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Live Santa Monica ’72
Live Santa Monica '72 captures David Bowie on the Ziggy Stardust Tour, recorded at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on 20 October 1972. The recording comes from a broadcast on KMET FM, and for more than twenty years it circulated only as a bootleg. Author David Buckley suggested that owning a copy was the test of a "proper Bowie fan".
The Golden Years label put it out in 1994, without Bowie's approval, and Griffin Music handled the American release the following year. It arrived long after The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars came out in 1972, and it gives a snapshot of that glam rock era on stage. For anyone who loves the Ziggy period, it is a well-loved document of the tour.
Live Santa Monica ’72: tracklist and credits
18 tracks · 1:16:40Tracklist
- 1Intro0:15
- 2Hang On to YourselfDavid Bowie2:47
- 3Ziggy StardustDavid Bowie3:24
- 4ChangesDavid Bowie and Daniel Licht3:32
- 5The SupermenDavid Bowie2:57
- 6Life on Mars?David Bowie3:29
- 7Five YearsDavid Bowie5:21
- 8Space OddityDavid Bowie5:22
- 9Andy WarholDavid Bowie3:58
- 10My DeathJacques Brel5:57
- 11The Width of a CircleDavid Bowie10:39
- 12Queen BitchDavid Bowie3:01
- 13Moonage DaydreamDavid Bowie4:38
- 14John, I’m Only DancingDavid Bowie3:36
- 15Waiting for the ManLou Reed6:00
- 16The Jean GenieDavid Bowie4:02
- 17Suffragette CityDavid Bowie4:25
- 18Rock ’n’ Roll SuicideDavid Bowie3:17
- Produced by
- Richard Kimball
- Recorded at
- Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
- Recorded
- October 1972
- Mixed by
- Grover Helsley
- Engineered by
- Bill Fure, Bob Griffin, Mike Moran
- Labels
- Golden Years, Griffin Music (US)
- Length
- 1:16:40
Line-up
- B. Mitchel Reed · spoken vocals · guest
- Trevor Bolder · bass guitar
- Mike Garson · keyboard
- Mick Woodmansey · drums (drum set), membranophone
- David Bowie · lead vocals, spoken vocals
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| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | GB | Golden Years | 5018766940206 | other |
| 1994 | GB | Golden Years | 5018766940206 | other |
| 21 September 1994 | JP | MIDI INC. | 4988034203146 | other |
| 1995 | — | — | 054421039224 | other |
| 1995 | BE | Audiophile Legends | 8712177023653 | other |
| 1995 | PT | — | other | |
| 20 October 1999 | JP | Dolphin | 4517991860606 | other |
| 22 March 2001 | JP | MF Records | 4517991110206 | other |
| 30 June 2008 | XW | Parlophone | 0724358322156 | other |
| 30 June 2008 | US | Virgin | other | |
| 22 July 2008 | XE | EMI | 0724358322125 | other |
| 20 August 2008 | JP | EMI Music Japan Inc. | 4988006866119 | other |
| October 2008 | XE | EMI | 5099923766327 | other |
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