David Bowie,Arnold Corns/London,UK 1971

Five months before Bowie released his 1971 album Hunky Dory, he appeared as part of the masked unit Arnold Cornes on the famous British BBC program The John Peel Sessions. The studio live held at London’s Paris Studio on June 3rd was recorded in master quality, sound board sound source. This was formed by Bowie at the time with designer Freddie Baretti and others, and included George Underwood and female singer Dana Gillespie, who was also known as Bowie’s girlfriend, and released “Hunky Dory”. , early numbers, and even early versions of the prototypes “Hang On Yourself” and “Moonage Daydream” from “Ziggy Stardust” are valuable live sound sources. There are also other songs such as “Looking For A Friend”, which Bowie tried to record officially many times but failed, and “The Man Who Sold The World”, which seems to be a sign of his glam breakthrough in the next few years. A must-listen item for fans, where you can listen to valuable live performances from this most alternative period, such as “Superman”, on the sound board, which was the dawn of Bowie’s transformation into Ziky. 01. Queen Bitch / 02. Bombers / 03. The Supermen / 04. Looking For A Friend / 05. Almost Grown / 06. Kooks / 07. Song For Bob Dylan / 08. Andy Warhol / 09. It Ain’t Easy / 10. Bombers – Andy Warhol Intro / 11. Andy Warhol / 12. Looking For A Friend / 13. Man In The Middle / 14. Hang On Yourself / 15. Lightning Frightening / 16. Moonage Daydream / 17. Moonage Daydream / 18. Bombers [ARNOLD CORN : John Peel In Concert Session : at BBC Paris Studio, London, UK, June 3rd 1971 : soundboard recording]