Beside Bowie – The Mick Ronson Story (2017) Blu-ray 1080p AVC DTS-HD MA 5.1

Title: Beside Bowie – The Mick Ronson Story
Genre: Documentary, Rock
Release Date: 2017
Artists: David Bowie, Mick Ronson, Mary Finnigan, Bob Harris, Suzi Ronson, Jon Brewer, Dana Gillespie, Angie Bowie, Kevin Cann, David Stopps, Maggi Ronson, Tony Visconti, John Peel, Laurence Myers, Mick Rock, Rick Wakeman, Joe Elliott, Cherry Vanilla, Tony Zanetta, Andy Warhol, Ian Hunter, Lou Reed, Mike Garson, Earl Slick, Lulu, Glen Matlock, Mark Nevin, Roger Taylor

Production/Label: MVD Visual
Duration: 01:43:59 + 00:24:04
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: DTS, PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 31981 kbps / 1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio #1: English / DTS-HD Master Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 3624 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio #2: English / Dolby Digital Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps
Audio #3: English / LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Subtitles: English, French, German
Size: 40.26 GB

From Emperor Media Ltd. and acclaimed producer/director Jon Brewer, music icon David Bowie narrates this unprecedented celebration of the life and works of guitar virtuoso Mick Ronson – a rock hero virtually unknown despite his direct contribution and involvement in countless compositions, lyrics and recordings that changed the face of music forever.
His humble beginnings in Hull, England underpinned the values and modest, unpretentious personality of Mick Ronson, who worked with the city’s council while he pursued his craft with consummate dedication. Soon word of his talent reached David Bowie, who grabbed at the chance to work with Ronson, in what would become a career-long association, alongside collaborations with other greats such as Bob Dylan, Ian Hunter, Lulu and Lou Reed.
The Man Who Sold the World, Aladdin Sane, Hunky Dory, The Jean Genie – all were constructed with Ronson on guitar.
Sadly in 1993, while working on a solo album, Ronson passed away before receiving the recognition he so richly deserved or before taking that final bow. Now, with unprecedented access to archival backstage footage – never before released – and iconic imagery from superstar photographer Mick Rock, this fascinating and at times controversial special reveals the ultimate authentic chronicle of the career of a cornerstone of rock.

Bonus interview footage from Angie Bowie, Rick Wakeman, Glen Matlock, Cherry Vanilla, Ian Hunter, David Stopps and more!

An illuminating film about a man who deserved more shine… –LA Times

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David Bowie-Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars The Motion Picture-OST REMASTERED-24BIT-96KHZ-WEB-FLAC-2023-RUIDOS

David Bowie-Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars The Motion Picture-OST REMASTERED-24BIT-96KHZ-WEB-FLAC-2023-RUIDOS Download

David Bowie-Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars The Motion Picture-OST REMASTERED-24BIT-96KHZ-WEB-FLAC-2023-RUIDOS
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:33:54 minutes | 1,88 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover

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David Bowie – No Plan E.P. (2024) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

David Bowie – No Plan E.P. (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 18:04 minutes | 381 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino

No Plan is an extended play, comprising songs written and recorded by English musician David Bowie, released posthumously on 8 January 2017. The release coincided with what would have been Bowie’s 70th birthday, almost a year after his death. No Plan compiles the original songs written for Bowie’s Off-Broadway musical, Lazarus, including the titular “Lazarus”, “No Plan”, “Killing a Little Time”, and “When I Met You”. The songs were first recorded by the cast of the musical as part of its official soundtrack. The recordings featured on No Plan come from the sessions for Bowie’s twenty-sixth and final studio album Blackstar, with “Lazarus” appearing as the third track on the album. Upon release, No Plan debuted at #138 on the Billboard 200, selling more than 5,000 units in its first week there. The music video for the title track was also released in accompaniment with the EP. It was directed by Tom Hingston.

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David Bowie-No Plan E.P.-EP-24BIT-96KHZ-WEB-FLAC-2024-OBZEN

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David Bowie-No Plan E.P.-EP-24BIT-96KHZ-WEB-FLAC-2024-OBZEN
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 00:18:04 minutes | 380 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover

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David Bowie – No Plan EP (2024) [24Bit-96kHz] FLAC [PMEDIA] ⭐️

David Bowie - No Plan EP (2024) [24Bit-96kHz] FLAC [PMEDIA] ⭐️ Download

David Bowie – No Plan EP (2024) [24Bit-96kHz] FLAC [PMEDIA] ⭐️
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 00:18:04 minutes | 383 MB | Genre: Pop, Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover

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David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars: The Motion Picture Soundtrack (Live, 50th Anniversary Edition, 2023 Remaster) (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars: The Motion Picture Soundtrack (Live, 50th Anniversary Edition, 2023 Remaster) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:33:54 minutes | 1,87 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino

After performing his second-to-last selection, “White Light/White Heat,” a tune by Lou Reed, the songwriter who most influenced Ziggy Stardust, David Bowie’s enduring and indelible persona, Bowie dropped this little nugget on his fans (and bandmates): “Not only is it the last show of the tour, but it’s the last show that we’ll ever do. Thank you.” He then went into a magnificent version of “Rock & Roll Suicide,” a song that gives a glimpse of where Bowie could have gone, not to suicide, but to the style of rock & roll that a long-term band can provide. Had Bowie kept the Spiders from Mars together, unique flashes like the version of “Let’s Spend the Night Together” or the striking “All the Young Dudes” would have continued, a tight little rock & roll band providing a balance that dissipated when the artist branched out on his own. The other unnerving thing about this double-LP soundtrack of a concert taped in 1973 and finally released in 1982 is that there are bootlegs which have more to offer sonically. The thin recording is shameful: don’t expect Pink Floyd’s Delicate Sound of Thunder or even the Rolling Stones’ wonderfully sludgy “Get Your Ya Ya’s Out.” The remix of this only official live album from the Ziggy Stardust shows is dreadful. Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture doesn’t have the electric excitement of the Live in Santa Monica ’72 boot, and that’s the fault of the remix by Mike Moran, Bruce Tergeson, Tony Visconti, and Bowie. Another bootleg, David Bowie with the Spiders from Mars, London, July 3, 1973, is the exact same Ziggy performance, but it comes across better, much better. According to Pimm Jal de la Parra’s book David Bowie: The Concert Tapes, the bootleg was issued from the ABC TV 1974 broadcast. The bootleg also has “Jean Genie and “Love Me Do,” which feature Jeff Beck on guitar, Beck’s performances being absent from the official RCA soundtrack release. The shame of it all is that this double disc was released after David Live and Stage, and while the upside is it makes for a rare, three double-live sets from one performer, the downside is that the best of those three albums has the worst mix on official record. Also, had RCA released the October 1, 1972 Boston Music Hall show — which was brilliant, despite Bowie having a cold that night — or this July 3, 1973 London Hammersmith Odeon program back in the day, it could have had an enormous effect on Bowie’s career. At that point in time, the fans wanted more Ziggy, and the timing of this release only shows how important it is to get the material out while it’s hot. Just ask Peter Frampton, Bob Seger, and the J. Geils Band, who solidified their audiences with double-live sets at crucial points in their careers. Nonetheless, everything here is essential David Bowie; it is a great performance, and you definitely need it for your Bowie collection. The only thing better would be Lou Reed himself finally releasing the September 1973 first gig of his Rock ‘n’ Roll Animal Band, which was, as they say, the real thing. – Joe Viglione

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David Bowie ‎- Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars: The Motion Picture (1973/2023) SD Blu-ray 1080p AVC DTS-HD MA 5.1 + BDRip 720p/1080p

Title: David Bowie ‎- Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars: The Motion Picture
Release Date: 1973/2023
Genre: Glam, Pop Rock

Production/Label: Rhino Home Video
Duration: 01:42:42
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: PCM / DTS
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 38000 kbps / 1080p / 24 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: English / LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Audio#2: English / DTS-HD Master Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 4887 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Size: 34.53 GB

The July 3rd, 1973 historic concert of the ‘leper Messiah’. This was to be David Bowie’s last concert with the Ziggy persona and the Spiders from Mars. A great medley of ‘Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud’/’All The Young Dudes’/’Oh! You Pretty Things’, a Lou Reed cover, and a Rolling Stones cover are but some of the highlights.

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David Bowie – Laughing with Liza (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

David Bowie – Laughing with Liza (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 28:13 minutes | 221 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Decca Music Group Ltd.

Laughing with Liza presents an artist on the cusp of genius, in the height of Swinging London. Here, Bowie’s Vocalion and Deram singles are collected for the very first time, including a never before released version of “Space Oddity”, his breakthrough hit.

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David Bowie – The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars 2003 (1972) [SACD 2003] MCH SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

David Bowie – The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars 2003 (1972) [SACD 2003]
PS3 Rip | ISO | SACD DST64 2.0 & DST64 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 38:47 minutes | Scans included | 2,50 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | 38:31 min | Scans included | 810 MB
Features 2.0 Stereo and 5.1 multichannel surround.

Borrowing heavily from Marc Bolan’s glam rock and the future shock of A Clockwork Orange, David Bowie reached back to the heavy rock of The Man Who Sold the World for The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. Constructed as a loose concept album about an androgynous alien rock star named Ziggy Stardust, the story falls apart quickly, yet Bowie’s fractured, paranoid lyrics are evocative of a decadent, decaying future, and the music echoes an apocalyptic, nuclear dread. Fleshing out the off-kilter metallic mix with fatter guitars, genuine pop songs, string sections, keyboards, and a cinematic flourish, Ziggy Stardust is a glitzy array of riffs, hooks, melodrama, and style and the logical culmination of glam. Mick Ronson plays with a maverick flair that invigorates rockers like “Suffragette City,” “Moonage Daydream,” and “Hang Onto Yourself,” while “Lady Stardust,” “Five Years,” and “Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide” have a grand sense of staged drama previously unheard of in rock & roll. And that self-conscious sense of theater is part of the reason why Ziggy Stardust sounds so foreign. Bowie succeeds not in spite of his pretensions but because of them, and Ziggy Stardust — familiar in structure, but alien in performance — is the first time his vision and execution met in such a grand, sweeping fashion.

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David Bowie – Scary Monsters (1980) [SACD 2003] SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

David Bowie – Scary Monsters (1980) [SACD 2003]
PS3 Rip | ISO | SACD DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 45:29 minutes | Scans included | 1,84 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 968 MB

David Bowie returned to relatively conventional rock & roll with Scary Monsters, an album that effectively acts as an encapsulation of all his ’70s experiments. Reworking glam rock themes with avant-garde synth flourishes, and reversing the process as well, Bowie creates dense but accessible music throughout Scary Monsters. Though it doesn’t have the vision of his other classic records, it wasn’t designed to break new ground — it was created as the culmination of Bowie’s experimental genre-shifting of the ’70s. As a result, Scary Monsters is Bowie’s last great album. While the music isn’t far removed from the post-punk of the early ’80s, it does sound fresh, hip, and contemporary, which is something Bowie lost over the course of the ’80s.

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David Bowie – Reality (2003) MCH SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

David Bowie – Reality (2003)
PS3 Rip | ISO | SACD DSD64 2.0 & DST64 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 49:19 minutes | Scans included | 4,24 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | 49:11 min | Scans included | 1,0 GB
Features 2.0 Stereo and 5.1 multichannel surround.

Instead of being a one-off comeback, 2002′s Heathen turned out to be where David Bowie settled into a nice groove for his latter-day career, if 2003′s Reality is any indication. Working once again with producer Tony Visconti, Bowie again returns to a sound from the past, yet tweaks it enough to make it seem modern, not retro. Last time around, he concentrated on his early-’70s sound, creating an amalgam of Hunky Dory through Heroes. With Reality, he picks up where he left off, choosing to revise the sound of Heroes through Scary Monsters, with the latter functioning as a sonic blueprint for the album. Basically, Reality is a well-adjusted Scary Monsters, minus the paranoia and despair — and if those two ingredients were key to the feeling and effect of that album, it’s a credit to Bowie that he’s found a way to retain the sound and approach of that record, but turn it bright and cheerful and keep it interesting. Since part of the appeal of Monsters is the creeping sense of unease and its icy detachment, it would seem that a warmer, mature variation on that would not be successful, but Bowie and Visconti are sharp record-makers, retaining what works — layers of voices and guitars, sleek keyboards, coolly propulsive rhythms — and tying them to another strong set of songs. Like Heathen, the songs deliberately recall classic Bowie by being both tuneful and adventurous, both hallmarks of his ’70s work. If this isn’t as indelible as anything he cut during that decade, that’s merely the fate of mature work by veteran rockers. So, Reality doesn’t have the shock of the new, but it does offer some surprises, chief among them the inventive, assured production and memorable songs. It’s a little artier than Heathen, but similar in its feel and just as satisfying. Both records are testaments to the fact that veteran rockers can make satisfyingly classicist records without resulting in nostalgia or getting too comfortable. With any luck, Bowie will retain this level of quality for a long time to come.

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David Bowie – Let’s Dance (1983) [SACD 2003] SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

David Bowie – Let’s Dance (1983) [SACD 2003]
PS3 Rip | ISO | SACD DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 39:47 minutes | Scans included | 1,61 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 831 MB

After summing up his maverick tendencies on Scary Monsters, David Bowie aimed for the mainstream with Let’s Dance. Hiring Chic guitarist Nile Rodgers as a co-producer, Bowie created a stylish, synthesized post-disco dance music that was equally informed by classic soul and the emerging new romantic subgenre of new wave, which was ironically heavily inspired by Bowie himself. Let’s Dance comes tearing out of the gate, propulsed by the skittering “Modern Love,” the seductively menacing “China Girl,” and the brittle funk of the title track. All three songs became international hits, and for good reason — they’re catchy, accessible pop songs that have just enough of an alien edge to make them distinctive. However, that careful balance is quickly thrown off by a succession of pleasant but unremarkable plastic soul workouts. “Cat People” and a cover of Metro’s “Criminal World” are relatively strong songs, but the remainder of the album indicates that Bowie was entering a songwriting slump. However, the three hits were enough to make the album a massive hit, and their power hasn’t diminished over the years, even if the rest of the record sounds like an artifact.

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David Bowie – Heathen (2002) MCH SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

David Bowie – Heathen (2002)
PS3 Rip | ISO | SACD DSD64 2.0 & DST64 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 71:44 minutes | Scans included | 5,36 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | 69:53 min | Scans included | 1,41 GB
Features 2.0 Stereo and 5.1 multichannel surround.

Heathen marks a new beginning for David Bowie in some ways — it’s his first record since leaving Virgin, his first for Columbia Records, his first for his new label, ISO — yet it’s hardly a new musical direction. Like Hours, this finds Bowie sifting through the sounds of his past, completely at ease with his legacy, crafting a colorful, satisfying album that feels like a classic Bowie album. That’s not to say that Heathen recalls any particular album or any era in specific, yet there’s a deliberate attempt to recapture the atmosphere, the tone of his ’70s work — there’s a reason that Bowie decided to reteam with Tony Visconti, the co-producer of some of his best records, for this album — even if direct comparisons are hard to come by. Which is exactly what’s so impressive about this album. Bowie and Visconti never shy away from electronic instrumentations or modern production — if anything, they embrace it — but it’s woven into Bowie’s sound subtly, never drawing attention to the drum loops, guitar synths, and washes of electronica. For that matter, guest spots by Dave Grohl and Pete Townshend (both on guitar) don’t stand out either; they’re merely added texture to this an album that’s intricately layered, but always plays smoothly and alluringly. And, make no mistake, this is an alluring, welcoming, friendly album — there are some moody moments, but Bowie takes Neil Young’s eerie “I’ve Been Waiting for You” and Pixies’ elusively brutal, creepy “Cactus” and turns them sweet, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing, either. In the end, that’s the key to Heathen — the undercurrent of happiness, not in the lyrics, but in the making of music, a realization by Bowie and Visconti alike that they are perfect collaborators. Unlike their previous albums together, this doesn’t boldly break new ground, but that’s because, 22 years after their last collaboration, Scary Monsters, both Bowie and Visconti don’t need to try as hard, so they just focus on the craft. The result is an understated, utterly satisfying record, his best since Scary Monsters, simply because he’d never sounded as assured and consistent since.

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Original New York Cast Of Lazarus, David Bowie And Enda Walsh – Lazarus (Original Cast Recording) (2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Original New York Cast Of Lazarus, David Bowie And Enda Walsh – Lazarus (Original Cast Recording) (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:22:08 minutes | 1,69 GB | Genre: Soundtrack
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia

The original cast recording of Lazarus, a musical with lyrics and music composed and written by David Bowie.

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David Bowie – Welcome To The Blackout (Live London ’78) (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

David Bowie – Welcome To The Blackout (Live London ’78) (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:47:28 minutes | 2,31 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Parlophone UK

In a not entirely unexpected move, Parlophone will issue David Bowie‘s Welcome To the Blackout (Live London ’78) as a two-CD set in June.
This live album was taken from performances in London in June/July 1978 on Bowie’s Isolar II tour and was mixed by Bowie and David Richards a month after the tour ended, in January 1979.
The recordings were unreleased until Record Store Day 2018, when this was issued as a triple vinyl package and it became the best-selling release from that day.
The two-CD edition of Welcome To the Blackout will be issued on 29 June 2018. On the same date, a red vinyl edition of the Christiane F. soundtrack will be released on RED vinyl, along with a 10-inch black vinyl edition of the Baal EP (the tracks from which were included on Re:Call 3 in the A New Career In A New Town box set). Both of these vinyl releases will only be available in ‘Bricks and Mortar’ record stores (i.e. physical shops).

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