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Where can I read about David?
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Where can I read about David?
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David once said in response to a question about when he would be writing an autobiography "I think there have already been a lot of autobiographies haven't there?", referring to the seemingly endless stream of tell-all books. Take what's said in them with a grain of salt. Thanks to Sonja Ingeroi and Dave Harris for providing the information on most of these books. |
Alias David Bowie
Peter Gillman and Leni Gillman. Hodder and Stoughton, 1986.Bowie
Jerry Hopkins, New York: Macmillian, 1985. ISBN 0-02-553730-X.Bowie "Changes"
Stuart Hoggard, New York: Putnam, 1980.Complete Guide To The Music Of: David Bowie, The
by David Buckley, published 1996.
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by Nicholas Pegg, published October 5, 2000. Billed as "the most comprehensive Bowie book ever published", The Complete David Bowie covers every facet of Bowie's career, from songs to albums to films to videos to the Internet. Recordings are analyzed from a technical and musical point of view, as well as being placed in the context of Bowie's chameleon career moves and constantly refined creative intentions.
More details and an interview with the author.
David Bowie: An Illustrated Discography
Stuart Hoggard.David Bowie
Ed Kelleher, New York: Chappell, 1977.David Bowie
Vivian Claire, New York:Putnam, 1977.David Bowie Black Book
Barry Miles, New York: Omnibus, 1980. ISBN 0-8256-3236-6.David Bowie Glass Idol
David Currie. New York: Omnibus, 1987. ISBN 0-7119-1182-7.David Bowie's Serious Moonlight
Denis O'Regan and Chet Flippo, New York: Doubleday, 1984, ISBN: 0-385-19265-7.David Bowie: A Chronology
Kevin Cann. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1983.David Bowie: A Rock and Roll Odyssey
Kate Lynch. New York: Proteus, 1984.David Bowie: Moonage Daydream
by Dave Thompson, Plexus Publications, September 1, 1994
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Philip Kamin and Peter Goddard. Toronto: Musson, 1983.David Bowie: The Archive
Chris Charlesworth. New York: Omnibus, 1987. ISBN 0-7119-1066-9. First published as David Bowie Profile New York:Proteus, 1981.David Bowie: The Concert Tapes
ISBN 909001005X. Published 1983? Lists huge number of Bowie bootlegs.David Bowie: Theatre of Music
Robert Matthew Walker, Kensal Press, 1985.David Bowie: The Illustrated Record
Roy Carr and Charles Shaar Murray. New York: Avon, 1981. ISBN 0-380-77966-8.
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Kenneth Pitt, London: Omnibus, 1983.The Bowie Companion
Edited by Elizabeth Thomson and David Gutman. MacMillan, 1993 and 1995. Published by Da Capo Press, September 1, 1996.
Buy this book in our bookstore!David Bowie World 7" Records Discography 1964-1981
Compiled by Marshall Jarman. Published by Marshall Jarman, Cheshire, England, 1994. ISBN 0-9522275-0-9.Review: This is a pretty good book with a lot of pictures of singles (in colour and black and white) from all over the world.Carlos Jose Quinteiro
David Robert Jones Bowie, the Discography of a Generalist, 1962-1979
David Jeffery Fletcher.In Other Words . . . David Bowie
Kerry Juby, editor. New York: Omnibus, 1986. ISBN 0-7119-1038-3.Living On The Brink
George Tremlett, ISBN 0-3168-7978-9.Precis: A new book about David as a person, his clever marketing and media manipulation and his vast fortune made from off shore investments. Also how and why he keeps his friends and family out of the public eye. How he can be both ruthless and charming.Andrew Follon
Loving The Alien
Christopher StanfordPrecis: A basic biography, with a nice cover which is very similar to the Outside tour programme.Andrew Follon
Stardust: The David Bowie Story
Henry Edwards and Tony Zanetta. New York: Bantam, 1987. McGraw-Hill edition published 1986. ISBN 0-553-26928-3.Strange Fascination
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by David Buckley, published September 23 1999. Billed as "the definitive biography" this books chronicles Bowie's career agsinst the backdrop of the various decades, from the 60s through the 90s. Contributions from Tony Visconti, Ken Scott, Carlos Alomar, Reeves Gabrels and Nile Rodgers. Also includes many previously unpublished black and white and colour photographs.
Talking Dirty
Susan Chenery, Hodder Headline Australia Pty Ltd, 1997, ISBN 0 7336 0556 7Includes a chapter interview with Bowie, titled "Gone Out into the Snow". Bowie talks about the making of the Outside album with Eno, art and popular culture, drugs, family and touringThe David Bowie Story
George Tremlett, New York: Futura Publications, 1974.The Starzone Interviews
by David Currie, New York: Omnibus, January 1986, ISBN:0711906858We Can Be Heroes
by Sean Mayes, published August 23 1999. An account of Bowie keyboardist Sean Mayes' time with Bowie on the 1978 Heroes tour, and subsequent recording of the Lodger album.
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Mick Rock, New York: St. Martin's, 1984.
[I picked up my first song book, "TheSongsOfDavidBowie" in 1983. I think my piano teacher and my parents got sick of me playing Life On Mars over and over again on the piano - Ed].The listings here (particularly the comments) are courtesy of CalNM@aol.com.
- David Bowie Anthology
- Lodger
- Published in 1979 by Warner Bros. Publications, 75 Rockerfeller Plaza, NY, NY 10019. Cover is the same as the album. Packed with glossy photos of Stage tour, Just A Gigolo stills and Lodger photo session.
Songs and page numbersAfrican Night Flight - p16, Boys Keep Swinging p59, DJ p49, Fantastic Voyage p10, Look Back In Anger p55, Move On p21, Red Money p67, Red Sails p32, Repetition p62, Yassassin p26- Low/Station To Station
- Published in 1978 by Warner Bros. Publications, 75 Rockerfeller Plaza, NY, NY 10019. Cover is the same as the Low cover, back is the same as Station To Station cover. Has photos from 76 concert, 2 from Rhona Barret show.
Songs and page numbersStation To Station p44, Golden Years p64, Word On A Wing p72, TVC-15 p54, Stay p51, Wild Is The Wind p58, Always Crashing In The Same Car p24, Art Decade p37, Be My Wife p27, Breaking Glass p18, A New Career In A New Town p32, Sound And Vision p13, Speed Of Life p16, Subterraneans p42, Warszawa p34, Weeping Wall p38, What In The World p21- Stage Anthology
- Published in 1979 by Warner Bros. Publications, 75 Rockerfeller Plaza, NY, NY 10019. Full of photos from Stage tour and a few shots from Station To Station tour (1976).
Songs and page numbersArt Decade - p57, Beauty And The Beast p88, Black Out p81, Breaking Glass p68, Fame p58, Five Years p20, Hang On To Yourself p9, Heroes p71, Sense Of Doubt p66, Soul Love p27, Speed Of Life p44, Star p32, Station To Station p37, TVC-15 p62, Warszawa p46, What In The World p78, Ziggy Stardust p14- TheSongsOfDavidBowie
- Tin Machine
- Published in 1990 by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. Cover is the same as Tin Machine cover. Has a few well distributed photos and one individual of each band member.
SongsHeaven In Here, Tin Machine, Prisoner Of Love, Crack City, I Can't Read, Under The God, Amazing, Working Class Hero, Bus Stop, Pretty Thing, Video Crimes, Baby Can Dance
Free Spirit
by Angela Bowie.
Backstage Passes
By ex-wife, Angie Bowie. Don't believe everything you read.
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