Lost David Bowie songs from 1965 set for new compilation

To tease the forthcoming compilation, the previously unheard track ‘I Want Your Love’, which is one of ten songs that have never before been heard by the public.

The set of tracks doesn’t just feature a pre-fame Bowie, either. It also includes contributions from Jimmy Page back when he was a gun-for-hire as a session musician before joining The Yardbirds and subsequently forming Led Zeppelin.

Furthermore, Nicky Hopkins, who would go on to play piano for bands like The Rolling Stones, can also be heard on The Shel Talmy Recordings.

Music historian Alec Palao writes of the compilation in the liner notes, “David Bowie the artist is a book of chapters, the turn of each page delivering something completely different and unexpected from the last. And in perusal, a cardinal error would be to pit any of these episodes against the others, when in fact each fascinating phase in his career should be considered complementary.”

Paleo adds, “This collection, a primary chapter if not the very earliest instalment in David’s musical journey, deserves legitimate consideration. It is invariably tempting to search for clues in an artist’s tentative beginnings, and Bowie’s juvenilia has been dissected more than most, but this has rarely been done within the proper context.”

He also importantly states, “The sounds here should not be judged by the standards of his later career, but by the standards of what was happening in Britain at that precise point in time. In which case, they speak as loudly of the excitement of London and its music scene in that pivotal year of 1965 as they do for the launch of its brightest future star.”

Talmy, who died in 2024, was already an established name by this point, having produced The Kinks’ ‘You Really Got Me’ and The Who’s ‘I Can’t Explain’. He met Bowie on Denmark Street in London, which led to them joining forces in the studio.

While Bowie never found fame or riches under his birth name, Talmy remarked in 2017, “I thought he absolutely was going to make it. The only unfortunate thing is that he and I were about six years ahead of the market.”

See the full tracklist and listen to ‘I Want Your Love’ below.

David Bowie – The Shel Talmy Recordings tracklist:

1. ‘You’ve Got A Habit Of Leaving’ (2026 Remaster) ^
2. ‘I Want Your Love’ *^
3. ‘Cupid’ *^
4. ‘I Pity The Fool’ (2026 Remaster) +
5. ‘Baby Loves That Way’ (2026 Remaster) ^
6. ‘Keep Up With The Jones’ (Instrumental) *^
7. ‘Leave Her To Me’ *^
8. ‘I’ll Follow You’ ^
9. ‘You Gotta Tell Her’ (2026 Remaster) *^
10. ‘Take My Tip’ (2026 Remaster) +
11. ‘Certain Woman’ *^
12. ‘Today’ (Demo) *-
13. ‘I Want My Baby Back’ (Demo) (2026 Remaster) –
14. ‘I Live In Dreams’ (Demo) *-
15. ‘Bars Of The County Jail’ (Demo) –
16. ‘That’s Where My Heart Is’ (Demo) (2026 Remaster) –
17. ‘I Do Believe I Love You’ (Demo) *-
18. ‘You’ve Got A Habit Of Leaving’ (Alternative Overdub/Vocal) (2026 Remaster) ^
19. ‘I Pity The Fool’ (Alternative Vocal Take) (2026 Remaster) +
20. ‘Baby Loves That Way’ (Alternative Vocal Take) *^
21. ‘Take My Tip’ (Alternative Vocal Take) (2026 Remaster) +

Key

Previously Unreleased *
Davie Jones & The Lower Third ^
The Manish Boys +
Davie Jones –

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