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Fashions Box Set: 1982
A 10×7" Glam Career Retrospective Released as a limited 10×7" box set in the UK on December 3, 1982, on RCA Records (catalogue: BOW 100), David Bowie’s Fashions was a career-spanning retrospective curated from Space Oddity to Scary Monsters . Featuring 20 tracks — including classics “Space Oddity,” “Changes,” “Ziggy Stardust,” “Rebel Rebel,” “Golden Years,” and “Ashes To Ashes” — each single in its own picture sleeve, with a booklet (The New Singles No. 955). No chart entry

David Bowie
Dec 3, 19822 min read


Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy Single: 1982
A Christmas Duet For The Ages Released as a 7-inch and 12-inch vinyl single in the UK on November 26, 1982, on RCA Records (catalogue: BOW 12), David Bowie & Bing Crosby’s “Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy” was the legendary 1977 TV duet from Bing Crosby’s Merrie Olde Christmas , finally issued five years after Crosby’s death. Backed with Bowie’s “Fantastic Voyage” from Lodger, this timeless holiday pairing — written by Ian Fraser, Larry Grossman, & Buz Kohan (Peace On Ea

David Bowie
Nov 26, 19823 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


📰 Up The Hill Backwards — Single Advert – 1 Page: Mar. 1981
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.

David Bowie
Mar 21, 19813 min read


⭐ Up the Hill Backwards – Single: Mar. 1981
Bowie turns crisis into avant‑pop fire on this fractured, defiant 1981 single.

David Bowie
Mar 20, 19813 min read
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