David Bowie - The Forgotten Songs of David Robert Jones

Title: The Forgotten Songs of David Robert Jones Artist: David Bowie Release Date: 1997 Label: SPQR Album Type(s): Greatest Hits Genre: Rock Styles: Singer/Songwriter, British Invasion, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Mod 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: 1 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. That's a Promise
2. Silly Boy Blue
3. Love You Til Tuesday
4. Over the Wall We Go
5. When I Live My Dream
6. Let Me Sleep Beside You
7. Karma Man
8. Threepenny Pierrot
9. Columbine
10. The Mirror
11. When I Live My Dream
12. In the Heat of the Morning
13. London Bye Ta Ta
14. Life Is a Circus
15. Lover to the Dawn
16. Love Song
17. Little Toy Soldier
18. I'm Waiting for the Man
19. Rupert the Riley
20. Buzz the Fuzz
21. Right on Mother
22. He Was Alright (A Song for Marc)

Year Type Label Catalog # 1997 CD SPQR 5

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Though this might well be an unauthorized compilation, it's certainly packaged as professionally as any legit release, right down to the UPC code on the back, which means that you may well find this in stores that don't usually carry bootlegs. If you have any interest in Bowie's '60s roots, it's an essential purchase, collecting much pre-"Space Oddity" material of note that doesn't appear on the Rhino's Early On and the various Deram reissues. There are acetates from circa 1966-67, including an earlier, far more rock-oriented version of "Silly Boy Blue," and the acoustic "Over the Wall," and the first true flowering of his camp-theatrical persona. There are also demos/alternates of songs that appeared on his early Deram recordings, a creepy demo of "When I Live My Dream" with funeral parlor organ, and a piano-driven, cheery music-hall take of "London Bye Ta Ta." Three unreleased demos from 1968 would never surface in any official versions, and show Bowie in more of a singer-songwriter mode than he would usually favor in the future. Much of the material from '69-70 has surfaced on various bootlegs, like a version of "I'm Waiting for the Man," the masochistic "Little Toy Soldier," and a couple of cuts from a frequently booted late '60s acoustic demo session. But it's good to have it integrated into a sensibly sequenced compilation, and "Lover to the Dawn," a song from the late acoustic '60s demo session that usually doesn't appear on bootlegs of that tape, is a welcome bonus. With running time of 70 minutes and good-to-superb sound, it's exceptional value for a "gray area" release. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

Name Credits David Bowie Keyboards, Guitar, Vocals