One of the shelves holding my records collapsed, it was not a very strong shelf and it was holding rather a lot of albums, so it was not entirely unexpected, it was just a matter of time. Nothing fell out, the whole shelf just dropped and rested on the 7″ singles beneath, but it did mean I had to re-arrange everything and in doing so I was surprised by how many David Bowie singles I had. I knew I had several but this was more than I thought:
And in list form they are:
A Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
B Because You’re Young
A Dancing In The Street (Clearmountain Mix)
B Dancing In The Street (Instrumental)
A Modern Love
B Modern Love (Live Version)
A Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
B Giorgio Moroder – Paul’s Theme (Jogging Chase)
A Fashion (Edited Version)
B Scream Like A Baby
A Ashes To Ashes
B Move On
A John, I’m Only Dancing (Again) (1975)
B John, I’m Only Dancing (1972)
A Breaking Glass
B1 Art Decade
B2 Ziggy Stardust
A Absolute Beginners
B Absolute Beginners (Dub Mix)
A Wild Is The Wind
B Golden Years
A David Bowie / Pat Metheny Group – This Is Not America
B Pat Metheny Group – This Is Not America (Instrumental)
A Beauty And The Beast
B Sense Of Doubt
A D.J.
B Repetition
A Blue Jean
B Dancing With The Big Boys
A China Girl – 4:11
B Shake It – 3:49
A Tonight
B Tumble And Twirl
A White Light/White Heat
B Cracked Actor
A Let’s Dance
B Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
Hmmmmmm, now then, what if all those lovely B-Sides were put together to form an entirely new Bowie album? Ridiculous, why would anybody do that? Why? Because I love that sort of thing that’s why.
Let’s see, some rules, if the track is both an A-side and a B-Side then choose one of the A-Sides in it’s place. If it isn’t on Spotify then it doesn’t get in and no live versions. There, enough rules, this album is going to be called:
Just add water and stir
(“I’m an instant star. Just add water and stir” – David Bowie, 1975)
Well, I reckon that’s a pretty bloody good album. Party because it makes no sense and yet, for that reason, it does.
