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DAVID BOWIE – ” Look At The Moon ” Live At The Phoenix Festival

Posted: January 29, 2021 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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The fourth album in the David Bowie ‘Brilliant Live Adventures (1995-1999)’ series will be released in February, “Look At The Moon! (Live Phoenix Festival 97)” will be released on 2CD and 3LP formats on 12th February on Parlophone. The record comes on black vinyl, and there are also new “Look At The Moon!“ official T-shirts available, all of which can be bought separately or as bundles.

Recorded Live at The Phoenix Festival, Long Marston, England on 20th July, 1997, “Look At The Moon!” features such previously unreleased rarities as a cover of Laurie Anderson’s O Superman, which the band had also played at their secret show as ‘The Tao Jones Index’ at the festival the previous day. Other covers include Under Pressure, which Bowie famously recorded with Queen, and a version of The Velvet Underground’s White Light/White Heat.

The recording features David Bowie on vocals, guitar and saxophone; Zachary Alford on drums; Gail Ann Dorsey on bass, keyboards, vocals and lead vocals on O Superman; Reeves Gabrels on guitars, synths and vocals, and Mike Garson on piano, synths and keyboards. Phoenix Festival, which was set up by John Vincent Power in 1993, was held at Long Marston Airfield near Stratford-upon-Avon. David Bowie played the Sunday night headliner slot of the 1997 festival, coming on after Orbital and Texas, on the 20th July.

The show saw Bowie play a mix of hits from across his back catalogue, as well as songs from Earthling, which he had released on 3rd February that year and which he was in the process of touring. “Look At The Moon! (Live Phoenix Festival 97)” is the fourth installment in the series of six live albums from the 90s which are being released on vinyl and CD in limited, one-run-only pressings.

There are also special, limited edition boxes for both the vinyl and CDs, allowing fans to house the full collection. The albums and boxes will only be available from the David Bowie official store and via the Dig! store. 

David Bowie’s ‘LOOK AT THE MOON! (Live Phoenix Festival 97)’ Reissued

DAVID BOWIE – ” Live And Well.Com

Posted: January 15, 2021 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Parlophone Records have announced the third in a series of six very special David Bowie live releases from the 90s that will be released on CD and vinyl over the coming months.

The suitably-titled “LIVEANDWELL.COM” (yes, it’s intentionally-capitalised) references the Thin White Duke’s some might say, soothsayer-like obsession with the quaint old concept of “the information superhighway.” Previously released in 2000 in limited quantities to BowieNet subscribers, the LP has been expanded to include two bonus tracks – “Pallas Athena” and “V-2 Schneider” – to help stretch it across four sides.

The set was recorded in New York, Amsterdam and Rio De Janeiro during the 1997 Earthling tour. Its first 10 tracks have until now been physically available only on the BowieNet release, while the two bonus tracks were released as a 12” single under the name The Tao Jones Index (the alias Bowie and his band employed to play an unannounced set in the dance tent at the Phoenix Festival in England in 1997).

The new, limited edition vinyl edition of LIVEANDWELL.COM comes in newly-designed artwork featuring a cover shot of Bowie taken by Scarlet Page during rehearsals for the June 1997 London Hanover Grand shows. The album marks the third of six releases that will comprise the “Brilliant Live Adventures” set, with the first two releases being “David Bowie Ouvrez Le Chien (Live Dallas 95)”, and “No Trendy Réchauffé (Live Birmingham 95)”.

Produced by David Bowie, co-produced by Reeves Gabrels and Mark Plati, the musicians featured include Zachary Alford (drums), Gail Ann Dorsey (bass, vocals, keyboards), Reeves Gabrels (guitars, synthesisers, vocals) and Mike Garson (piano, keyboards, synthesisers).

DAVID BOWIE – ” No Trendy Réchauffé (Live Birmingham ’95) ” Brilliant Live Adventures

Posted: November 11, 2020 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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David Bowie's Live Album Series Continues with 'No Trendy Réchauffé'

The second installment in the posthumous David Bowie live series, Brilliant Live Adventures, will capture a 1995 show in Birmingham, England, and arrive November 20th via Parlophone Records.

“No Trendy Réchauffé (Live Birmingham 95)” was recorded at Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre on December 13th, 1995 as part of the Big Twix Mix Show Festival. While this marks the first full commercial release of the show, excerpts from it were filmed and aired by the BBC, while Bowie’s performances of “Moonage Daydream” and “Under Pressure” were included on the “Hallo Spaceboy” CD single.

The No Trendy Réchauffé setlist boasts rare live performances of “Jump They Say” and “Strangers When We Meet.” The live album will also include two versions of “Hallo Spaceboy,” the second of which was tied to a music video Bowie was set to release for the song at the time, but never did. The track was eventually remixed by the Pet Shop Boys for a single release and an alternative promotional video was made.

Last month, Parlophone Records announced Brilliant Live Adventures, a new series of releases from the late David Bowie collecting six rare and previously unreleased live albums from the 1990s to be released in limited-edition, one-time pressings on both CD and vinyl.  The first three albums have all been promised for release before Christmas, with the remaining trio due early in 2021.  Ouvrez Le Chien (Live Dallas ’95) was the first volume; today, the second has been announced.

“No Trendy Réchauffé (Live Birmingham ’95)” was filmed and recorded almost two months to the day after the Dallas show on Ouvrez Le Chien.  The title phrase translates to No Trendy Rehash, and indeed, Bowie was in spirited, original form that evening in Birmingham.  It was the final night in 1995 of the Outside Tour, and the opening night of the Big Twix Mix Show festival.  Bowie marked the occasions with rare performances of Black Tie White Noise‘s “Jump They Say” and Outside‘s “Strangers When We Meet,” and took the audience on an electrifying trip from past (“Moonage Daydream,” “Under Pressure,” “The Man Who Sold the World,” “Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)”) to present (“I Have Not Been to Oxford Town,” “The Motel,” “We Prick You,” “Hallo Spaceboy”).

Portions of the show were aired on the BBC, versions as heard here are previously unreleased, presented as exactly as they were performed in Birmingham.  The disc also features a second version of “Hallo Spaceboy,” filmed as “Spaceboy” for a potential music video.  

The concert features Bowie accompanied by Carlos Alomar on rhythm guitar, Reeves Gabrels on lead guitar and vocals, Gail Ann Dorsey on bass and vocals, Zachary Alford on drums, musical director Peter Schwartz on keyboards and synthesizers, George Simms on vocals, and Mike Garson on piano and keyboards.

No Trendy Réchauffé (Live Birmingham ’95) is exclusively available for pre-order now from David Bowie’s official webstore on both CD and vinyl.  The expected ship date is November 18th.  

David Bowie, “No Trendy Réchauffé (Live Birmingham ’95)” (Parlophone, 2020)

The Brilliant Live Adventure series was announced back in October and will comprise six live albums recorded during the Nineties. The first, Ouvrez Le Chien, featured a Dallas, Texas, show from 1995 and was released at the end of October. One more album is expected to arrive before Christmas 2020, while the remaining three records will be released in early 2021.

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DAVID BOWIE – ” Brilliant Live Adventures “

Posted: October 18, 2020 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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As hinted by the official David Bowie site earlier this week, there is a new product release for . Parlophone will soon issue as series of Bowie live albums with material recorded between 1995 and 1999 under the banner ‘Brilliant Live Adventures’.

These are six albums which will all be made available on CD and vinyl, but as “limited one run only pressings”. The first release is called “Ouvrez Le Chien”. This was previously a streaming-only live album but will be released physically at the end of this month. It features audio recorded at the Starplex Amphitheater, Dallas, 13th October, 1995, during the U.S. leg of the Outside tour.

‘Brilliant Live Adventures’ will see previously unreleased live recordings by the late star from 1995-1999 released on limited edition vinyl and CD.

Ouvrez Le Chien was produced by David Bowie and recorded by Steve Guest. The musicians are David Bowie – vocals and saxophone, Carlos Alomar – rhythm guitar, Reeves Gabrels – lead guitar and vocals, Gail Ann Dorsey – bass and vocals, Zachary Alford – drums, Peter Schwartz – musical director, keyboards and synthesisers, George Simms – vocals, Mike Garson – piano and keyboards.

I think it’s reasonable to presume that the two other streaming exclusives – Something In The Air (Live Paris 99) listen on  LiveAndWell.com will be amongst the remaining five yet-to-be-announced concerts, but we’ll have to wait and see about the other three.

All these live albums will ONLY be available via David Bowie’s online store or the newly rebranded Rhino store ‘Dig!’ and for now Ouvrez Le Chien is the only one you can pre-order.

Parlophone are incentivising you to buy all six albums, by offering empty boxes with ‘Brilliant Live Adventures’. The idea is you buy the boxes to house your purchases. Neither are available yet from the Dig! store – you have to ‘register your interest’ but on Bowie’s shop they are showing as ‘sold out’ (CD was £12, vinyl box £17). As we approach the season of goodwill, you’d think, if you buy all six albums under one account, they might actually GIVE you a box… but apparently not (Disc Union in Japan do this very thing – if you purchase a ‘set’ of mini-LP CD vinyl replicas, they give you a ‘free’ box).

The ‘Brilliant Live Adventures’ reissue series follows a host of David Bowie reissues also shared in 2020.

The star’s 1975 album ‘Young Americans’ received a limited edition vinyl reissue in celebration of its 45th anniversary last month, while ‘Something in the Air (Live Paris 99)’, a 15-track LP capturing Bowie’s 1999 performance in France as part of his ‘Hours Tour’, was also released.

Another Bowie live album, ‘LiveAndWell.com’, came out back in May. Originally available on the now-defunct BowieNet, the record never received a commercial release after it was shared on the online platform 19 years ago.

“Ouvrez Le Chien” will be released on 30th October 2020.

DAVID BOWIE – ” Ouvrez Le Chien ” Live In Dallas 95′

Posted: July 22, 2020 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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We can’t pronounce it either, but damn if don’t sound good! Bowie’s “OUVREZ LE CHIEN” was recorded live at the Starplex Amphitheater, Dallas, 13th October, 1995, during the US leg of the Outside Tour. It also features two bonus tracks Moonage Daydream and Under Pressure recorded live at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, 13th December, 1995. Previously available on the Hallo Spaceboy CD single, both tracks are making their streaming debut.

This unreleased David Bowie concert recording from 1995 will debut on streaming services July 3rd with the release of “Ouvrez Le Chien (Live Dallas 95)”.

The live LP captures the late icon midway through his tour in support of 1995’s Outside. The gig’s set list leans heavily on that Brian Eno co-produced album, with tracks like “The Voyeur of Utter Destruction (as Beauty),” “I Have Not Been to Oxford Town,” “I’m Deranged,” and “The Hearts Filthy Lesson.”

The mysterious phrase ‘Zane, zane, zane, ouvre le chien’ (‘open the dog’ in French) had originally appeared on Bowie’s 1970 album track ‘All The Madmen’. He used it again in 1993 on the song ‘Buddha Of Suburbia’. Ouvrez Le Chien added the missing ‘z’ from ‘ouvrez’. The grammatically-correct phrase, and its English counterpart, was used in the stage set of the Outside Tour. It does not, however, appear elsewhere on the album.

Finally the round and round ending comes with various vocal parts coming in as counter melodies plus the immortal words, ‘Zane, Zane, Zane, ouvre le chien’, which means ‘Zane, open the dog’ in English. What does that mean? I’ll leave it to your imagination, although it has been analysed many times. This track [‘All The Madmen’] is sensational in every way, a five minute and 40 second symphonette.

The concert also finds Bowie delivering updated takes on classics like “Teenage Wildlife,” “The Man Who Sold the World,” and “Andy Warhol.” The digital album features a front cover image photographed by Bowie’s wife Iman. Ouvrez Le Chien (Live Dallas 95) contains sixteen songs, fourteen of which were recorded at the Starplex Amphitheater 1995, with Nine Inch Nails supporting Bowie. Six of Ouvrez Le Chien’s songs were from Bowie’s 1995 album Outside. There were one apiece from The Man Who Sold The World (the title track), Hunky Dory (‘Andy Warhol’), Ziggy Stardust (‘Moonage Daydream’), Low (‘Breaking Glass’), “Heroes” (‘Joe The Lion’), Lodger (‘Look Back In Anger’), Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) (‘Teenage Wildlife’), and Black Tie White Noise (‘Nite Flites’).

In addition to the Starplex Amphitheater show, a pair of songs from a Birmingham, England, concert from December 13th, 1995  will also be included on Ouvrez Le Chien (Live Dallas 95). Both tracks previously appeared as B sides on the “Hallo Spaceboy” single, but make their streaming debut with this release.

The Bowie estate most recently explored the singer’s Earthling-era live recordings with the LiveandWell.comset.

The Band :

Personnel

David Bowie: vocals, saxophone
Reeves Gabrels: lead guitar, vocals
Carlos Alomar: rhythm guitar
Gail Ann Dorsey: bass guitar, vocals
Mike Garson: piano, keyboards
Peter Schwartz: keyboards, synthesisers
Zachary Alford: drums
George Simms: vocals