David Bowie - 1973-07-03 - London, UK (SBD)

David Bowie

and the Spiders from Mars

1973-07-013

Hammersmith Odeon 

London, UK

FM Broadcast

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Introduction

02. Hang On To Yourself 

03. Ziggy Stardust 

04. The Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud > All The Young Dudes 

05. Oh! You Pretty Things  

06. Moonage Daydream  

07. Stage Scene

08. Changes  

09. Space Oddity 

10. Time  

11. The Width Of A Circle

12. Queen Bitch

13. Suffragette City  3:18

14. The Jean Genie**  4:47

15. Love Me Do*

16. Farewell Speech > Rock'n'Roll Suicide  

17. Outro

* Featuring Jeff Beck

David Bowie - 1973-07-03 - London, UK (SBD)

1970s - #2:  On June 6, 1972, David Bowie released his 5th studio album, the now legendary The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. The album tells the story of Bowie's alter ego Ziggy Stardust, a rock star who acts as a messenger for extraterrestrial beings. The character of Ziggy also helped shapre what became know as glam rock. While the album only went to #75 on the Billboard charts at the time of release, the disc is now considered one of rock’s greatest works. Rolling Stone, for example, ranked it at #35 on its list of the 500 best albums of all time. Bowie spent a year on the road in support of the album. This soundboard  recording from July 3, 1973, a half century ago today, captures the final show of that tour, as Bowie annouced during the show that he was officially retiring the character of Ziggy.