Two unreleased David Bowie albums will be unearthed as part of this year’s Record Store Day on April 22nd.
The second release is a recreation of the ultra rare 1971 pressing Bowpromo. Featuring alternate mixes of some songs that eventually wound up Hunky Dory, Bowie’s manager Tony Defries originally had 500 copies of the promotional album made in order to secure the singer a new record deal. The Record Store Day version adds five exclusive Bowie prints and new sleeve notes, while it leaves off the five B-side tracks by fellow GEM artist Dana Gillespie. Bowpromo is largely comprised of alternate versions of songs that would later appear on Hunky Dory, as well as a version of “It Ain’t Easy”, which would eventually appear on The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.
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