So much Bowie and such little time...
Here's another excellent Bowie bootleg of demos that chronicle the progression of tracks from Scary Monsters. Keep in mind that this album has the sickest lineup an artist could ever want: Dennis Davis, George Murray, Carlos Alomar, Adrian Belew...and even Roy Bittan on keyboards. I want to say the "F" word right about now, but I won't. All I'm saying is that it's one fucking sick lineup. Enjoy!
From the liner notes:
"Scary Monsters and Super Creeps" was recorded in two sessions at the Power Station N.Y.C. in less than six weeks and was produced by Tony Visconti. All tracks were already in David's mind, only the lyrics were changed at the last moment. 'Fashion' was originally called 'Jamaica', 'It's No Game' us derived from 'Tired of My Life', a song written when he was sixteen years of age! 'Ashes to Ashes' was 'People Are Turning to Gold', 'Teenage Wildlife' used to be 'It Happens Every Day'.
'Up the Hill Backwards' was originally entitled 'Cameras In Brooklyn', 'Scream Like a Baby' was 'Laser', a song written at the time he was working with the 'Astronettes'.
Another track recorded during these sessions was The Cream's 'I Feel Free'. This track was often performed in the early 70ties, recorded for this album, but ultimately dropped (this unreleased version remains unheard, when Ryko released all David's albums on CD, this track was promised for release again, but dropped at the last minute for obvious reasons. David recorded a new version for the 'Black Tie White Noise' album). 'Fuje San Moto' became 'Crystal Japan', an instrumental track used for a Japanese commercial. Finally there's: 'Is There Life After Marriage', yet another instrumental track you can hear on this CD for the first time ever!
Technical Information:
Artist: David Bowie
Album: Vampires of Human Flesh (Scary Monsters Demos)
Year: 1980
Audio Codec(s): FLAC
Encoding: Lossless
Rip: split tracks
Avg. bitrate: 900 kb/s
Sample rate: 44100 Hz
Bits per sample: 16
Channels: 2
File size: 282 MBLength: 0:43:51
Personnel:
David Bowie: vocals and keyboards
Pete Townshend: guitar
Michi Hirota: Japanese narrator
Carlos Alomar: guitar
Robert Fripp: guitar
George Murray: bass
Dennis Davis: drums and percussion
Roy Bittan: piano
Tony Visconti: guitar and backing vocals
Andy Clark: synthesizer
Tracklisting:
01.Scream Like A Baby (3:21)
02.Because You're Young (4:55)
03.Kingdom Come (4:00)
04.Up The Hill Backwards (3:24)
05.It's No Game (3:56)
06.Is There Life After Marriage? (4:38)
07.Up The Hill Backwards (3:18)
08.Teenage Wildlife (7:10)
09.Kingdom Come (3:59)
10.Scary Monsters (5:11)
Vampires of Human Flesh Megaupload Link