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David Bowie - Mercury Demos
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Release Date:06/28/2019;Notes:Deluxe set housed in a replica of the original tape box and features one LP, a print, two photo contact sheets, and sleeve notes by Mark Adams. The labels of the LP feature the same EMIDISC acetate styling as Spying Through A Keyhole and Clareville Grove Demos with the song titles in Bowie's own handwriting. The Mercury Demos are ten early Bowie recordings captured live in one take to a Revox reel to reel tape machine inBowie's flat in spring 1969, with accompaniment from John "Hutch" Hutchinson on guitar and vocals. Driven by an entirely deeper dynamic than most pop artists, David Bowie inhabited a very special world of extraordinary sounds and endless vision.;Track List:1. Space Oddity (With John 'Hutch' Hutchinson) ['Mercury' Demo];2. Janine (With John 'Hutch' Hutchinson) ['Mercury' Demo];3. An Occasional Dream (With John 'Hutch' Hutchinson) ['Mercury' Demo];4. Conversation Piece (With John 'Hutch' Hutchinson) ['Mercury' Demo];5. Ching-A-Ling (With John 'Hutch' Hutchinson) ['Mercury' Demo];6. I'm Not Quite (Aka Letter to Hermione) [With John 'Hutch' Hutchinson] ['Mercury' Demo];7. Lover to the Dawn (With John 'Hutch' Hutchinson) ['Mercury' Demo];8. Love Song (With John 'Hutch' Hutchinson) ['Mercury' Demo];9. When I'm Five (With John 'Hutch' Hutchinson) ['Mercury' Demo];10. Life Is a Circus (With John 'Hutch' Hutchinson) ['Mercury' Demo]