Glam Slam Chronicles (Everything)

A Ziggy-Era Who Cover Unearthed Released digitally worldwide on May 31, 2024 (exact time zone dependent), David Bowie’s “I Can’t Explain” (Trident Studios Version – Take 2) is the third preview track from the forthcoming box set Rock ‘n’ Roll Star! (5CD/Blu-ray, digital, and half-speed mastered LP, out June 14, 2024). This previously unheard, high-energy cover of The Who’s 1965 debut single was produced by Bowie and recorded at Trident Studios in Soho, London, on June 24, 19

Released as a limited edition 50th anniversary half-speed mastered LP and picture disc LP in the UK by Parlophone Records (catalog number DBDD50) on May 24, 2024, marking the Diamond Dogs album’s golden jubilee. The first single from the album, the aforementioned ‘REBEL REBEL’, reached number 5 in the UK and the album would also reach similar heights on both sides of the Atlantic reaching number 1 in the UK and number 5 in the USA. The writing of the album was influenced by

A Ziggy-Era Vault Rarity Unveiled Released digitally worldwide on May 3, 2024, David Bowie’s “Lady Stardust (Alternative Version – Take 1) the second preview track from the box set Rock ‘n’ Roll Star! (5CD/Blu-ray, digital, and half-speed mastered LP, out June 14, 2024). This hitherto unknown take, recorded November 12, 1971 at Trident Studios, features Bowie’s vocals in a much lower register than the released version. Original producer Ken Scott was shocked: “This was a sh

Get Real Sounds Right Mix, from the ENO x NATURE project, backed with "Get Real (Instrumental)", was released as a digital single on April 23, 2024. Brian Eno: “Throughout my life I’ve wondered - how I can return something to the places I’ve taken ideas from? Music started out as the sounds of the natural world, and Sounds Right creates a system to give back to nature, helping to preserve the planet so that it can continue to inspire us for years to come. In the nature remix

A Ziggy Stardust Alternate Tracklist RSD Exclusive Released as a limited edition 11-track vinyl LP in the UK by Parlophone Records (catalog number DBWAIT24) on April 20, 2024, as part of Record Store Day, David Bowie’s Waiting In The Sky (Before The Starman Came To Earth) was taken from the Trident Studios 1/4” stereo tapes dated December 15, 1971 — an early provisional tracklisting for what would become The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars* This ver

The 50th Anniversary Zoetrope Picture Disc, created in partnership with Record Store Day, celebrated Marc Bolan & T.Rex's album Zinc Alloy & The Hidden Riders Of Tomorrow . It was released on April 20, 2024, by the label Demon, with a limited quantity of 2500 copies. Side 1 Venus Loon Sound Pit Explosive Mouth Galaxy Change Nameless Wildness Teenage Dream Side 2 Liquid Gang Carsmile Smith & The Old One You Got to Jive to Stay Alive - Spanish Midnight Interstellar Soul Painles

Recorded at the height of Bolanmania, and produced by Tony Visconti, the album was preceded by the huge hit singles “Children Of The Revolution”, “Solid Gold Easy Action” and “20th Century Boy”, all of which have been added to CD1 along with their B-sides. In this special 2CD set, CD2 contains “The Alternate Tanx: Left Hand Luke”, a bonus disc of 23 fascinating ‘work-in-progress’ versions and demos, which (as far as possible) mirrors the original album’s running order. The tw

Onstage, he was magnetic. Offstage, he was thoughtful. In the studio, he was meticulous. And through it all, he remained defiantly himself — a true British original who never chased trends, only truth.

As part of the T. Rex “1973” year campaign, alongside the “Whatever Happened To The Teenage Dream?” 5LP and 4CD box sets, and the “Songwriter: 1973” LP, Demon Records is issued T. Rex’s 1973/4 singles as highly-collectable 7” picture discs, with photos from the Keith Morris archive. The fourth release is the autobiographical “Teenage Dream”, originally released in January 1974. It peaked in the UK charts at number 13, while the Top Three featured Lulu (“The Man Who Sold The W

A Nightmare 45 RPM Analogue Rebirth Released as a limited edition double vinyl LP in the US on January 5, 2024, by Analogue Productions, Alice Cooper’s Welcome To My Nightmare — his first solo album (1975) — was reissued on 180g vinyl, cut at 45 RPM, mastered by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound from the original analog tapes. Limited to 2,000 numbered copies, pressed at Quality Record Pressings, housed in Stoughton Printing tip-on gatefold jacket. Featuring Vincent Price and t