DAVID BOWIE
Forever Hits Volume 1 PAL 66 mins
Forever Hits Volume 1 - Non Charting Hits 1966-80 66m M DVD
1. Rubber Band - video 66 / 2. Sell Me A Coat - video 67 / 3. When Im 5 - video 67 / 4. Let Me Sleep Beside You - video 69 / 5. Luv Ice Cream Advert - UK TV 69 / 6. Five Years - Old Grey Whistle Test 72 / 7. Oh You Pretty Things - Whistle Test 72 / 8. Queen Bitch - Whistle Test 72 / 9. I Got You Babe (with Marianne Faithful) - Midnight Special Floor Show 73 / 10. Ziggy Stardust - Hammersmith Odeon 73 / 11. Footstompin - Dick Cavett 74 / 12. Can You Hear Me (with Cher) - Cher 76 / 13. Young Americans + medley (with Cher) - Cher 76 / 14. The Man Who Sold The World - Saturday Night Live 79 / 15. Station to Station - Christiane F 80 / 16. Early Acting Role - The Image 69;
Forever Hits Volume 2 PAL 90 mins
Forever Hits Volume 2 - More Clips 1972-85 90m M DVD
1. Boys Keep Swinging - Kenny Everett Show 79 / 2. Boys Keep Swinging - Saturday Night Live 79 / 3. Fame - Cher 76 / 4. Heroes - Musikladen 70s / 5. Heroes - TopPop 77 / 6. Heroes - video 77 / 7. Heroes - Marc 77 / 8. Heroes - Bing Crosby Show 77 / 9. Jean Genie - Musikladen 70s / 10. Jean Genie - video 72 / 11. Oh You Pretty Things - Old Grey Whistle Test, alternative take 72 / 12. Rebel Rebel - Musikladen 70s / 13. Rebel Rebel - Live Aid 85 / 14. Space Oddity - Hits A Go Go 69 / 15. Space Oddity - Midnight Special 70s / 16. Space Oddity - video #1 69 / 17. Space Oddity - Ivor Novello Awards 70 / 18. Space Oddity - Kenny Everett 79 / 9. Space Oddity - Midnight Special Floor Show #1 73 / 20. Space Oddity - Midnight Special Floor Show #2 73 / 21. TVC15 - Musikladen 76 / 22. Ziggy Stardust - video, Santa Monica 72.
Rare, Precious & Beautiful Vol 1 PAL 88 mins
Live - Rare, Precious & Beautiful Vol 1 69-80 88m EX VHS
LET ME SLEEP BESIDE YOU (promo from Love You Till Tuesday session London 1969) / SPACE ODDITY (live from Ivor Novello Award 1970) / OH YOU PRETTY THINGS (alternate track from the Old Grey Whitle Test London 1972) / ZIGGY STARDUST (live from Santa Monica (rare split promo) 1972 / SORROW (promo from the 1980 Floor Show London 1973 with Amanda Lear) / IVE GOT YOUBABE (live from the Midnight Special Show London 1973 (duet with Marianne Faithfull) / MY DEATH (live from Hammersmith Odeon London 1973) / 1984 (live from the Dick Cavett Show New York 1974) / FOOTSTOMPIN (live from the Dick Cavett Show, New York 1974) / HEROES (live from the Bing Crosby Christmas Show New York 1977) / LITTLE DRUMMER BOY / PEACE ON EARTH (live from The Bing Crosby Christmas Show New York 1977) / HEROES (live from Earls Court London 1978) / MOON OF ALABAMA (live from Musikladen, Bremen 1978) / BOYS KEEP SWINGING (live from kenny Everett Show London 1979) / SPACE ODDITY (live from Kenny Everetee Show 1979) / THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD (live from Sat. Night Live Show New York 1979) / TVC (live from Sat. Night Live Show New York 1979) / BOYS KEEP SWINGING (live from Sat. Night Live Show New York 1979) / STATION TO STATION (from the motion picture Christiane F (filmed in New York 1980) BONUS: THE IMAGE (rare early black and white film featuring David Bowie and Michael Byrne) / VERY EARLY PROMO FILM FOR LUV ICE CREAM featuring David Bowie.
Golden Years Volume 1 PAL 166 mins
Live - Golden Years Vol 1 72-80 166m EX- VHS
Great collection of live clips, TV shows and interviews. Quality varies from EX to VG+ ... but is mainly great.
Space Oddity London 1970
Five Years OGWT 8 Feb 1972
Oh! You Pretty Things OGWT 8 Feb 1972 Version 1
Oh! You Pretty Things OGWT 8 Feb 1972 Version 2
Starman Top Of The Pops 1972
Drive In Saturday Ruseel Harty 17 Jan 1973
Interview Russel Harty 17 Jan 1973
Nationwide Report 1973 Includes archive footage from gigs
The Jean Genie/Love Me Do/Round And Round hammersmith 3 Jul 1973 Film outtake. With Jeff Beck.
Fame/Golden Years Soul Train 4 Dec 1975
Fame/Young Americans/Can You Hear Me Cher Show 23 Nov 1975
Stay/Karate Session/Five Years Dinah Shore Show 1 Jan 1976
Be My Wife video 1977
Heroes/Sleeping Next To You Manchester 9 Sep 1977
Heroes London 18 Sep 1977 Rehearsal
Heroes Amsterdam 14 Sep 1977 Performance plus receiving award
Little Drummer Boy/Heroes US TV 11 Sep 1977
Funtime/Interview/Sister Midnight Los Angeles 15 Apr 1977
Boys Keep Swinging UK TV 23 Apr 1979
Space Oddity TV
The Man Who Sold The World/TVC/Boys Keep Swinging 15 Saturday Night Live 15 Dec 1979
Life On Mars?/Ashes To Ashes US TV 5 Sep 1980
Visionary Spirit Volume 1 PAL 89 mins
Silent masters 1972 40m EX VHS
Dubbed Masters 1972 36m EX VHS
Extras 1972 13m EX VHS
6 Tracks recorded live between 72-73 plus Mick Rocks unreleased film "Life On Mars?"
Taken from original 16mm film reels
- Life On Mars? 12th May 1973 ? silent promo take of official promo
- Ziggy In Bournemouth 25th May 1973 ? silent footage of the Bournemouth Winter Garden concert
- John, I?m Only Dancing 19th August 1972 ? silent promo takes of official promo

- The Winter Gardens, Bournemouth 25th May 1973 silent concert footage dubbed with Holy, Holy
- The Friars Club, Aylesbury 15th July 1972 silent concert footage dubbed with Starman, Suffragette City, Sweet Head and Waiting For The Man
- The Civic Hall, Dunstable 21st June 1972 silent concert footage dubbed with Queen Bitch, My Death.

- Life On Mars? ? silent promo (Slate 1 Take 4)
- Life On Mars? ? silent promo (Slate 1 Take 5)
- Silent excerpt from the Mick Rock film ?Rainbow Interviews?
Messages From Mars PAL 76 mins
Messages From Mars - Ziggy and Aladdin Tour outtakes 72-73 76m EX VHS
01-Rainbow Theatre, 19 August 1972
02-Ziggy Stardust, Mick Rock footage BBC (Dubbed)
03-Hang on to yourself, Aylesbury Friars Club, 15 July 1972 (Dubbed)
04-Cracked Actor, Bournemouth, 25 May 1973 (Dubbed)
05-Ziggy Stardust, Santa Monica (Dubbed)
06-Moonage Daydream, Bournemouth, 25 May 1973 (Dubbed)
07-White Light/White Heat, Dunstable, 21 June 1972 (Dubbed)
08-Hang on to yourself, Aylesbury Friars Club, 15 July 1972 (Dubbed)
09-Santa Monica 72 official promo
10-Starman, Aylesbury Friars Club, 15 July 1972 (Dubbed)
11-Andy Warhol, Haddon hall 1971, Arte TV Channel
12-Nationwide News, UK 5 june 73
13-Life On Mars, Mick Rock rehearsals (Dubbed)
14-John I'm Only Dancing, Mick Rock rehearsals (Dubbed)
15-Queen Bitch, Dunstable, 21 June 1972 (Dubbed)
Aylesbury Friars PAL 25 mins
Live - Aylesbury Friars 15/07/1972 25m EX VHS
Watch That Man Vol. 2
Hang On To Yourself / Ziggy Stardust / Queen Bitch / Song For Bob Dylan / Starman / Five Years / Waiting For The Man
unreleased footage from Mick Rock
Coloured video is believed to be from Aylesbury july 15th,
b/w video from june 21th 1972.
Audio is from 'I Can't Explain' bootleg CD, believed to be Aylesbury July 15th 1972.
Ziggy Meets Beck PAL 82 mins
Live - Hammersmith Odeon 03/07/73 70m EX- VHS
Nationwide Featuring Live At Winter Gardens 05/06/73 12m EX- VHS
Includes Jeff Becks performance, which is cut from official release
1980 Floorshow rehearsals and Outttakes NTSC 234 mins
1980 Floorshow rehearsals and Outttakes (disk one) 1973 112m EX VHS
1980 Floorshow rehearsals and Outttakes (disk two) 1973 122m EX VHS
Wonderful collection of out-takes and rehearsals from the 1980 floorshow at the Marquee.
1980 Floorshow rehearsals and Outttakes PAL 548 mins
1980 Floor Show, Marquee, London - Rehersals and outtakes (Disk One) 18/10/73 106m EX VHS
1980 Floor Show, Marquee, London - Rehersals and outtakes (Disk Two) 18/10/73 117m EX VHS
1980 Floor Show, Marquee, London - Rehersals and outtakes (Disk Three) 18/10/73 109m EX VHS
1980 Floor Show, Marquee, London - Rehersals and outtakes (Disk Four) 18/10/73 116m EX VHS
1980 Floor Show, Marquee, London - Rehersals and outtakes (Disk Five) 18/10/73 100m EX Private
Disk 1
Dancers opening / closing routine rehersals - Take 1, 2, 3
MARIANNE FAITHFUL : 20th Century Blues - Rehersals - Take 1, 2, 3
20th Century Blues - Dancer's rehersals
BOWIE : Sorrow - Take 1,2, dancer's rehersals, Take 3
Amanda Lear / Bowie dialogue
BOWIE : Time - Take 1,2,3,4
Disk 2
CARMEN : Bullfight - Take 1,2,3
CARMEN : Bulerias - Take 1,2
CARMEN : Bullfight - Alternate take 1
CARMEN : Bulerias - Alternate take 1
CARMEN : Bullfight - Alternate take 2
CARMEN : Bulerias - Alternate take 2
BOWIE : Everything's Alright - Take 1,2,3, Alternate take 1,2
BOWIE : Space Oddity - Take 1,2,3,4,5
BOWIE : I Can't Explain - Take 1,2
BOWIE : The Jean Genie - Take 1,2,3,4
BOWIE : Dodo/1984 - Take 1,2,3,4
Disk 3
BOWIE/MARIANNE FAITHFUL : I Got You Babe - Take 1,2
TROGGS : Strange Moves - Take 1,2
BOWIE : Space Oddity - Alternate Take 1,2
TROGGS : Wild Thing - Take 1,2
TROGGS : I Can't Control Myself - Take 1,2,3,4,5
BOWIE/MARIANNE FAITHFUL : I Got You Babe - Alternate take 1,2,3
TROGGS : Wild Thing - Alternate take 1,2
TROGGS : I Can't Control Myself - Alternate take 1,2,3,4
BOWIE : Everything's Alright - Alternate take 1,2,3,4,5,6
BOWIE : Space Oddity - Alternate take 3,4,5
CARMEN : Bullfight - Alternate take 3
CARMEN : Bulerias - Alternate take 3
BOWIE : Everything's Alright - Alternate take 7,8,9
Disk 4
MARIANNE FAITHFUL : As Tears Go By - Take 1,2,3,4, Alternate take 1,2,3,4
BOWIE : The Jean Genie - Alternate take 1,2,3
BOWIE : Dodo/1984 - Alternate take 1,2,3,4
BOWIE : Time - Alternate take 1,2
Diamond Dogs Commercial Trailer (Silent)
Dick Cavett Show 12.04.74 : 1984/Young Americans/Foot Stompin'
David Live - Commercial Trailer
Disk 5
TROGGS : Wild Thing (No Time Code)
CARMEN : Bullfight (No Time Code)
BOWIE : The Jean Genie (No Time Code)
MARIANNE FAITHFUL : 20th Century Blues (No Time Code)
TROGGS : I Can't Control Myself / Strange Moves (No Time Code)
BOWIE : Changes - Promo Sheet
BOWIE : My Way - Clip
BOWIE : Space Oddity - HIts a Go-Go, Swiss TV 11.02.69
BOWIE : Rock'n'Roll Suicide - Live Promo
BOWIE : Andy Warhol's Factory - Feb 1971
BOWIE : Suffragette City - French TV B/W Film
BOWIE : Space Oddity - Ivor Novello Awards, Talk Of the Town 05.10.70
BOWIE : Live In Glasgow 1972
BOWIE : Luv Pop Ice Cream Ad
BOWIE : Life On Mars - Raw Time Coded Rushes - Promo Footage Without Sound
Golden Years Volume 2 PAL 165 mins
The 1980 Floor Show - Recorded at The Marquee, London, Oct 1973 16/11/73 50m EX- VHS
The Dick Cavett Show 1974 35m VG+ VHS
Tokyo Done, Japan 12/12/78 60m EX- VHS
Dallas Auditorium 10/04/78 20m EX- VHS
"Stunning TV footage of very high standard"
The Year Of The Diamond Dog PAL 90 mins
Live - US Tour 1974 90m EX VHS
Great collection of live clips, cut together to look like a complete show
Sources include:
1980 Floor Show - 18-20 October 1973
Cracked Actor - Alan Yentobs classic BBC 2 documentary
Forum, Montreal, QB, Canada on 14 June 1974
OKeefe Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada on 16 June 1974
Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT, USA on 14 July 1974
Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA, USA on 5 September 1974
Grammy Awards, Uris Theatre, New York, NYC, USA on 1 March 1975
Cracked Actor PAL 54 mins
Cracked Actor - BBC Omnibus Documentary 1975 54m M DVD
Direct from digital satellite TV, recorded in highest quality
Montreal Rehearsals NTSC 89 mins
Live - Pacific National Exhibition Coliseum, Vancouver 02/02/76 89m EX- VHS
Filmed professionally as Bowie rehearsed for the upcoming tour
Wembley Wizzard PAL 87 mins
Live - Wembley Wizzard, London 07/05/76 55m VG+ Private
Black Tie White Noise outtakes 32m VG+ VHS
private film shot from the right side with clear views. Mainly full stage shot, so a bit distant, especially as its a bit fuzzy too.
That Man Vol 7 PAL 93 mins
That Man Vol 7 1977 93m M DVD
The Man Who Fell To Earth - Movie Theatrical Trailer 1977
Dinah Shore Show, USA 15/4/77 - Funtime / Interview With Iggy Pop / Sister Midnight / Interview With David & Iggy Pop /
Promo Video 21/6/77 - Be My Wife
Promo Video 21/6/77 - Be My Wife ( Alternate Version #1 )
Promo Video 21/6/77 - Be My Wife ( Alternate Version #2 )
Marc Bolan TV Show, UK TV 9/9/77 - Heroes / Standing Next To You /
Bing Crosby TV Special, USA 11/9/77 - Introduction / Heroes / Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy /
Heroes Promo Out-Takes 27/9/77 - Unedited, Raw Material - Heroes / Sense Of Doubt / Blackout / Heroes /
Heroes - USA TV Ads 27/9/77
Promo Video 27/9/77 - Heroes
Odeon - ITV, UK TV 1/10/77 - Sense Of Doubt / Heroes /
That Man Vol 8 PAL 81 mins
That Man Vol 8 1977-78 81m M DVD
Top Pop, Holland 13/10/77 - Rare Unbroadcast TV Special - Interview / Heroes / Photo-Shoot / Interview /
Top Pop, Holland 13/10/77 - Heroes / Heroes & Low Gold Discs /
Le Rendez-Vouz Du Dimanche - French TV 16/10/77 - Interview
Top Of The Pops, UK TV 19/10/77 - Heroes
CBC - 90 Minutes Live, USA TV 25/11/77 - Interview
Dallas Convention Center, Texas, USA 10/4/78 - Pro-Shot Concert Film - What In The World / Blackout / Sense Of Doubt / Speed Of Life / Hang On To Yourself / Ziggy Stardus
Muskik Laden PAL 45 mins
Live - Muskik Laden 21/05/78 45m M DVD
Sense Of Doubt / Beauty And The Beast / "Heroes" / Stay / Jean Genie / TVC15 / Moon Of Alabama / Rebel Rebel / What In The World / Blackout / Sense Of Doubt / Speed Of Life / Hang Onto Yourself / Ziggy Stardust
2007 Digital Rebroadcast
Musikladen Extra NTSC 44 mins
Live - Musikladen Extra 21/05/78 44m HD DVD
A HD 720p transport stream - 4.78Gb
Sense of Doubt / Beauty and The Beast / Heroes / Stay / The Jean Genie / TVC 15 / Moon Of Alabama / Rebel Rebel
Stage Volume 2 PAL 105 mins
Live - Musik Laden, Bemen 21/05/78 44m EX VHS
London Weekend Show 08/07/78 38m EX VHS
Live - Stadhalle, Vienna 22/05/78 23m EX Private
1. Sense Of Doubt / Beauty And The Beast / Heroes / Stay / Jean Genie / TVC15 / Alabama Song / Rebel Rebel
2. Documentary on David Bowie's 1978 tour presented by Janet Street-Porter, includes live clips from Earls Court 30/06/1978
3. Warszawa / Heroes / What In The World / Be My Wife / The Jean Genie / Beauty and the Beast / Five Years / Hang On To Yourself / Ziggy Stardust / Suffragette City / Sense Of Doubt / Alabama Song / Station To Station / Stay (all incomplete) Screenshot from this.
Tokyo NTSC 60 mins
Live - Tokyo,NHK Hall, Japan 12/12/78 60m EX VHS
From low gen VHS
Sydney PAL 108 mins
Live - Sydney Showground 20/11/83 108m HD DVD
A HD 1080p transport stream - 1.63Gb
Betamax recording taken from a sight screen feed made at that time. The first couple of numbers, plus the end have some artefacts but, as it hasn't been viewed in nearly 40 years, the quality overall has held up well. The audio was in mono and has been remastered to bring it out more.
Look Back in Anger / "Heroes" / What in the World / Golden Years / Fashion / Let's Dance / Breaking Glass / Life on Mars? / Sorrow / Cat People (Putting Out Fire) / China Girl / Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) / Rebel Rebel / White Light/White Heat / Station to Station / Cracked Actor / Ashes to Ashes / Space Oddity / Young Americans / Fame / Star / Stay / The Jean Genie / Modern Love
Dublin PAL 71 mins
Live - Point Depot, Dublin 10/08/90 71m EX- Private
Space Oddity / Rebel Rebel / Ashes To Ashes / Fashion / Life On Mars / Pretty {ink Rose / Stay / Blue Jean / Let's Dance / Sound & Vision / Ziggy Stardust / China Girl / Station To Station / Young Americans / Suffragette City / Fame / Heroes / Changes
Lisboa PAL 72 mins
Live - Estadio Jose Alvalade, Lisboa 14/09/90 72m M DVD
Space Oddity / Rebel Rebel / Ashes to Ashes / Life on Mars? / Stay / Sound and Vision / Ziggy Stardust / China Girl / Young Americans / Suffragette City / Fame / Heroes / Changes / Modern Love / The Jean Genie / Gloria
2016 rebroadcast
Astoria NTSC 93 mins
Live - Astoria Theatre, London 02/12/99 93m M DVD
Pro shot, with timecode at the bottom

Life on Mars / Word On A Wing / Thursdays Child / Ashes to Ashes / Survivie / Cant Help Thinking About Me / China Girl / Always Crashing In The Same Car / Something In The Air / Drive In Saturday / Stay / Seven / Changes / Rebel Rebel / Repetition / The Pretty Things are Going to Hell / Cracked Actor / Im Afraid of Americans
Glastonbury Festival PAL 115 mins
Live - Glastonbury Festival 25/06/00 115m HD DVD
A HD 720p transport stream - 4.44Gb
Wild Is the Wind / China Girl / Changes / Stay / Life on Mars? / Absolute Beginners / Ashes to Ashes / Rebel Rebel / Little Wonder / Golden Years / Fame / All the Young Dudes / The Man Who Sold the World / Station to Station / Starman / Hallo Spaceboy / Under Pressure / Ziggy Stardust / Heroes / Let's Dance / I'm Afraid of Americans
BBC Radio Theatre PAL 60 mins
Live - BBC Radio Theatre, London 27/06/00 60m M DVD
Wild Is The Wind / Ashes To Ashes / This Is Not America / Absolute Beginners / Little Wonder / Man Who Sold The World / Fame / Stay / Hallo Spaceboy / Cracked Actor / I'm Afraid Of Americans
Meltdown NTSC 138 mins
Live - Royal Festival Hall, London 29/06/02 138m M Private
2 DVD set. Great private DV film, shot from the balcony with nice clear views and good close ups
Arte TV NTSC 120 mins
Live - Olympia Paris 01/07/02 120m M DVD
Berlin PAL 68 mins
Live - Max Schmeling-Halle, Belin 22/09/02 68m M DVD
Live By Request PAL 72 mins
Live - Live By Request Sony Music Studios 15/06/03 72m M DVD
Fame / Changes / China Girl / Slow Burn / Starman / Lets Dance / Ive Been Waiting For You / Slip Away / Ziggy Stardust / "Heroes" / Cactus / 5:15 The Angels Have Gone / Sound And Vision / Ashes To Ashes / Im Afraid Of Americans / Outro
Trafic Musique PAL 110 mins
Live - Trafic Musique, French TV 04/09/03 110m M DVD
David performs seven songs with his band then does songs with blur, air, dandy warhols, white stripes, francoise hardy. David is also interviewed by Mick Rock and Moby. This recording is taken from tv5 europe digital satellite and is a rerun with no commercial breaks
Wembley Arena PAL 112 mins
Live - Wembley Arena 26/11/03 112m M Private
Filmed Using DV Camcorder Then Transfer To Panasonic Standalone, Good Clear View.
Madison Square Garden NTSC 120 mins
Live - Madison Square Garden 15/12/03 120m M Private
Great private DV footage

Rebel Rebel / New Killer Star / Reality / Fashion / Hang On To Yourself / Fame / Cactus / All The Young Dudes / China Girl / The Loneliest Guy / The Man Who Sold The World / Hallo Spaceboy / Sunday / Under Pressure / Life On Mars? / Ashes To Ashes / Afraid / The Motel / Changes / Five Years / Im Afraid Of Americans / "Heroes" / The Jean Genie / Suffragette City / Ziggy Stardust
Melbourne PAL 113 mins
Live - Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne 26/02/04 113m M Private
Great private DV Footage. Shot from balcony with clear view and good close ups.
Tokyo 8th NTSC 124 mins
Live - Nippon Budokan, Tokyo 08/03/04 124m M Private
Great private DV Footage. Shot from balcony with clear view and great close ups. Rozy Project
Tokyo 9th NTSC 140 mins
Live - Nippon Budokan, Tokyo 09/03/04 140m M Private
Great private DV Footage. Shot from balcony with clear view and great close ups. Rozy Project
Sun Casino NTSC 135 mins
Live - Mohegan Sun Casino, CT 02/06/04 135m M Private
Great private DV footage - 2 Camera Mix

Rebel Rebel / Queen Bitch / Cactus / Sister Midnight / New Killer Star / China Girl / All The Young Dudes / The Loneliest Guy / The Man Who Sold The World / Battle For Britain (The Letter) / Pablo Picasso / Heathen (The Rays) / The Supermen / Hallo Spaceboy / Under Pressure / Station To Station / Fantastic Voyage / Ashes To Ashes / Quicksand / Modern Love / Lets Dance / Im Afraid Of Americans / "Heroes" / Diamond Dogs / Ziggy Stardust

Jones Beach NTSC 135 mins
Live - Jones Beach 04/06/04 135m M Private
Great private DV footage - 2 Camera Mix

Rebel Rebel / Queen Bitch / Cactus / Sister Midnight / New Killer Star / China Girl / All The Young Dudes / The Loneliest Guy / The Man Who Sold The World / Battle For Britain (The Letter) / Hallo Spaceboy / Heathen (The Rays) / Under Pressure / Station To Station / shes To Ashes / Quicksand / Modern Love / Im Afraid Of Americans / "Heroes" / Slip Away (with The Polyphonic Spree) / White Light, White Heat / Diamond Dogs / Five Years / Suffragette City / Ziggy Stardust
Story Of Ziggy Stardust PAL 120 mins
The Story Of Ziggy Stardust (BBC4 Doc) 22/06/12 60m M DVD
The Genius of David Bowie 22/06/12 60m M DVD
Story Of Ziggy Stardust
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars is arguably the most important album in the mind-blowing career of David Bowie. Released in 1972, it's the record that set the mercurial musician on course to becoming one of the best-known pop stars on the planet. In just over a year, Bowie's messianic Martian invaded the minds of the nation's youth with a killer combination of extraterrestrial rock 'n' roll and outrageous sexuality, all delivered in high-heeled boots, multi-coloured dresses and extravagant make-up. In Bowie's own words, Ziggy was 'a cross between Nijinsky and Woolworths', but this unlikely culture clash worked - Ziggy turned Bowie into stardust.
This documentary tells the story of how Bowie arrived at one of the most iconic creations in the history of pop music. The songs, the hairstyles, the fashion and the theatrical stage presentation that merged together to turn David Bowie into the biggest craze since the Beatles. Ziggy's instant success gave the impression that he was the perfectly-planned pop star. But, as the film reveals, it had been a momentous struggle for David Bowie to hit on just the right formula that would take him to the top.
Narrated by fan Jarvis Cocker, it reveals Bowie's mission to the stars through the musicians and colleagues who helped him in his unwavering quest for fame - a musical voyage that led Bowie to doubt his true identity, eventually forcing the sudden demise of his alien alter ego, Ziggy.
The Genius of David Bowie
Space Oddity (Ivor Novello Awards 70) / Oh You Pretty Things (OGWT 72) / Oh You Pretty Things - Peter Noone 71 / Fife On Mars (promo 71) / Queen Bitch (OGWT 72) / Starman (TOTP 72) / Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes (72) / Ziggy Stardust / The Jean Genie (TOTP 73) / Lou Reed - Perfect Day (Later 03) / Rebel Rebel / Lulu - Man Who Sold The World / Heroes (TOTP 77) / Iggy Pop - Lust For Life / Boys Keep Swinging / Fashion (Jonathan Ross Show) / Let's Dance / Halo Spaceboy (TOTP 96) / Ashes To Ashes
Five Years PAL 90 mins
Live - Five Years, BBC Documentary 25/05/13 90m HD DVD
A 720p Transport Stream
Featuring a wealth of previously unseen archive, this film looks at how Bowie continually evolved: from Ziggy Stardust to the Soul Star of Young Americans, to the ‘Thin White Duke’. It explores his regeneration in Berlin with the critically acclaimed album Heroes, his triumph with Scary Monsters and his global success with Let’s Dance.
With interviews with all his closest collaborators, David Bowie - Five Years presents a unique account of why Bowie has become an ‘icon of our times’.
The Last Five Years NTSC 90 mins
The Last Five Years (BBC Doc) 07/01/17 90m HD DVD
A HD 720p transport stream - 1.61Gb
There was nothing predictable about David Bowie. Everything was designed to intrigue, to challenge, to defy all expectations. But perhaps no period in David Bowie's extraordinary career raised more fascination, more surprise, and more questions than the last five years. This is an intimate portrait of one of the defining artists of the twentieth and early twenty first centuries, told by the people who knew him best - his friends and artistic collaborators.
This film takes a detailed look at Bowie's last albums, The Next Day and Blackstar, and his play Lazarus. In his final five years, Bowie not only began producing music again, but returned to the core and defining themes of his career. This film explores how Bowie was a far more consistent artist than many interpretations of his career would have us believe. It traces the core themes from his final works and relates them to his incredible back catalogue. His urge to communicate feelings of spirituality, alienation and fame underpin his greatest works from the 1960s to 2016. This is what lies at the heart of his success and appeal - music that deals with what it means to be human in a way that goes far beyond the normal palette of a rock star.
The film is not a comprehensive overview of his entire career, but an in-depth exploration of pivotal moments that show how the themes, the narrative and the approach is consistent - it is simply the palette that changes. The film includes every key member of the Next Day band, the Blackstar band and those who worked with him on the stage play Lazarus. In addition, old friends and colleagues are on hand to explore how the work of the last five years relates to Bowie's back catalogue. And, as in David Bowie: Five Years, there is a wealth of unseen and rare archive footage.
At The BBC NTSC 60 mins
At The BBC 13/01/17 60m M DVD
A chronology of clips from the BBC archive giving an overview of David Bowie's extraordinary career from 1964 to 2016. Blending interviews and performances from music programmes, documentaries, news outlets and chat shows, this portrait of Bowie both at his most thoughtful and his most opportunistically promotional is a series of snapshots into a rapidly evolving career across music, films and the theatre.
From a 17-year-old David Jones interviewed by Cliff Michelmore in 1964, on to 1973 when in Ziggy mode Bowie, Ronson and co gave their seminal Top of the Pops performance of Starman, and then to 2000 when Bowie reimagined himself as the cover of Hunky Dory to storm Glastonbury, this is a journey through many Bowies.
The programme includes other classic Top of the Pops, The Old Grey Whistle Test and Later... with Jools' performances and looks at Bowie the actor with interviews about his roles in The Elephant Man, Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence and Labyrinth.
Bowie at the BBC gives an insight into the many ways Bowie chose to present himself at different moments in time, revealing how innovative, funny, surprising and influential he always was.
Finding Fame PAL 90 mins
Finding Fame (BBC Documentary) 09/02/19 90m HD DVD
A HD 720p transport stream - 3.35Gb
This is the David Bowie story you don't know. The story of how David Robert Jones became David Bowie, how David Bowie became Ziggy Stardust and how Ziggy became immortal, changing the musical landscape as he did so. The story that finally makes sense of one of the greatest icons of the 20th and 21st centuries. Part three of Francis Whately's Bowie trilogy.
This feature-length documentary tells the untold story of how David Robert Jones became David Bowie, how Bowie became Ziggy Stardust and how Ziggy became immortal - changing the musical landscape as he did so. David Bowie: Finding Fame is the story that finally makes sense of one of the greatest icons of the 20th and 21st centuries.
With remarkable, unheard audio recordings, unseen archive and unpublished documents alongside exclusive interviews with David's family, girlfriends, lifelong friends and early collaborators, this film shows how his experiences in the 1960s created a blueprint for his entire career.
Starting in 1966, when he changed his name to Bowie, the film traces his interest in everything from Bill and Ben, the Flowerpot Men, to Anthony Newley. Highlights include a deconstruction - through the eight-track masters - of Bowie classics including Space Oddity, and the song he wanted to forget, The Laughing Gnome.
There's footage from a famous 1973 gig in Hammersmith, West London, when Bowie announced that it was Spiders From Mars' last show, and rare audio from a 1971 Glastonbury performance. There is also 1972 footage of Bowie as Ziggy Stardust on ITV music show Lift Off With Ayshea which was believed lost but has been recovered and restored.
Contributors include Bowie's first cousin and lifelong friend Kristina Amadeus, and his former girlfriend and muse Hermione Farthingale - neither of whom have been filmed talking about him before; the late Lindsay Kemp, in his last filmed interview; former girlfriend Dana Gillespie; lifelong friends Geoff MacCormak and George Underwood; producers Mike Vernon, Tony Visconti and Tony Hatch; and Woody Woodmansey, the last remaining Spider From Mars.

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