Bowie Wins Contract with Dram, another subsidiary label of Decca and London is also distributed in the U.S.. The demo contained three issues presented including "Rubber Band", which became the first single and is clearly influenced by the music and the vocal timbre of Anthony Newley.
The song is recorded at RG Jones studios in London on October 18, 1966, produced by Mike Vernon and Bowie on vocals and guitar, Dek Fearnley on bass, Derek Boyes in organ and John Eager on drums, plus Session musicians whose names are lost in time. Dram
launches single on December 2, 1966 in England, with "The London Boys" B-side, and in June 1967 in the U.S., accompanied by "There is a happy land." Unfortunately and despite the good reviews from the press the new single was a failure in Bowie's career.
Some websites say that in France launched the single "The London Boys / There is a happy land" the same Dec. 2, but that would be almost impossible because the B side was recorded just eight days before and could not have achieved mixed, printed on vinyl and shipping France. If this single was released in France, but only in 1975.
The LP "David Bowie", 1967 see a different version of the theme, which is included in the 1969 film "Love you till Tuesday." The demo version circulated only in a few cassettes, bootlegs.
A single of "T. Rex" entitled "London Boys", released in 1976, often often mistaken for the B side of "Rubber Band", but these are two different songs.
"The London Boys" was also recorded in 2000 for the project "Toy", but was never released officially, only a fragment of 1:30 was released as an advance for BowieNet subscribers during the same period interpreted Bowie live on tour LP "Hours" and included in the excellent presentation of June 27, 2000 at the BBC, although it was not broadcast on TV or out on the bonus disc of "Bowie at the Beeb" the same year ( see post # 7 for more info) .
covers In 2007 Marc Almond "The London boys" in his album "Stardom Road"
If clikea here heard of 1 single from Bowie to Dram
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