i haven't got the newest version of pegg's book - i've got the previous one, i didn't see how much he could add to a new edition given that Bowie had literally done nothing in between them and no one has ever been clear about what is added from one to the next but yes i'd recommend it. He does seem to have had access at some point to stuff out of normal reach. I'd also recommend one called any day now the london years 1947-1974 by kevin cann which is a very diferent type of book basically day by day between those years with tons of photos and memorabilia. There's been anpther one scheduled for the last two years which is now scheduled for june 2014 called the golden years which we've been led to believe will be good but i have my doubts about whether it will see the light of day and pimm jal de la parra's concert tapes book is still surprisingly relevant after about thirty years.
re; glass spider and the eighties between tonight-live aid--three soundtrack songs-never let me down-glass spider and a guest appearance with some dancers doing look back in anger is a great album and a great tour just waiting to be let out. Glass spider is the diamond dogs tour on a big scale and that is part of it's problem plus being post-spinal tap and with Bowie in the press shooting sights it couldn't really work. I don't think his heart was in it after the first few shows either. There are some good bits like the appearance of up the hill backwards, all the madmen, absolute beginners etc but some of the drawn out bits were heavy work. He should as was planned have toured with the band he had at live aid but being Bowie he changed his mind. If you take absolute beginners>loving the alien>this is not america>blue jean>when the wind blows>day in day out>never let me down you only need three or four extra songs to make a great album. But as an album tonight is a shocker and never let me down not much better and then tin machine just compounds the misery. i quite like the sound and vision tour though.
good .. holidays readings are taking shape hehehe .. even though i still have to read Bruce by Carlin .. but he can wait a while having read tons and tons hehe
and while we're at it .. the book about the Berlin trilogy? .. a new career in a new town i guess .. it charmes me quite a bit, well that period at least
the berlin book is ok. obviously very well researched and it's a while since i read it now but i wouldn't say it's essential most of the major stuff is covered quicker in mainstream biographies
just liked a lot the joint with NIN (listening to St Louis 1995) and actually almost all the concert
not sure about The Man Who Sold The World though hehehe ... its classic guitar riff is something else and without it or slightly hinted like in this version .. oh well ... far way better the original (and Nirvana too hehe) ... maybe i've just to get used to it
David Bowie is expanding The Next Day, his first album in a decade, with extra songs, videos and new remixes, including one by former LCD Soundsystem leader James Murphy. Bowie will release the three-disc collector's edition, The Next Day Extra, on November 5th. The new edition will include the original 14-track album, a second disc with five previously unreleased songs and a DVD with four videos for tunes on the album.
RollingStone
“Atomica”
“Love Is Lost” (Hello Steve Reich Mix By James Murphy For The Dfa)
“Plan”
“The Informer”
“Like A Rocket Man”
“Born In A UFO”
“I'd Rather Be High” (Venetian Mix)
“I'll Take You There”
“God Bless The Girl”
“So She”
