David Bowie - 1976-02-02 - Vancouver, Canada (SBD)

David Bowie

1976-02-02

Pacific National Exhibition Coliseum

Vancouver, Canada

Soundboard Recording

192 kbps

Artwork Included

CD 1:

01. Station To Station

02. Suffragette City

03. Waiting For The Man

04. Word On A Wing

05. Stay

06. TVC 15

CD 2:

01. Sister Midnight

02. Life On Mars

03. Five Years

04. Panic In Detroit

05. Fame

06. Changes

07. The Jean Genie

08. Queen Bitch

09. Rebel Rebel 

David Bowie - 1976-02-02 - Vancouver, Canada (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 both Rolling Stone and Robert Christgau. This soundboard recording captures Bowie on tour in Vancouver support of the album on February 2, 1976, 46 years ago today.