01 September, 2024

The Old Grey Whistle Test: Five Years (1972)

The opening track of The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars performed by David Bowie, Mick Ronson, Woody Woodmansey and Trevor Bolder, 8th February 1972.








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01 August, 2024

Cher Show, 1975: Can You Hear Me

The wonderful Young Americans album track gets the duet treatment. Broadcast in the US by CBS on 23rd November 1975.































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01 July, 2024

Let's Dance (1983)

Let's Dance, from the album of the same name, was a worldwide smash hit in the spring of 1983 and introduced a new happier, healthier, family- and radio-friendly Bowie to the world. The video, made in Australia by David Mallet, features native Aborigine performers Terry Roberts and Joelene King as the young couple who find the magical red shoes.






























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