ParlophoneThe full official list of Record Store Day 2018 releases will be announced on Tuesday, March 6, but in advance of that comes word that three limited-edition vinyl offerings from David Bowie will go on sale at independent record shops on April 21.
The offerings include a three-LP unreleased concert album called Welcome to the Blackout (Live London ’78), a white-vinyl edition of the rare 1977 promo compilation Bowie Now, and a 12-inch single featuring two versions of “Let’s Dance.”
Welcome to the Blackout features performances from a pair of shows Bowie played at London’s Earls Court venue on June 30 and July 1 of 1978. Among the songs included are “‘Heroes’,” “The Jean Genie,” “Sound and Vision,” “Fame,” “Ziggy Stardust,” “Suffragette City” and “Rebel Rebel.” The album boasts a newly designed tri-fold sleeve.
This marks the first official release of Bowie Now, which was previously available as a U.S.-only promotional disc. It features remastered versions of a selection of lesser-known tunes from David’s 1977 studio albums Low and “Heroes”. The Record Store Day release offers a newly designed inner sleeve boasting rare black-and-white pics taken in Berlin in 1977.
The “Let’s Dance” 12-inch features a previously unreleased full-length demo of the 1983 hit that was mixed by Nile Rodgers this past December, plus a live version Bowie performed at a September 12, 1983, concert in Vancouver, Canada. The live rendition was previously only available on a limited-edition vinyl single sold exclusively at the “David Bowie Is” exhibition’s stop in Australia.
Here’s the track list for the Welcome to the Blackout three-LP set:
Side 1
“Warszawa”
“‘Heroes'”
“What in the World”
Side 2
“Be My Wife”
“The Jean Genie”
“Blackout”
“Sense of Doubt”
Side 3
“Speed of Life”
“Sound and Vision”
“Breaking Glass”
“Fame”
“Beauty and the Beast”
Side 4
“Five Years”
“Soul Love”
“Star”
“Hang On to Yourself”
“Ziggy Stardust”
“Suffragette City”
Side 5
“Art Decade”
“Alabama Song”
“Station to Station”
Side 6
“TVC 15”
“Stay”
“Rebel Rebel”
And here’s the track list of the Bowie Now compilation:
Side 1
“V-2 Schneider”
“Always Crashing in the Same Car”
“Sons of the Silent Age”
“Breaking Glass”
“Neuköln”
Side 2
“Speed of Life”
“Joe the Lion”
“What in the World”
“Blackout”
“Weeping Wall”
“The Secret Life of Arabia”
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