Vinyl Album - David Bowie - Live Nassau Coliseum '76 - Parlophone

Vinyl Album

Artist:	David Bowie
Title:	Live Nassau Coliseum '76
Label:	Parlophone
Country:	International
Catalogue:	0190295989774 / DB 74768
Barcode:	0190295989774
Date:	10 Feb 2017
Format:	Double LP
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	4 Own, 1 Wants
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Track

Artist

Title

Composer

Rating

Disc One

David Bowie

Station To Station

9.0 Rate

David Bowie

Suffragette City

8.0 Rate

David Bowie

Fame

9.0 Rate

David Bowie

Word On A Wing

10.0 Rate

David Bowie

Stay

10.0 Rate

David Bowie

Waiting For The Man

8.0 Rate

David Bowie

Queen Bitch

8.0 Rate

Disc Two

David Bowie

Life On Mars?

7.0 Rate

David Bowie

Five Years

8.0 Rate

David Bowie

Panic In Detroit

9.0 Rate

David Bowie

Changes

10.0 Rate

David Bowie

TVC15

9.0 Rate

David Bowie

Diamond Dogs

9.0 Rate

David Bowie

Rebel Rebel

10.0 Rate

David Bowie

The Jean Genie

10.0 Rate

Notes

Made in the EU but released in Europe, Canada and the USA. All songs by David Bowie except Waiting For The Man which is by Lou Reed. The album was recorded live at the Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY., USA March 23 1976.

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Lee Wrecker 26th Aug 2017		Already listed here but your cover shot looks better than mine sladesounds. This was also available worldwide and is not strictly an EU only release this version is also the US release as well and that's where my copy came from. The release of this album in 2016 was only as part of the Box Set "Who Can I Be Now? [1974-1976]". The album was released in its own right on 10 Feb 2017 along with the triple album version of "David Live" (I think) from the same box set. The labels list the cat# as 0190295989774 / DB 74768 and the year as 2016 but this date is deceiving because it applies to the box set and not the individual album release. So we need to merge these two entries I think.



Apollo59 26th Mar 2017		Lee: It's not the name tag on your turntable that matters so much (as long as it's motor noise doesn't cause interference) but the stuff attached to it, the quality of the tone-arm and cartridge - these are the bits that matter. And of course, the quality of the pre-amp powering the turntable output into the amplifier (if the amp doesn't have a pre-amp). Your tone-arm and cartridge are the be-all and end-all. The record would need to be remastered for vinyl as it had never been issued before.It's a completely different sound field to that of digital, but rest assured they will have used exactly the same technical notes on production as they had used for its digital issue. To say it's a "new remaster" and therefore, different to the digital 2010, isn't correct. They've said this before about Bowie re-releases, when in fact all it is really is a change of labels from ISO/Columbia to Parlophone. It's all record company jive-talk. I must have at least 100 CD albums with 5.1 mixes that I've never heard and probably never will as I'm not interested in them either.



Lee Wrecker 22nd Mar 2017		Apollo59 in my house vinyl always sounds better than CDs but that's the way I prefer to listen to music and that's the way my sound system is set up. So, I may be wrong about the CDs but the albums we're remastered since the CD release for the LP version and well to my ears they're better. I use a Marantz CD player and Stereo Marantz Amp (modern mid range stuff) but have an old Technics turnatable which is very good. I can't comment on 5.1 mixes which did come out in 2010 also because I can't listen to those. I'm a bit "old school" in terms of set up but that's the way I like it. Anyway with my gear most albums sound much better than their CD equivalents. Either way though it's still a great set from Bowie.



Apollo59 22nd Mar 2017		It would be pretty pointless to compare this with previous bootlegs for the simple reason that none of the bootlegs were assembled from pre-FM broadcast master tapes. I'm not so sure about this vinyl edition sounding better than the 2010 CDs. Perhaps there's some equipment playback issues. I agree with you on the finer details of the overall performance.



Lee Wrecker 10th Mar 2017		Review "Live Nassau Coliseum '76" is a stupendous live Bowie LP and everything a Bowie fan could wish for in a vinyl release of the often bootlegged album. The album was recorded live at the Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY., USA March 23 1976 and broadcast live on radio which is the source of the bootllegs. The first of these was titled "Resurrection On 84th Street" and until this official release the bootleg album or later versions of it has long been a bit of a Holy Grail to Bowie collectors. The first official releases of these recordings appeared on the 2010 EMI Box Sets (CD & DVD, CD) of Station To Station. In 2016 Parlophone released the Box Set "Who Can It Be Now? [1974-1976]" which contained the first official vinyl release of this set. This 2017 vinyl release is a breakout from that Box Set along with the triple album version of "David Live" and re-releases of "Station To Station" and "Diamond Dogs". So back to this set and how it fares in comparison to previous bootleg releases and CD versions of the same show. Firstly, the packaging is excellent, heavy card gatefold sleeve and poly lined inner sleeves housing two heayweight 180gr vinyl records - very nice. The records are well pressed, track quietly and sound great. So what's new or different to the other versions. Well, in comparison to any of the bootlegs the production by Harry Maslin on this version is far superior with a much better stereo sound and instrument separation. This is also the case when comparing the album to the previously released EMI CD and DVD versions. The bootleg versions all had loud crowd noise throughout and brick wall of sound but still sounded very good and dynamic for a bootleg. The previous EMI CD and DVD releases were tidied up a bit but still had some flaws, a horrendous off note in "Life On Mars" and a few other not so spot on moments from Bowie. Furthermore while the CD/DVD versions sounded cleaner they did sound a little flat compared to the vinyl bootlegs as is often the case transferring recordings to a digital format. Well, the good news is that new masters have addressed these issues and the mix on these vinyl records is far and away the best version of this set I've heard. So this version is the best mix available and it also includes four extra songs that were never released on the bootleg version. Those songs are Lou Reed's "Waiting For The Man", Queen Bitch, Life On Mars and Five Years. What is lost though is about 8-9 minutes of Dennis Davis' drum solo which might not sound like much of a loss but it must be said that this drum solo is probably the best one I've ever heard. Be that as it may the extra songs make up for the editing out of the drum solo and add a bit more flow to the set list even if they represent a slight lull in intensity during the show. What makes this album so good then? Well, there's the band; David Bowie – vocals, saxophone Stacy Heydon – guitar Carlos Alomar – guitar George Murray – bass guitar Dennis Davis – drums Tony Kaye – keyboards, synthesizers. Murray, Davis and Alomar of course became the core of Bowie's touring outfits well into the 80's but Heydon and Kaye are significant additions and key contributors to the overall sound on offer here. This is what makes this album great it captures Bowie live at key point in his career with a great band as usual but also one that sounded like none before or since. The versions of Stay, Diamond Dogs, and The Jean Genie contained on this set are my favourite versions of each song. The showstopping funk stomp of The Jean Genie just has to heard to be believed. This is Bowie live with a heavy rock/funk sound and a crack band of musicians storming through most of Station To Station and a healthy dose of revamped classics. This is the best version of this set I've ever heard and also the most complete document of the actual show. A must for any Bowie fan. 6 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?



Lee Wrecker 7th Mar 2017		No composer credits listed on the album or packaging for this one but I did mention them in the notes. This was, or at least part of this was, only available as a bootleg (many versions) for many years. Now, it's been given an official release and a full make over which is great. There are four extra songs on this version compared to the bootleg releases which is a fabulous bonus. I'll do a proper review later but it's a must for Bowie fans.