Recent & upcoming Bowie related releases…

May 30th, 2015 | by Nick

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Five Years 1969 – 1973 12 x CD Box Set and 13 Piece Vinyl Box Set out September 25th, available to pre-order now via Amazon UK:

Heathen (180 Gram Audiophile Blue Vinyl) Released on August 7th available to pre-order now via Amazon UK:

Fame 40th Anniversary Picture Disc, released on July 24th, pre-order yours here:

David Bowie The Music & The Changes: Complete Guide to the Music of, by David Buckley.

The indispensable consumers’ guide to the music of David Bowie An album by album, track by track, run-down of every song released by David Bowie from his earlier recordings of the sixties through to Reality in 2003, as well as live and compilation albums. FEATURES INCLUDE – A chronology of key events in the career of David Bowie Information on where and when the music was recorded Eight page colour section Full details of special edition re-issues Everything you need to know about the music of David Bowie is here!

Out now! Order yours here:

David Bowie in Darkness: A Study of 1. Outside and the Late Career.

As an artist, David Bowie is widely considered a “chameleon,” shedding one persona to create a new one and thus staying popular, relevant and compelling. In reality, Bowie is able to work with the resources around him to create something new, causing many to see him as a sort of lone artist rather than a collaborator in the creation of his own celebrity.

Released on 30th November, pre-order yours now:

Bowie on Bowie: Interviews and Encounters by Sean Egan.

Sean Egan has compiled Bowie s most revealing interviews into a riveting commentary on 50 years of personas and styles, tracing each step from Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane to The Thin White Duke and into the elder statesman that Bowie has become. This essential collection of 50 years of interviews from Rock s most restlessly creative spirit is as close to an autobiography that Bowie has come. Bowie came to fame at a time when rock journalism came into its own, and he came to see interviews as another opportunity for artistic expression. Some of rock s greatest writers are included in this collection, Robert Hilburn and Charles Shaar Murray to Allan Jones and Steven Wells alongside an interview with Alexander McQueen, the fashion designer, all of which reveal the extent of Bowie s interests over the decades with a rare articulacy and thoughtfulness. Few musicians have had the wide-ranging influence Bowie has cast over writers, fashion, art and film as well as music, and here is the ultimate introduction to Rock s most distinctive voice.

Out now! Order yours here:

Rebel Rebel by Chris O’Leary.

David Bowie: every single song. Everything you want to know, everything you didn’t know. David Bowie remains mysterious and unknowable, despite 45 years of recording and performing. His legacy is roughly 600 songs, which range from psychedelia to glam rock to Philadelphia soul, from avant-garde instrumentals to global pop anthems. Rebel Rebel catalogs Bowie’s songs from 1964 to 1976, examines them in the order of their composition and recording, and digs into what makes them work. Rebel Rebel is an in-depth look at Bowie’s early singles and album tracks, unreleased demos, session outtakes and cover songs. The book traces Bowie’s literary, film and musical influences and the evolution of his songwriting. It also shows how Bowie exploited studio innovations, and the roles of his producers and supporting musicians, especially major collaborators like Brian Eno, Iggy Pop and Mick Ronson. This book places Bowie’s music in the context of its era. Readers will discover the links between Kubrick’s 2001 and “Space Oddity”; how A Clockwork Orange inspired “Suffragette City”. The pages are a trip through Bowie’s various lives as a young man in Swinging London, a Tibetan Buddhist, a disillusioned hippie, a rock god, and a Hollywood recluse. With a cast of thousands, including John Lennon, William S. Burroughs, Andy Warhol and Cher.

Out now! Order here: