shelley acosta smith

Writer. Teacher. David Bowie fan. Hillary Clinton Democrat. Knitter. she/her #StillWithHer #WithKamalaToo #OnwardTogether #BLM

[shelley acosta smith @s_acostasmith]

@dbart462 @consequence I've seen a bunch of fans like that comment how much they regret that now that they're older and have come to appreciate Bowie lol

[shelley acosta smith @s_acostasmith]

@TimBarrettdrums @consequence Yes we are. It was great. Lots of good vids on YouTube though. Bowie and Trent dueting on Hurt is a must see.

[shelley acosta smith @s_acostasmith]

@DavidBowieReal Something in the Air is the best song from this album (and as good as any of his classics). It deserves a lyric video push.

[shelley acosta smith @s_acostasmith]

@DavidBowieReal I used to have the glass of milk one as an almost life-sized poster on the back of my bedroom door. Good times. 😍🥰

[shelley acosta smith @s_acostasmith]

@DavidBowieReal @BandAidForty Why wasn't he on the original record?

[shelley acosta smith @s_acostasmith]

@rena_factory That's exceptionally beautiful

[shelley acosta smith @s_acostasmith]

@DavidBowieReal @CharlesSMurray Gorgeous makeup. Still a great song and video.

[shelley acosta smith @s_acostasmith]

@Peramia_Star @shewontreadit @AO3_Status The hero we need

[shelley acosta smith @s_acostasmith]

@AWeissmann_ I know. It's enraging.

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@DavidBowieReal @QuietSeclusion He should have put on Julie, though.

[shelley acosta smith @s_acostasmith]

@DrGuitar George Murray

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@ThatEricAlper Life on Mars

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@RickMayer_Vinyl 1 Cars, 2 Crying, 3 Crime of the Century

[shelley acosta smith @s_acostasmith]

@RickMayer_Vinyl Alanis, Nirvana, Radiohead. Not necessarily in that order.

[shelley acosta smith @s_acostasmith]

@ThatEricAlper David Bowie

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@LASchools Carvalho is afraid he'll look weak and he's prioritizing that over kids' safety. What a terrible superintendent. The depths of incompetence he's managed to show over such a short time is stunning.

[shelley acosta smith @s_acostasmith]

The clips of David Bowie performing around 1978 are all astonishing. We NEED this full show released. Come on @DavidBowieReal estate!

[Brett Morgen @brettmorgen]

Hi Richard,
Two of the Earl’s Court shows were shot but unedited.
I created an assembly cut of the full show to evaluate the material. To my astonishment, i found it to be the best filmed performance I encountered.

[shelley acosta smith @s_acostasmith]

@brettmorgen We don't need whatever the movie was going to be. But oh if we could just get the performances edited together!

[shelley acosta smith @s_acostasmith]

@Weird_n_Gilly @DavidBowieReal I may finally have to start my vinyl collection 😭😭

[David Bowie Official @DavidBowieReal]

WAITING IN THE SKY VINYL LP FOR RSD 2024

“He’d like to come and meet us...”

To mark what would have been David Bowie’s 77th birthday, Parlophone Records are proud to announce the release of a very special David Bowie limited vinyl LP, WAITING IN THE SKY (BEFORE THE STARMAN CAME TO EARTH) which will be released on 20th April, 2024 for Record Store Day.

Keep reading for the full press release.

#BowieRSD #RSD2024 #BowieWaitingInTheSky

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DAVID BOWIE
WAITING IN THE SKY (BEFORE THE STARMAN CAME TO EARTH)
LIMITED 11-TRACK VINYL ALBUM RELEASED EXCLUSIVELY FOR RECORD STORE DAY 20th APRIL, 2024

Parlophone Records are proud to announce the release of a very special David Bowie limited vinyl LP, WAITING IN THE SKY (BEFORE THE STARMAN CAME TO EARTH) which will be released on 20th April, 2024 for Record Store Day.

The album is taken from the Trident Studios 1/4” stereo tapes dated 15th December, 1971, which were created for the then provisional tracklisting for what would become THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS album.

The tracklisting for WAITING IN THE SKY (BEFORE THE STARMAN CAME TO EARTH) runs differently from the ZIGGY STARDUST album and features four songs that didn’t make the final album.

On Side 1, in the place of ‘STARMAN’, one of the last three tracks recorded for the album in February 1972, is ‘ROUND AND ROUND’, a Chuck Berry cover. The track was finally released on a single as the B-side to ‘DRIVE-IN SATURDAY’ on 6th April, 1973. Initially, closing Side 1 of the album was Bowie's version of Jacques Brel’s ‘AMSTERDAM’, which would later appear as the B-side of ‘SORROW’ on 12th October, 1973.
Side 2 of the 15th December, 1971 tracklisting features two long-time non-LP fan favourites, ‘HOLY HOLY’ and ‘VELVET GOLDMINE’. The former is a re-recording with The Spiders of David’s 1971 single. Again, this version of the track had to wait several years before surfacing as the B-side of ‘DIAMOND DOGS’ on 14th June, 1974.
‘VELVET GOLDMINE’ is considered by many to be a lost Ziggy era classic, one Bowie often referred to as ‘He’s A Goldmine’ or ‘She’s A Goldmine’ in his notebooks and interviews. The track was recorded during the Ziggy sessions but was not released until 26th September, 1975, alongside ‘CHANGES’ backing the re-released album version of ‘SPACE ODDITY’, which peaked at no. 1 in the U.K. singles chart in November 1975.

The cover of WAITING IN THE SKY (BEFORE THE STARMAN CAME TO EARTH) features a photo of David taken at an early Ziggy Stardust period session by Brian Ward, and the two sides of the inner bags are the fronts of the two Trident Studios tape boxes. The album’s title comes from the lyrics of ‘STARMAN’, which, along with ‘ROCK ’N’ ROLL SUICIDE’ and ‘SUFFRAGETTE CITY’, had not yet been recorded when this variation of the album was compiled.
WAITING IN THE SKY (BEFORE THE STARMAN CAME TO EARTH) was cut on a customised late Neumann VMS80 lathe with fully recapped electronics from 192kHz restored masters of the original Trident Studios master tapes, with no additional processing on transfer. The half-speed vinyl cut was by engineer John Webber at AIR Studios, London.
DAVID BOWIE

WAITING IN THE SKY (BEFORE THE STARMAN CAME TO EARTH)

Side 1
Five Years

Soul Love
Moonage Daydream
Round And Round
Amsterdam
Side 2
Hang On To Yourself

Ziggy Stardust
Velvet Goldmine
Holy Holy
Star
Lady Stardust
DAVID BOWIE
WAITING IN THE SKY (BEFORE THE STARMAN CAME TO EARTH)

LIMITED 11-TRACK VINYL ALBUM
RELEASED BY PARLOPHONE EXCLUSIVELY FOR RECORD STORE DAY 20th APRIL, 2024