David Bowie

For decades this concert document was the most cherished of all Bowie bootlegs. Now it's been remastered and presented to the public as official product. The reason the long-toiling Bowie finally hit it big with Ziggy Stardust is made plain here: fiery pre-punk passion, outsider weirdness, pop melodies galore, a fantastic backing band, startling musical diversity, literate cult touchstones (The Velvets, Brel, Scott Walker), an impressive back catalog -- largely unknown at the time -- and some old-fashioned showbiz razzle-dazzle. Freaking fantastic.