Ten previously unheard songs from David Bowie’s formative years, recorded under his original stage name Davie Jones, are set to be released on an upcoming album.
Titled David Bowie: The Shel Talmy Recordings, the collection is described by his music label as “the most complete collection of tracks recorded by a nascent David Bowie.”
It features collaborations with producer Shel Talmy, renowned for his work on The Kinks’ “You Really Got Me” and The Who’s “My Generation”.
The album also boasts contributions from legendary guitarist Jimmy Page, then of the Yardbirds and later Led Zeppelin, alongside pianist Nicky Hopkins, who famously played with The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Who, and Jeff Beck.
While some singles from this early period, such as “Can’t Help Thinking About Me” and “Do Anything You Say”, have previously surfaced, this new release promises a deeper dive into Bowie’s nascent artistry.
This new compilation – set to be released on 18 September – will bring together a range of unreleased material.
One of those singles includes “I Want Your Love”, which is available now.
Others set to be included are titled “You’ve Got A Habit Of Leaving” and “Baby Loves That Way”. The other unheard songs are “Cupid”, “Leave Her to Me”, “You Gotta Tell Her”, “Certain Woman”, “Today”, “I Live in Dreams” and “I Do Believe I Love You”.
As the musician and music historian Alec Palao puts it in his sleeve notes that accompany the album: “David Bowie the artist is a book of chapters, the turn of each page delivering something completely different and unexpected from the last.
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“Each fascinating phase in his career should be considered complementary. This collection, a primary chapter if not the very earliest instalment in David’s musical journey, deserves legitimate consideration.”
Bowie and Talmy first encountered each other while frequenting London’s Denmark Street, which was the centre of the British music industry of the time, where songwriters sold their songs to the big publishers of the day.
The ex-pat American Talmy signed Bowie and the Manish Boys in December 1964 but the singer had already moved on and formed Davie Jones & The Lower Third.
The majority of the recordings Bowie made with Talmy featured The Lower Third or were solo demos.
The year after these songs were recorded, the singer changed his name to David Bowie to avoid confusion with Davy Jones of the Monkees.
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