CD BOWIE HEARD THEM HERE FIRST

Popis - BOWIE HEARD THEM HERE FIRST:
This 24-track release in the 'Heard Them Here First' series traces the career of David Bowie via the cover versions he recorded. Presented in the order in which he recorded his interpretations, the collection kicks off with Paul Revere & The Raiders' original version of 'Louie - Go Home', as covered by the 17 year-old Bowie as leader of Davie Jones & the King Bees in 1964, and concludes with 'I Took A Trip (On A Gemini Spaceship)' by maverick Texan "outsider" musician the Legendary Stardust Cowboy, a song Bowie included on his 2002 album 'Heathen. Just days after putting Ziggy into retirement, Bowie began recording 'Pin Ups', an album of his favourite songs from the '60s, represented here with the Kinks' 'Where Have All The Good Times Gone', the Pretty Things' 'Rosalyn', the Mojos' 'Everything's Alright', the Merseys' 'Sorrow' and 'Friday On My Mind' by Australian combo the Easybeats. Also included are songs from a.o. The Pixies, Johnny Mathis, Iggy Pop, Bobby Bland, the Velvet Underground, Jacques Brel, Chuck Berry, Martha & The Vandellas and Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers, which together make for a strikingly wide-ranging programme. The booklet features notes by Ian Johnston, who also wrote the notes for the collections 'The New York Dolls Heard Them Here First' and 'The Ramones Heard Them Here First'.