David Bowie - Pin Ups [Remaster]

Artist:

Bowie, David

UPC:

724352190300

See Also:

Original Soundtrack - Labyrinth Various Artists - The String Quartet Tribute To David Bowie

Description:

PIN UPS is an album of songs originally performed by the Pretty Things, Them, the Yardbirds, Pink Floyd, the Mojos, the Who, the Easybeats, the Merseybeats and the Kinks.
Personnel: David Bowie (vocals, guitar, harmonica, saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, keyboards, Moog synthesizer, background vocals); David Bowie; Mac Cormack (vocals); Ron Wood (guitar); Trevor Bolder (bass instrument); Mick Ronson (vocals, guitar, piano, background vocals); Mike Garson (harp, piano, electric piano, harpsichord, organ, keyboards); Ken Fordham (saxophone, baritone saxophone); Aynsley Dunbar (drums); G A MacCormack (background vocals).
Audio Remasterers: Nigel Reeve; Peter Mew.
Liner Note Author: David Bowie.
Recording information: Ch?teau D`Herouville, Paris, France (1973).
Photographers: Mick Rock ; Justin DeVilleneuve; Sukita.
Unknown Contributor Roles: Pierre LaRoche; Kuni Takeuchi.
Arrangers: David Bowie; Mick Ronson.
PIN UPS served as a sort of "how to" guide to David Bowie`s career. This all-covers album shed light on his ability to adopt personas and emulate musical genres with amazing speed and diversity. It also showed that Bowie was anticipating a different musical climate for the rest of the decade, signifying a change from what was admired during the 1960s.
The psychedelic overtones of Pink Floyd`s "See Emily Play" and the garage rock cynicism of the Easybeats` "Friday On My Mind" perfectly display Bowie`s ear for melody and eye for pop-culture posturing. He even tips a hat to his more established influences. The Kinks` "Where Have All The Good Times Gone" sparks his interest as a memory-soaked ballad (a Ray Davies specialty), and with The Who`s "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere" Bowie admits to not having invented the rock `n` roll ego.
PIN UPS served another suitable purpose for the chameleonic performer, down-playing his other-worldly image by betraying his influences. By presenting Bowie as an actual fan--and not just an image/style manipulator--the album portrayed the singer in a different light, allowing him to loosen up his approach to performing and to step outside the multiple characters he had created for himself.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Rosalyn
2. Here Comes the Night
3. I Wish You Would
4. See Emily Play
5. Everything`s Alright
6. I Can`t Explain
7. Friday on My Mind
8. Sorrow
9. Don`t Bring Me Down
10. Shapes of Things
11. Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
12. Where Have All the Good Times Gone!

Album Information

Release Date:

09/06/1999

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Art Rock

Label:

Virgin

Producer:

Ken Scott; David Bowie; Ken Scott; David Bowie

Catalog Number:

5219030

Original Release Year:

1973

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

40 : 30

Guest Artist:

Mick Ronson; Mike Garson

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