“I've got Friday on my mind”
Yesterday we announced the fact that the Something In The Air (Live Paris 99) CD and double vinyl will be available for pre-order tomorrow morning, Friday, 26th February, with a release date of 12th March.
Here’s the link you will need for Friday morning wherever you are.
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“Lived all our best times...”
Some of you have successfully second-guessed BLA 5, on account of it already having been released for streaming last year. The news is that it will be available for pre-order this coming Friday, 26th February, with a release date of 12th March on CD and double vinyl.
Keep reading for the full press release.
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DAVID BOWIE
‘SOMETHING IN THE AIR (LIVE PARIS 99)’
TO BE RELEASED ON CD AND 2xLP 12th MARCH
FIFTH RELEASE IN ‘BRILLIANT LIVE ADVENTURES’ SERIES OF SIX SINGLE PRESSING LIVE ALBUMS FROM THE 1990s VINYL, CD AND LIMITED EDITION BOXES TO HOUSE COMPLETE SETS AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY VIA THE DAVID BOWIE OFFICIAL STORE & WARNER MUSIC GROUP’S DIG! STORE
24th February 2021 London Parlophone Records is proud to announce the newest instalment of DAVID BOWIE 'BRILLIANT LIVE ADVENTURES', a series of six live albums from various 1990s era Bowie performances being released on vinyl and CD as limited one run only pressings. The albums and limited-edition boxes for both vinyl and CD to house the full collection will be available only via the David Bowie official store and Warner Music Group’s Dig! store.
The fifth in the series, out 12th March on CD and double vinyl, is SOMETHING IN THE AIR (LIVE PARIS 99) a 15-track live album, featuring 12 previously unreleased recordings and three B-sides of singles from the ‘hours…’ album. The day of the show was a momentous one for Bowie, as that afternoon he was awarded the Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, the highest artistic honour that France can bestow.
The Elysée Montmartre performance was one of only seven full shows promoting the ‘hours…’ album. For this special limited run of gigs Bowie dug deep into his back catalogue making these shows particularly memorable. Standout tracks include ‘Can’t Help Thinking About Me’ first released in 1966 and not performed live in over 30 years, 'Word On A Wing' from Station To Station reinstated into the set after a 23-year absence, 'Drive-In Saturday' performed for the first time since 1974, and ‘hours…’ track 'Something In The Air’ in its first live performance.
SOMETHING IN THE AIR (LIVE PARIS 99) was recorded live at the Elysée Montmartre on 14th October 1999. It was mixed by Mark Plati, and features Bowie backed by Page Hamilton – guitar, Gail Ann Dorsey – bass, vocals, Mark Plati – guitar, Sterling Campbell – drums, Mike Garson – piano, keyboards, synthesisers and Emm Gryner and Holly Palmer – backing vocals.
DAVID BOWIE - SOMETHING IN THE AIR (LIVE PARIS 99) CD TRACKLISTING
01 - Life On Mars? (David Bowie)
02 - Thursday's Child (David Bowie/Reeves Gabrels)
03 - Something In The Air (David Bowie/Reeves Gabrels)
04 - Word On A Wing (David Bowie)
05 - Can't Help Thinking About Me (David Bowie)
06 - China Girl (David Bowie/Iggy Pop)
07 - Always Crashing In The Same Car (David Bowie)
08 - Survive (David Bowie/Reeves Gabrels)
09 - Drive-In Saturday (David Bowie)
10 - Changes (David Bowie)
11 - Seven (David Bowie/Reeves Gabrels)
12 - Repetition (David Bowie)
13 - I Can't Read (David Bowie/Reeves Gabrels)
14 - The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell (David Bowie/Reeves Gabrels)
15 - Rebel Rebel (David Bowie)
DAVID BOWIE - SOMETHING IN THE AIR (LIVE PARIS 99) LP TRACKLISTING
Side 1
Life On Mars?
Thursday's Child
Something In The Air
Side 2
Word On A Wing
Can't Help Thinking About Me
China Girl
Always Crashing In The Same Car
Side 3
Survive
Drive-In Saturday
Changes
Seven
Side 4
Repetition
I Can't Read
The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell
Rebel Rebel
DAVID BOWIE - 'SOMETHING IN THE AIR (LIVE PARIS 99)' IS AVAILABLE ON ISO RECORDS/PARLOPHONE RECORDS 12th MARCH ON CD AND 2xLP
“He kissed her then and there...”
Iman posted two Valentine’s Day messages to David on socials earlier, one of which was a picture of them from March 1993 kissing in the street in London’s Chelsea, with the following caption…
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❤️You #BowieForever #ValentinesDay
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We rarely post paparazzi pictures, but we’re making an exception for these as it seems (if the photo caption is to be believed), that the couple were OK with the situation.
They certainly look like they were.
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“The European canon is here”
Forty-five years ago, on 2nd of February 1976, the ISOLAR 1 World Tour* commenced at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, Canada.
Following the surrealist shock of show opener, Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí's Un Chien Andalou, Bowie walked onto the stage at around 20:50 (right about now if you’re in Vancouver) to the opening strains of Station To Station in front of a 17,500 strong audience.
Fronting a band comprised of Carlos Alomar (rhythm guitar), Stacy Heydon (lead guitar), Dennis Davis (drums, percussion), George Murray (bass) and Tony Kaye (keyboards, synthesisers), Bowie was icy cool in black and white with a swept back shock of blond and crimson hair.
The show was reported in a couple of local newspapers the following day. Here’s a short excerpt from Nick Collier’s review in the Vancouver Sun...
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“Bowie has long claimed to be an actor playing out a role as a rock star. Film is the medium of expression with which he has become enamored, and his spartan set, lit with dozens of white spotlights, strengthened the image.
He was slightly tense, but the effect as he sang “the return of the thin white duke/throwing darts in lover’s eyes” was stunning.
The proclamatory verse from Station To Station segued into Suffragette City with a burst of brilliant light, and Bowie smiled like a shy child on the beach at Sybaris.
Carnations and roses were tossed from the audience as he sang Waiting For The Man and then moved on to the strange spiritual call of Word On A Wing.”
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The image by Robert Murray top left in our montage appeared in the same half-page review and must have been the first published photograph of The Thin White Duke live. The main image of Bowie in similar pose was taken by Andrew Kent. The other images are of the Vancouver pass and the ISOLAR tour programme.
* ISOLAR 1 was the name given to the tour retrospectively. At the time it was variously known as The 1976 World Tour, The Station To Station Tour, The White Light Tour and it's even been assigned the name that appeared on promotional items such as the press kit: DAVID BOWIE ON STAGE 1976. Take your pick.
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