David Bowie - 1976-05-13 - Rotterdam, Netherlands (SBD)

David Bowie
1976-05-13
Sports Palais Ahoy
Rotterdam, Holland
Soundboard Recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included

CD 1:
01. Station To Station
02. Suffragette City
03. Fame
04. Word On A Wing
05. Stay
06. Waiting For The Man
07. Life On Mars?
08. Five Years

CD 2:
01. Panic In Detroit
02. Band Introduction
03. Changes
04. TVC-15
05. Diamond Dogs
06. Rebel Rebel
07. The Jean Genie

David Bowie - 1976-05-13 - Rotterdam, Netherlands (SBD)

The 1970s were a time of transformation for rock and roll, and no man was more of a chameleon than David Bowie. Early in the decade he took the stage as Ziggy Stardust, turning his concerts into dramatic and shocking theatrical performances. Late in the decade he abandoned the pomp and circumstance of the Ziggy days for a minimalist approach on a series of albums with Brian Eno and Iggy Pop. Midway through the 1970s, he became the Thin White Duke, a character from the title track of the album Station To Station, released in 1976. Visually, the character was an extension of Thomas Jerome Newton, the extraterrestrial being he portrayed in the film The Man Who Fell to Earth that same year. Emotionally, the character was hollow, reflecting Bowie's addiction to cocaine that left him almost lifeless inside. Bowie's addiction, however, did not stymie his ability to make music, as the Station To Station went to #3 on the Billboard charts, and received strong critical reviews from Rolling Stone and Robert Christgau. This soundboard recording captures Bowie on tour in Rotterdam i  support of the album on May 13, 1976, 43 years ago today.