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Bowie in Berlin : a new career in a new town

Author: Thomas Jerome Seabrook
Publisher: London : Jawbone Press, 2008.
Edition/Format:  Print book : Biography : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
Summary:
This is a biographical and historical account of the recording of David Bowie's albums 'Low', ''Heroes'' and 'Lodger'. Set against the backdrop of post-war Berlin it features a cast of characters including Iggy Pop, Kraftwerk and Robert Fripp. It also looks at the influence Bowie's 'Berlin Trilogy' has exerted on other musicians.
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Genre/Form: Biographies
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Biography
Named Person: David Bowie; David Bowie; David Bowie; David Bowie
Material Type: Biography, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Thomas Jerome Seabrook
ISBN: 9781906002084 1906002088
OCLC Number: 166390017
Description: 272 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Contents: Picture section --
Introduction --
Part 1. Speed of life --
Black noise : how David Bowie became British pop's brightest 70s star --
The year of magical thinking : Los Angeles : The man who fell to Earth and Station to station --
Going round & round : reality slips and Europe beckons --
Part 2. New music : night and day --
Dum dum days : Iggy Pop, The idiot, and the move to Berlin. Iggy Pop : The idiot, track by track --
What in the world : collaborating with Eno and recording Love. David Bowie : Love, track by track --
Neighbourhood threat : playing keyboards with Iggy Pop and making Lust for life. Iggy Pop : Lust for life, track by track --
Für einen tag : settling in Berlin and recording "Heroes". David Bowie : "Heroes," track by track --
Part 3. Peace on Earth --
Stage & screen : back to the world : TV; Just a gigolo; world tour --
Do something boring : Lodger : completing the trilogy or making a new start? --
The heart's filthy lesson : the continuing influence of Bowie and his late 70s records --
Endnotes --
Selected discography --
Tour dates.
Responsibility: Thomas Jerome Seabrook.

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This is a biographical and historical account of the recording of David Bowie's albums 'Low', ''Heroes'' and 'Lodger'. Set against the backdrop of post-war Berlin it features a cast of characters including Iggy Pop, Kraftwerk and Robert Fripp. It also looks at the influence Bowie's 'Berlin Trilogy' has exerted on other musicians.

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