David Bowie - The '69 Tapes

Title: The '69 Tapes Artist: David Bowie Release Date: 1989 Label: BMG International Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPC: 4988017063347 Genre: Rock Styles: Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Glam Rock, Pop/Rock, Proto-Punk Moods: Brooding, Clinical, Eccentric, Eerie, Stylish, Bravado, Cerebral, Complex, Detached, Dramatic, Elegant, Enigmatic, Exciting, Literate, Lush, Nocturnal, Playful, Provocative, Quirky, Rebellious, Sophisticated, Swaggering, Tense/Anxious, Theatrical, Urgent, Wry, Campy, Hypnotic, Intense, Ironic, Sexy, Yearning, Outrageous, Austere, Elaborate, Refined/Mannered Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 2 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

Year Type Label Catalog # 2000 CD BMG International 2801

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Six unreleased 1969 studio performances, in very good fidelity, provide a valuable supplement to the Space Oddity album. Actually, the 1969 date may be suspect for some of these; the demo of "Lady Stardust" sounds like the same one that turned up as a bonus cut on the Ziggy Stardust CD. The acoustic (and excellent) version of Space Oddity likewise is the same one that turned up on the Sound and Vision box set, which leaves us with four true rarities, not exactly good value for an expensive bootleg CD. If you're willing to cough up, though, these are very interesting, including a demo of "The Supermen," a version of "Waiting for the Man," and the odd hippyish "Right on Mother." The real stunner, though, is "Little Toy Soldier," a cutesy song about a little girl who gets flogged to death by her toy soldier after she pursues her sado-masochistic rituals with him too enthusiastically. The narrative is quite explicit and gleeful (with a direct lyrical lift from The Velvets' "Venus in Furs"), and might prove too hot to handle for Bowie even today if it came out officially. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

Name Credits David Bowie Main Performer, Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards