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From 1967 to 1972 Bowie recorded many sessions for the BBC radio for promotional purpose. After that he appeared again on BBC radio in 1991 with "Tin Machine" and in 1997. These sessions appeared on several bootlegs through the years.

BBC-RADIO SESSION

ESSENTIAL OFFICIAL CD

BBC Light Programme
Broadcast in May 1967. Probably recorded for a hits of the 60's compilation.
Recorded:  - A little bit me, a little bit you (Diamond)
                 - Penny Lane (Lennon/McCartney)

Top Gear 18-12-67
Broadcast on 24-12-67 and 28-01-68.
David Bowie: vocals and guitar

Arthur Greenslade Orchestra
Recorded:  - Love You Till Tuesday
                 - Little Bombardier
                 - In The Heat Of The Morning
                 - Silly Boy Blue
                 - When I Live My Dream
                 - Something I Would Like To Be

                 (Last song is not recorded)

Top Gear 13-05-68
Broadcast on 26-05-68 and 20-06-68
David Bowie: vocals and guitar
Herbie Flowers: bass
Barry Morgan: drums
John McGlocklin: guitar
Steve Peregrine-Took: backing vocals
unknown string players
Recorded:  - London Bye Ta-Ta
                 - In The Heat Of The Morning
                 - Karma Man
                 - When I'm Five
                 - Silly Boy Blue

Dave Lee Travis Show 20-10-69
Broadcast on 26-10-69
David Bowie: vocals and guitar
Mick Wayne: guitar
Tim Renwick: guitar
John Lodge: bass
John Cambridge: drums
Recorded:  - Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed
                 - Let Me Sleep Beside You
                 - Janine

The Sunday Show 05-02-70
Broadcast on 08-02-70
David Bowie: vocals and guitar
John Cambridge: drums
Tony Visconti: bass;
Mick Ronson: guitar
Recorded:  - Amsterdam
                 - God Knows I'm Good
                 - Buzz The Fuzz
                 - Karma Man
                 - London Bye Ta-Ta
                 - An Occasional Dream
                 - The Width Of A Circle
                 - Janine
                 - The Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud
                 - Unwashed And Somewhat Dazed
                 - Fill Your Heart
                 - The Prettiest Star
                 - Cygnet Committee
                 - Memory Of A Free Festival (not broadcast)

The master tape of this show has been erased by accident. The show has been taped on cassette in 1970 with a bad quality. David himself also has a copy in good quality this has been used for the BOWIE AT THE BEEB CD.

Sound Of The Seventies 25-03-70
Broadcast on 06-04-70 (Andy Ferris Show) and 11-05-70 (David Symonds Show)
David Bowie: vocals and guitar
Mick Ronson: guitar
Tony Visconti: bass
John Cambridge: drums.
Recorded:  - Waiting For The Man
                 - The Width Of A Circle
                 - The Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud
                 - The Supermen (not broadcast)

John Peel's Sunday Concert 05-06-71
Broadcast on 20-06-71
David Bowie: vocals (unless noted), piano,
12-string guitar
Mark Carr-Pritchard: guitar
Mick Ronson: guitar
Trevor Bolder: bass
Mick Woodmansey: drums
Recorded:  - Queen Bitch
                 - Bombers
                 - The Supermen
                 - Looking For A Friend
                 - Almost Grown

                 - Oh! You Pretty Things
                   (Not broadcast or available)
                 - Kooks
                 - Song For Bob Dylan

                   (George Underwood on vocals)
                 - Andy Warhol (Dana Gillespie on vocals)
                 - It Ain't Easy

Bob Harris Show 21-09-71
Broadcast on 04-10-71
David Bowie: vocals, piano and guitar
Mick Ronson: guitar, backing vocals and bass
Recorded:  - The Supermen
                 - Oh! You Pretty Things/Eight Line Poem
                 - Kooks
                 - Fill Your Heart
                 - Amsterdam (not broadcast)
                 - Andy Warhol (not broadcast)

Sound Of The Seventies 11-01-72
Broadcast on 28-01-72
David Bowie: vocals and guitar
Mick Ronson: guitar, piano and backing vocals
Trevor Bolder: bass
Mick Woodmansey: drums
Recorded:  - Hang On To Yourself (not released)
                 - Ziggy Stardust (not released)
                 - Queen Bitch
                 - Waiting For The Man
                 - Lady Stardust (not released)

Only Hang On To Yourself is available on bootlegs. The rest of the show has been wiped from the master tape.

Sounds Of The Seventies 18-01-72
Broadcast on 07-02-72
David Bowie: vocals and guitar
Mick Ronson: guitar, piano and backing vocals
Trevor Bolder: bass
Mick Woodmansey: drums
Recorded:  - Hang On To Yourself
                 - Ziggy Stardust
                 - Waiting For The Man
                 - Queen Bitch
                 - Five Years

Top Gear 16-05-72
Broadcast on 23-05-72
David Bowie: vocals and guitar
Mick Ronson: guitar and backing vocals
Trevor Bolder: bass
Mick Woodmansey: drums
Nicky Graham: piano
Recorded:  - White Light/White Heat
                 - Moonage Daydream
                 - Hang On To Yourself
                 - Suffragette City
                 - Ziggy Stardust

Johnnie Walker Network 22-05-72
Broadcast from 05-06-72 to 09-06-72.
David Bowie: vocals and guitar
Mick Ronson: guitar, piano and backing vocals
Trevor Bolder: bass
Mick Woodmansey: drums
Recorded:  - Starman
                 - Space Oddity (not broadcast)
                 - Changes (not broadcast)
                 - Oh! You Pretty Things

Sound Of The Seventies 23-05-72
Broadcast on 19-06-72
David Bowie: vocals and guitar
Mick Ronson: guitar, piano and backing vocals
Trevor Bolder: bass
Mick Woodmansey: drums
Recorded:  - Andy Warhol
                 - Lady Stardust
                 - White Light/White Heat
                 - Rock 'N' Roll Suicide

Tin Machine Session 13-08-91
David Bowie: vocals and guitar
Reeves Gabrels: guitar and backing vocals
Tony Sales: bass and backing vocals
Hunt Sales: drums and backing vocals
Recorded:  - A Big Hurt
                 - Baby Universal
                 - Stateside
                 - If There Is Something
                 - Heaven's In Here

ChangesNowBowie 08-01-97
David Bowie: vocals and guitar
Reeves Gabrels: guitar and backing vocals
Gail-Ann Dorsey: bass and backing vocals.
Recorded:  - The Man Who Sold The World
                 - The Supermen
                 - Lady Stardust
                 - Quicksand
                 - Shopping For Girls
                 - Aladdin Sane
                 - White Light White Heat
                 - Repetition
                 - Andy Warhol

The Saturday Music Mix 25-10-99
Broadcast on 06-11-99
David Bowie: vocals and acoustic guitar
Page Hamilton: guitar
Gail Ann Dorsey: bass
Mark Plati: rhythm/acoustic guitar
Mike Garson: keyboards
Sterling Campbell: drums
Holly Palmer: backing vocals
Emm Gryner: backing vocals
Recorded:  - Survive
                  - China Girl


BBC Show 27-06-00
David Bowie: vocals and acoustic guitar
Earl Slick: guitar
Gail Ann Dorsey: bass
Mark Plati: rhythm/acoustic guitar
Mike Garson: keyboards
Sterling Campbell: drums
Holly Palmer: backing vocals
Emm Gryner: backing vocals
Recorded:   - Wild Is The Wind
                  - Ashes To Ashes
                  - Seven
                  - This Is Not America
                  - Absolute Beginners
                  - Always Crashing In The Same Car
                  - Survive
                  - The London Boys
                  - I Dig Everything
                  - Little Wonder
                  - The Man Who Sold The World
                  - Fame
                  - Stay
                  - Hallo Spaceboy
                  - Cracked Actor
                  - I'm Afraid Of Americans
                  - Ziggy Stardust
                  - The Jean Genie (instrumental)
                  - All The Young Dudes
                  - Starman
                  - Heroes
                  - Let's Dance

TV-Performances that appeared in combination with radio sessions on bootlegs:

Old Grey Whistle Test 08-02-72
- Queen Bitch
- Oh! You Pretty Things
- Five Years
'

Top Of The Pops 14-04-72
- Starman

Russell Harty Show 17-01-73
- Drive-In Saturday
- My Death


Saturday Night Live 1979
- The man who sold the world
- TVC15
- Boys keep swinging

Tonight TV Show 1980
- Life on Mars?
- Ashes to ashes

Bowie at the beeb
(The best of the BBC Radio Sessions 68-72)
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In The Heat Of The Morning
London Bye Ta Ta
Karma Man
Silly Boy Blue

Let Me Sleep Beside You
Janine

Amsterdam
God Knows I'm Good
The Width Of A Circle
Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed
Cygnet Committee
Memory Of A Free Festival

Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud
Bombers
Looking for A Friend
Almost Grown
Kooks
It Ain't Easy

The Superman
Eight Line Poem

Hang On To Yourself
Ziggy Stardust
Queen Bitch
Waiting For The Man
Five Years

White Light White Heat
Moonage Daydream
Hang On To Yourself
Suffragette City
Ziggy Stardust

Starman
Space Oddity
Changes
Oh! You Pretty Things
Andy Warhol
Lady Stardust
Rock'N'Roll Suicide


Extra Disk - BBC Radio Theatre London 27.6.2000 (Limtied Edition)
Wild Is The Wind
Ashes To Ashes
Seven
This Is Not America
Absolute Beginners
Always Crashing In The Same Car
Survive
Little Wonder
Man Who Sold The World
Fame
Stay
Hallo Spaceboy
Cracked Actor
I'm Afraid Of Americans
Let's Dance
ESSENTIAL BOOTLEGS
God knows I'm good
(The BBC-Sessions 1967-1971)

SPACE ODDITY

INTERVIEW (Radio Caroline Showboat, October 1970)
PENNY LANE
A LITTLE BIT ME, A LITTLE BIT YOU

LOVE YOU TILL TUESDAY
WHEN I LIVE MY DREAM
LITTLE BOMBERDIER
SILLY BOY BLUE
IN THE HEAT OF THE MORNING

INTERVIEW (David Lee Travis Show, October 1969)
LET ME SLEEP BESIDE YOU
UNWASHED AND SOMEWHAT SLIGHTLY DAZED
JANINE

PORT OF AMSTERDAM
LONDON BYE TA-TA
GOD KNOWS I'M GOOD
AN OCCASIONAL DREAM
THE PRETTIEST STAR
KARMA MAN

WAITING FOR THE MAN
WIDTH OF A CIRCLE
WILD EYED BOY FROM FREECLOUD

ANDY WARHOL
THE SUPERMEN
Hazy cosmic jive
(The BBC-Sessions 1971-1972)

BOMBERS

THE SUPERMEN
LOOKING FOR A FRIEND
ALMOST GROWN
KOOKS

HANG ON TO YOURSELF
ZIGGY STARDUST
FIVE YEARS
WAITING FOR THE MAN
QUEEN BITCH

FIVE YEARS
OH! YOU PRETTY THINGS
QUEEN BITCH

SUFFRAGETTE CITY
ZIGGY STARDUST
HANG ON TO YOURSELF
WHITE LIGHT, WHITE HEAT
MOONAGE DAYDREAM

CHANGES
STARMAN

LADY STARDUST
WHITE LIGHT, WHITE HEAT
ROCK'N ROLL SUICIDE