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  • Posted: 01/21/2016 21:11
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For those of you who might not have come across it, here's David Bowie's list of his 25 favourite records from his own vinyl collection, written up by himself and published in Vanity Fair - here's the link to the entire article:
http://scallemang.ca/bowie25albums/

No particular order, to quote Bowie: Iโ€™ll just make โ€™em up as I go along.

THE LAST POETS - THE LAST POETS (1970, Douglas)
ROBERT WYATT - SHIPBUILDING (1982, Rough Trade)
LITTLE RICHARD - THE FABULOUS LITTLE RICHARD (1959, Specialty)
STEVE REICH - MUSIC FOR 18 MUSICIANS (1978, ECM)
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND - THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO (1967, Verve)
JOHN LEE HOOKER - TUPELO BLUES (1962, Riverside)
KOERNER, RAY AND GLOVER - BLUES, RAGS AND HOLLERS (1963, Elektra)
JAMES BROWN - THE APOLLO THEATRE PRESENTS: IN PERSON! THE JAMES BROWN SHOW (1963, King)
LINTON KWESI JOHNSON - FORCES OF VICTORY (1979, Mango)
VARIOUS ARTISTS - THE RED FLOWER OF TACHAI BLOSSOMS EVERYWHERE: MUSIC PLAYED ON NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS (1972, China Record Company)
DAEVID ALLEN - BANANA MOON (1971, Caroline/Virgin)
CAST ALBUM - JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL AND LIVING IN PARIS (1968, CBS)
TOM DISSEVELT - THE ELECTROSONIKS: ELECTRONIC MUSIC (1960, Vendor Philips)
THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND - THE 5000 SPIRITS OF THE LAYERS OF THE ONION (1967, Hannibal)
TUCKER ZIMMERMAN - TEN SONGS BY TUCKER ZIMMERMAN (1969, Regal Zonophone/EMI)
GUNDULA JANOWITZ - FOUR LAST SONGS (STRAUSS) (1973, DG)
GLENN BRANCA - THE ASCENSION (1981, 99Records)
SYD BARRETT - THE MADCAP LAUGHS (1970, Harvest/EMI)
GEORGE CRUMB - BLACK ANGELS (1972, Cri)
TOOTS & THE MAYTALS - FUNKY KINGSTON (1973, Dragon)
HARRY PARTCH - DELUSION OF THE FURY (1971, Columbia)
CHARLES MINGUS - OH YEAH (1961, Atlantic)
IGOR STRAVINSKY - LE SACRE DU PRINTEMPS (1960, MFP/EMI)
THE FUGS - THE FUGS (1966, ESP)
FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS - THE GLORY (????) OF THE HUMAN VOICE (1962, RCA)
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  • Posted: 01/22/2016 00:29
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I was never much of a fan of Bowie. But I listened to Blackstar and liked it so much that I spent the weekend binge listening to his whole catalog and became a huge fan. On Monday, he was dead.

I was so late to the party, he died right after I arrived ๐Ÿ˜
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