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ON THIS DAY...
8th March 2024

The Next Day by David Bowie On this day, 11 years ago DAVID BOWIE released The Next Day album.

Initially released in twelve countries, The Next Day was available in various formats... Audio CD Deluxe Edition / Audio CD / Vinyl [2 LPs] digital and then later the Exclusive Japanese Blu-spec CD2.

If you never bought this album, it would make complete sense to purchase the later November 2013 release The Next Day Extra Collectors Edition 3-disc Box Set, which features more songs, remixes and a DVD featuring 4 promo videos.


On this day, 59 years ago, DAVID BOWIE (aka Davy Jones) performed his first ever musical television appearance with The Manish Boys, when they appeared on 'Gadzooks! It's All Happening', which aired on BBC2 on March 8th 1965. The band performed their debut single 'I Pity The Fool'.

Other guests on the show included: Peter Cooke, Dorris Henderson, The Three Bells, Adrienne Poster and The Mike Leander Combo featuring The Beat Girls.

In the Radio Times dated 8th March 1965 it states: The Producer of Gadzooks, Barry Langford, is taking great care to keep his show up to date. "I'm not booking far ahead," he explains. "I'm waiting to hear the releases before I engage the artists. The scene is changing so fast that some of the guests will come as a 'complete surprise.' Davy Jones and the Manish Boys, who are appearing tonight, are likely to come into this category."

Davy Jones at the BBC Little known outside the London clubs, they cut their first disc on March 5th, and their main claim to fame at present is that they have produced another 'new sound.' It is the 'sax sound,' and the group contains two tenor saxophones (one played by Davy Jones himself), a baritone sax, a lead guitar, bass guitar, organ, and drums. All the boys come from Maidstone in Kent - except for eighteen-year-old Davy, who hails from Bromley.

David's then manager Les Conn got some excellent wide press coverage with a spoof publicity story about the BBC not allowing David to appear on the show without him first getting his hair cut.

The story, some complete with photos David in a hairnet got national coverage and appeared in The Daily Mail, The Daily Mirror, Daily Telegraph, The Sun and local press Kent Messenger.

For those of you old enough not to remember... 'Gadzooks! It's All Happening' was a sequel to producer Barry Langford's 'Beat Room' and offered top pop acts as well as the dance troupe The Beat Girls. The show presenters were Alan David and Christine Holmes. The title changed five months or so later to 'Gadzooks! It's the In Crowd' when I'm reliably informed that Lulu co-presented the show for a short while. Later it was shortened to just Gadzooks! Alas no known shows are thought to remain in the BBC archives.

Oh and here's one for the real trivia buffs out there... actor Robert Powell's wife was one of the original Beat Girls dancers.


AIN'T THERE ONE DAMN SONG...
7th March 2024

After Dark September 1974 David Bowie Young Americans promo mobile David Bowie Young Americans press advert On this day, 49 years ago, DAVID BOWIE released his 'Young Americans' album in 1975.

Recorded primarily at Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in August 1974, it was agreed early on to record as much of the album as possible live, with the full band playing together, including David's vocals, as a single continuous take for each song.

There were no fewer than 7 different "working" titles for the album mentioned in the press at the time, including: 'Shilling The Rubes' (which is circus slang for taking money off people), 'The Gouster', 'Somebody Up There Likes Me', 'One Damn Song', 'Fascination', 'Dancin' and 'Young American'.

For the album cover artwork, Bowie initially wanted to commission Norman Rockwell to create a painting, but retracted the offer when he heard that Rockwell would need at least six months to do the job. The album's cover photo was eventually taken in Los Angeles on 30th August 1974, by Eric Stephen Jacobs. The inspiration for the cover came from a copy of After Dark magazine (September 1974) which featured another of Jacobs' photographs of Bowie's then choreographer Toni Basil.


DAY IN, DAY OUT...
3rd March 2024

On this day, 47 years ago, IGGY POP along with DAVID BOWIE on extended piano and backing vocals, performed in Ardwick, Manchester, England at the Apollo Theatre during The Idiot Tour in 1977. The band also consisted of Ricky Gardiner, with Hunt and Tony Sales. The support band were The Vibrators...

On this day, 48 years ago, DAVID BOWIE performed at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois, US during his 1976 'On Stage!' World Tour...

On this day, 54 years ago, DAVID BOWIE & HYPE performed at The White Bear public house, location of the Hounslow Arts Lab, run by Dave Cousins of Strawbs, in Middlesex, England in 1970. Also on the bill were Seasoning with Maggie Nichols...


A LONDON DAY
1st March 2024

David Bowie by Kevin Davies 1992 Reminder: Opening today...

DAVID BOWIE - A LONDON DAY is a new FREE exhibition of photographs by KEVIN DAVIES to be held at The Fitzrovia Chapel in London.

The Fitzrovia Chapel is proud to announce a new exhibition of photographs titled DAVID BOWIE - A LONDON DAY by Kevin Davies, capturing David Bowie over the course of a single day in 1992, which will open on 1st March and run until 20th March as part of The Fitzrovia Chapel's Cultural Programme.

DAVID BOWIE - A LONDON DAY is curated by journalist, author, cultural historian and Bowie fan, Dylan Jones.

In late 1992, David Bowie was preparing for the release of his 18th studio album Black Tie White Noise. Photographer Kevin Davies was commissioned to photograph Bowie for a series of images which would be used to promote the album. The session took place at a studio space in Clerkenwell on Sunday 13th December 1992, with a selection of images subsequently approved by Bowie for press use, after which Davies placed the original rolls of film, contact sheets and prints in storage where they stayed for almost 30 years.

In 2020, Davies uncovered the boxes to reveal perfectly preserved film negatives of 400+ images from that single day with Bowie, the details of which had been eclipsed by the indistinguishable memory of a luminous presence. The original collection of 450 images captured a then 45-year-old David Bowie styled for Black Tie White Noise, plus a series shot late in the day when Davies asked to capture Bowie "just as you are."

The exhibition features 20 photographs from across the day with selected images presented as diptychs and triptychs to explore a meditation on the photographic archive. This exhibition takes Bowie as its subject, but it is equally a representation of the afterlife of analogue photography. It explores the intersection of the archive and creative remembrance. The collection is built around a number of Bowie's own selects taken from his mark-ups on Davies' original contact sheets and reveals a timeless, almost age-less David Bowie in the prime of his life.

Kevin Davies said - "In the anxiety of COVID 19 lockdown I found comfort in retracing my career through stored away negative boxes. I finally had the opportunity to do something I had wanted to do for such a long time; rediscovering past jobs in their totality. For me, this exhibition is a chance to show the photographic process beyond a commission."

Curator Dylan Jones said - "This is a fascinating body of work as it's a visual narrative that takes place over the course of a single session on a single day. Not only does it show David Bowie's extraordinary attention to detail, but it also shows Kevin Davies' ability to shape and catalogue that narrative. I love these pictures."

A tranquil world of art, fashion and history, The Fitzrovia Chapel has long existed as a place of calm and contemplation in Central London. The Chapel is a space where people can step out of the everyday hustle to explore and examine not only the visiting works of art, but also the beauty and detail of the Chapel itself.

Madeleine Boomgaarden, Director of The Fitzrovia Chapel said - "These quietly observed and very beautiful images of Bowie sit perfectly in the calm elegance of the chapel. We're delighted to host images of this London icon in the heart of the city he grew up in."

A private press viewing will take place on 29th February.

Venue: The Fitzrovia Chapel
Address: Fitzroy Place, 2 Pearson Square, London W1T 3BF, England.

The exhibition opens on 1st March and runs until 20th March.

Exhibition opening times are: Tuesday to Saturday: 11am - 6pm / Sundays: 12 noon - 5pm / Mondays: Closed.

For more details and information, please visit fitzroviachapel.org


DAVID BOWIE WONDERWORLD FB GROUP
1st March 2024

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V&A RECRUITING FOR DAVID BOWIE ARCHIVE
1st March 2024

The David Bowie Archive Ten more days to apply!... The V&A are currently recruiting a Project Archivist, Archive Assistants, a Lead Cataloguer and Cataloguers for THE DAVID BOWIE ARCHIVE based in London.

Deadline: 10th March 2024.

Full details and information on vam.ac.uk/vacancies pages.

The V&A is acquiring the David Bowie Archive. Comprising circa. 80,000 items spanning the entirety of Bowie's career, the archive is an important portrait of one of the most innovative and influential artists of our time. It includes costume, staging models and other performance artefacts, photography, fan art, musical instruments, personal notes, sketches and designs, make-up charts, song lyrics and sheet music, unrealised project documentation, writings and press coverage.

Rich and varied, it demonstrates Bowie's thought processes, the genesis and development of individual albums, the evolution of his own image, his collaborations with musicians, photographers, fashion designers and other practitioners, and much more.

The David Bowie Archive will be housed within a dedicated centre at V&A East Storehouse, one of two landmark sites developed at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park opening in east London in 2025.


THE 50th YEAR OF THE DIAMOND DOGS
1st March 2024

For the 50th Anniversary of DIAMOND DOGS by BOWIE there are two Limited Edition Vinyl releases both available on 24th May.

There is the Limited Edition Half-Speed and the Picture Disc LP, pressed from the same master.

This new pressing of Diamond Dogs was cut on a customised late Neumann VMS80 lathe with fully recapped electronics from 192kHz restored masters of the original master tapes, with no additional processing on transfer.

The half-speed was cut by John Webber at AIR Studios.


Bowie Diamond Dogs 50th Anniversary Half-Speed LP Bowie Diamond Dogs 50th Anniversary Picture Disc LP


The writing of the album was influenced by Bowie not being able to secure the rights for a theatrical production of George Orwell's 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' novel and the work of William S. Burroughs, whom Bowie had interviewed for Rolling Stone magazine in November 1973.

The songs on the album created an urban apocalyptic scenario with Bowie appearing on the cover as a controversial half-man, half-dog hybrid painted by the Belgian artist Guy Peellaert, utilising photographs by the world-renowned photographer Terry O'Neill.

Since its release, tracks from Diamond Dogs have been covered by artists such as Beck, Tina Turner, Duran Duran, Def Leppard, Joan As Police Woman, Dead Or Alive and The Struts.

The tracklisting runs as follows:

SIDE ONE:
       Future Legend
       Diamond Dogs
       Sweet Thing
       Candidate
       Sweet Thing (Reprise)
       Rebel Rebel

SIDE TWO:
       Rock 'n' Roll With Me
       We Are The Dead
       1984
       Big Brother
       Chant Of The Ever Circling Skeletal Family

Both the 50th Anniversary Half-Speed Master and the Picture Disc Limited Edition Vinyl LPs are available to pre-order NOW!


BOWIE FRANCE CONVENTION 2024
1st March 2024

Next month, the 8th BOWIE CONVENTION FRANCE 2024 takes place on Sunday 28th April at La Java in Paris.

For the 8th year, this will be an opportunity for fans to meet and celebrate the work and the artist that is David Bowie.

Line up: Martine On The Rocks / Bowie Reloaded / Bowie Overdubbed.

Venue: La Java
Address: 105 Rue du Faubourg du Temple, 75010 Paris, France
Date: Sunday, 28th April
Time: 15:00 to 20:30 CET

For more details, information and tickets visit their Facebook Events page or shotgun.live for tickets.


REMINDERS: UPCOMING BOWIE RELEASES and EVENTS...
MARCH 2024

DAVID BOWIE: ROCK 'N' ROLL CHAMELEON by MARTIN POPOFF, hardcover and Kindle, 208-pages - to be published on 19th September - more details

THE DAVID BOWIE WORLD FAN CONVENTION 2024 in Liverpool on 26th-28th July - tickets on sale now via bowieconvention.com

BOWIE ODYSSEY 74 by SIMON GODDARD, limited edition hardcover, 192-pages - to be published on 11th June - more details

Memoir I WAS THERE: Dispatches from a Life in Rock and Roll by ALAN EDWARDS, hardcover and Kindle, 320-pages - to be published on 6th June - more details

BOWIE - DIAMOND DOGS 50th Anniversary Limited Edition Vinyl Half-Speed Master LP and Picture Disc LP to be released on 24th May - more details

BOWIE ODYSSEY 74 by SIMON GODDARD, paperback, 192-pages - to be published on 9th May - more details

BOWIE FRANCE CONVENTION 2024 at La Java, 105 Rue du Faubourg du Temple, 75010 Paris, France on 28th April at 15:00 to 20:30 CET - more details

RECORD STORE DAY 2024 exclusive limited release DAVID BOWIE 11-track vinyl LP WAITING IN THE SKY (BEFORE THE STARMAN CAME TO EARTH) on 20th April

Memoir ME AND MR. JONES: MY LIFE WITH DAVID BOWIE AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS by SUZI RONSON hardcover, 320-pages - to be published on 4th April - more details

THE HISTORY OF DAVID BOWIE talk and Q&A by Peter Doggett at Market House, 443 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, London SW9 8LN on 18th March at 19.00-21.30 GMT - more details


DAVID BOWIE - A LONDON DAY photographic exhibition by KEVIN DAVIES at The Fitzrovia Chapel, Fitzroy Place, 2 Pearson Square, London W1T 3BF, England, opens 1st March until 20th March - more details

BOWIE, BECKETT AND BEING: THE ART OF ALIENATION by RODNEY SHARKEY, hardcover, 224-pages - published on 8th February - more details

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