David Bowie – Three Record Store Day Exclusives Available April 21
LOS ANGELES - David Bowie vinyl releases are always a Record Store Day highlight and 2018 will be no exception. On April 21, Parlophone will be releasing three very special limited edition David Bowie items; WELCOME TO THE BLACKOUT (LIVE LONDON 1978), LET'S DANCE (DEMO) and, available for the first time commercially, the rare Berlin-era U.S. promo album BOWIE NOW.
WELCOME TO THE BLACKOUT (LIVE LONDON '78) 3 x LP SET
This previously unreleased 3 LP set was recorded live during the ISOLAR II tour at Earls Court, London on the June 30 and July 1, 1978 by Tony Visconti and was mixed by Bowie and David Richards at Mountain Studios, Montreux, January 17-22, 1979. The newly designed trifold sleeve features imagery byphotographers Sukita and Chris Walter. 
The 45 rpm 12" single features the first appearance of the full length demo of "Let's Dance" which was previously released digitally in an edited form for Bowie's birthday on January 8 of this year. The full-length demo version clocks in at 7:34 and, like the edited version, was mixed by Nile Rodgers (original co-producer of the demo with Bowie) in December of last year.
The demo is backed by the live version of "Let's Dance" recorded live at Pacific National Exhibition Coliseum, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, September 12, 1983 and mixed by Bob Clearmountain. This version can be seen in the Serious Moonlight concert film and was also previously available on the AA side of the now very rare Australian David Bowie Isexhibition exclusive yellow vinyl 7" single. The sleeve of the 12" single is a different colored variation of the original "Let's Dance" single cover.
This is the first commercial release of a rare 1977 U.S. only promotional-only LP on white vinyl. The tracks are drawn from the Low and "Heroes" albums and all of the audio is from theA New Career In A New Town boxed set, remastered by Tony Visconti. The package now features a newly designed inner sleeve with rarely seen black and white images taken in Berlin during 1977.
DAVID BOWIE - WELCOME TO THE BLACKOUT (LIVE LONDON '78) (3 LP SET)
Side 1
1. Warszawa
2. "Heroes"
3. What In The World
Side 2
1. Be My Wife
2. The Jean Genie
3. Blackout
4. Sense Of Doubt
Side 3
1. Speed Of Life
2. Sound And Vision
3. Breaking Glass
4. Fame
5. Beauty And The Beast
Side 4
1. Five Years
2. Soul Love
3. Star
4. Hang On To Yourself
5. Ziggy Stardust
6. Suffragette City
Side 5
1. Art Decade
2. Alabama Song
3. Station To Station
Side 6
1. TVC 15
2. Stay
3. Rebel Rebel
Produced by David Bowie. Recorded live at Earls Court June 30 and July 1, 1978 by Tony Visconti. Mixed by David Bowie and David Richards at Mountain Studios, Montreux, January 17-22, 1979.
Musicians
David Bowie - vocals, chamberlain
Carlos Alomar - rhythm guitar
Adrian Belew - lead guitar
Dennis Davis - drums, percussion
Simon House - electric violin
Sean Mayes - piano, string ensemble
George Murray - bass guitar
Roger Powell - keyboards, synthesizer
Background vocals - Carlos Alomar, Adrian Belew, Sean Mayes, George Murray and Roger Powell.
DAVID BOWIE - LET'S DANCE (FULL-LENGTH DEMO) (12" SINGLE)
Side A
Let's Dance (Full-length demo) (7:34)
Produced by David Bowie and Nile Rodgers
Arranged by David Bowie and Nile Rodgers
Mixed by Nile Rodgers and Russell Graham at Le Crib Studios, November 2017
Recorded on December 19, 1982 at Mountain Studios, Montreux, Switzerland by David Richards
Side B
Let's Dance (Live) (4:34)
Mixed by Bob Clearmountain. Recorded live at Pacific National Exhibition Coliseum, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, September 12, 1983.
DAVID BOWIE - BOWIE NOW (WHITE VINYL LP)
Side 1
1. V-2 Schneider
2. Always Crashing In The Same Car
3. Sons Of The Silent Age
4. Breaking Glass
5. Neuköln
Side 2
1. Speed Of Life
2. Joe The Lion
3. What In The World
4. Blackout
5. Weeping Wall
6. The Secret Life Of Arabia
Side 1 tracks 2 and 4 and side 2 tracks 1, 3 and 5: Mixed by Tony Visconti at Hansa by the Wall, Berlin Recorded at The Château d'Hérouville and Hansa by the Wall, Berlin between September and October 1976.
Side 1 tracks 1, 3 and 5 and side 2 tracks 2, 4 and 6: Recorded at Hansa by the Wall, Berlin between July and August 1977.
Engineers - Tony Visconti and Colin Thurston, and Mountain Studios, Montreux
Assistant engineers - David Richards and Eugene Chaplin
Hansa By The Wall in-house engineer - Eduard Meyer
Mixed at Mountain Studios, Montreux
Remastering overseen by Tony Visconti
DAVID BOWIE - WELCOME TO THE BLACKOUT (LIVE LONDON '78) (3 LP SET)
DAVID BOWIE - LET'S DANCE (DEMO) (12" SINGLE)
DAVID BOWIE - BOWIE NOW (WHITE VINYL LP)
Released on Parlophone April 21 2018.
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