“Singing old songs he loved”
Parlophone will be issuing David Bowie’s 1973 album of cover versions as a picture disc for Record Store Day 2019 on Saturday, 13th April.
When originally released, the David Bowie/Ken Scott produced album was preceded by the only single from Pin Ups, Sorrow, which reached #3 on the UK chart. Pin Ups itself entered the UK album chart at #1 on the strength of pre-orders alone.
Joining Bowie on the sleeve for Justin de Villeneuve’s extraordinary photograph with Bowie is Twiggy, name-checked earlier the same year on Aladdin Sane for Drive-In Saturday: “She’d sigh like Twig the Wonder Kid”.
The photo session was shot in Paris for Vogue magazine, but at Bowie's request was used for the album instead. This same image is used for Side 1 of the picture disc.
Originally, the back cover and insert featured Mick Rock photographs and Side 2 of the picture disc uses one of his artworks which utilised images from that session.
The picture disc includes a reproduction of the insert, and the back cover is as the original with the following note from Bowie:
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These songs are among my favourites from the '64–67' period of London.
Most of the groups were playing the Ricky-Tick (was it a 'y' or an 'i'?) - Scene club circuit (Marquee, eel pie island la-la)
Some are still with us. Pretty Things, Them, Yardbirds, Syd's Pink Floyd, Mojos, Who, Easybeats, Merseys, Kinks.
Love-on ya!
Bowie x
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David Bowie Pin Ups RSD 2019 picture disc
Released via Parlophone on 13th April.
Cat #: DB69736P
UPC: 0190295511289
Side 1
01 - Rosalyn (Duncan/Farley)
02 - Here Comes the Night (Berns)
03 - I Wish You Would (Arnold)
04 - See Emily Play (Barrett)
05 - Everything's Alright (Crouch/Konrad/Stavely/Stuart)
06 - I Can't Explain (Townshend)
Side 2
01 - Friday On My Mind (Young/Vanda)
02 - Sorrow (Feldman/Goldstein/Gottehrer)
03 - Don't Bring Me Down (Dee)
04 - Shapes of Things (Samwell-Smith/McCarty/Relf)
05 - Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere (Daltrey/Townshend)
06 - Where Have All the Good Times Gone? (Davies)
Originally released on RCA on 19th October 1973
Produced by David Bowie and Ken Scott
Musicians:
David Bowie – vocals, guitar, tenor and alto saxophone, harmonica, arrangements, backing vocals, Moog synthesiser
Mick Ronson – guitar, piano, vocals, arrangements
Trevor Bolder – bass guitar
Aynsley Dunbar – drums
Mike Garson – piano, organ, harpsichord, electric piano
Ken Fordham – baritone saxophone
G.A. MacCormack – backing vocals
Original Pin Ups Design:
Justin de Villeneuve - front cover photograph
Twiggy - Twig the Wonderkid on front cover
Pierre Laroche - front cover makeup masks for Twig and Bowie
Mick Rock - back cover photography/design
Ray Campbell - front cover lettering
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