DAVID BOWIE - RECORD STORE DAY 2022 - TWO LIMITED EDITION RELEASES

FEATURING PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED VERSIONS LIVE TRACKS & MIXES

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE


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The Outside Organisation

ISO Records and Parlophone Records are proud to announce the release of two very special David Bowie limited edition vinyl/CD E.P.s for Record Store Day 2022; BRILLIANT ADVENTURE E.P. and TOY E.P. (YOU’VE GOT IT MADE WITH ALL THE TOYS). Both feature unreleased versions, live tracks and mixes from the era covered in the recent BRILLIANT ADVENTURE and TOY:BOX boxsets.

Brilliant Adventure EP is available here: 8https://amzn.to/33aK3l8

TOY:BOX is available here: https://amzn.to/3JgxDYr

The BRILLIANT ADVENTURE E.P. has four unheard tracks from the 1.OUTSIDE era; ‘JOHNNY DOWNLOADER’, an early version of ‘I’M AFRAID OF AMERICANS’ recorded during the sessions with Brian Eno for the album and mixed in November 1994 but not released on a Bowie album until 1997’s EARTHLING, an alternative single mix of ‘I HAVE NOT BEEN TO OXFORD TOWN’ and two tracks, 1.OUTSIDE’S ‘A SMALL PLOT OF LAND’ and the Jacques Brel cover ‘MY DEATH’, performed by Bowie and pianist Mike Garson at a fundraiser for the New York Public Theater at the Shakespeare Festival in New York on 18th September, 1995. The BRILLIANT ADVENTURE E.P. will be available on 12” vinyl and CD.

The 10” vinyl and CD TOY E.P. (‘YOU’VE GOT IT MADE WITH ALL THE TOYS’) features the previously unheard ‘SHADOW MAN (VOCAL AND PIANO MIX)’, an alternative stripped back mix of the TOY album track, along with the unreleased live versions of ‘I DIG EVERYTHING’ and ‘THE LONDON BOYS’ recorded at the final Glastonbury warm-up show at the Roseland Ballroom, New York on 19th June, 2000. The E.P. also contains three tracks ‘YOU’VE GOT A HABIT OF LEAVING’ (RADIO EDIT), ‘SILLY BOY BLUE’(ALTERNATIVE ENDING MIX) and ‘CAN’T HELP THINKING ABOUT ME’ (LIVE MARK RADCLIFFE SHOW BBC RADIO 1 SESSION), previously only available as streaming singles and which are making their physical debut.

BRILLIANT ADVENTURE E.P. (12” VINYL / CD)
TOY E.P. (‘YOU’VE GOT IT MADE WITH ALL THE TOYS’) (10” VINYL / CD)

DAVID BOWIE - BRILLIANT ADVENTURE E.P. (12” VINYL / CD)
ALL TRACKS PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
TRACKLISTING

1 JOHNNY DOWNLOADER (AKA I’M AFRAID OF AMERICANS EARLY VERSION)
(David Bowie/Brian Eno)
Produced by David Bowie and Brian Eno
Engineered and mixed by David Richards
Mixed at Westside Studio

Musicians:
David Bowie - vocals, saxophone, guitars and keyboards
Brian Eno - synthesizers, treatments and strategies
David Richards — samples, drum and keyboard programming

2 I HAVE NOT BEEN TO OXFORD TOWN (ALTERNATIVE SINGLE MIX)
Produced by David Bowie and Brian Eno
Co-produced and engineered by David Richards
Recorded at Mountain Studios, Switzerland
Mixed and additional treatments by David Richards
Assisted by David Bowie

Musicians:
David Bowie - vocals, saxophone, guitars and keyboards
Brian Eno - synthesizers, treatments and strategies
Reeves Gabrels – lead guitar and vocals
Erdal Kizilcay - bass & keyboards
Mike Garson - grand piano
Sterling Campbell - drums
Carlos Alomar - rhythm guitar and vocals
Joey Barron - drums
Yossi Fine - bass

3 A SMALL PLOT OF LAND (LIVE AT THE SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL, NEW YORK, 18th SEPTEMBER, 1995)
(David Bowie/Brian Eno/Michael Garson/Sterling Campbell/Erdal Kizilcay/Reeves Gabrels)
Produced by David Bowie
Engineered by Roy Clark and assisted by Tom Miho
Recorded live at the Shakespeare Festival, The Grand Ballroom, The Manhattan Center, New York, 18th September, 1995

Musicians:
David Bowie - vocals
Mike Garson - grand piano

4 MY DEATH (LIVE AT THE SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL, NEW YORK, 18th SEPTEMBER, 1995)
(Jacques Brel/Eric Blau/Mort Shuman)
Carlin Music Corp.
Produced by David Bowie
Engineered by Roy Clark and assisted by Tom Miho
Recorded live at the Shakespeare Festival, The Grand Ballroom, The Manhattan Center, New York, 18th September, 1995

Musicians:
David Bowie - vocals
Mike Garson - grand piano

DAVID BOWIE - TOY E.P. (‘YOU’VE GOT IT MADE WITH ALL THE TOYS’) (10” VINYL / CD)

SIDE 1 TRACK 2 AND SIDE 2 TRACKS 2 AND 3 ARE UNRELEASED.
ALL TRACKS ARE PREVIOUSLY UNAVAILABLE ON CD AND VINYL
TRACKLISTING

1 YOU’VE GOT A HABIT OF LEAVING (RADIO EDIT)
Produced by David Bowie and Mark Plati
Engineered by Pete Keppler
Mixed by Mark Plati
Assisted by Hector Castillo, Steve Mazur, and Todd Parker
Recorded at Sear Sound, The Looking Glass & Alice's Restaurant in New York City, Summer 2000
Mixed at The Looking Glass

Musicians
David Bowie - lead and backing vocals
Sterling Campbell - drums
Gail Ann Dorsey - bass
Mike Garson – piano and keyboards
Lisa Germano – violin and backing vocals
Emm Gryner - backing vocals
Holly Palmer - backing vocals and percussion
Mark Plati - acoustic and electric guitars
Earl Slick - acoustic and electric guitars

2 SHADOW MAN (VOCAL AND PIANO MIX)
Produced by David Bowie and Mark Plati
Engineered by Pete Keppler
Mixed by Mark Plati
Assisted by Hector Castillo, Steve Mazur, and Todd Parker
Recorded at Sear Sound, The Looking Glass and Alice's Restaurant in New York City, Summer 2000
Mixed at Alice’s Restaurant.

Musicians:
David Bowie - vocal
Mike Garson – piano

3 SILLY BOY BLUE (ALTERNATIVE ENDING MIX)
Produced by David Bowie and Mark Plati
Engineered by Pete Keppler
Mixed by Mark Plati
Assisted by Hector Castillo, Steve Mazur, and Todd Parker
Recorded at Sear Sound, The Looking Glass & Alice's Restaurant in New York City, Summer 2000
Mixed at Alice’s Restaurant.

Musicians:
David Bowie - lead and backing vocals, keyboards and finger cymbals
Sterling Campbell - drums
Gail Ann Dorsey - bass
Mike Garson – piano
Lisa Germano – violin drone and recorder
Emm Gryner - backing vocals
Holly Palmer - backing vocals and finger Cymbals
Mark Plati - acoustic guitars
Earl Slick - electric guitars
Tony Visconti - string arrangement

1 CAN’T HELP THINKING ABOUT ME (LIVE RADIO SESSION)
Recorded and broadcast on 25th October, 1999 for the Mark Radcliffe Show at Maida Vale Studio 4
Produced by Will Saunders

Musicians:
David Bowie - vocals
Gail Ann Dorsey - bass and backing vocals
Mark Plati – acoustic & electric guitar
Page Hamilton - electric guitar
Sterling Campbell – drums
Mike Garson – piano and keyboards
Emm Gryner - backing vocals
Holly Palmer - backing vocals

2 I DIG EVERYTHING LIVE (LIVE)
3 THE LONDON BOYS (LIVE)
Produced by David Bowie
Mixed by Pete Keppler at The Looking Glass
Recorded live at Roseland Ballroom, New York on 19th June, 2000

Musicians:
David Bowie - vocals
Gail Ann Dorsey - bass on ‘I Dig Everything’, clarinet on ‘The London Boys’ and backing vocals
Mark Plati – guitars and backing vocals on ‘I Dig Everything’ and bass on ‘The London Boys’
Earl Slick - guitar
Sterling Campbell – drums
Mike Garson – piano and keyboards
Emm Gryner - backing vocals, keyboard and clarinet on ‘The London Boys’
Holly Palmer - backing vocals and percussion

All songs written by David Bowie

DAVID BOWIE
BRILLIANT ADVENTURE E.P. (12” VINYL / CD)
TOY E.P. (‘YOU’VE GOT IT MADE WITH ALL THE TOYS’) (10” VINYL / CD)
RELEASED BY ISO RECORDS/PARLOPHONE ON 23rd APRIL 2022

February 10, 2022 11:23am ET by The Outside Organisation  

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