In late 1970 the LP "The man who sold the world" and was released in the U.S., but not out in England, so releasing a single thought to promote the LP in the U.S. and advance the contents of the album across the Atlantic. Unfortunately the idea was scrapped and "All the Madmen / Janine" was not released, Mercury decided to release a small run of 7 "promotional only in the USA.
The 7" was released in December with a monaural version and edited the theme (3:14) on both sides, although some websites say that was launched in April 1971 ( for more info for musicians, studios and producers go to post 25 ).
There is a live version of the song that was recorded in January or February 1971 at a party in Hollywood, with Bowie on vocals and acoustic guitar, it was believed lost for many years, but in the soundtrack of the film "Mayor of Sunset Strip March 2004 included the introduction of this recording, which later merged with the original version, although not the full version is a great addition, because there are very few recordings of Bowie prior to 1972.
In June 1973, RCA released the single "All the Madmen / Soul love" in Eastern Europe with a series of singles both times as the previous LPs.
launched in 1983 in Spain a bootleg reissue 7 "promo entitled" All Fools, "with photos of 1970, the same topic published in both sides and the RCA logo on the cover. Four years then d uring the tour "Glass Spider" Bowie performing "All the Madmen", 17 years after its release and without having played all the time ziggy and subsequent tours.
Listen to the edit of "All the Madmen"
Download it here
The 7" was released in December with a monaural version and edited the theme (3:14) on both sides, although some websites say that was launched in April 1971 ( for more info for musicians, studios and producers go to post 25 ).
There is a live version of the song that was recorded in January or February 1971 at a party in Hollywood, with Bowie on vocals and acoustic guitar, it was believed lost for many years, but in the soundtrack of the film "Mayor of Sunset Strip March 2004 included the introduction of this recording, which later merged with the original version, although not the full version is a great addition, because there are very few recordings of Bowie prior to 1972.
In June 1973, RCA released the single "All the Madmen / Soul love" in Eastern Europe with a series of singles both times as the previous LPs.
launched in 1983 in Spain a bootleg reissue 7 "promo entitled" All Fools, "with photos of 1970, the same topic published in both sides and the RCA logo on the cover. Four years then d uring the tour "Glass Spider" Bowie performing "All the Madmen", 17 years after its release and without having played all the time ziggy and subsequent tours.
Listen to the edit of "All the Madmen"
Download it here
