David Bowie - BBC Sessions

Title: BBC Sessions Artist: David Bowie Release Date: 11/28/2000 Label: EMI Music Distribution Album Type(s): Greatest Hits, live, lyrics/libretto, Contains explicit content UPCs: 4988006785212, 4988006786080, 766486351325 Genre: Rock Styles: Soul, Singer/Songwriter, Hard Rock, Glam Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Proto-Punk, Blue-Eyed Soul, Experimental Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Album Rock, Dance-Rock, Art Rock 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: 4 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 3

1. In the Heat of the Morning
2. London Bye Ta Ta
3. Karma Man
4. Silly Boy Blue
5. Let Me Sleep Beside You
6. Janine
7. Amsterdam
8. God Knows I'm Good
9. The Width of a Circle [Demo Version][Version]
10. Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed
11. Cygnet Committee
12. Memory of a Free Festival
13. Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud
14. Bombers
15. Looking for a Friend
16. Almost Grown
17. Kooks
18. It Ain't Easy

1. The Supermen
2. Oh! You Pretty Things
3. Eight Line Poem
4. Hang On to Yourself
5. Ziggy Stardust
6. Queen Bitch
7. I'm Waiting for the Man
8. Five Years
9. White Light/White Heat
10. Moonage Daydream
11. Hang On to Yourself
12. Suffragette City
13. Ziggy Stardust
14. Starman
15. Space Oddity
16. Changes
17. Oh! You Pretty Things
18. Andy Warhol
19. Lady Stardust
20. Rock & Roll Suicide

1. Wild Is the Wind
2. Ashes to Ashes
3. Seven
4. This Is Not America
5. Absolute Beginners
6. Always Crashing in the Same Car
7. Survive
8. Little Wonder
9. The Man Who Sold the World
10. Fame
11. Stay
12. Hallo Spaceboy
13. Cracked Actor
14. I'm Afraid of Americans
15. Let's Dance

Year Type Label Catalog # 2000 CD EMI Music Distribution 5212

Bowie at the Beeb: The Best of the BBC Radio Sessions [Bonus Disc] Bowie at the Beeb: The Best of the BBC Radio Sessions

Some collectors might complain that the double-disc Bowie at the Beeb, the first official collection of David Bowie's BBC Radio sessions, isn't complete, yet they likely have bootlegs of this material. All other fans are in for a real treat. Spanning from 1968 to 1972, these recordings find Bowie, if not in his prime, at least at a peak, as he developed from a swinging Carnaby Street pop crooner to swaggering glam rock star. Bowie at the Beeb makes this era come alive. Opening with the lovely, florid "In the Heat of the Morning," the sessions spend time with David the Dandy before he delves into his dramatic heavy rock of the early '70s. That's where guitarist Mick Ronson made his public debut with Bowie at the session that comprises the middle of disc one. This is lean, powerful, terrific music, not as pummeling as The Man Who Sold the World, but it's slightly overshadowed by the session that concludes the first disc. It contains the bulk of rarities here, including the never-released "Looking for a Friend," a rollicking cover of Chuck Berry's "Almost Grown," a version of "It Ain't Easy" where Bowie trades verses with Geoffrey Alexander and George Underwood, and a performance of the exquisite "Bombers." After a pair of songs by just Bowie and Ronson, the second disc finds the Spiders From Mars forming and quickly hitting their stride. Since this disc is largely devoted to recordings from 1972, it's a bit more consistent than the first, and it results in a live Spiders album better than any yet officially released. Bowie at the Beeb may not be revelatory, yet this set is filled with wonderful music that deepens appreciation of Bowie's first great blast of creativity. Any true fan needs it in his collection. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Name Credits Alan Harris Producer Alan Hawkshaw Keyboards Barry Morgan Drums Bernie Andrews Producer Chris Lycett Sound Balancer, Assistant Dana Gillespie Vocals David Bowie Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards Earl Slick Guitar Emm Gryner Vocals (Background), Keyboards Gail Ann Dorsey Bass, Vocals, Guitar Geoffrey Alexander Vocals George Underwood Vocals Herbie Flowers Bass Holly Palmer Percussion, Vocals (Background) Jeff Griffin Producer John Cambridge Drums John Etchells Assistant John Lodge Bass John McLaughlin Guitar Mark Plati Bass, Mixing, Guitar, Musical Director Mick "Woody" Woodmansey Drums Mick Ronson Guitar, Bass, Vocals Mick Wayne Guitar Mike Garson Piano, Keyboards Nick Gomm Producer, Engineer Pete Ritzema Engineer, Producer Rex Ray Design Roger Pusey Producer Sterling Campbell Drums The Hype Performer The Tony Visconti Trio Performer Tim Renwick Guitar (Rhythm) Tony Visconti Musician, Bass, Vocals (Background) Trevor Bolder Bass