There are record collectors. And there are David Bowie etc
― Mark G, Saturday, 6 May 2023 10:30 (eleven months ago) link
This is so great. He did this the day the news broke.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nKb2JC7Qn0
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 30 June 2023 07:41 (nine months ago) link
I've finally got round to listening to the Toy 10" box set that came out a while back. I had full absorbed the Toy album from the big album box and I didn't like it very much, so I wasn't expecting to get anything out of more versions of it. What can I say, I'll suffer through a lot of bad Bowie.
But there's an alternate version called Toy: Unplugged and Slightly Electric that is miles better than the proper album. There's more space in it, less gloppy, more focus on Bowie's singing which is actually pretty good. It's still not a great album because the songs just aren't there, but it's an enjoyable listen and the casual nature suits the songs much better. Every other version of "Baby Loves That Way" makes me wince and I can actually get through this.
― Cow_Art, Monday, 24 July 2023 17:09 (nine months ago) link
How do you feel about the original '60s versions?
(Speaking as someone who loves the Rhino Early On comp.)
― Hideous Lump, Monday, 24 July 2023 17:52 (nine months ago) link
Early On is pretty fun. I like that stuff more than a lot of the Deram material. The most difficult pre Space Oddity stuff for me is the stuff like "Sell Me A Coat" and "London Bye Ta Ta."
For the most part, the original versions are almost always better than the Toy versions but I'd have to spend more time with the Unplugged set because some of those tracks are really lovely. The full band Toy versions are so leaden and glopped up. "I Dig Everything" isn't a great song, but the original is sort of cute baby photo of Bowie. The Toy version is *cringe*.
"Silly Boy Blue" might be my favorite early Bowie track.
― Cow_Art, Monday, 24 July 2023 18:22 (nine months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0geQMFdt-90
― MaresNest, Monday, 18 September 2023 15:26 (seven months ago) link
Beautiful but it needs more reverb
― willem, Monday, 18 September 2023 22:45 (seven months ago) link
reading an interview with Donny McCaslin, he says they recorded 16 songs during the blackstar sessionsanyone know if they're... circulating?
― corrs unplugged, Thursday, 21 March 2024 07:06 (one month ago) link
I guess ten are accounted for by Blackstar and No Plan?
― assert (matttkkkk), Thursday, 21 March 2024 08:36 (one month ago) link