Sweet Thing / Candidate / Sweet Thing (reprise)
  5. Changes
  6. Suffragette City
  7. Aladdin Sane (1913 – 1938 – 197?)
  8. All the Young Dudes
  9. Cracked Actor
  10. Rock’n’Roll with Me – David Bowie, Warren Peace
  11. Watch That Man
  12. Knock on Wood – Eddie Floyd, Steve Cropper
  13. Diamond Dogs
  14. Big Brother / Chant of the Ever – Changing Skeletal Family
  15. The Width of a Circle
  16. The Jean Genie
  17. Rock’n’Roll Suicide

David Bowie: Diamond Dogs

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On May 24, 1974, “RCA” label released “Diamond Dogs”, the eighth David Bowie studio album. It was recorded January 1974 – February 1974, at “Island Studios” and “Olympic Studios” in London, “Ludolph Studios”, in Nederhorst den Berg, and was produced by David Bowie. Thematically, the album is mixture of the George Orwell’s novel “1984” and Bowie’s vision of a post-apocalyptic world.

Personnel:

  • David Bowie- vocals, guitars, saxophones, Moog synthesizer, Mellotron, mixing
  • Earl Slick- guitar
  • Alan Parker- guitar
  • Mike Garson- keyboards
  • Herbie Flowers- bass guitar
  • Tony Newman- drums
  • Aynsley Dunbar- drums
  • Tony Visconti- strings, mixing
  • Keith Harwood- engineer, mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by David Bowie, except where noted.

  • 1.      Future Legend
  • 2.      Diamond Dogs
  • 3.      Sweet Thing
  • 4.      Candidate
  • 5.      Sweet Thing (Reprise)
  • 6.      Rebel Rebel
  • 7.      Rock ‘n’ Roll with Me – David Bowie, Warren Peace
  • 8.      We Are the Dead
  • 9.      1984
  • 10. Big Brother
  • 11. Chant of the Ever Circling Skeletal Family

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