David Bowie Estate Releasing New Compilation with Unheard Tracks
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Variety, the estate will release
The Width of a Circle, a new compilation meant to serve as a companion piece to Bowie’s 1970 album
The Man Who Sold the World. Most enticingly, the product features a number of yet unreleased recordings by Bowie and The Hype.
THE WIDTH OF A CIRCLE PRE-ORDER As promised yesterday, link for the exclusive Bowie Official Store 10 vinyl, plus separate links for the 2CD set and TMWSTW picture disc: https://t.co/g2NSq8FLxa - Please be patient if any of the links aren’t live yet, they will be, very shortly. pic.twitter.com/ySmtYqz5Aj David Bowie Official (@DavidBowieReal) April 14, 2021
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1963), was penned by Bowie alongside Enda Walsh.
On January 8, 2021, when Bowie would have turned 74, fans will be able to watch the UK premiere of a filmed version of the performance online.
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There will be a second broadcast of
Lazarus the following evening (January 9) before a final virtual outing on January 10, which is the fifth anniversary of Bowie’s death.
To remember David Bowie on his birthday and to mark the fifth anniversary of his passing, producers Robert Fox and RZO Entertainment Inc are exclusively releasing the stream of the London production of Lazarus. PR HERE https://t.co/Iz4ztIRnIh TICKETS HERE https://t.co/WoIiMUxLFUpic.twitter.com/mTGOI5Alie
What a treat for Bowie fans, as these songs have remained unreleased until now.
The covers of John Lennon s Mother and Bob Dylan s Tryin To Get To Heaven will be released on a special 7 vinyl on what would have been Bowie s 74th birthday on January 8th.
Fans can get their hands on one of 1000 limited edition cream coloured records, or one of the 7,147 black numbered vinyl records. The songs will be released five years after Bowie s death.
To mark what would have been David Bowie’s 74th birthday, two previously unreleased cover versions, John Lennon’s MOTHER and Bob Dylan’s TRYIN’ TO GET TO HEAVEN, will be released as a limited edition 7” single on 8th January next year. Full press release: https://t.co/cW5mqivAdIpic.twitter.com/dctlfk2T5P
Rolling Stone David Bowie’s Unreleased John Lennon, Bob Dylan Covers Set for Birthday Single
Renditions of “Mother” and “Tryin’ to Get to Heaven” to be released on seven-inch and digitally on January 8th, 2021, Bowie’s 74th birthday
By Markus Beck/picture-alliance/dpa/AP
David Bowie’s unreleased covers of John Lennon’s “Mother” and Bob Dylan’s “Tryin’ to Get to Heaven” will be released on what would have been Bowie’s 74th birthday.
Both tracks on the seven-inch vinyl “Birthday Single” limited to 8,147 copies, including 1,000 pressed on cream vinyl, as well as a digital release were recorded in the studio by Bowie in 1997 and 1998.