DAVID BOWIE BIRTHDAY SINGLE 'MOTHER' / 'TRYIN’ TO GET TO HEAVEN' TO BE RELEASED 8 JANUARY 20217” SINGLE LIMITED TO 8147 COPIES, INCLUDING 1000 ON CREAM VINYLOFFICIAL PRESS RELEASENEWS PROVIDED BY The Outside Organisation To celebrate what would have been the 74th birthday of David Bowie on the 8th January, two previously unreleased cover versions John Lennon’s MOTHER and Bob Dylan’s TRYIN’ TO GET TO HEAVEN will be released as a very special limited edition 7” single. The 7” single is limited to 8147 numbered copies, 1000 of which will be on cream coloured vinyl available only from the official David Bowie store and Warner Music’s Dig! store (the remainder will be black). Both tracks will be available to stream and download. Originally recorded by Lennon for his 1970 album John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, Bowie's version of MOTHER was produced by Tony Visconti in 1998 for a Lennon tribute that never came to fruition. Bob Dylan’s original TRYIN’ TO GET TO HEAVEN was released on his 1997 Album of the Year GRAMMY winning Time Out Of Mind. David’s version was recorded in February 1998 during the mixing sessions for the live album ‘LiveAndWell.com’. MOTHER David Bowie – vocals TRYIN’ TO GET TO HEAVEN David Bowie – vocals, guitar and saxophone 7” SINGLE 8147 copies numbered worldwide limited edition, 1000 cream vinyl exclusive to the David Bowie store and Dig! The remainder will be black vinyl. DIGITAL DOWNLOAD & STREAMING ‘MOTHER’ & ‘TRYIN’ TO GET TO HEAVEN’ are released on Parlophone/ISO Records 8th January, 2021
Source The Outside Organisation
December 16, 2020 11:14am ET by The Outside Organisation |