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1. The UK Tour

May 6     KINGSTON, Polytechnic    min. 80 

           a)  LP--->Tape--->Cdr        qu.8-  

David Bowie - Live At Kingston Polytechnic 7th May '72 Volume 1&2

Volume 1 : Hang On To Yourself/Ziggy Stardust/Supermen/Queen Bitch/Song For Bob Dylan/Changes/Starman/Five Years/Space Oddity/Andy Warhol/Amsterdam

Volume 2 : I Feel Free/Moonage Daydream/White Light White Heat/Got To Get A Job/Suffragette City/Rock’n Roll Suicide/Waiting For The Man

           qu.8

Kingston Polytechnic 6th may 1972

Introduction/Hang On To Yourself/Ziggy Stardust/Supermen/Queen Bitch/Song For Bob Dylan/Changes/Starman/Five Years/Space Oddity/Andy Warhol/Amsterdam/ I Feel Free/Moonage Daydream/White Light White Heat/Got To Get A Job/Suffragette City/Rock’n Roll Suicide/Waiting For The Man

Ce show est typique, dit-on, des débuts de Ziggy Stardust sur scène : le public est plutôt calme et il y a des moments de silence entre les titres... Ce qui prouve que la plupart ne connaissait rien ou pratiquement rien de Bowie. Exception faite au début de 'Space Oddity' où les applaudissements fusent dès les premiers accords...

This show is typical of the first Ziggy shows : the audience is fairly calm and there are spells of silence between the numbers... That shows that most of them didn't know much about Bowie or even nothing at all.

There is an exception at the beginning of 'Space Oddity' when they start to applause as the song begins...

Il y a d'ailleurs un moment assez drôle au début de ce titre car Bowie n'a prévu aucun effet pour figurer le décollage de la fusée en question, et essaie donc de le faire avec sa bouche, ce qui provoque quelques rires dans la salle !

There is a funny moment during the intro to the song : Bowie tries to imitate the lift-off of the rocket from the song with his mouth and you can hear the audience laugh about it !

C'est un excellent show, tres electrique avec des titres que Bowie n'interpretera qu'au début de la tournée, comme 'I Feel Free' (reprise des Creams) ou 'Got To Get A Job' (reprise surprenante de James Brown).

This is an excellent show, very electric, with some numbers Bowie will only sing  at the beginning of the tour, such as 'I Feel Free' (A Cream number) or 'Got To Get A Job' (a surprising James Brown reprise). 

 D'ailleurs les hommages font partie de la soirée puisqu'il reprends également 'Amsterdam' de Brel, et deux titres de Lou Reed, 'White Light White Heat' et 'Waiting For The Man' : "We shall continue with a number written by somebody I admire very much, an American songwriter called Lou Reed". 

He'll sing some more tributes that night such as 'Amsterdam' (J.Brel) and two Lou Reed numbers, 'White Light White Heat' and 'Waiting For The Man'

La première partie était assurée par le JSD Band, un groupe formé en 1969 dont le nom reprenait les initiales des 3 fondateurs du groupe, Jim Divers, Sean o'Rouke et Des Coffield. Ils se séparerent en Juillet 1974 (voir lien : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSD_Band)

The first part was played by the JSD Band, a group formed in 1969. Its name came from the initials of the three main members  of the band, Jim Divers, Sean O'Rouke and Des Coffield. They split up in July 1974

(see the Wikipedia link above).

Les deux sources présentées plus haut sont de qualité sonore tres acceptable pour l'époque et les moyens utilisés, avec une préférence pour celle issue d'une cassette basse génération transférée sur Cdr avec cette magnifique pochette 'maison' de Walter Ego... De plus celle-ci contient l'intro du show ("I'm David Bowie, these could be the Spiders From Mars, but this is some of our music") alors que le bootleg l'ignore...

The two sources presented above have a good soundquality with a preference for the Tape--->Cdr version which is more complete with the full intro to the show (the bootleg simply ignore it or was made from a tape which didn't have it...).

July 8    LONDON, Royal Festival Hall  min. 73  qu.8 

Audience Tape--->Cdr : Live 1972

Disc 2 : Introduction/Hang On To Yourself/Ziggy Stardust/Life On Mars?/Supermen/Starman/ Changes/Five Years/Space Oddity/Andy Warhol/Amsterdam/ I Feel Free/Moonage Daydream/White Light White Heat*/Waiting For The Man*/Sweet Jane*/Encore:Suffragette City

July 15    AYLESBURY, Friars Club     min. 76  qu.7

 Audience Tape--->Bootleg Cd--->Cdr  :    Torquay 72   

 Ode To Joy/Hang On To Yourself/Ziggy Stardust/Supermen/Queen Bitch/Song For Bob Dylan/Starman/Changes/Five Years/Space Oddity/Andy Warhol/Amsterdam/I Feel Free/Moonage Daydream/I Can’t Explain/White Light White Heat/Suffragette City/Waiting For The Man

Aug 19    LONDON, Rainbow Theatre    min. 90   qu.8

Unknown Generation Tape--->Cdr : Over The Rainbow

Ode To Joy/Lady Stardust/Hang On To Yourself/Ziggy Stardust/Life On Mars ?/Supermen/Changes/Five Years/

Space Oddity/Andy Warhol/My Death/The Width Of A Circle/The Wild-Eyed Boy From Freecloud/Starman/

Queen Bitch/Suffragette City/White Light White Heat/Waiting For The Man/Encore:Moonage Daydream

Aug 20    LONDON, Rainbow Theatre    min. 84   qu.8+

Audience Tape--->Cd-r--->Clean Up--->Cdr : Live at The Rainbow 1972 

Ode To Joy/Lady Stardust/Hang On To Yourself/Ziggy Stardust/Life On Mars ?/Supermen/Changes/Five Years/

Space Oddity/Andy Warhol/My Death/The Width Of A Circle/The Wild-Eyed Boy From Freecloud/Starman/

Moonage Daydream/Queen Bitch/Suffragette City/White Light White Heat/Waiting For The Man

2. The US Tour

 Sep 28    NEW YORK, Carnegie Hall     min. 5     qu.10

Bootleg Cd : Rarest One Bowie

My Death 

Oct  1     BOSTON, Music Hall                min. 20    qu.10

Official Cd--->Tape--->Cdr : Sound+Vision

John, I’m Only Dancing/Changes/Supermen

Oct  1     BOSTON, Music Hall                min. 80    qu.8+

Audience Master Tape--->Cdr : Music Hall Memories

Hang On To Yourself/Ziggy Stardust/Changes/Supermen/Life On Mars?/Lady Stardust/Queen Bitch/

Five Years/Space Oddity/Andy Warhol/My Death/The Width Of A Circle/John, I’m Only Dancing/Starman/

Moonage Daydream/Waiting For The Man/ White Light White Heat/Suffragette City/Encore: Round And ‘Round

Oct  7     CHICAGO, Auditorium            min. 80    qu.8

Audience tape--->Cdr : Chicago's A Go Go

 Introduction/Hang On To Yourself/Ziggy Stardust/ Supermen/Queen Bitch/Changes/Life On Mars?/Five Years/Space Oddity/Andy Warhol/My Death/The Width Of A Circle/BandIntroduction/John, I’m Only Dancing/Moonage Daydream/Starman/Waiting For The Man/White Light White Heat/Suffragette City/Jean Genie/Outtro

Oct  20     SANTA MONICA, Civic Auditorium     min. 90    qu.10

      a)   FM--->Official Cd : Santa Monica '72

  Introduction/Hang On To Yourself/ZiggyStardust/Changes/Supermen/Life On Mars?/Five Years/Space Oddity/

Andy Warhol/My Death/The Width Of A Circle/Queen Bitch/ Moonage Daydream/John,I’m Only Dancing

Waiting For The Man/Jean Genie/Suffragette City/Rock’n Roll Suicide

     b) FM--->Bootleg Cd : Rock'n Roll Suicide

Nov 17     FORT LAUDERDALE, Pirate's World    min. 80    qu.8+

Audience Tape--->Bootleg Cd--->Cdr : Drive-In Saturday

Cd1 : Ode To Joy/Hang On To Yourself/Ziggy Stardust/Changes/Supermen/Life On Mars?/Five Years/Space Oddity/Andy Warhol/Drive-in Saturday  

Cd2 :The Width Of A Circle/John,I’m Only Dancing/Queen Bitch/Moonage Daydream/Waiting For The Man/Jean Genie/Suffragette City/Rock’n Roll Suicide

Nov 25     CLEVELAND, Music Hall Convention Center    min. 80    qu.9

Audience tape--->Bootleg Cd--->Cdr : Va Va Voom

Hang On To Yourself/Ziggy Stardust/Changes/Supermen/Life On Mars?/Five Years/Space Oddity/

Andy Warhol/Drive-in Saturday/ The Width Of A Circle/John,I’m Only Dancing/Moonage Daydream/

Band Intro/Waiting For The Man/Jean Genie/Suffragette City/Rock’n Roll Suicide

3. 1972-1973 Short UK Tour

Dec 28     MANCHESTER, Hard Rock Club    min. 80    qu.8-

Audience--->Bootleg Cd--->Cdr : Last Stand 1972

Ode to Joy/Let’s Spend The Night Together/Hang On To Yourself/Ziggy Stardust/Supermen/Changes/Life On Mars?/Five Years/Width Of A Circle/John,I’m Only Dancing/Moonage Daydream/Jean Genie/Suffragette City/Rock’n Roll Suicide 

Jan  5     GLASGOW, Green's Playhouse (1st Show)   min. 60    qu.8+

Audience Tape--->Minidisc

Jan  5     GLASGOW, Green's Playhouse (2nd Show)   min. 60    qu.8

Audience Tape

Jan  9     PRESTON, Guildhall    min. 63      qu.8

Audience Tape--->Cdr : Could You Educate Me ?

 Cd 1: Ode to Joy/Let’s Spend The Night Together/Hang On To Yourself/Ziggy Stardust/ Changes/Supermen/

           Five Years/Width Of A Circle/John,I’m Only Dancing/Moonage Daydream/Jean Genie/Suffragette City/

           Waiting For The Man/Rock’n Roll Suicide