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David Bowie & Marc Bolan - 1977 Rehearsal Tape (1977)

Track listing:
  1. Standing Next To You 0:25
  2. Standing Next To You 2:48
  3. Standing Next To You 0:59
  4. Standing Next To You 2:15
  5. Standing Next To You 2:08
  6. Madman 2:36
  7. Madman 2:23
  8. Madman 1:26
  9. Unknown Titles 1:36
  10. Unknown Titles 1:38
  11. Unknown Titles 0:46

Notes

Tracks 1-5 Standing Next To You
Tracks 6-8 Madman
Tracks 9-11 Unknown Titles

David Bowie - Vocals & Guitar
Marc Bolan - Vocals & Guitar
& Unknown Musicians

Quality 6/10 For Collectors Only

Very little information is known about this tape, which was recorded in mid '77 shortlty before Marc died. It features the rehearsals of "Standing Next To You" broadcast on the 'Marc' show. They also play "Madman" and two other songs (titles unknown).


'Standing Next To You' was recorded on 7th September 1977 either at Bolan's hotel room in Manchester (The Post House?) or in a Granada TV Studios rehearsal room. 'Madman' dates from earlier in the year when Bowie was staying at Bolan's house in Barnes, South-West London, around the time of the Iggy Pop tour and just before Bolan's 'Dandy In The Underworld' tour - so sometime around late February or early March.

The original recordings are on two seperate reels and are in the collection of a private collector in Germany. A Bolan CD-R entitled 'Collaborations' containing these tracks was released about 10 years or so back. The original reels were used for this disc.

The only other musician on the 'Madman' recordings is Gloria Jones on keyboards and backing vocals.