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.

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

A grid of masked Bowies announces a single that turns crisis into avant‑pop momentum. A grid of masked Bowies announces a single that turns crisis into avant‑pop momentum. A grid of masked Bowies announces a single that turns crisis into avant‑pop momentum.

Bowie turns crisis into avant‑pop fire on this fractured, defiant 1981 single.

A triptych of transformation — Bowie between decades, between selves, and between the last breath of the Berlin years and the sharp edge of Scary Monsters.

A secondary excerpt emphasising the advert’s role as a collectible artefact — a bold graphic statement that captured Bowie’s shift from the Berlin years into the sharper aesthetic of the new decade.

David Bowie’s “Alabama Song,” backed with a new version of “Space Oddity,” was released on February 22, 1980, debuting at No. 23 and charting for five weeks.

A world of promos, pirates, and loopholes — Carr’s 1979 feature exposes the strange, unregulated dance between labels and radio that shaped an entire era of music discovery.

Before Ziggy, before Berlin, before the world knew his name — Bowie was already experimenting, failing, learning, and reaching. These reissues capture that fragile, fascinating beginning.

A one‑page news item reporting that the Village People have re‑cut “Just A Gigolo” for the soundtrack of David Bowie’s new film, replacing the previously planned track “I Am What I Am.”