The twenty-seventh episode of THE A TO Z OF DAVID BOWIE podcast created by MARC RILEY, ROB HUGHES and sound assisted by HOWARD NOCK is now available online for your listening pleasure.

This episode continues with the leter K and discusses the topics: Lindsay Kemp and Ken Pitt.

Available FREE via your preferred podcast download or streaming. I personally prefer acast.com for streaming - LISTEN HERE

There will also be 'extra' episodes featuring new and archive interviews with db associated people too!

For more information, updates and questions you can follow @zofdavidbowie on Twitter.

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For the podcast each letter is currently averaged at 2 episodes of 30 plus minutes and will be published at 3am on Tuesday's each week.

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Check out the official unboxing promo video for DAVID BOWIE LOVING THE ALIEN (1983 - 1988) Box Set.

You can now pre-order both in VINYL BOX SET and the CD BOX SET

The box set is released on 12th October via Parlophone.

Each of the sets include the following:

LP Box Set:
88 page hardback book
Let's Dance (remastered) (1LP)
Serious Moonlight (Live '83) (previously unreleased) (2LP)*
Tonight (remastered) (1LP)
Never Let Me Down (remastered) (1LP)
Never Let Me Down (2018) (previously unreleased) (2LP - side 4 is etched)*
Glass Spider (Live Montreal '87) (previously unreleased on vinyl) (3LP)*
Dance (2LP)*
Re:Call 4 (non-album singles, edits, single versions, b-sides and soundtrack music) (remastered) (3LP)*
* Exclusive to 'Loving The Alien (1983-1988) LP box'

CD Box Set:
128 page hardback book
Let's Dance (remastered) (1CD)
Serious Moonlight (Live '83) (previously unreleased) (2CD)
Tonight (remastered) (1CD)
Never Let Me Down (remastered) (1CD)
Never Let Me Down 2018 (previously unreleased) (1CD)*
Glass Spider (Live Montreal '87) (2CD)
Dance (1CD)*
Re:Call 4 (non-album singles, edits, single versions, b-sides and soundtrack music) (remastered) (2CD)*
* Exclusive to 'Loving The Alien (1983-1988)'

Digital download standard:
Let's Dance (remaster)
Serious Moonlight (Live '83) (previously unreleased)
Tonight (remaster)
Never Let Me Down (remaster)
Never Let Me Down 2018 (previously unreleased)*
Glass Spider (Live Montreal '87)
Dance*
Re:Call 4 (non-album singles, single versions, b-sides and soundtrack music) (remastered)*
* Set exclusives

Pre-order the DAVID BOWIE LOVING THE ALIEN (1983 - 1988) VINYL BOX SET and the CD BOX SET NOW!

Scroll down below (19th July) for full details and information.

• THE KONRADS drummer DAVID HADFIELD who is offering the 'I Never Dreamed' tape at auction reveals more information about the recording and how he attemtped to offer the tape to Bowie's management company - [Read here]...

• Bassist TIM LEFEBVRE interview where he talks about working on the DAVID BOWIE Never Let Me Down (2018) and Blackstar albums - [Read here]...

• Just released and exclusive to Japan is DAVID BOWIE WELCOME TO THE BLACKOUT (LIVE LONDON '78) in SHM-CD format (catalogue number: WPCR-18060). Comes with lyrics and a description. SHM-CD discs are fully compatible with standard CD players. You can purchase NOW...

• Australian singer-songwriter XAVIER RUDD new album 'Storm Boy' was released on 25th May 2018. On the song 'Honeymoon Bay' - the handclap at 1 minute 15 secs into the song is DAVID BOWIE's. So how did this come about? TIM PALMER who produced the two TIN MACHINE albums used the handclaps on a master tape from one of these recording sessions and used them on the Rudd track...

• REEVES GABRELS talks about working with DAVID BOWIE...

• The new official trailer for new cartoon series DISENCHANTMENT from The Simpsons creator MATT GROENING features a medieval inspired re-reording of DAVID BOWIE's 'Rebel Rebel'...

Well worth reading is the ROLLING STONE magazine article: 'How DAVID BOWIE's Biggest 'Disappointment' Became a Posthumous, Reworked Album' by Kory Grow and Andy Greene.

The Never Let Me Down (2018) album producer MARIO McNULTY talks about working at New York's Electric Lady Studios with drummer STERLING CAMPBELL, guitarist REEVES GABRELS, guitarist DAVID TORN and bassist TIM LEFEBVRE to remake the album completely, keeping little from the original besides Bowie's vocal track.

Highlights include:

"I think the reason he wanted to redo Never Let Me Down was mostly because he really liked these songs a lot," McNulty tells Rolling Stone. "He thought, 'It's a shame for me not to do those songs justice with the production in a way.'"

"I remember going over to his house and he was kind of laughing about it a bit," McNulty says. "'You know the album, right?' I was like, 'Yeah, of course.' 'Well, check this out.' And he outlined three ideas for the new version: He wanted a new arrangement, he wanted strings and he wanted real drums. He really did not like any of the electronic drums on the entire album. He would listen to it and just be like, 'Ugh.' I'd go to his office and work with him on it and it was very Philip Glass style. 'Just do a variation on this and embellish it.' He had a vision."

Musician ERDAL KIZILCAY who worked on the original album also has his say.

You can read the complete article HERE via rollingstone.com website.

The twenty-sixth episode of THE A TO Z OF DAVID BOWIE podcast created by MARC RILEY, ROB HUGHES and sound assisted by HOWARD NOCK is now available online for your listening pleasure.

This episode covers the leter K and discusses the topics: Ken Scott, The Konrads and Hanif Kureishi.

Available FREE via your preferred podcast download or streaming. I personally prefer acast.com for streaming.

There will also be 'extra' episodes featuring new and archive interviews with db associated people too!

For more information, updates and questions you can follow @zofdavidbowie account on Twitter.

Also check out the newly created YouTube channel A to Z of David Bowie and don't forget to subscribe for notifications.

For the podcast each letter is currently averaged at 2 episodes of 30 plus minutes and will be published at 3am on Tuesday's each week.

You can listen to ALL previous episodes HERE

Announcing GOLDEN YEARS 1958-2018: Celebrating 60 years since DAVID BOWIE joined Bromley Technical School.

This event takes place on 27th August (Bank Holiday Monday) at Ravens Wood School, Oakley Road, Bromley BR2 8HP.

Starting at 3.30pm until 6.30pm, guests: Bowie Art by Sara Captain / Adam Crawford / George Underwood / The Thin White Duke (Bowie tribute band).

Tickets are priced £15 (£8 under 10s).

In tribute to David Bowie's father, 'John' Haywood Stenton Jones, £1 from every ticket sold will go to Barnardo's.

For more details and ticket purchasing please visit ticketsource.co.uk website.

Tickets are on sale now for the 2018 BOWIE'S BECKENHAM ODDITY annual fundraising event next month.

Taking place at Croydon Road Recreation Ground, Beckenham BR3 3PR on Saturday 11th August at 12 noon till 8.30pm.

All money raised goes toward to the Bandstand Restoration and Plaque Fund.

You can book your advance tickets HERE or on the gate on the day of the event.

Also on the same day, starting at 10.30am is THE PRIVATE BOWIE TALK with SARAH-RENA HINE taking place at Zizzi.

Venue: Zizzi, 157 High Street, Beckenham BR3 1AE (formerly The Three Tuns).

This event ends at 12.00 so it's perfectly timed to coincide with the BBO.

Tickets are priced at £10.

Please visit the events page on Facebook for more details.

A 1963 demo tape recording of DAVID JONES singing lead vocals on 'I Never Dreamed' with The Konrads is to be offered at auction in September.

Konrads Drummer DAVID HADFIELD found the tape and other memorabilia in his loft when he was moving house in 1990s.

Beside the tape there are various memorabilia items including letters, bills, booking forms, photographs and promotional sketches.

Two of the sketches created by David state the slogans: 'There's good and bad and we're good. See? The Konrads' and 'You can't sit down when The Konrads are 'round'.

The collection goes under the hammer on Tuesday 11th September at OMEGA AUCTIONS in Newton-le-Willows, in their music memorabilia sale.

Further reading and listening:

(Ed. Note the spelling of The Konrads on Bowie's sketches - no hyphen! I know I keep going on and on about this, but from day one, David asked me to remove the hyphen on every mention of the band name on my website).

Released today is the digital and MP3 version of DAVID BOWIE's new single Zeroes (2018) (radio edit).

Acoustic Guitar: Reeves Gabrels
Additional Guitar: David Bowie
Additional Production: Mario J. McNulty
Additional Recording: Mario J. McNulty
Backing Vocals: Carlos Alomar
Backing Vocals: David Bowie
Backing Vocals: Erdal Kizilcay
Backing Vocals: Gordon Grodie
Backing Vocals: The Coquettes are: Coco (aka Corinne Schwab), Sandro Sursock, Charuvan Sursock, Joe (aka Duncan Jones), Clement, John Seilern and Aglae Seilern)
Bass Guitar: Tim Lefebvre
Drums: Sterling Campbell
Keyboards: Erdal Kizilcay
Lead Guitar: Reeves Gabrels
Masterer: Ray Staff
Mixer, Percussion, Producer: Mario J. McNulty
Producer, Vocals: David Bowie
Producer: David Richards
Sitar: Peter Frampton
Composer: David Bowie

You can stream or purchase the MP3 of Zeroes (2018) [Radio Edit] for a mere 99p.

All set for release via Parlophone on 7th September is the double A side limited edition Zeroes (2018) (Radio Edit) / Beat Of Your Drum (2018) (Radio Edit) 7" picture disc single. (Cat. No. DB7 8388).

Both tracks are taken from the brand new 2018 version of the 'Never Let Me Down' album which is featured in the forthcoming Loving The Alien (1983 - 1988) Box Set.

Never Let Me Down (2018) is a new production of Bowie's final 'solo' album of the '80s. Producer Mario McNulty worked on the tracks at Electric Lady Studios in New York with long-time Bowie musicians Sterling Campbell (drums), Reeves Gabrels (guitars), David Torn (guitars) and Tim Lefebvre on bass.

Tracklisting:

     A-side: Zeroes (2018) (Radio Edit)
     (David Bowie)
     Produced by David Bowie, David Richards and Mario J. McNulty.
     Mixed and Recorded by Mario J McNulty.

     AA-side: Beat Of Your Drum (2018) (Radio Edit)
     (David Bowie)
     Produced by David Bowie, David Richards and Mario J. McNulty.
     Mixed and Recorded by Mario J. McNulty.

Both images featured on the picture disc were outtakes shot by Greg Gorman for the 'Never Let Me Down' album photo session.

Pre-ordering will be able here shortly.

Info and photo courtesy of davidbowie.com

You can now pre-order the DAVID BOWIE LOVING THE ALIEN (1983 - 1988) Box Set both in VINYL BOX SET and the CD BOX SET

The box set is released on 12th October via Parlophone.

LP Box Set:
88 page hardback book
Let's Dance (remastered) (1LP)
Serious Moonlight (Live '83) (previously unreleased) (2LP)*
Tonight (remastered) (1LP)
Never Let Me Down (remastered) (1LP)
Never Let Me Down (2018) (previously unreleased) (2LP - side 4 is etched)*
Glass Spider (Live Montreal '87) (previously unreleased on vinyl) (3LP)*
Dance (2LP)*
Re:Call 4 (non-album singles, edits, single versions, b-sides and soundtrack music) (remastered) (3LP)*
* Exclusive to 'Loving The Alien (1983-1988) LP box'

CD Box Set:
128 page hardback book
Let's Dance (remastered) (1CD)
Serious Moonlight (Live '83) (previously unreleased) (2CD)
Tonight (remastered) (1CD)
Never Let Me Down (remastered) (1CD)
Never Let Me Down 2018 (previously unreleased) (1CD)*
Glass Spider (Live Montreal '87) (2CD)
Dance (1CD)*
Re:Call 4 (non-album singles, edits, single versions, b-sides and soundtrack music) (remastered) (2CD)*
* Exclusive to 'Loving The Alien (1983-1988)'

Digital download standard:
Let's Dance (remaster)
Serious Moonlight (Live '83) (previously unreleased)
Tonight (remaster)
Never Let Me Down (remaster)
Never Let Me Down 2018 (previously unreleased)*
Glass Spider (Live Montreal '87)
Dance*
Re:Call 4 (non-album singles, single versions, b-sides and soundtrack music) (remastered)*
* Set exclusives

Pre-order the DAVID BOWIE LOVING THE ALIEN (1983 - 1988) VINYL BOX SET and the CD BOX SET NOW!

Scroll down below for full details and information.

Have a listen to DAVID BOWIE 'Zeroes' (2018) (radio edit)...

Provided to YouTube by Warner Music Group
Zeroes (2018) (Radio Edit) - David Bowie
Published 2018 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company.

Acoustic Guitar: Reeves Gabrels
Additional Guitar: David Bowie
Additional Production: Mario J. McNulty
Additional Recording: Mario J. McNulty
Backing Vocals: Carlos Alomar
Backing Vocals: David Bowie
Backing Vocals: Erdal Kizilcay
Backing Vocals: Gordon Grodie
Backing Vocals: The Coquettes are: Coco (aka Corinne Schwab), Sandro Sursock, Charuvan Sursock, Joe (aka Duncan Jones), Clement, John Seilern and Aglae Seilern)
Bass Guitar: Tim Lefebvre
Drums: Sterling Campbell
Keyboards: Erdal Kizilcay
Lead Guitar: Reeves Gabrels
Masterer: Ray Staff
Mixer, Percussion, Producer: Mario J. McNulty
Producer, Vocals: David Bowie
Producer: David Richards
Sitar: Peter Frampton
Composer: David Bowie

You can stream or purchase the MP3 of Zeroes (2018) [Radio Edit] for a mere 99p.

davidbowie.com have just announced details of the DAVID BOWIE LOVING THE ALIEN (1983 - 1988) Box Set to be released in October via Parlophone...

Parlophone Records are proud to announce 'LOVING THE ALIEN (1983 - 1988)' the fourth in a series of box sets spanning his career from 1969.

The follow-up to the award winning and critically acclaimed DAVID BOWIE 'FIVE YEARS (1969 - 1973)', DAVID BOWIE 'WHO CAN I BE NOW? (1974 - 1976)' and DAVID BOWIE 'A NEW CAREER IN A NEW TOWN (1977 - 1982)' will be released on 12th October.

DAVID BOWIE 'LOVING THE ALIEN (1983 - 1988)' will contain a brand new production of the 1987 album 'NEVER LET ME DOWN' by Bowie producer/engineer Mario McNulty with new instrumentation by Bowie collaborators Reeves Gabrels (guitar), David Torn (guitar), Sterling Campbell (drums), Tim Lefebvre (bass) as well as a string quartet with arrangements by Nico Muhly and a guest cameo by Laurie Anderson on 'Shining Star (Makin' My Love)'.

The eleven CD box, fifteen-piece vinyl set and standard digital download box set is named after the opening track from the 'Tonight' album and includes newly remastered versions of David's most commercially successful period 'LET'S DANCE', 'TONIGHT', 'NEVER LET ME DOWN (ORIGINAL and 2018 VERSIONS)', the live album 'GLASS SPIDER (Live Montreal '87)', the previously unreleased 'SERIOUS MOONLIGHT' live album, a collection of original remixes entitled 'DANCE' and the non-album/alternate version/b-sides and soundtrack music compilation 'RE:CALL 4'.

Exclusive to each of the box sets is 'NEVER LET ME DOWN (2018)', a new production of the 1987 album. The seeds of this reimagining of the album were first sown in 2008 when David asked Mario McNulty to remix the track 'Time Will Crawl' and record new drums by longtime Bowie drummer, Sterling Campbell, along with strings. The track was issued on the iSelect compilation to much acclaim, and in the notes, for that record, David remarked 'Oh, to redo the rest of that album'.

Fast-forward to early 2018 McNulty entered Electric Lady Studios in New York with Sterling, Tim Lefebvre on bass, who was in the ★ (Blackstar) band and Reeves Gabrels and David Torn on guitars. All of the musicians had a history with David, so were a perfect fit for what now sound like brand new songs. Nico Muhly, whom Mario first met when they were both interns working for Philip Glass in 2001, has handled the string arrangements.

The re-workings have revealed 'Never Let Me Down' as a very strong collection of songs with a dark thematic thread running through them. Fans listening to 'NEVER LET ME DOWN (2018)' would be forgiven for thinking that they were listening to a brand new 'lost' Bowie record.

This 2018 version of the album will also feature newly 'remixed' artwork reflecting the album's subject matter and features unseen images from the original cover photographic session from the archive of Greg Gorman.

Also in each box is the never before released 'SERIOUS MOONLIGHT' live album recorded in Vancouver, in 1983. Originally mixed at the time by Bob Clearmountain, the double album captures Bowie on what at that time was his most successful tour. The artwork features shots taken by photographer Denis O'Regan.

Also included is the 2CD / 3LP 'GLASS SPIDER (LIVE MONTREAL '87)' album, making its debut on vinyl (which is exclusive to the LP box). The tour's innovative set and marriage of music and theatre has been cited as a big inspiration to acts in the 2000's. Speaking in 1991 about Glass Spider Bowie said, "It was the first time I'd had the opportunity to spend that kind of money and do shows like that! The first time since Diamond Dogs, anyway... I thought, right! Let's really spend some money! I had all these thwarted dreams of what I'd tried to do with rock 'n roll in the early '70s".

Exclusive to each box is 'RE:CALL 4' and 'DANCE'. The former a new compilation featuring remastered contemporary single versions, non-album singles, album edits, b-sides and songs featured on soundtracks such as Labyrinth, Absolute Beginners and When The Wind Blows. 'DANCE' features 12 contemporaneous remixes some of which are appearing on CD and vinyl for the first time and is named after an unreleased Bowie remix album that was originally slated for release in November 1985.

The physical box set's accompanying book, 128 pages in the CD box and 84 in the vinyl set, will feature rarely seen and previously unpublished photos by photographers including Denis O'Regan, Greg Gorman, Herb Ritts and many others as well as historical press reviews and technical notes about the albums from producers/engineers Nile Rodgers, Hugh Padgham, Mario McNulty and Justin Shirley-Smith.

The CD box set will include faithfully reproduced mini-vinyl versions of the original albums, and the CDs will be gold coloured rather than the usual silver. The vinyl box set has the same content as the CD set and is pressed on audiophile quality 180g vinyl. As well as 'Never Let Me Down (2018)', 'Dance' and 'Re:Call 4', both 'Serious Moonlight (Live '83)' and 'Glass Spider (Live Montreal '87)'.

DAVID BOWIE LOVING THE ALIEN (1983 - 1988)

LP Box Set:
88 page hardback book
Let's Dance (remastered) (1LP)
Serious Moonlight (Live '83) (previously unreleased) (2LP)*
Tonight (remastered) (1LP)
Never Let Me Down (remastered) (1LP)
Never Let Me Down (2018) (previously unreleased) (2LP - side 4 is etched)*
Glass Spider (Live Montreal '87) (previously unreleased on vinyl) (3LP)*
Dance (2LP)*
Re:Call 4 (non-album singles, edits, single versions, b-sides and soundtrack music) (remastered) (3LP)*
* Exclusive to 'Loving The Alien (1983-1988) LP box'

CD Box Set:
128 page hardback book
Let's Dance (remastered) (1CD)
Serious Moonlight (Live '83) (previously unreleased) (2CD)
Tonight (remastered) (1CD)
Never Let Me Down (remastered) (1CD)
Never Let Me Down 2018 (previously unreleased) (1CD)*
Glass Spider (Live Montreal '87) (2CD)
Dance (1CD)*
Re:Call 4 (non-album singles, edits, single versions, b-sides and soundtrack music) (remastered) (2CD)*
* Exclusive to 'Loving The Alien (1983-1988)'

Digital download standard:
Let's Dance (remaster)
Serious Moonlight (Live '83) (previously unreleased)
Tonight (remaster)
Never Let Me Down (remaster)
Never Let Me Down 2018 (previously unreleased)*
Glass Spider (Live Montreal '87)
Dance*
Re:Call 4 (non-album singles, single versions, b-sides and soundtrack music) (remastered)*
* Set exclusives

'LOVING THE ALIEN (1983-1988)' Vinyl and CD Tracklistings (showing Vinyl side breaks)

LET'S DANCE
Side 1:
Modern Love
China Girl
Let's Dance
Without You

Side 2:
Ricochet
Criminal World
Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
Shake It

SERIOUS MOONLIGHT (LIVE '83)
Side 1:
Look Back In Anger
"Heroes"
What In The World
Golden Years
Fashion
Let's Dance

Side 2:
Breaking Glass
Life On Mars?
Sorrow
Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
China Girl
Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
Rebel Rebel

Side 3:
White Light / White Heat
Station To Station
Cracked Actor
Ashes To Ashes

Side 4:
Space Oddity / Band Introduction
Young Americans
Fame
Modern Love

TONIGHT
Side 1:
Loving The Alien
Don't Look Down
God Only Knows
Tonight

Side 2:
Neighborhood Threat
Blue Jean
Tumble And Twirl
I Keep Forgettin'
Dancing With The Big Boys

NEVER LET ME DOWN
Side 1:
Day-In Day-Out
Time Will Crawl
Beat Of Your Drum
Never Let Me Down
Zeroes

Side 2:
Glass Spider
Shining Star (Makin' My Love)
New York's In Love
'87 And Cry
Bang Bang

NEVER LET ME DOWN (2018)

Side 1:
Day-In Day-Out
Time Will Crawl
Beat Of Your Drum

Side 2:
Never Let Me Down
Zeroes
Glass Spider

Side 3
Shining Star (Makin' My Love).(featuring Laurie Anderson)
New York's In Love
'87 And Cry
Bang Bang

Side 4:
David Bowie 1987 logo etching

GLASS SPIDER (LIVE MONTREAL '87)

Side 1:
Up The Hill Backwards
Glass Spider
Day-In Day-Out
Bang Bang

Side 2:
Absolute Beginners
Loving The Alien
China Girl
Rebel Rebel

Side 3:
Fashion
Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
All The Madmen
Never Let Me Down

Side 4:
Big Brother
'87 And Cry
"Heroes"
Sons Of The Silent Age
Time Will Crawl / Band Introduction

Side 5:
Young Americans
Beat Of Your Drum
The Jean Genie
Let's Dance

Side 6:
Fame
Time
Blue Jean
Modern Love

DANCE
Side 1:
1. Shake It (Re-mix aka Long Version)
(Originally released on the B-side of the 'China Girl' 12" single on EMI America 12EA 157 (U.K.) and V-7809 (U.S.) in May, 1983)

2. Blue Jean (Extended Dance Mix)
(Originally released on 12" single on EMI America 12EA 181 (U.K.) and V-7838 (U.S.) in September, 1984)

3. Dancing With The Big Boys (Extended Dance Mix)
(Originally released on the B-side of the 'Blue Jean' 12" single alongside an Extended Dub Mix of the same, release details as above)

Side 2:
1. Tonight (Vocal Dance Mix)
(Originally released on 12" single on EMI America 12EA 187 (U.K.) and V-7846 (U.S.) in November, 1984)

2. Don't Look Down (Extended Dance Mix)
(Originally released on the B-side of the 'Loving The Alien' (Extended Dance Mix) 12" single alongside the 'Loving The Alien' (Extended Dub Mix) on EMI America 12EA 195 (U.K.) and VG-7858 (U.S.) in May, 1985)

3. Loving The Alien (Extended Dub Mix)
(Originally released on the B-side of the 'Loving The Alien' (Extended Dance Mix) 12" single, release details as above)

Side 3:
1. Tumble And Twirl (Extended Dance Mix)
(Originally released on the B-side of the 'Tonight' 12" single alongside a 'Tonight' (Dub Mix), release details as above)

2. Underground (Extended Dance Mix)
(Originally released on 12" single on EMI America 12EA 216 (U.K.) and V-19210 (U.S.) in June, 1986)

3. Day-In Day-Out (Groucho Mix)
(Originally released on 12" single on EMI America 12EAX 230 (U.K.) and V-19239 (U.S.) in March, 1987)

Side 4:
1. Time Will Crawl (Dance Crew Mix)
(Originally released on 12" single on EMI America 12EAX 237 (U.K.) in June, 1987)

2. Shining Star (Makin' My Love) (12" mix)
(Originally released on the 'Never Let Me Down' digital E.P. on EMI 0094639278954 in May, 2007)

3. Never Let Me Down (Dub/Acapella)
(Originally released on the B-side of the 'Never Let Me Down' (Extended Dance Mix) 12" single on EMI America 12EA 239 (U.K.) and V-19255 (U.S.) in August, 1987)

RE:CALL 4

Side 1:
1. Let's Dance (single version)
2. China Girl (single version)
3. Modern Love (single version)
4. This Is Not America (the theme from 'The Falcon And The Snowman') - David Bowie / Pat Metheny Group
5. Loving The Alien (re-mixed version)

Side 2:
1. Don't Look Down (re-mixed version)
2. Dancing In The Street (Clearmountain mix) - David Bowie and Mick Jagger
3. Absolute Beginners (from Absolute Beginners)
4. That's Motivation (from Absolute Beginners)
5. Volare (from Absolute Beginners)

Side 3:
1. Labyrinth Opening Titles / Underground (from Labyrinth)
2. Magic Dance (from Labyrinth)
3. As The World Falls Down (from Labyrinth)
4. Within You (from Labyrinth)
5. Underground (from Labyrinth)

Side 4:
1. When The Wind Blows (single version) (from When The Wind Blows)
2. Day-In Day-Out (single version)
3. Julie
4. Beat Of Your Drum (vinyl album edit)
5. Glass Spider (vinyl album edit)

Side 5
1. Shining Star (Makin' My Love) (vinyl album edit)
2. New York's In Love (vinyl album edit)
3. '87 And Cry (vinyl album edit)
4. Bang Bang (vinyl album edit)
5. Time Will Crawl (single version)

Side 6:
1. Girls (extended edit)
2. Never Let Me Down (7" remix edit)
3. Bang Bang (live - promotional mix)
4. Tonight (live) Tina Turner with David Bowie
5. Let's Dance (live) Tina Turner with David Bowie

CD TRACKLISTING

LET'S DANCE
Modern Love
China Girl
Let's Dance
Without You
Ricochet
Criminal World
Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
Shake It

SERIOUS MOONLIGHT (LIVE '83)
CD1
Look Back In Anger
"Heroes"
What In The World
Golden Years
Fashion
Let's Dance
Breaking Glass
Life On Mars?
Sorrow
Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
China Girl
Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
Rebel Rebel

CD2
White Light / White Heat
Station To Station
Cracked Actor
Ashes To Ashes
Space Oddity / Band Introduction
Young Americans
Fame
Modern Love

TONIGHT
Loving The Alien
Don't Look Down
God Only Knows
Tonight
Neighborhood Threat
Blue Jean
Tumble And Twirl
I Keep Forgettin'
Dancing With The Big Boys

NEVER LET ME DOWN
Day-In Day-Out
Time Will Crawl
Beat Of Your Drum
Never Let Me Down
Zeroes
Glass Spider
Shining Star (Makin' My Love)
New York's In Love
'87 And Cry
Bang Bang

NEVER LET ME DOWN (2018)
Day-In Day-Out
Time Will Crawl
Beat Of Your Drum
Never Let Me Down
Zeroes
Glass Spider
Shining Star (Makin' My Love) (featuring Laurie Anderson)
New York's In Love
'87 And Cry
Bang Bang

GLASS SPIDER (LIVE MONTREAL '87)
CD 1:
Up The Hill Backwards
Glass Spider
Day-In Day-Out
Bang Bang
Absolute Beginners
Loving The Alien
China Girl
Rebel Rebel
Fashion
Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
All The Madmen
Never Let Me Down

CD 2:
Big Brother
'87 And Cry
"Heroes"
Sons Of The Silent Age
Time Will Crawl / Band Introduction
Young Americans
Beat Of Your Drum
The Jean Genie
Let's Dance
Fame
Time
Blue Jean
Modern Love

DANCE
Shake It (Re-mix aka Long Version)
Blue Jean (Extended Dance Mix)
Dancing With The Big Boys (Extended Dance Mix)
Tonight (Vocal Dance Mix)
Don't Look Down (Extended Dance Mix)
Loving The Alien (Extended Dub Mix)
Tumble And Twirl (Extended Dance Mix)
Underground (Extended Dance Mix)
Day-In Day-Out (Groucho Mix).
Time Will Crawl (Dance Crew Mix)
Shining Star (Makin' My Love) (12" mix)
Never Let Me Down (Dub/Acapella)

RE:CALL 4
CD 1:
Let's Dance (single version)
China Girl (single version)
Modern Love (single version)
This Is Not America (The theme from 'The Falcon And The Snowman') - David Bowie / Pat Metheny Group
Loving The Alien (re-mixed version)
Don't Look Down (re-mixed version)
Dancing In The Street (Clearmountain mix) - David Bowie and Mick Jagger
Absolute Beginners (from Absolute Beginners)
That's Motivation (from Absolute Beginners)
Volare (from Absolute Beginners)
Labyrinth Opening Titles / Underground (from Labyrinth)
Magic Dance (from Labyrinth)
As The World Falls Down (from Labyrinth)
Within You (from Labyrinth)
Underground (from Labyrinth)

CD 2:
When The Wind Blows (single version) (from When The Wind Blows)
Day-In Day-Out (single version)
Julie
Beat Of Your Drum (vinyl album edit)
Glass Spider (vinyl album edit)
Shining Star (Makin' My Love) (vinyl album edit)
New York's In Love (vinyl album edit)
'87 And Cry (vinyl album edit)
Bang Bang (vinyl album edit)
Time Will Crawl (single version)
Girls (extended edit)
Never Let Me Down (7" remix edit)
Bang Bang (live - promotional mix)
Tonight (live) Tina Turner with David Bowie
Let's Dance (live) Tina Turner with David Bowie

You can now pre-order DAVID BOWIE LOVING THE ALIEN (1983 - 1988) Box Set both in VINYL BOX SET and the CD BOX SET

From davidbowie.com

Now available are 10 glossy postcards showing New Yorkers interacting with the recent Broadway-Lafayette NYC Metro DAVID BOWIE installation.

Limited Edition to 100 sets worldwide. 5 monochrome and 5 colour photos in each set.

Size 117 x 177.8mm, glossy image on one side and writable on the other.

Sent in packs signed and numbered by the photographer.

£14.99 with free postage in the UK.

(Mention BWW to get some extra cards free!). Will send worldwide.

Contact Rich on for more details.

MISTY MOON presents an evening with MICHAEL ARMSTRONG on Sunday 16th September at 20:00.

Come and spend an evening in the company of the writer and director Michael Armstrong, including a special screening of THE IMAGE (1969), the short film he made with DAVID BOWIE.

Michael will be joined on stage by Misty Moon's special guest MC KEVIN CANN who is a personal friend of Michael.

During the Q&A there will be a special screening of The Image.

Venue: The Cinema Museum, 2 Dugard Way (off Renfrew Road), London SE11 4TH.

Doors open at 19.00, for a 20.00 start.

Tickets in advance £14 (£13 concessions). On the door £15 (£14 concessions).

Advance tickets may be purchased from Billetto, or direct from the Museum by calling 020 7840 2200 in office hours.

For more details and booking information, please visit the cinemamuseum.org.uk website.

The twenty-fifth episode of THE A TO Z OF DAVID BOWIE podcast created by MARC RILEY, ROB HUGHES and sound assisted by HOWARD NOCK is now available online for your listening pleasure.

This episode carries on with the letter J and discusses the topics: Mick Jagger, Juniors Eyes, Elton John, John Cambridge and Jimi Hendrix.

Available FREE via your preferred podcast download or streaming. I personally prefer acast.com for streaming.

There will also be 'extra' episodes featuring new and archive interviews with db associated people too!

For more information, updates and questions you can follow @zofdavidbowie account on Twitter.

Also check out the newly created YouTube channel A to Z of David Bowie and don't forget to subscribe for notifications.

For the podcast each letter is currently averaged at 2 episodes of 30 plus minutes and will be published at 3am on Tuesday's each week.

You can listen to ALL previous episodes HERE

• On this day, 21 years ago, DAVID BOWIE performed at Velódromo de Anoeta, San Sebastián, Spain during his Earthling World Tour in 1997. Support bands were Mansun and Placebo...

• On this day, 31 years ago, DAVID BOWIE performed at Stade de l'Ouest, Nice, France in 1987 during his Glass Spider World Tour...

• On this day, 48 years ago, DAVID BOWIE with Harry The Butcher (aka The Hype) performed at the Fickle Pickle Club (Cricketers Inn), Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England in 1970. Sharing the double bill were Aquila. The band only released one album on RCA. If you've got a spare 48 minutes take a listen. Not my cup of tea, but from 39.17 onwards it gets rather interesting. On the 'Third Movement: Where Do I Belong, Aquila (Conclusion)', can you imagine David Bowie singing this? - [Listen here]...

• On this day, 53 years ago, DAVIE JONES and The Lower Third perform at The Witch Doctor (Marine Court), St. Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex in 1965. Also on the bill were The Sultans...

As you are aware, the DAVID BOWIE IS exhibition has now finally come to the end of its global tour.

This coming Autumn, Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., in collaboration with the David Bowie Archive, Planeta, and the V&A, will release a digital recreation of the exhibition on smartphones as an augmented reality experience.

In the Spring, a redesigned 'David Bowie is' will arrive on all major virtual reality platforms.

These new digital versions of 'David Bowie is' will add unprecedented depth and intimacy to the exhibition experience, allowing the viewer to engage with the work of one of the world's most popular and influential artists as never before. The David Bowie Archive will donate a portion of the profits to the V&A and Brooklyn Museum.

You can read the full press release and to sign up for updates via davidbowie.com website.

From davidbowie.com

The twenty-fourth episode of THE A TO Z OF DAVID BOWIE podcast created by MARC RILEY, ROB HUGHES and sound assisted by HOWARD NOCK is now available online for your listening pleasure.

This episode covers the letter J and discusses the topics: John Lennon, Jobriath and John Peel.

Available free via your preferred podcast download or streaming. I personally prefer acast.com for streaming.

There will also be 'extra' episodes featuring new and archive interviews with db associated people too!

For more information, updates and questions you can follow @zofdavidbowie account on Twitter.

Also check out the newly created YouTube channel A to Z of David Bowie and don't forget to subscribe for notifications.

For the podcast each letter is currently averaged at 2 episodes of 30 plus minutes and will be published at 3am on Tuesday's each week.

You can listen to ALL previous episodes HERE

On this day, 49 years ago, DAVID BOWIE released his 'Space Oddity' single in 1969.

First issued on the Philips label, 'Space Oddity' was David Bowie's first UK top 5 hit.

In 1975, it was re-released by RCA as part of a Maximillion Series (3 tracks for the price of 2), containing 'Space Oddity', 'Changes' and 'Velvet Goldmine', which became David's first UK number 1 single.

On 10th May 1970, the song received the 'Special Award for Originality' at the 15th Ivor Novello Awards (presented by the Songwriters Guild of Great Britain).

Happy 2nd Birthday wishes to STENTON DAVID JONES.

The Japanese SHM-CD release of DAVID BOWIE WELCOME TO THE BLACKOUT (LIVE LONDON '78) is released via Warner Bros. on Wednesday 25th July.

Live album release from David Bowie in SHM-CD format (catalogue number: WPCR-18060).

Features his performances held on June 30th and July 1st 1978 at Earls Court.

Comes with lyrics and a description.

SHM-CD discs are fully compatible with standard CD players.

You can pre-order NOW.

There's a brand new BBC RADIO 4 play about the 1977 DAVID BOWIE album Low.

Broadcast on Saturday 7th July at 14:30 GMT on BBC Radio 4 FM.

This one-hour drama entitled LOW is inspired by the chaotic life of David Bowie during the making of the Low album released in 1977. This quirky, darkly comic drama written by SEAN GRUNDY takes a look into the mind of David Bowie (played by Daniel Weyman) during his years in Berlin.

Directed by Dirk Maggs and produced by David Morley, the drama features the following actors:

     Daniel Weyman (as David Bowie)
     Wilf Scolding (as Brian Eno)
     Martin T. Sherman (as Tony Visconti)
     Helene Maksoud (as Angie Bowie)
     James Morley (as Zowie Bowie)
     Tom Alexander (as Roy Martin)
     Scott Capurro (as Romy Haag)
     Laurel Lefkow (as Corinne Schwab)
     Kerry Shale (Iggy Pop)

For more details and information, please visit the bbc.co.uk website.

The drama will also be available on the BBC iPlayer shortly after broadcast and will be available for a month.

• On this day, 16 years ago, DAVID BOWIE performed at the Quart Festival at Odderøya, Kristiansand in Norway in 2002...

• On this day, 22 years ago, DAVID BOWIE performed at Ha-Yarkron Park, Tel-Aviv, Israel in 1996...

• On this day, 29 years ago, TIN MACHINE performed at The Forum, Livingston, Scotland in 1989...

• On this day, 31 years ago, DAVID BOWIE performed at Parc Départemental de la Courneuve, Paris, France during his Glass Spider World Tour in 1987...

• On this day, 35 years ago, DAVID BOWIE performed the last of three sold-out dates at the Milton Keynes Bowl, Buckinghamshire, England during his Serious Moonlight Tour '83. This venue was a former clay-pit, filled in and raised to form an amphitheatre which holds a capacity of 65,000 peoploids...

• On this day, 44 years ago, DAVID BOWIE performed at Seminole Jai-Alai Fronton in Casselberry, Orlando, Florida, USA during The Year of The Diamond Dogs tour in 1974...

• On this day, 45 years ago, (and into the next morning till 5am) DAVID BOWIE held an after-show party (commonly known as 'The Last Supper') at the Café Royal, on Regent Street, London, England in 1973...

• On this day, 45 years ago, DAVID BOWIE laid to rest his persona 'Ziggy Stardust' / 'Aladdin Sane' and retired from live concert performing. At the time, the majority of fans didn't realise it was Ziggy and not David himself announcing the now legendary statement: "Everybody... this has been... one of the greatest tours of our life we really... at first I'd like to thank the band... I'd like to thank our road crew and I'd like to thank our lighting people. Er, of all of the shows on this tour, this, this particular show will remain with us the longest because... not only is it... not only is it the last show of the tour, but it's the last show that we'll ever do. Thank you." from the stage at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, England in 1973. This momentous performance was released on DVD which features remastered footage and new stereo and 5.1 mixes by Tony Visconti, as well as a commentary by Visconti and the director D.A. Pennebaker...

• On this day, 52 years ago, DAVID BOWIE & THE BUZZ performed at the Marquee Club, in Wardour Street, Soho, London, England in 1966...

• Happy Birthday wishes to STACY HEYDON...

The twenty-third episode of THE A TO Z OF DAVID BOWIE podcast created by MARC RILEY, ROB HUGHES and sound assisted by HOWARD NOCK is now available online for your listening pleasure.

This episode continues with the letter I and discusses the topics: The Image, Images 1966-1967 album, Eric Idle and important interviews.

Available free via your preferred podcast download or streaming. I personally prefer acast.com for streaming.

There will also be 'extra' episodes featuring new and archive interviews with db associated people too!

For more information, updates and questions you can follow @zofdavidbowie account on Twitter.

Also check out the newly created YouTube channel A to Z of David Bowie and don't forget to subscribe for notifications.

For the podcast each letter is currently averaged at 2 episodes of 30 plus minutes and will be published at 3am on Tuesday's each week.

You can listen to ALL previous episodes HERE

• On this day, 52 years ago, at The Lion Hotel, 65 Bridge Street in Warrington, DAVID BOWIE & THE BUZZ received the princely sum of £30 for their performance. This was the first gig with new band member Billy Gray ('Haggis').

Also on the supporting bill were The Powerhouse - Eric Clapton (guitar), Pete York (drums), Jack Bruce (bass), Steve Winwood (vocals/organ), Paul Jones (harmonica), and Ben Palmer (piano). They were only paid £25!...

Out now is the 2CD set and digital formats of DAVID BOWIE's WELCOME TO THE BLACKOUT (LIVE LONDON '78) via Parlophone.

This live album features performances recorded at Earl's Court in London on 30th June and 1st July 1978 during Bowie's world tour. The music was released earlier this year on vinyl as a strictly limited-edition triple-LP set for Record Store Day 2018.

TONY VISCONTI, who co-produced a dozen studio albums for Bowie throughout his career, recorded the 1978 concert which was later mixed by Bowie and David Richards.

The 2CD tracklisting runs as follows:

CD1
     Warszawa.
     "Heroes".
     What In The World.
     Be My Wife.
     The Jean Genie.
     Blackout.
     Sense Of Doubt.
     Speed Of Life.
     Sound And Vision.
     Breaking Glass.
     Fame.
     Beauty And The Beast.

CD 2
     Five Years.
     Soul Love.
     Star.
     Hang On To Yourself.
     Ziggy Stardust.
     Suffragette City.
     Art Decade.
     Alabama Song.
     Station To Station.
     TVC 15.
     Stay.
     Rebel Rebel.

You can purchase the 2CD set of Welcome To The Blackout (Live London '78) NOW!

Initial copies of the 2CD are packaged in a six-panel digipak with rare photographs from Masayoshi Sukita and Chris Walter, before reverting to a brilliant jewel case.

Also just released are these two re-releases...

Christiane F. - Wir Kinder Vom Bahnhof Zoo the soundtrack to the 1981 film based on the 1978 autobiography by German actress Christiane Vera Felscherinow. The soundtrack incorporates songs from several Bowie albums, including 'Stay' (Station To Station, 1976), 'Warszawa' (Low, 1977) 'V-2 Schneider' ("Heroes", 1977), and 'Look Back In Anger' (Lodger, 1979). Released on vinyl for the first time in 30 years, this fan favourite will be pressed on limited edition red vinyl and available exclusively at "brick and mortar" retail stores. The set includes Mark Adams' original liner notes from the 2001 CD issue of the album.

David Bowie In Bertolt Brecht's Baal features Bowie performing five songs that were written for German playwright Bertolt Brecht's 1918 play 'Baal'. Bowie recorded this EP with Visconti at Hansa Studios in Berlin in November 1981. Recently, all five songs were re-released as part of the exclusive Re:Call 3 compilation that accompanied the box set, A New Career In A New Town (1977-1982). This new limited edition 10" vinyl reissue comes in a six-panel sleeve that replicates the original 1982 packaging and is available exclusively at "brick and mortar" retail stores.

All set for publication on 1st November is the hardback edition of RICOCHET: DAVID BOWIE 1983 by photographer DENIS O'REGAN.

If like me, you can't afford the £3,000 special collectors' limited edition, you can now pre-order the alternative hardcover edition.

Synopsis: In 1990, on their third world tour together, photographer Denis O'Regan told David Bowie what inspired him to take up rock photography. 'It's because of you,' said Denis. He was inspired by Bowie's 1973 Ziggy Stardust concert at the Hammersmith Odeon. Bowie's response: 'Nah, you'll probably tell Bono the same thing tomorrow night.'

In Ricochet: Bowie 1983, the official photographer of one of the most celebrated musicians of all time reveals intimate stories and pictures that offer an exclusive insight into David Bowie the man and musician. Taken on the 'Serious Moonlight Tour' - Bowie's largest ever tour that took in 98 concerts in over 60 cities - Denis's photos provide a thrilling, intimate view of life on the road with a unique pop icon. From capturing the theatre and mime of Bowie on stage to unguarded snapshots of the artist at his most human, every single image in Ricochet was personally approved by Bowie himself, and the result is a music photography book like no other.

Witty, poignant, and beautifully produced, Ricochet is a rare and spirited look into the life of an inimitable artist, whose music and performances have inspired - and continue to inspire - generations of listeners around the world.

This hardcover edition of Ricochet: David Bowie 1983: An Intimate Portrait containing 328-pages and published via Particular Books is available to pre-order NOW!

Update: Published on 7th November is the limited deluxe edition RICOCHET: David Bowie 1983 Deluxe Edition (Hardcover) RRP £150.00 - you can pre-order now and save a massive 35%!

(Update: Ed. Note: The price is listed at £21 £30 GBP for this particular edition on pre-orders).

Anyone who has seen the fabulous MUTE movie by DUNCAN JONES will have surely spotted the DAVID BOWIE lino-cut print that appears in the movie several times.

If anyone wants to personally own one of these exclusive prints, or the read the background details, take a LOOK HERE and get in touch.

The David Bowie original artwork, created in 1978 during the filming of Just A Gigolo, was exhibited at The New Expressionist Movement exhibition in Berlin on 23rd-25th March 1983.

Don't hang around, these are ALL the remaining original left-over stock from thirty-four years ago, and once they're gone, they're gone.

If you've not had chance to watch MUTE get yourself over to Netflix.

Tickets are on sale now for the 2018 BOWIE'S BECKENHAM ODDITY annual fundraising event next month.

Taking place at Croydon Road Recreation Ground, Beckenham BR3 3PR on Saturday 11th August at 12 noon till 8.30pm.

All money raised goes toward to the Bandstand Restoration and Plaque Fund.

You can book your advance tickets HERE or on the gate on the day of the event.