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Some collectors might complain that the double-disc Bowie at the Beeb, the first official collection of David Bowie's BBC Radio sessions, isn't complete, yet they likely have bootlegs of this material. All other fans are in for a real treat. Spanning from 1968 to 1972, these recordings find Bowie, if not in his prime, at least at a peak, as he developed from a swinging Carnaby Street pop crooner to swaggering glam rock star. BBC Sessions makes this era come alive. Opening with the lovely, florid "In the Heat of the Morning," the sessions spend time with David the Dandy before he delves into his dramatic heavy rock of the early '70s. That's where guitarist Mick Ronson made his public debut with Bowie at the session that comprises the middle of disc one. This is lean, powerful, terrific music, not as pummeling as The Man Who Sold the World, but it's slightly overshadowed by the session that concludes the first disc. It contains the bulk of rarities here, including the never-released "Looking for a Friend," a rollicking cover of Chuck Berry's "Almost Grown," a version of "It Ain't Easy" where Bowie trades verses with Geoffrey Alexander and George Underwood, and a performance of the exquisite "Bombers." After a pair of songs by just Bowie and Ronson, the second disc finds the Spiders From Mars forming and quickly hitting their stride. Since this disc is largely devoted to recordings from 1972, it's a bit more consistent than the first, and it results in a live Spiders album better than any yet officially released. BBC Sessions may not be revelatory, yet this set is filled with wonderful music that deepens appreciation of Bowie's first great blast of creativity. Any true fan needs it in his collection.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Alan Hawkshaw, Keyboards - Barry Morgan, Drums - Herbie Flowers, Bass - Bernie Andrews, Producer - David Bowie, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Tony Visconti, Backing Vocals - John McLaughlin, Guitar - Pete Ritzema, Engineer - Alan Harris, Engineer - Tony Visconti Orchestra, Orchestra - Steve Peregrin Took, Backing Vocals
© 2000 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1968 BBC
Alan Hawkshaw, Keyboards - Barry Morgan, Drums - Herbie Flowers, Bass - Bernie Andrews, Producer - David Bowie, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Tony Visconti, Backing Vocals - John McLaughlin, Guitar - Pete Ritzema, Engineer - Alan Harris, Engineer - Tony Visconti Orchestra, Orchestra - Steve Peregrin Took, Backing Vocals
© 2000 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1968 BBC
Alan Hawkshaw, Keyboards - Barry Morgan, Drums - Herbie Flowers, Bass - Bernie Andrews, Producer - David Bowie, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Tony Visconti, Backing Vocals - John McLaughlin, Guitar - Pete Ritzema, Engineer - Alan Harris, Engineer - Tony Visconti Orchestra, Orchestra - Steve Peregrin Took, Backing Vocals
© 2000 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1968 BBC
Alan Hawkshaw, Keyboards - Barry Morgan, Drums - Herbie Flowers, Bass - Bernie Andrews, Producer - David Bowie, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Tony Visconti, Backing Vocals - John McLaughlin, Guitar - Pete Ritzema, Engineer - Alan Harris, Engineer - Tony Visconti Orchestra, Orchestra - Steve Peregrin Took, Backing Vocals
© 2000 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1968 BBC
David Bowie, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Paul Williams, Producer - John Lodge, Bass - Pete Ritzema, Engineer - Tim Renwick, Guitar - Junior's Eyes, Musician, MainArtist - Mick Wayne, Guitar - John Cambridge, Drums
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David Bowie, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Paul Williams, Producer - John Lodge, Bass - Pete Ritzema, Engineer - Tim Renwick, Guitar - Junior's Eyes, Musician - Mick Wayne, Guitar - John Cambridge, Drums
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Mort Shuman, Writer - Jacques Brel, Writer - Jeff Griffin, Producer - Tony Wilson, Engineer, Mono Tonmeister - David Bowie, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - The Tony Visconti Trio, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Chris Lycett, Engineer
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Jeff Griffin, Producer - Tony Wilson, Engineer - David Bowie, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - The Tony Visconti Trio, Vocals, MainArtist - Chris Lycett, Engineer
© 2000 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2000 BBC Music under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Jeff Griffin, Producer - Tony Wilson, Engineer - David Bowie, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - The Tony Visconti Trio, Vocals, MainArtist - Chris Lycett, Engineer
© 2000 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2000 BBC Music under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Jeff Griffin, Producer - Tony Wilson, Engineer - David Bowie, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - The Tony Visconti Trio, Vocals, MainArtist - Chris Lycett, Engineer
© 2000 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2000 BBC Music under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Jeff Griffin, Producer - Tony Wilson, Engineer - David Bowie, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - The Tony Visconti Trio, Vocals, MainArtist - Chris Lycett, Engineer
© 2000 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2000 BBC Music under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Jeff Griffin, Producer - Tony Wilson, Engineer - David Bowie, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - The Tony Visconti Trio, Vocals, MainArtist - Chris Lycett, Engineer
© 2000 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2000 BBC Music under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Jeff Griffin, MasteringEngineer - Peter Mew, MasteringEngineer - Bernie Andrews, Producer - David Bowie, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Nick Gomm, Engineer - Hype, Vocals - Nigel Reeve, MasteringEngineer - The Hype, MainArtist
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Jeff Griffin, Producer - David Bowie, Vocals, Writer - David Bowie & Friends, MainArtist
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Jeff Griffin, Producer - David Bowie, Writer - David Bowie & Friends, MainArtist
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Jeff Griffin, Producer - Chuck Berry, Writer - David Bowie & Friends, MainArtist
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Jeff Griffin, Producer - David Bowie, Writer - David Bowie & Friends, MainArtist
© 2000 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2000 BBC Music under licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Jeff Griffin, Producer - RON DAVIES, Writer - David Bowie & Friends, MainArtist
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DISC 2
Mick Ronson, Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Muir, Producer - David Bowie, Writer, MainArtist
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John Muir, Producer - David Bowie, Writer, MainArtist
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Jeff Griffin, Producer - David Bowie, Writer - David Bowie & The Spiders From Mars, MainArtist
© 2000 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2000 BBC Music under licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Jeff Griffin, Producer - David Bowie, Writer - David Bowie & The Spiders From Mars, MainArtist
© 2000 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2000 BBC Music under licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Jeff Griffin, Producer - David Bowie, Writer - David Bowie & The Spiders From Mars, MainArtist
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Lou Reed, Writer - Jeff Griffin, Producer - David Bowie & The Spiders From Mars, MainArtist
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Jeff Griffin, Producer - David Bowie, Writer - David Bowie & The Spiders From Mars, MainArtist
© 2000 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2000 BBC Music under licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Lou Reed, Composer - David Bowie, MainArtist - Pete Ritzema, Producer
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David Bowie, Writer, MainArtist - Pete Ritzema, Producer
© 2000 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2000 BBC Music under licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
David Bowie, Writer, MainArtist - Pete Ritzema, Producer
© 2000 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2000 BBC Music under licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
David Bowie, Writer, MainArtist - Pete Ritzema, Producer
© 2000 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2000 BBC Music under licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
David Bowie, Writer, MainArtist - Pete Ritzema, Producer
© 2000 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2000 BBC Music under licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
David Bowie, Writer - Roger Pusey, Producer - David Bowie & The Spiders From Mars, MainArtist
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David Bowie, Writer - Roger Pusey, Producer - David Bowie & The Spiders From Mars, MainArtist
© 2000 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2000 BBC Music under licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
David Bowie, Writer - Roger Pusey, Producer - David Bowie & The Spiders From Mars, MainArtist
© 2000 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2000 BBC Music under licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
David Bowie, Composer - Roger Pusey, Producer - David Bowie & The Spiders From Mars, MainArtist
© 2000 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2000 BBC Music under licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Jeff Griffin, Producer - David Bowie, Writer - David Bowie & The Spiders From Mars, MainArtist
© 2000 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2000 BBC Music under licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Jeff Griffin, Producer - David Bowie, Writer - David Bowie & The Spiders From Mars, MainArtist
© 2000 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2000 BBC Music under licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Jeff Griffin, Producer - David Bowie, Writer - David Bowie & The Spiders From Mars, MainArtist
© 2000 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2000 BBC Music under licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Album review
Some collectors might complain that the double-disc Bowie at the Beeb, the first official collection of David Bowie's BBC Radio sessions, isn't complete, yet they likely have bootlegs of this material. All other fans are in for a real treat. Spanning from 1968 to 1972, these recordings find Bowie, if not in his prime, at least at a peak, as he developed from a swinging Carnaby Street pop crooner to swaggering glam rock star. BBC Sessions makes this era come alive. Opening with the lovely, florid "In the Heat of the Morning," the sessions spend time with David the Dandy before he delves into his dramatic heavy rock of the early '70s. That's where guitarist Mick Ronson made his public debut with Bowie at the session that comprises the middle of disc one. This is lean, powerful, terrific music, not as pummeling as The Man Who Sold the World, but it's slightly overshadowed by the session that concludes the first disc. It contains the bulk of rarities here, including the never-released "Looking for a Friend," a rollicking cover of Chuck Berry's "Almost Grown," a version of "It Ain't Easy" where Bowie trades verses with Geoffrey Alexander and George Underwood, and a performance of the exquisite "Bombers." After a pair of songs by just Bowie and Ronson, the second disc finds the Spiders From Mars forming and quickly hitting their stride. Since this disc is largely devoted to recordings from 1972, it's a bit more consistent than the first, and it results in a live Spiders album better than any yet officially released. BBC Sessions may not be revelatory, yet this set is filled with wonderful music that deepens appreciation of Bowie's first great blast of creativity. Any true fan needs it in his collection.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 37 track(s)
- Total length: 02:20:31
- Main artists: David Bowie
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Parlophone UK
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2000 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
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