David Bowie
When Gravity Fails
Liberated Bootleg (Various live performances from 1971 - 1978)
Lineage: Vinyl -> Audacity -> FLAC (Level 8) -> MWP
This is an older bootleg I've had in my collection for a few years, and there's definitely some recording hiss on some of the older tracks and some vinyl pops here and there as well. Recording quality improves on the newer material.
Each side is presented as one big FLAC file - live material (especially the early stuff with lots of announcer voice-overs) are hard to break up in a way that makes everyone happy, so I leave it as an exercise for the listener to trim and fade the tracks to your liking. Some minimal amount of click removal and amplification has been done already, but all fade ins/outs and cuts in this torrent are exactly as they came off the record.
Volume 1
(Side 1A)
A1: Ziggy Stardust (Long Beach Arena, March 10 1973)
A2: Waiting for the Man (Long Beach Arena, March 10 1973)
A3: Superman (Long Beach Arena, March 10 1973)
A4: Queen Bitch (Long Beach Arena, March 10 1973)
A5: Suffragette City (Long Beach Arena, March 10 1973)
(Side 1B)
B1: White Light White Heat (Long Beach Arena, March 10 1973)
B2: Hang on to Yourself (Long Beach Arena, March 10 1973)
B3: Ode to Joy (intro) / Hang on to Yourself (BBC 'Sounds of the Sixties' 1972)
B4: Moonage Daydream (BBC 'Sounds of the Sixties' 1972)
B5: Watch That Man (BBC 'Sounds of the Sixties' 1972)
Volume 2
(The In Concert session includes some noticeable background noise and includes the announcer doing song & personnel introductions. This was recorded prior to the release of Hunky Dory; some songs have different lyrics and of course Bombers didn't make it onto the album; some songs are sung by guest singers like George Underwood & Dana Gillespie)
(Side 2A)
A1: Queen Bitch (BBC 'In Concert' 1971)
A2: Bombers (BBC 'In Concert' 1971)
A3: Superman (BBC 'In Concert' 1971)
A4: Looking for a Friend (BBC 'In Concert' 1971)
A5: Almost Grown (BBC 'In Concert' 1971) (by Chuck Berry)
(Side 2B)
B1: Kooks (BBC 'In Concert' 1971) (written just a few days before this recording!)
B2: Song for Bob Dylan (BBC 'In Concert' 1971)
B3: Andy Warhol (BBC 'In Concert' 1971)
B4: It Ain't Easy (Jam with Marc Boland)
B5: It's Going to Be Me (Jam with Marc Bolan) (it's announced as a new song but it's only ~1 minute long, possibly a failed take or just an incomplete recording?)
Volume 3
(Side 3A)
A1: Five Years (Adelaide, Australia November 11 1978) (with band introduction)
A2: Soul Love (Adelaide, Australia November 11 1978)
A3: The Prettiest Star (Adelaide, Australia November 11 1978)
A4: Hang on to Yourself (Adelaide, Australia November 11 1978)
A5: Ziggy Stardust (Adelaide, Australia November 11 1978)
A6: Suffragette City (Adelaide, Australia November 11 1978)
A7: Alabama Song (Adelaide, Australia November 11 1978)
(Side 3B)
B1: Station to STation (Adelaide, Australia November 11 1978)
B2: Stay (Adelaide, Australia November 11 1978)
B3: Rebel Rebel (Adelaide, Australia November 11 1978)