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'10 OUT OF 10 FOR BAAL IN UNCUT

“Ziggy played...banjo...”

We told you about the release of Dissent & Disruption: The Complete Alan Clarke at the BBC, earlier in the year.

Contained within the set is the BBC adaptation of Baal starring David Bowie, which was first broadcast in 1982.

Damien Love has posted his ten out of ten review of BAAL over on UNCUT and here follows an excerpt from it.

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“When Clarke first conceived of filming the play, in collaboration with Brecht scholar John Willet, he considered Steven Berkoff for the role. It was Willett who suggested Bowie, who, when the programme was recorded in summer 1981, had not long completed his run as The Elephant Man on the American stage. He brings lessons learned there, as well with Lindsay Kemp and, of course, stalking stages as Ziggy and The Duke (plus, it should be said, the beautiful annunciation he brought to his Peter And The Wolf narration).

Clarke mounts the piece with a degree of stylisation that terrifies current British TV. Intercut with abstract split-screen monologues and songs, the cast perform as though in a live performance against huge, detailed sets erected as frieze-like tableaux, the camera usually at a distance – as if, indeed, you were in the stalls viewing a theatre stage. A filthy, snaggletoothed scum-seer, Bowie himself suggests an expressionist woodcut come to life, yet exudes a fitting naturalism the cast around him avoids.

He clearly responded to the project. To mark its broadcast, Bowie decided to cut a 7-inch EP of the five Brecht songs he performs in the drama, acting as his own Greek chorus. In the TV version, he accompanies himself with bare plucks at the banjo he perpetually clutches. For the Baal EP, however, Bowie returned to Germany’s Hansa studio with Tony Visconti and 15 Berlin players, the last time he would record beside the Wall. The record has become a semi-obscure curio, but two songs, “The Drowned Girl” and “Remembering Marie A”, rank among Bowie’s most affecting 1980s recordings.”

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You can read the full review here: http://smarturl.it/BAALreviewUNCUT

The EP Damien references was re-released as a digital download in 2007 and if you‘re not familiar with the recordings start with the delightful Remembering Marie A now and check out the rest of the EP while you‘re about it: http://smarturl.it/rememberingmariea 

A true hidden gem if ever there was one.

Dissent & Disruption: The Complete Alan Clarke at the BBC is available on both Blu-ray and DVD now.

#BowieInBaal  #BowieBFI  #AlanClarkeBBC'
'LAST DAY OF BOWIE FFP CHARITY AUCTION

“And one Sunday afternoon, I’d find my love...”

As we mentioned a couple of days ago, the primary objective of BowieFFP is to raise money for Cancer Research UK, by auctioning off all of the incredible prints on display, kindly donated by the photographers: Chalkie Davies, Tony McGee and Denis O’Regan.

If you’ve not yet managed to get along, you still have until today to check it out, but crucially, you definitely have plenty of time to view the images online and bid in the auction. 

The online auction will be open for bids until 6.30pm tonight. Go here for links: http://smarturl.it/CRUKBowieFFP 

If you do still want to visit the physical exhibition grab your free tickets here: http://smarturl.it/FreeTixDBFFP Alternatively, just turn up on the off chance, there’s a good chance you’ll get in anyway.

*Today’s featured pictures were taken by Denis O'Regan in 1983 and 1978.

#BowieFFP'
'TWO LIVE ZIGGY ALBUMS REISSUED TODAY

“You're the blessed, we're The Spiders From Mars...”

We told you about these releases back in April, but to recap: the two live albums that were housed in the David Bowie (Five Years 1969 – 1973) box set (Live Santa Monica ’72 & Ziggy Stardust Motion Picture Soundtrack), are issued via Parlophone today as heavyweight 180g vinyl editions.

This is to accommodate fans who want these classic live albums but that didn't get the Five Years box set or the original limited editions when EMI issued them.

The vinyl that was exclusive to the David Bowie (Five Years 1969 – 1973) box set, The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (2003 Ken Scott Mix) and Re:Call 1 will not be issued separately.

If you don’t already have them, you can order both via the following links.

Live Santa Monica ’72: http://smarturl.it/BowieSM72 

Ziggy Stardust Motion Picture Soundtrack: http://smarturl.it/BowieZiggyOST 

Alternatively, you can order from the BowieStore: http://smarturl.it/bowie.store 

#BowieVinyl  #FiveYearsBox'
'THREE DAYS LEFT FOR CHARITY AUCTION

“I said be careful, his bowtie is really a camera...”

On the 44th anniversary of the release of The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars, it seems somehow appropriate to mention an event taking place in Heddon Street, the site of the album’s iconic cover shoot.

There has been a plethora of David Bowie photographic exhibitions since January, and you’ve no doubt heard about them all, including this one: @[469878269883517:274:David Bowie\: Fame, Fashion, Photography].

However, aside from celebrating the life and career of David Bowie via rare and previously unpublished photographs, the primary objective of @[469878269883517:274:David Bowie\: Fame, Fashion, Photography] is to raise money for Cancer Research UK, by auctioning off all of the beautiful prints on display, kindly donated by the photographers: Chalkie Davies, Tony McGee and Denis O’Regan.

If you’ve not yet managed to get along, you still have until Sunday. But more importantly, you definitely have plenty of time to view the images online and bid in the auction. The online auction will be open for bids until 6.30pm on June 19th. Go here for links: http://smarturl.it/CRUKBowieFFP 

If you do still want to visit the physical exhibition (and you should if you can), please choose a time slot and book your free tickets here: http://smarturl.it/FreeTixDBFFP 

*Today’s featured picture was taken by Chalkie Davies in the studio whilst Labyrinth was being filmed, in 1985.

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