David Bowie – David Live (2005 Mix) [Remastered Version] (1974/2005/2016) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

David Live is the first official live album by English musician David Bowie, originally released by RCA Records in 1974. The album was recorded in July of that year, on the initial leg of Bowie’s Diamond Dogs Tour, at the Tower Theater in Upper Darby, PA, a suburb of Philadelphia. The second leg, a more soul-oriented affair following recording sessions in Philadelphia for the bulk of Young Americans, would be renamed ‘Philly Dogs’, as reflected on a different live release, Cracked Actor (2017).

The album catches Bowie in transition from the Ziggy Stardust/Aladdin Sane glam-rock era of his career to the ‘plastic soul’ of Young Americans. While the cover featured a picture of Bowie in his latest soul threads – baggy trouser suit complete with shoulder pads and braces from October 1974 – the music was recorded in July of that year when he was showcasing his two most recent studio albums of original material, Diamond Dogs and Aladdin Sane, as well as selected favourites from Ziggy Stardust and earlier.

The tour was Bowie’s most ambitious to date, featuring a giant set designed to evoke “Hunger City”, the post-apocalyptic setting for Diamond Dogs, and his largest band, led by Michael Kamen. For “Space Oddity” (recorded at the time but not released until the album’s 2005 reissue) Bowie sang using a radio microphone disguised as a telephone whilst being raised and lowered above the stage by a cherry picker crane. The tour was documented in Alan Yentob’s Cracked Actor (1975).

In 2005, the album was re-issued with four additional tracks, after having been thoroughly remixed by Tony Visconti.

Tracklist

1. David Bowie – 1984 (Live; 2005 Mix; 2016 Remaster)
2. David Bowie – Rebel Rebel (Live; 2005 Mix; 2016 Remaster)
3. David Bowie – Moonage Daydream (Live; 2005 Mix; 2016 Remaster)
4. David Bowie – Sweet Thing / Candidate / Sweet Thing (Live; 2005 Mix; 2016 Remaster)
5. David Bowie – Changes (Live; 2005 Mix; 2016 Remaster)
6. David Bowie – Suffragette City (Live; 2005 Mix; 2016 Remaster)
7. David Bowie – Aladdin Sane (Live; 2005 Mix; 2016 Remaster)
8. David Bowie – All the Young Dudes (Live; 2005 Mix; 2016 Remaster)
9. David Bowie – Cracked Actor (Live; 2005 Mix; 2016 Remaster)
10. David Bowie – Rock ‘N’ Roll with Me (Live; 2005 Mix; 2016 Remaster)
11. David Bowie – Watch That Man (Live; 2005 Mix; 2016 Remaster)
12. David Bowie – Knock on Wood (Live; 2005 Mix; 2016 Remaster)
13. David Bowie – Here Today, Gone Tomorrow (Live; 2005 Mix; 2016 Remaster)
14. David Bowie – Space Oddity (Live; 2005 Mix; 2016 Remaster)
15. David Bowie – Diamond Dogs (Live; 2005 Mix; 2016 Remaster)
16. David Bowie – Panic in Detroit (Live; 2005 Mix; 2016 Remaster)
17. David Bowie – Big Brother (Live; 2005 Mix; 2016 Remaster)
18. David Bowie – Time (Live; 2005 Mix; 2016 Remaster)
19. David Bowie – The Width of a Circle (Live; 2005 Mix; 2016 Remaster)
20. David Bowie – The Jean Genie (Live; 2005 Mix; 2016 Remaster)
21. David Bowie – Rock ‘N’ Roll Suicide (Live; 2005 Mix; 2016 Remaster)