Over on the MAINMAN website: Podcast episode #48 is now available...

You can listen to the forty-eighth podcast now - in this episode MainMan founder TONY DEFRIES recalls the concept and creation of the DAVID BOWIE iconic Hunky Dory cover.

Each week they will release a new episode in their podcast series featuring behind the scenes stories from those who lived and breathed this incredibly evocative period in rock history and the website will be home to a continually expanding collection of fascinating memorabilia from the MainMan vaults - much of it never seen before.

The MainMan group of companies was a first of its kind rights management organisation formed by entrepreneur and impresario Tony Defries in 1972, that supported and helped to develop the careers of various artistes including David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, Mick Ronson, Mott The Hoople, Ian Hunter, Mick Ralphs, Dana Gillespie, Amanda Lear, Wayne/Jayne County, John Cougar Mellencamp and many others.

MainMan official social media accounts: Website | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube Channel | Instagram

• On this day, 48 years ago, RCA held a press lunch with DAVID BOWIE as guest of honour at Rules, London's oldest restaurant on Maiden Lane in Covent Garden.

Upstairs, in a private dining room, he is presented with an 'outstanding musical achievements' award from RCA Records for having SIX different albums in the UK charts for a total of nineteen weeks during 1973...

     

• On this day, 56 years ago, DAVID BOWIE performs his first-ever gig outside of the United Kingdom. David Bowie and The Lower Third play at Le Golf Drouot, Montmartre, Paris, France in 1965...

• On this day, 58 years ago, DAVID BOWIE plays final gig with THE KONRADS at Justin Hall, West Wickham in 1963...

Over on the MAINMAN website: Podcast episode #47 is now available...

You can listen to the forty-seventh podcast now - in this episode MainMan founder TONY DEFRIES celebrates the 50th anniversary of the release of Hunky Dory.

Each week they will release a new episode in their podcast series featuring behind the scenes stories from those who lived and breathed this incredibly evocative period in rock history and the website will be home to a continually expanding collection of fascinating memorabilia from the MainMan vaults - much of it never seen before.

The MainMan group of companies was a first of its kind rights management organisation formed by entrepreneur and impresario Tony Defries in 1972, that supported and helped to develop the careers of various artistes including David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, Mick Ronson, Mott The Hoople, Ian Hunter, Mick Ralphs, Dana Gillespie, Amanda Lear, Wayne/Jayne County, John Cougar Mellencamp and many others.

MainMan official social media accounts: Website | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube Channel | Instagram

Today (17th) sees the latest DAVID BOWIE streaming single release Changes (2021 Alternative Mix).

This alternative mix has been created by Ken Scott.

Also be sure to check out the brand new official Changes lyric video, which features previously unseen images from the album photograph shoot.

Also on 7th January, there is to be a Hunky Dory Limited Edition 50th Anniversary Vinyl Picture Disc released which can be pre-ordered now.

For more details on this 50th album release, please visit the official website at davidbowie.com

Published today is the Kindle Edition of BLACKSTAR THEORY: The Last Works of David Bowie by LEAH KARDOS.

The eagerly anticipated 'Blackstar Theory' takes a close look at David Bowie's ambitious last works: his surprise 'comeback' project The Next Day (2013), the off-Broadway musical Lazarus (2015) and the album that preceded the artist's death in 2016 by two days, ★ (pronounced Blackstar).

The book explores the swirl of themes that orbit and entangle these projects from a starting point in musical analysis and features new interviews with key collaborators from the period: producer Tony Visconti, graphic designer Jonathan Barnbrook, musical director Henry Hey, saxophonist Donny McCaslin and assistant sound engineer Erin Tonkon.

These works tackle the biggest of ideas: identity, creativity, chaos, transience and immortality. They enact a process of individuation for the Bowie meta-persona and invite us to consider what happens when a star dies. In our universe, dying stars do not disappear - they transform into new stellar objects, remnants and gravitational forces. The radical potential of the Blackstar is demonstrated in the rock star supernova that creates a singularity resulting in cultural iconicity. It is how a man approaching his own death can create art that illuminates the immortal potential of all matter in the known universe.

About the author: Leah Kardos is a senior lecturer in music at Kingston University London, UK, where she co-founded the Visconti Studio with music producer Tony Visconti. She specialises in the areas of record production, pop aesthetics and criticism, and exploring interdisciplinary approaches to creative practice.

Reviews: "Leah Kardos deftly uncovers the patterns in David Bowie's "late style", seeing the mortality, morality, and self-consciousness hiding in plain sight. While musicological analysis is at the heart of her endeavor, she is nevertheless attuned to the places in his epic career where there are fissures and unexpected correspondences with other forms of art. Blackstar Theory is a feast for any Bowie fan-rabid or casual-and performs the closure that many of us were seeking. A welcome addition to the growing canon of Bowie studies." - Shelton Waldrep, Distinguished Professor of English, University of Southern Maine, USA.

"This is one of the most intelligent studies of David Bowie's music that will ever be published. It illuminates the interconnected web of meanings that are discoverable in his work in ways I have never encountered before. Leah Kardos shows with genuine illumination that the music of the late Bowie tackles big ideas such as the nature of identity, creativity, chaos, transience and im/mortality and provides us with signposts that take us back to the very start of his extraordinary life and musical career. The book is a major achievement." - Keith Ansell-Pearson, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Warwick, UK.

"A star-gazing telescope of sorts, Blackstar Theory provides an illuminating view of the last great works of a dying star. Intimately connected to the music and art of David Bowie, Leah Kardos elegantly crafts a respectful conduit for readers to share in her examination of the meanings generated by Bowie's work. As an in-depth scholarly guide and probing navigational tool, Blackstar Theory is a must-read for anyone wishing to engage with the constellation of meanings generated by Bowie's late music and art." - Lisa Perrott, Senior Lecturer, Waikato University, New Zealand, and series editor of New Approaches to Sound, Music and Media (Bloomsbury).

Blackstar Theory: The Last Works of David Bowie
16th December 2021
Kindle Edition - available to purchase now.

Blackstar Theory: The Last Works of David Bowie
10th February 2022
Paperback edition and Hardback edition - both available to preorder.

• On this day, 42 years ago, DAVID BOWIE appeared on NBC's SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE US TV show with a legendary three-song live performance.

BW News Flashback - December 2006

Former employees of NBC's Saturday Night Live were asked to send in precious anecdotes to GAWKER - one particular piece that stood out was when DAVID BOWIE appeared on the programme in December 1979.

David performed three songs... 'The Man Who Sold The World' where he was carried to front stage by backing singers Klaus Nomi and Joey Arias, whilst inside a costume (which was a nod to Dadaist Tristan Tzara - or if you've done your homework Sami Rosenstock).

The second song was 'TVC15' with Bowie dressed more conventionally as a Chinese airline stewardesses dress and lastly 'Boys Keep Swinging' complete with a puppet body.

The photograph right shows a scene from 'The Gas Heart' by Tristan Tzara. Costumes designed by Sonia Delaunay, Theatre Michel, Paris, July 6-7, 1923.

Tzara introduced the first performance as follows: "It is the only and greatest three-act hoax of the century. It will satisfy only industrialized imbeciles who believe in the existence of men of genius.".

SNL Employee: David Bowie and I manhandle his life-size plastic punching doll into the elevator. The next night, NBC's costumers will bolt David into this rigid contraption so he can spin and wobble across the stage on live television, while lip-synching one of the songs that made him into the icon known as Ziggy Stardust.

For a second, I gaze into Bowie's left eye and notice his famous blown pupil. "Why drag this all the way back to your hotel? The Props department could lock it up for you."

He laughs. "Nothing personal, but if it goes missing, I can't just buy another one down at the corner shop."

I giggle. "Good point."

I still look back on this comment as my best shot at the Melonhead Hall of Fame.

Nobody gives us a second glance as we struggle outside to the Plaza. The Thin White Duke and an anonymous melonhead are trying to stuff a six-foot-tall, brightly-colored punching doll into the back seat of a stretch limo, but New Yorkers, true to form, don't even notice this singular tableau. David turns, to say thanks for the help. Polite guy. My brain is churning at light speed, searching for another bon mot.

So I bring out the big guns: "Break a leg!" When David looks puzzled, I rush to explain: "Not now. Tomorrow night." He smiles and thanks me again.

Then his limousine is gone, and I'm left alone to compose my Hall of Fame acceptance speech.

The DAVID BOWIE World Fan Convention 2022 is proud to announce the following ADDITIONAL speakers / exhibitors / live bands...

The Convention takes place in Liverpool on Friday/Saturday/Sunday 17th-19th June 2022.

There are still a few tickets that are available - be quick!.

For more details and ticket purchasing please visit seetickets.com website.

Well worth listening to over on ALBUMTOALBUM: The DAVID BOWIE Albums Podcast is the latest episode #23 with MARK PLATI and STERLING CAMPBELL.

The guys talk in length, available in two-parts, with host ARSALAN MOHAMMAD about everything to do with working with db.

The podcasts are available to listen to on all your favourite streaming platforms.

Visit ALBUMTOALBUM: The Bowie Album Podcast for more details.

Up for grabs at WESSEX AUCTIONS ROOMS on Thursday 16th December is a recently discovered acetate by DAVID BOWIE And The Lower Third entitled: 'I Want Your Love'.

This Regent Sound one-sided UK acetate was recorded in 1965. The song written by Johnnie Dee / Johnny Tarr, was also recorded by The Pretty Things and featured on their 1965 album Get The Picture?

Around this time, David Bowie was working with Shel Talmy, and according to the publishing database, and Shel Talmy archives, it was also produced by him.

The band were hired to demo this song. It is a full on The Who style assault with slashing guitars and David Bowie's distinctive vocals. Listen to a sample below:

Check out Lot 451 at easyliveauction.com website.

Update: The price realised was £12,000 GBP.

A GoFundMe has been created today for CALVIN LEE who needs a helping hand in his current predicament.

TONY VISCONTI: "Calvin Lee, a great contributor to DAVID BOWIE's career, is in big financial trouble and his health is very bad. If anyone knows how to start a funding contribution situation please let me know. I don't have the know how for these things.

"Calvin Lee is one of the kindest and most generous people on Earth. In 1969 he was a record company executive in London. He spotted David Bowie's talent. He sold valuable artwork in order to finance the recording of Space Oddity - David's first hit record. Calvin donated very collectable San Francisco psychedelic posters to raise money for David's project, The Beckenham Arts Lab. Now Calvin has dementia and osteoporosis. His Los Angeles landlord is trying to evict him. Calvin has run out of money. At the moment he has carers provided by the state of California. One of them is supporting Calvin and is trying to prevent him from becoming homeless."

MARY FINNIGAN: 'I donated because I knew Calvin during the time he was supporting David Bowie. He was outstanding in the music biz jungle - a truly kind, courteous and generous friend. Please help him in his time of need just as Calvin did in David's.'

If you can help in any way, please visit gofundme.com

• A DAVID BOWIE doodled self-portrait that he created for 'Save The Children' charity back in 1991 has realised £2,400 GBP on Monday (6th December) by Parker Fine Art Auctions, of Farnham, Surrey, with the buyer's premium going to the charity. Both David and Iman created pieces for the charity - Lot 1135 [David Bowie] and Lot 1088 [Iman]. The pieces emerged on the market for the first time through an undisclosed seller - [View here]...

• To celebrate DAVID BOWIE's 75th birthday on 8th January 2022... his friends and relatives are marking the occasion by holding A BOWIE CELEBRATION. The livestreaming event via RollingLiveStudios.com will feature Def Leppard, Simon Le Bon, John Taylor, Living Colour, Gary Oldman, Rob Thomas, Walk The Moon, Jake Wesley Rogers, and a special appearance by Ricky Gervais. The backing band will lead by longtime Bowie keyboardist Mike Garson and feature fellow Bowie veterans Earl Slick, Charlie Sexton, Alan Childs, Steve Elson, Mark Guiliana, Omar Hakim, Stan Harrison, Tim Lefebvre, Gerry Leonard, and Carmine Rojas. Guest singers will include Gail Ann Dorsey, Bernard Fowler, Judith Hill, Gaby Moreno, Gretchen Parlato and Joe Sumner - [Read here]...

• Check out an IMAN feature over on the VOGUE website. The article by Elise Taylor entitled: 'Iman's Catskills Home Is Full of Beautiful, Artistic Odes to David Bowie' is also accompanied by a video piece which you can view below - [Read here]...

• In this edition of VOGUE's 'Objects of Affection', supermodel IMAN takes us inside her Catskills home that is full of beautiful, artistic odes to DAVID BOWIE. From a self-portrait he painted in 1980 to a Lynn Chadwick sculpture she gave Bowie for their first wedding anniversary, watch as Iman shares some of the items most important to herself.

Update: This previously cancelled DAVID BOWIE BFI season due to COVID from last year, now has the films listed, with tickets going on sale Thursday, 9th December.

The British Film Institute (BFI) will kick off 2022 with a season celebrating actor and performer David Bowie's seventy-fifth birthday; whether bit-part or starring role, David Bowie was always magnetic on screen. Bowie: Starman and the Silver Screen will feature screenings of titles including: The Man Who Fell To Earth (Nicolas Roeg, 1976), Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (Nagisa Oshima, 1983), Absolute Beginners (Julien Temple, 1986), Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (David Lynch, 1992), Labyrinth (Jim Henson, 1986) and many more.

As a composer, innovator and concept artist, Bowie's fascination for film fed an insatiable creative drive, which the season will also explore via a selection of titles that influenced the eclectic artist - from 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Un Chien Andalou, A Clockwork Orange, Metropolis and Taxi Driver.

Venue: BFI Southbank
Address: Belvedere Road, Bishop's, London SE1 8XT
Website: bfi.org.uk

The Bowie movie dates include:

JANUARY
1st: The Prestige, NFT2, 17.30
1st: Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, NFT3, 20.30
2nd: Christiane F., NFT3, 15.00
2nd: Absolute Beginners, NFT2, 18.00
4th: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, NFT1, 17.50
5th: Basquiat, NFT3, 18.10
6th: BUG Special: David Bowie, NFT1, 20.50 - [More details]
7th: BUG Special: David Bowie, NFT1, 20.50 - [More details]
7th: BUG presents Special Bowie after-party, Spiritland, 22.30 - [More details]
8th: Labyrinth, NFT1, 12.00
8th: BFI Course: David Bowie: So I Felt Like an Actor, NFT2, 15.45 - [More details]
8th: Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, NFT2, 18.20
8th: The Man Who Fell To Earth, NFT1, 20.10
9th: Labyrinth, NFT1, 13.00
9th: Cracked Actor, NFT2, 16.10
9th: Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars, NFT1, 18.10
10th: The Hunger, NFT2, 18.10
10th: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, NFT3, 20.20
11th: The Prestige, NFT2, 20.30
14th: Absolute Beginners, NFT2, 20.40
16th: Basquiat, NFT3, 15.20
17th: The Man Who Fell To Earth, NFT3, 14.30
19th: Baal + extended intro by Adrian Wootton, NFT1, 18.00 - [More details]
20th: Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, NFT3, 20.30
21st: Christiane F., NFT3, 20.30
22nd: Bowie at Glastonbury 2000, NFT1, 18.00
22nd: The Hunger, NFT1, 20.50
24th: Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars, NFT3, 20.30
26th: Labyrinth, NFT2, 18.40
28th: Absolute Beginners, NFT3, 20.45
30th: The Man Who Fell To Earth, NFT1, 18.10

Tickets go on sale to the general public from Thursday, 9th December 2021 at 11:30 am (GMT).

For more details, information and booking, please visit: bfi.org.uk

On this day, 6 years ago, DAVID BOWIE and IMAN attended the Premiere of LAZARUS theatre production at The New York Theatre Workshop, NY, USA.

At the end of the show David took to the stage for a standing ovation. This was to be David's final public appearance.

Check out these precious photographs taken by LOPEY who managed to take a great image as a smiling David and Iman arrived at theatre, as well as Susan Sarandon, Tony Visconti and Kristeen Young.

     

     

Courtesy of Lopey [bowiefun.com].

David, Enda Walsh, Ivo van Hove and cast take a standing ovation. Photo by Jan Versweyveld.

For all you fashionistas out there... David is wearing a Alexander McQueen dark navy and silver skull polka dot evening scarf.

        

Photos by AKM-GSI Splash.

Below are the photographs taken by PAULA SCIUK, as David, Iman and actors Michael C. Hall and Cristin Milioti left the theatre. In the foyer are Jimmy King and Bill Zysblat.

     

     

Courtesy of Paula S.

• On this day, 26 years ago, DAVID BOWIE performed at the Kings Hall, Belfast during his Outside Tour in 1995...

• On this day, 38 years ago, DAVID BOWIE performed at the Army Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand during 'The Bungle in the Jungle' leg of the Serious Moonlight Tour in 1983...

• On this day, 56 years ago, DAVID BOWIE with The Lower Third performed at the Marquee Club, Soho, London in 1965...

• On this day, 57 years ago, DAVID JONES & The Manish Boys performed twice at City Hall, Newcastle, unbilled and supporting the Gerry & The Pacemakers/Gene Pitney/The Kinks tour in 1964...

• On this day, 22 years ago, DAVID BOWIE performed at The Astoria, London during his 'hours...' promotional tour in 1999. Earlier the same day, David did an in-store signing at The Virgin Megastore. After the gig he held an after-show party at Pop in Soho...

• On this day, 43 years ago, DAVID BOWIE performed at Western Springs Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand, the final show of the Australasian leg of his 1978 world tour...

• On this day, 55 years ago, DAVID BOWIE and THE BUZZ performed at the Severn Club, in Shrewsbury in 1966. At this gig they performed 'Waiting For The Man' by The Velvet Underground as one of the encore songs. David played this song live before anyone one else in the world, he performed it before the album was actually released after receiving a testing pressing from his then manager Kenneth Pitt...

• On this day, 57 years ago, DAVIE JONES and THE MANISH BOYS gave two performances at the ABC Cinema in Hull in 1964...

Germany are releasing a special edition DAVID BOWIE 75th birthday postage stamp on 3rd January 2022.

The 85 cent stamp features a Greg Gorman photograph printed on a coated white and fluorescent postage stamp paper.

Size/format 55.00 x 30.00 mm / Assembly of tens sheet size: 130 x 170 mm.

You can read and download the official Deutsche Post pdf press release [READ HERE].

Released next month is DAVID BOWIE TOY:BOX which is available as a three CD set and six 10" Vinyl formats, on Friday 7th January 2022.

TOY:BOX is a special edition of the unreleased TOY album. The 'capture the moment' approach of the recording sessions are extended to the sleeve artwork designed by Bowie featuring a photo of him as a baby with a contemporary face. The package also contains a 16-page full-colour book featuring previously unseen photographs by Frank Ockenfels 3. TOY was recorded following David's Glastonbury 2000 performance. Bowie entered the studio with his band to record new interpretations of songs he'd first recorded from 1964-1971. The plan was to record the album 'old school' with the band playing live, choose the best takes and then release it as soon as humanly possible. Unfortunately, in 2001 the concept of the 'surprise drop' album release and the technology to support it were still quite a few years off, making it impossible to release TOY at the time.

Included in TOY:BOX is a second CD/set of 10"s of alternative mixes and versions including proposed B-Sides (versions of David's debut single 'Liza Jane' and 1967's 'In The Heat Of The Morning'), later mixes by Tony Visconti and the 'Tibet Version' of 'Silly Boy Blue' recorded at The Looking Glass Studio at the time of the 2001 Tibet House show in New York featuring Philip Glass on piano and Moby on guitar.

The third CD/set of 10"s features 'Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric' mixes of thirteen TOY tracks. Producer Mark Plati "While we were recording the basic tracks Earl Slick suggested that he and I overdub acoustic guitars on all the songs. He said this was a Keith Richards' trick, sometimes these guitars would be a featured part of the track, and at other times they'd be more subliminal. Later while mixing, David heard one of the songs broken down to just vocals and acoustic guitars; this gave him the idea that we ought to do some stripped-down mixes like that and that maybe one day they'd be useful. Once we put a couple of other elements in the pot, it felt like it could be a completely different record. I was only too happy to finish that thought some two decades after the fact."

The tracklisting runs as follows:

TOY

Disc: 1
01. I Dig Everything
02. You've Got A Habit Of Leaving
03. The London Boys
04. Karma Man
05. Conversation Piece
06. Shadow Man
07. Let Me Sleep Beside You
08. Hole In The Ground
09. Baby Loves That Way
10. Can't Help Thinking About Me
11. Silly Boy Blue
12. Toy (Your Turn To Drive)

Produced by David Bowie and Mark Plati. Engineered by Pete Keppler. Mixed by Mark Plati. Assisted by Hector Castillo, Steve Mazur and Todd Parker. Recorded at Sear Sound, The Looking Glass and Alice's Restaurant in New York City, Summer 2000.

Disc: 2
01. Liza Jane (Alternative Mix)
02. You've Got A Habit of Leaving (Alternative Mix) [2021 Remaster]
03. Baby Loves That Way (Alternative Mix) [2021 Remaster]
04. Can't Help Thinking About Me (Alternative Mix)
05. I Dig Everything (Alternative Mix)
06. The London Boys (Alternative Version)
07. Silly Boy Blue (Tibet Version)
08. Let Me Sleep Beside You (Alternative Mix) [2021 Remaster]
09. In The Heat Of The Morning (Alternative Mix)
10. Conversation Piece (Alternative Mix) [2021 Remaster]
11. Hole In The Ground (Alternative Mix)
12. Shadow Man (Alternative Mix) [2021 Remaster]
13. Toy (Your Turn To Drive) [Alternative Mix] [2021 Remix]

Produced by David Bowie and Mark Plati, except 'The London Boys' additional production by Tony Visconti.
'Silly Boy Blue' (Tibet version) Produced by David Bowie and Tony Visconti.
Engineered by Pete Keppler at Sear Sound, assisted by Todd Parker.
Engineered by Mark Plati at Alice's Restaurant.
Recorded at Sear Sound, The Looking Glass and Alice's Restaurant in New York City, Summer 2000.
Except 'Silly Boy Blue' (Tibet version) recorded at The Looking Glass, 2001.
Mixed by Tony Visconti, assisted by Darren S. Moore at the Manhattan Center, early 2001.
Except 'Liza Jane' and 'In The Heat Of The Morning' mixed by Mark Plati, assisted by Hector Castillo at The Looking Glass.

Disc: 3
01. In The Heat Of The Morning [Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix]
02. I Dig Everything [Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix]
03. You've Got A Habit of Leaving [Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix]
04. The London Boys [Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix]
05. Karma Man [Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix]
06. Conversation Piece [Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix]
07. Shadow Man [Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix]
08. Let Me Sleep Beside You [Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix]
09. Hole In The Ground [Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix]
10. Baby Loves That Way [Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix]
11. Can't Help Thinking About Me [Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix]
12. Silly Boy Blue [Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix]
13. Toy (Your Turn To Drive) [Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix]

Produced by David Bowie and Mark Plati.
Engineered by Pete Keppler.
Mixed by Mark Plati, assisted by Hector Castillo, Steve Mazur and Todd Parker.
Recorded at Sear Sound, The Looking Glass and Alice's Restaurant in New York City, Summer 2000.
All songs written by David Bowie except 'Liza Jane' written by Leslie Conn.

The Toy:Box 3-CD and Toy:Box six-10" Vinyl are both available to pre-order now!

Check out the latest DAVID BOWIE presentation from the INTERLACED GEEK YouTube channel which have been enhanced and digitally upscaled using AI powered software.

David Bowie's first ever concert appearance in Russia at the Kremlin Palace Concert Hall, in Moscow on 18th June 1996.

Make sure you select the highest quality in your YouTube settings options for a better viewing experience.

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These videos are being used for comment/educational and demonstrative purposes only. It is the result of an ongoing experiment on old video footage with the help of new technologies such as AI Video powered software, colour correction and non-linear video editing software and other experimental transformation techniques on video and images. It is therefore presented here completely reworked visually in a form that didn't exist before because the technology itself creates a unique result: it is indeed an interpretation of the original rather than a copy: more like a twin. Its only purpose is to demonstrate the available possibilities and sometimes limitations (depending on the quality of the source material) of artificial intelligence in video post production.

The latest in an award-winning and critically acclaimed series of DAVID BOWIE box sets entitled BRILLIANT ADVENTURE (1992-2001) has just been released.

The box set includes newly remastered versions of some of Bowie's most underrated and experimental material: BLACK TIE WHITE NOISE, THE BUDDHA OF SUBURBIA, 1.OUTSIDE, EARTHLING and 'hours...' along with the expanded live album BBC RADIO THEATRE, LONDON, JUNE 27, 2000, the non-album / alternative version / B-sides and soundtrack music compilation RE:CALL 5 and the legendary previously unreleased album TOY.

TOY was recorded following David's triumphant Glastonbury 2000 performance. Bowie entered the studio with his band to record new interpretations of songs he'd first recorded from 1964-1971. Unfortunately, in 2001 the concept of the 'surprise drop' album release and the technology to support it were still quite a few years off, making it impossible to release.

Exclusive to the box set are BBC RADIO THEATRE, LONDON, JUNE 27, 2000 and RE:CALL 5. The former was recorded two days after the famous Glastonbury performance in front of 500 lucky fans at the BBC's art deco theatre in central London. RE:CALL 5 features 39 non-album / alternative version / b-sides and soundtrack songs over 4-LPs.

The 84-page accompanying books will feature rarely seen and previously unpublished photos by photographers including Frank W. Ockenfels 3, Nick Knight, John Scarisbrick and Nina Schultz Terner and others, as well as memorabilia, technical notes about the albums from producers/engineers Brian Eno, Nile Rodgers, Reeves Gabrels and Mark Plati as well as a new an interview with THE BUDDHA OF SUBURBIA collaborator Erdal Kizilcay.

Available in an 18-LP and 11-CD formats, both available to purchase now!

For full and complete details, you can read the full official press release HERE

• DAVID BOWIE WORLD FAN CONVENTION 2022 takes place in Liverpool over three days next year on 17th/18th/19th June 2022. Some weekend tickets still available, once gone they WILL NOT be adding more - more details

• DAVID BOWIE - ALL THE SONGS: The Story Behind Every Track by BENOÎT CLERC, hardcover, 624-pages, published on 14th April 2022 - more details

• BLACKSTAR THEORY: The Last Works of David Bowie by LEAH KARDOS, hardcover and paperback, 224-pages, published on 10th February 2022 - more details

• Exhibition ROCK 'N' ROLL WITH ME BOWIE / MACCORMACK 1973-76 at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Royal Pavilion Gardens, Brighton, England BN1 1EE. Runs till 23rd January 2022. Open Tuesday-Sunday 10am-5pm. Closed Mondays except Bank Holidays. Tickets are on sale at more details

• DAVID BOWIE - TOY:BOX, 3-CD set and six 10" vinyl formats to be released 7th January 2022 - more details

• HUNKY DORY Limited Edition 50th Anniversary Vinyl Picture Disc, released on 7th January 2022 - more details

BLACKSTAR THEORY: The Last Works of David Bowie by LEAH KARDOS, Kindle Edition, 323-pages, published on 16th December 2021 - more details

DAVID BOWIE - BRILLIANT ADVENTURE (1992 - 2001) available in 18-LP Vinyl and 11-CD box sets, released on 26th November - more details

DAVID BOWIE OUTLAW: Essays on Difference, Authenticity, Ethics, Art and Love by ALEX SHARPE, hardcover/paperback, 112-pages, published on 26th November - more details

WE COULD BE... BOWIE AND HIS HEROES by TOM HAGLER, with consultant editor TONY VISCONTI, hardcover, 400-pages, published 19th October - more details

Autobiography BOWIE, CAMBO & ALL THE HYPE by JOHN CAMBRIDGE, paperback, 260-pages, published on 23rd September - more details

2021 softback edition of DAVID BOWIE WORLD 7" RECORDS DISCOGRAPHY - Volume One: 1963-1971 book by RETO STÖCKLIN and CHRISTOPH HEID visit marmot-publishing.com for more details.

Exclusive DAVID BOWIE lino-cut print available to PURCHASE - don't hang around, these are ALL the remaining original left-over stock from 37 years ago, once they've gone, they've gone!