Live Santa Monica 72 [Limited Edition, Live]

David Bowie | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 10, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 1972
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Limited Edition, Live
• Label: Virgin Records Us
• ASIN: B001FAZYOQ
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,791 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings

1. Hang on to Yourself

2. Ziggy Stardust

3. Changes

4. The Supermen

5. Life on Mars?

6. Five Years

7. Space Oddity

8. Andy Warhol

9. My Death

10. The Width of a Circle

11. Queen Bitch

12. Moonage Daydream

13. John, I'm Only Dancing

14. Waiting for the Man

15. The Jean Genie

16. Suffragette City

17. Rock 'N' Roll Suicide

Editorial Reviews

The limited-edition CD has sold out; here's the straight-up standard edition of the live album NME called "one of rock's best-ever bootlegs "! Bowie was on top of the world (galaxy?) when he did this set on the Ziggy Stardust tour: Changes; Space Oddity; Suffragette City; The Jean Genie; Ziggy Stardust; John, I'm Only Dancing; Waiting for the Man , and more.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mick Ronson sounds incredible throughout and Bowie is in very fine voice..., April 17, 2011

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This review is from: Live Santa Monica 72 (Audio CD)

This CD was much better than I expected, because I've never heard a great live Bowie album before. The difference here is this release has just the right amount of rawness. Mick Ronson sounds incredible throughout and Bowie is in very fine voice. The harmonies are great and the mistakes make it all seem very real. Ronson wails on the 10 minute "The Width Of A Circle" and Bowie does an excellent tribute to Lou Reed with "Waiting For The Man". A nice added touch was when Bowie had to vocally recreate the sound effects of "Space Oddity" due to limited technology back in 1972. "Space Oddity also began a very nice acoustic set in the middle of the concert along with "Andy Warhol" and "My Death". There are many highlights, but probably the best was the encore..."Rock N Roll Suicide". I highly recommend this CD!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Live in Santa Monica '72, March 15, 2010

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Bjorn Viberg (European Union) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live Santa Monica 72 (Audio CD)

Live in Santa Monica '72 being a live album of Bowie and is a recording of his Ziggy Stardust Tour. Here we get great live renditions of Bowie classics such as "Changes", "Space Oddity" and ofcourse "Ziggy Stardust". Allmusic gave this live recording 5/5 in the reviews and I completely agree. The booklet is quite sparse with a few photos of Bowie from the time of the concert and a list of whom played what. 5/5.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Bowie With His Best Band, September 29, 2010

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This review is from: Live Santa Monica 72 (Audio CD)

Bowie and the Spiders can beat it, who knows how his other albums would have turned out with them in the studio. To me as much as I like many of the albums and the muscians are good, there is something about the way the Spiders functioned with Bowie, to me a bug mistake in judgement. Anyone can copy someone elses riffs, but the person who originates them ... thats where the skill is. Mike Garson, Woody Woodsmansy, Bolder and Ronson created a much more dangerous sound than his later side kicks, yet some of the acoustic and string support really made this unit effective. Great selection of songs. Bowie still learning to master the stage performance but well worth if you never had a chance to see this band live. Not sure but this is probably where he began to be noticed in the US.