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The second of two inessential double live albums David Bowie released in the '70s, 1978's Stage is a different beast than its 1974 predecessor, David Live. That album captured Bowie in a transitional phase, sliding from glam to stylized soul, while Stage was recorded in the thick of his Berlin phase with producer/collaborator Brian Eno, and Stage is an attempt to translate that sleek, angular, arty studio-bound sound to the live arena. This means not only are Low and Heroes given live treatments, but about half of both Ziggy Stardust and Station to Station are given new arrangements here. On these older tunes, the new flair -- the synthesizers and Adrian Belew's tangled, mathematical guitar -- doesn't sound sleek, it sounds chintzy and cheap, not quite fully formed. The newer songs suffer from this, too, and that's because the performances are too direct and the recording is too crisp and clear, removing the dark, foreboding mystery and assuredness that made Low and Heroes thrilling, compelling listens. Consequently, Stage winds up as a curiosity, and not a very interesting one at that.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Roger Powell, Keyboards, Background Vocals, Synthesizer - Carlos Alomar, Rhythm Guitar, Background Vocals - George Murray, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals - Dennis Davis, Drums, Percussion - Ray Staff, MasteringEngineer - Brian Eno, Writer - Adrian Belew, Lead Guitar, Background Vocals - David Bowie, Producer, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, Chamberlain Keyboards - Tony Visconti, Producer, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Simon House, Electric Violin - Buford Jones, Live Mix Engineer - Sean Mayes, Piano, Background Vocals, Ensemble
© 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC ℗ 1978, 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Roger Powell, Keyboards, Background Vocals, Synthesizer - Carlos Alomar, Rhythm Guitar, Background Vocals - George Murray, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals - Dennis Davis, Drums, Percussion - Ray Staff, MasteringEngineer - Brian Eno, Writer - Adrian Belew, Lead Guitar, Background Vocals - David Bowie, Producer, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, Chamberlain Keyboards - Tony Visconti, Producer, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Simon House, Electric Violin - Buford Jones, Live Mix Engineer - Sean Mayes, Piano, Background Vocals, Ensemble
© 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC ℗ 1978, 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Roger Powell, Keyboards, Background Vocals, Synthesizer - Carlos Alomar, Rhythm Guitar, Background Vocals - George Murray, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals - Dennis Davis, Drums, Percussion - Ray Staff, MasteringEngineer - Adrian Belew, Lead Guitar, Background Vocals - David Bowie, Producer, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, Chamberlain Keyboards - Tony Visconti, Producer, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Simon House, Electric Violin - Buford Jones, Live Mix Engineer - Sean Mayes, Piano, Background Vocals, Ensemble
© 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC ℗ 1978, 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Roger Powell, Keyboards, Background Vocals, Synthesizer - Carlos Alomar, Rhythm Guitar, Background Vocals - George Murray, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals - Dennis Davis, Drums, Percussion - Mario McNulty, Pro Tools - Ray Staff, MasteringEngineer - Adrian Belew, Lead Guitar, Background Vocals - David Bowie, Producer, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, Chamberlain Keyboards - Tony Visconti, Producer, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - John Patterson, Studio Technician - Brian Pugh, AssistantEngineer - Barry Bongiovi, Manager - Simon House, Electric Violin - Buford Jones, Live Mix Engineer - Sean Mayes, Piano, Background Vocals, Ensemble - Joe D'Ambrosio, Production Co-ordinator - Chris Hinson, Studio Technician
© 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC ℗ 2005, 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Roger Powell, Keyboards, Backing Vocals, Synthesizer - Carlos Alomar, Backing Vocals, Rhythm Guitar - George Murray, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals - Dennis Davis, Drums, Percussion - Ray Staff, MasteringEngineer - Adrian Belew, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar - David Bowie, Producer, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, Chamberlain Keyboards - Tony Visconti, Producer, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Simon House, Electric Violin - Buford Jones, Live Mix Engineer - Sean Mayes, Piano, Backing Vocals, Ensemble
© 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC ℗ 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Roger Powell, Keyboards, Background Vocals, Synthesizer - Carlos Alomar, Rhythm Guitar, Background Vocals - George Murray, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals - Dennis Davis, Drums, Percussion - Ray Staff, MasteringEngineer - Adrian Belew, Lead Guitar, Background Vocals - David Bowie, Producer, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, Chamberlain Keyboards - Tony Visconti, Producer, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Simon House, Electric Violin - Buford Jones, Live Mix Engineer - Sean Mayes, Piano, Background Vocals, Ensemble
© 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC ℗ 1978, 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Roger Powell, Keyboards, Background Vocals, Synthesizer - Carlos Alomar, Rhythm Guitar, Background Vocals - George Murray, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals - Dennis Davis, Drums, Percussion - Ray Staff, MasteringEngineer - Adrian Belew, Lead Guitar, Background Vocals - David Bowie, Producer, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, Chamberlain Keyboards - Tony Visconti, Producer, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Simon House, Electric Violin - Buford Jones, Live Mix Engineer - Sean Mayes, Piano, Background Vocals, Ensemble
© 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC ℗ 1978, 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Roger Powell, Keyboards, Background Vocals, Synthesizer - Carlos Alomar, Rhythm Guitar, Background Vocals - George Murray, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals - Dennis Davis, Drums, Percussion - Ray Staff, MasteringEngineer - Adrian Belew, Lead Guitar, Background Vocals - David Bowie, Producer, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, Chamberlain Keyboards - Tony Visconti, Producer, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Simon House, Electric Violin - Buford Jones, Live Mix Engineer - Sean Mayes, Piano, Background Vocals, Ensemble
© 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC ℗ 1978, 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Roger Powell, Keyboards, Background Vocals, Synthesizer - Carlos Alomar, Rhythm Guitar, Background Vocals - George Murray, Bass Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals - Dennis Davis, Drums, Percussion, Writer - Ray Staff, MasteringEngineer - Adrian Belew, Lead Guitar, Background Vocals - David Bowie, Producer, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, Chamberlain Keyboards - Tony Visconti, Producer, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Simon House, Electric Violin - Buford Jones, Live Mix Engineer - Sean Mayes, Piano, Background Vocals, Ensemble
© 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC ℗ 1978, 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Roger Powell, Keyboards, Background Vocals, Synthesizer - Carlos Alomar, Rhythm Guitar, Background Vocals - George Murray, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals - Dennis Davis, Drums, Percussion - Ray Staff, MasteringEngineer - Adrian Belew, Lead Guitar, Background Vocals - David Bowie, Producer, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, Chamberlain Keyboards - Tony Visconti, Producer, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Simon House, Electric Violin - Buford Jones, Live Mix Engineer - Sean Mayes, Piano, Background Vocals, Ensemble
© 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC ℗ 1978, 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Roger Powell, Keyboards, Background Vocals, Synthesizer - Carlos Alomar, Writer, Rhythm Guitar, Background Vocals - George Murray, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals - Dennis Davis, Drums, Percussion - John Lennon, Writer - Ray Staff, MasteringEngineer - Adrian Belew, Lead Guitar, Background Vocals - David Bowie, Producer, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, Chamberlain Keyboards - Tony Visconti, Producer, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Simon House, Electric Violin - Buford Jones, Live Mix Engineer - Sean Mayes, Piano, Background Vocals, Ensemble
© 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC ℗ 1978, 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
DISC 2
Roger Powell, Keyboards, Background Vocals, Synthesizer - Carlos Alomar, Rhythm Guitar, Background Vocals - George Murray, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals - Dennis Davis, Drums, Percussion - Ray Staff, MasteringEngineer - Adrian Belew, Lead Guitar, Background Vocals - David Bowie, Producer, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, Chamberlain Keyboards - Tony Visconti, Producer, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Simon House, Electric Violin - Buford Jones, Live Mix Engineer - Sean Mayes, Piano, Background Vocals, Ensemble
© 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC ℗ 1978, 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Roger Powell, Keyboards, Background Vocals, Synthesizer - Carlos Alomar, Rhythm Guitar, Background Vocals - George Murray, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals - Dennis Davis, Drums, Percussion - Ray Staff, MasteringEngineer - Adrian Belew, Lead Guitar, Background Vocals - David Bowie, Producer, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, Chamberlain Keyboards - Tony Visconti, Producer, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Simon House, Electric Violin - Buford Jones, Live Mix Engineer - Sean Mayes, Piano, Background Vocals, Ensemble
© 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC ℗ 1978, 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Roger Powell, Keyboards, Background Vocals, Synthesizer - Carlos Alomar, Rhythm Guitar, Background Vocals - George Murray, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals - Dennis Davis, Drums, Percussion - Ray Staff, MasteringEngineer - Adrian Belew, Lead Guitar, Background Vocals - David Bowie, Producer, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, Chamberlain Keyboards - Tony Visconti, Producer, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Simon House, Electric Violin - Buford Jones, Live Mix Engineer - Sean Mayes, Piano, Background Vocals, Ensemble
© 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC ℗ 1978, 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Roger Powell, Keyboards, Background Vocals, Synthesizer - Carlos Alomar, Rhythm Guitar, Background Vocals - George Murray, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals - Dennis Davis, Drums, Percussion - Ray Staff, MasteringEngineer - Adrian Belew, Lead Guitar, Background Vocals - David Bowie, Producer, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, Chamberlain Keyboards - Tony Visconti, Producer, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Simon House, Electric Violin - Buford Jones, Live Mix Engineer - Sean Mayes, Piano, Background Vocals, Ensemble
© 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC ℗ 1978, 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Roger Powell, Keyboards, Background Vocals, Synthesizer - Carlos Alomar, Rhythm Guitar, Background Vocals - George Murray, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals - Dennis Davis, Drums, Percussion - Ray Staff, MasteringEngineer - Adrian Belew, Lead Guitar, Background Vocals - David Bowie, Producer, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, Chamberlain Keyboards - Tony Visconti, Producer, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Simon House, Electric Violin - Buford Jones, Live Mix Engineer - Sean Mayes, Piano, Background Vocals, Ensemble
© 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC ℗ 1978, 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Roger Powell, Keyboards, Background Vocals, Synthesizer - Carlos Alomar, Rhythm Guitar, Background Vocals - George Murray, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals - Dennis Davis, Drums, Percussion - Ray Staff, MasteringEngineer - Adrian Belew, Lead Guitar, Background Vocals - David Bowie, Producer, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, Chamberlain Keyboards - Tony Visconti, Producer, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Simon House, Electric Violin - Buford Jones, Live Mix Engineer - Sean Mayes, Piano, Background Vocals, Ensemble
© 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC ℗ 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Roger Powell, Keyboards, Background Vocals, Synthesizer - Carlos Alomar, Rhythm Guitar, Background Vocals - George Murray, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals - Dennis Davis, Drums, Percussion - Ray Staff, MasteringEngineer - Adrian Belew, Lead Guitar, Background Vocals - David Bowie, Producer, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, Chamberlain Keyboards - Tony Visconti, Producer, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Simon House, Electric Violin - Buford Jones, Live Mix Engineer - Sean Mayes, Piano, Background Vocals, Ensemble
© 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC ℗ 1978, 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Kurt Weill, Writer - Roger Powell, Keyboards, Background Vocals, Synthesizer - Carlos Alomar, Rhythm Guitar, Background Vocals - George Murray, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals - Dennis Davis, Drums, Percussion - Ray Staff, MasteringEngineer - Bertolt Brecht, Writer - Adrian Belew, Lead Guitar, Background Vocals - David Bowie, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, Chamberlain Keyboards - Tony Visconti, Producer, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Simon House, Electric Violin - Buford Jones, Live Mix Engineer - Sean Mayes, Piano, Background Vocals, Ensemble
© 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC ℗ 1990, 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Roger Powell, Keyboards, Background Vocals, Synthesizer - Carlos Alomar, Rhythm Guitar, Background Vocals - George Murray, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals - Dennis Davis, Drums, Percussion - Ray Staff, MasteringEngineer - Adrian Belew, Lead Guitar, Background Vocals - David Bowie, Producer, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, Chamberlain Keyboards - Tony Visconti, Producer, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Simon House, Electric Violin - Buford Jones, Live Mix Engineer - Sean Mayes, Piano, Background Vocals, Ensemble
© 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC ℗ 1978, 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Roger Powell, Keyboards, Background Vocals, Synthesizer - Carlos Alomar, Rhythm Guitar, Background Vocals - George Murray, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals - Dennis Davis, Drums, Percussion - Mario McNulty, Pro Tools - Ray Staff, MasteringEngineer - Adrian Belew, Lead Guitar, Background Vocals - David Bowie, Producer, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, Chamberlain Keyboards - Tony Visconti, Producer, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - John Patterson, Studio Technician - Brian Pugh, AssistantEngineer - Barry Bongiovi, Manager - Simon House, Electric Violin - Buford Jones, Live Mix Engineer - Sean Mayes, Piano, Background Vocals, Ensemble - Joe D'Ambrosio, Production Co-ordinator - Chris Hinson, Studio Technician
© 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC ℗ 2005, 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Roger Powell, Keyboards, Backing Vocals, Synthesizer - Carlos Alomar, Backing Vocals, Rhythm Guitar - George Murray, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals - Dennis Davis, Drums, Percussion - Ray Staff, MasteringEngineer - Adrian Belew, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar - David Bowie, Producer, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, Chamberlain Keyboards - Tony Visconti, Producer, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Simon House, Electric Violin - Buford Jones, Live Mix Engineer - Sean Mayes, Piano, Backing Vocals, Ensemble
© 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC ℗ 1978, 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Album review
The second of two inessential double live albums David Bowie released in the '70s, 1978's Stage is a different beast than its 1974 predecessor, David Live. That album captured Bowie in a transitional phase, sliding from glam to stylized soul, while Stage was recorded in the thick of his Berlin phase with producer/collaborator Brian Eno, and Stage is an attempt to translate that sleek, angular, arty studio-bound sound to the live arena. This means not only are Low and Heroes given live treatments, but about half of both Ziggy Stardust and Station to Station are given new arrangements here. On these older tunes, the new flair -- the synthesizers and Adrian Belew's tangled, mathematical guitar -- doesn't sound sleek, it sounds chintzy and cheap, not quite fully formed. The newer songs suffer from this, too, and that's because the performances are too direct and the recording is too crisp and clear, removing the dark, foreboding mystery and assuredness that made Low and Heroes thrilling, compelling listens. Consequently, Stage winds up as a curiosity, and not a very interesting one at that.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 22 track(s)
- Total length: 01:36:58
- Main artists: David Bowie
- Label: Parlophone UK
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC ℗ 2017 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
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