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David Bowie: (Spaceboy)
The alien who swapped faces like clothes-elf one year, duke the next. Ziggy, Aladdin, Hallo Spaceboy, Thin White, every persona a glitter bomb. Wrote All the Young Dudes, gave Lou Reed Transformer, dressed Roxy in synths, then vanished. Voice like glass and velvet. Posts multiplying faster than his personas.


David Bowie: "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" Single (1982)
David Bowie’s "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" backed with "Paul's Theme (Jogging Chase)" , was released as a 7-inch vinyl single in the...

David Bowie
Apr 8, 19821 min read


David Bowie: "David Bowie Played Baal": Dance This Messer Round Article (1982)
David Bowie’s "David Bowie Played Baal": Dance This Messer Round , a one-page article in New Musical Express, March 27, 1982

David Bowie
Mar 27, 19821 min read


📰 Brechtfast in Bed – Article: Mar. 1982
Bowie’s Baal is a vision of what he could be — a complete artist, a complete actor, a complete man — if he could ever stop being Bowie.

David Bowie
Mar 6, 19824 min read


📰The man who fell for Brecht— Feb. 27–Mar. 5, 1982
Radio Times devotes a two‑page feature and a one‑page scrapbook to David Bowie’s starring role in the BBC1 production of Baal, capturing his shift back into theatrical performance and the cultural moment surrounding the broadcast.

David Bowie
Mar 2, 19823 min read


📰 Bowie Has a Baal – Feature: Mar. 1982
A secondary excerpt highlighting Bowie’s fascination with Brecht’s early modernism and the stark, uncompromising nature of his performance — a reminder that Bowie’s artistry extended far beyond music.

David Bowie
Mar 2, 19823 min read


📰 Radio Times Cover – Bowie as Baal: Feb.1982
David Bowie appears on the cover of Radio Times to mark his performance in the BBC’s adaptation of Bertolt Brecht’s Baal, coinciding with the release of his Baal EP and signalling a striking return to theatrical performance.

David Bowie
Feb 27, 19823 min read


🔘 BAAL – Single: Feb. 1982
Label: RCA Records PB 110 Date: February 26, 1982 (UK) Tracklist: 5 tracks Length: Approx. 8–10 min read David Bowie’s Baal, backed with “All the Madmen,” was released as a 7-inch vinyl EP single in the UK by RCA Records (catalog number PB 110) on February 26, 1982. Featuring recordings of songs composed for Bertolt Brecht’s play Baal, this EP marked Bowie’s final release of new material with RCA before his transition to EMI. 🔘 – Sub‑Heading Bowie’s stark, theatrical farewel

David Bowie
Feb 26, 19824 min read


Wild Is The Wind Single: 1981
A Station To Station Windstorm David Bowie’s “Wild Is The Wind” was released as a 7-inch, and 12" vinyl single, in the UK on November 13, 1981, on RCA Records (catalogue: BOW 10 / PB 9815). Backed with “Golden Years,” this haunting ballad cover (written by Tiomkin/Washington) and funk-disco gem (Bowie), both arranged/produced by Bowie/Harry Maslin, released to promoted ChangesTwoBowie, it peaked at No. 24 on the UK Singles Chart for 10 weeks. Issued in four-prong push-out cen

David Bowie
Nov 13, 19813 min read


David Bowie: "Young Americans" Album (1981)
David Bowie’s Young Americans was re-released as an LP album in the UK and Germany by RCA Records (catalog number PL 13002) in 1981....

David Bowie
Aug 31, 19811 min read


David Bowie: "Station to Station" Album (1981)
David Bowie’s Station to Station was re-released as a 12-inch vinyl album in the UK by RCA Records (catalog number RCA LP 3013) in...

David Bowie
Aug 31, 19811 min read
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