David Live [Original recording reissued]

David Bowie | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 24, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Original recording reissued
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B00000635M
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (40 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #58,742 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. 1984

2. Rebel Rebel

3. Moonage Daydream

4. Sweet Thing

5. Changes

6. Suffragette City

7. Aladdin Sane

8. All The Young Dudes

9. Cracked Actor

10. Rock 'N' Roll With Me

See all 11 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Knock On Wood

2. Diamond Dogs

3. Big Brother

4. Width Of A Circle

5. Jean Genie

6. Rock 'N' Suicide

7. Band Intro

8. Here Today, Gone Tomorrow

9. Time

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good, not great; Re-issue is WAY better, March 15, 2005

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SoccerDad247 (Overland Park, KS) - See all my reviews

This review is from: David Live (Audio CD)

Not trying to be a jerk, but while this album is good, it's crap compared to the re-issue, which has remastered sound (finally, an album that could really use it and you can tell the difference) and has the songs in the original order. Plus there are two bonus tracks and cool new packaging. If you want to hear Bowie Live from '74, buy the re-issue. (Sorry Rykodisc; I do love all the Morphine records you put out in the 90s).

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This Album Grows On You, June 16, 2004

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Gabriel Nelson (Los Altos, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: David Live (Audio CD)

I attended Bowie's concert at the Universal Amphitheatre in 1974 and saw the show that became this album. I did not particularly enjoy the show, nor did my friends who saw it. Bowie's cold, cadaverous persona was so different from what we had been expecting, the more one was a Bowie fan, the more disappointed one was. It was a very dark show.

Later, a friend who had also seen the concert purchased the David Live album (on vinyl). When I asked why he bought the album when he didn't like the show, he didn't really have an answer, except to say that he enjoyed the record.

I purchased the record also, and found that it grew on me, too.

Over the years my music collection converted to CD, and I stopped listening to vinyl all together. I went for years without hearing the album. Then, one day, I found it on CD.

It is still one of my favorite albums, and I find myself listening to it over and over. I believe the album is exactly what Bowie intended. Dark and decadent, but great rock 'n' roll.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars David at his best, April 12, 2002

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A. Dinsmore (Auckland New Zealand) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: David Live (Audio CD)

Bowie rocks! And he does so nowhere better than this!
The people who wrote "reviews" disparaging this album have rocks in their heads!

David cuts loose on this album and you can hear his tortured frame of mind in his singing and soulful performance.
The guitar is magnificent, the sax sublime, and the whole thing is an extravaganza of music.

He produces marvellous renditions of songs from his album 'Diamond Dogs' that are longer and truly inspired. Earl slick on guitar has never sounded better and Bowie's untrained voice is just spectacular.

Bowie is awesome live and this would have to be one of his *best* efforts.