Glam Slam Chronicles (Everything)

Eno's Warp Debut Reissued on Bio Vinyl

SAHB's Unreleased 1976 Berlin Stunner

Drop-in visits welcome At V&A East Storehouse Free entry From Tuesday 3 February, you can visit the David Bowie Centre without booking a timed ticket! Important things to know: This is first and foremost a working archive with reading areas and a study room. For the deepest experience, plan ahead: explore the archive online and book items you'd like to view/study. (Tips below) If you're just popping in to see the space, note it's not a large-scale exhibition-only a small sele

Bowie & Prince's Final Days Remembered The cover story 12 pages in Record Collector magazine (No. 580, February 2026) marked the ten-year anniversary of the deaths of David Bowie and Prince, looking at the intriguing common ground shared between two artists for whom the adjectives "iconic" and "genius" are, for once, understatements. It explored the parallels in their careers, creative approaches, and lasting legacies as two of music's most singular figures. Article Overview

Bowie's 1.OUTSIDE 30th Anniversary RSD Releases on January 30, 2026, Parlophone Records announced two very special David Bowie releases for Record Store Day 2026, taking place on 18th April. Both releases relate to Bowie’s cult classic 1.OUTSIDE album, which reunited him with his Berlin-era collaborator, Brian Eno and celebrated its 30th anniversary in September last year. The neon pink 12” single of ‘HALLO SPACEBOY’ features six remixes of the track, two by Pet Shop Boys, th

Bryan Ferry's Jazz Age Reissues Bryan Ferry will reissue his two ‘jazz’ albums, The Jazz Age and Bitter-Sweet, on February 27, 2026 via BMG. Issued under the moniker of ‘The Bryan Ferry Orchestra’ and ‘Bryan Ferry and his Orchestra’ respectively, both albums offer classics from Ferry and Roxy Music’s catalogue as elegant jazz instrumentals in authentic 1920s-style arrangements (The Jazz Age) and later Berlin-inspired ’30s arrangements (Bitter-Sweet), featuring instrumentation

Welcome to the heart of Glam Slam: Chronicles — where the 1970s glitter gods live forever. Below are the main categories that make up the golden age of glam rock, listed alphabetically. Each one is a portal to the artists, albums, singles, press clippings, live moments, and stories that defined the era. Click through, dive deep, and relive the sparkle. Alice Cooper Group Camelback Kids Shock-rock pioneers. Guillotines, snakes, baby dolls, and nightmare theatrics. The original

From the first sparkle to the last stomp – every key single that built the glitter empire, month by month. This is the timeline that turned grey Britain day-glo: the exact order the anthems hit the streets, the airwaves, and the bedroom walls. No filler, no hindsight – just the songs that defined glam as it happened. Date Artist Song Why It Matters February 1971 T.Rex Hot Love The first #1 with handclaps and glitter – glam is born July 1971 T.Rex Get It On The riff that made

Where the Glitter Began From grey Britain to a technicolour explosion – the story of how rock got fabulous. Glam rock didn’t just happen – it erupted in the UK at the start of the 1970s like a sequinned volcano, turning drab streets into catwalks and ordinary lads into peacocks. The Spark That Lit the Fuse The drab backdrop: Three-day weeks, power cuts, strikes, and post-war austerity still hanging in the air. Britain needed colour, escape, and a damn good kick up the backsid

Faces' Fourth & Final Chart-Topper Reissue The Faces' fourth and final studio album Ooh La La (originally released in 1973) was their only effort to top the UK Albums Chart and featured some of the band’s most popular tracks, including the title track “Ooh La La,” “Cindy Incidentally,” “Glad and Sorry,” and “Just Another Honky.” The cover of the album was designed by Jim Ladwig, around a stylised photograph of "Gastone", a stage character of 1920s Italian comedian Ettore Petr