Bleep

Fresh out of the pressing plant Vinyl Edition of this 1973 covers album from the Thin White Duke. It was his last proper Ziggy album with the mercurial Spiders From Mars, and features a dazzling array of blues, rock n’ roll and Beat numbers done in the inimitable Bowie fashion. Highlights include a sultry brass driven version of The Who’s ‘I Can’t Explain’, a rollicking punk rip through 60s psych ‘Rosalyn’ (The Pretty Things) and the orchestral FX-romp of ‘Shape of Things’ (original by The Yardbirds). Apparently a version of the Velvets’ ‘White Light/White Heat’ was recorded during these sessions, but never released. A sign of art-rock things to come…