Crucial Vinyl: David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust
The Don's Crucial Vinyl, an album that has shaped his musical taste, is David Bowie's 1972 release The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.
Each week Don selects a piece of Crucial Vinyl (an album that has shaped his musical taste and helped make him who he is). He features three tracks from it and explains why it means so much to him.
This week he picks David Bowie's fifth album, the 1972 classic The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.
Don says, 'Back then, David Bowie was an artist that definitely polarised rock audiences. The whole glam rock and sexual exploration thing freaked a lot of people out back in 1972 (check his Top of the Pops performance of Starman), but it also made some of us more interested.
I was just 17 when I took my girlfriend to see David Bowie at The Gaumont in Kilburn, London on June 13th 1973 (part of the Ziggy Stardust tour). Needless to say, she was most impressed with my left-of-centre taste, and the show remains one of my live classics. Bowie even returned the compliment when he came to see my old band Big Audio Dynamite play in New York in 1987!'
As ever, Don's other selections cross time, space and genre. This week they include Lizzo, Mikey Dread, Matto and Timmy Thomas.
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Badly Drawn Boy
You Were Right
- Have You Fed The Fish?.
- XL.
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Val Bennett
Spanish Harlem
- Tighten Up Volume 1.
- Trojan.
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Big Audio Dynamite
Globe
- The Globe.
- Columbia.
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David Bowie
Soul Love
- The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.
- RCA Records.
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David Bowie
Starman
- The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.
- RCA Records.
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The Cardigans
Lovefool
- Lovefool (CD Single).
- Stockholm.
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Cash & David
Funn
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Chinese Man
Racing With The Sun
- Racing With The Sun.
- Chinese Man Records.
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The Clash
Rudie Can't Fail
- London Calling CD1 (Original LP).
- Columbia.
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Mikey Dread
Jumping Master Dub
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Earl 16 Meets Manasseh
Love Without Feeling
- Gold Dust.
- Roots Garden Records.
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Gracias
Open
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Julia Holter
Don't Make Me Over
- Don't Make Me Over b/w Hello Stranger.
- Domino Records.
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Lizzo
Bus Passes & Happy Meals
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Jstar
Woo Tempo
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Salif Keita
Tono
- Amen.
- Island Records.
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Kin Aesthetic
Swathes (Clas Tuuth Rmx)
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Love Unlimited Orchestra
Love's Theme
- Barry White: The Collection.
- Mercury.
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Mato
Around The World Dub
- Homework Dub.
- Stix.
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The Millennium
To Claudia On Thursday
- Begin.
- Columbia.
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The Monkees
I'm A Believer
- Hey Hey It's The Monkees Greatest Hits.
- K-Tel.
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Candie Payne
Take Me
- I Wish.
- Deltasonic.
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Ghislain Poirier & 贵补肠别鈥怲
Wha-La-La-Leng
- Running High.
- Ninja Tune.
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Prince Alla
Bucket Bottom
- Only Love Can Conquer.
- Blood & Fire.
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Roshi Nasehi & Samuel Frank
Ar Hyd Y Nos / All Through The Night
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St. Vincent
Regret
- St Vincent.
- Universal.
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Subculture Sage
Overly Dead
- Subculture Sage.
- Twisted Heart Records.
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The Sugarhill Gang
Rapper's Delight
- Grandmaster & Melle Mel White Lines (Don't Don't Do It).
- Connoisseur Collection.
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Supreme Cuts
Brown Flowers (feat. Mahuat Mondino)
- Divine Ecstasy.
- Memphis Industries.
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Timmy Thomas
Why Can't We Live Together
- Why Can't We Live Together.
- Glades Records.
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Zoot Woman
Don't Tear Yourself Apart
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- Sun 10 Aug 2014 22:00大象传媒 Radio 6 Music