Clareville Grove Demos
Clareville Grove Demos is a box set EP by English musician David Bowie, released in May 2019. The set includes three 7" vinyl records containing six songs performed by Bowie with his friend John Hutchinson in early 1969. All songs in the collection are presented in mono, demo form. In November, all songs were released on CD on the Conversation Piece box set.
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| Released | 17 May 2019 | |||
| Recorded | January 1969 | |||
| Studio | David's Apartment, Clareville Grove, Kensington, London | |||
| Length | 22:32 | |||
| Label | Parlophone | |||
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Background
Like Spying Through a Keyhole, the box set was released to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Bowie's 1969 album David Bowie. Two of the six demos, "Space Oddity" and "An Occasional Dream", had already been released in 2009 on the 40th anniversary reissue of that album.[2]
The material was recorded in January of 1969 to promote Bowie & Hutch to potential record labels, as David had just been dropped by Deram.[3]
Track listing
All songs written by David Bowie, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Space Oddity" | 5:12 | |
| 2. | "Lover to the Dawn" | 3:48 | |
| 3. | "Ching-a-Ling" | 2:59 | |
| 4. | "An Occasional Dream" | 2:49 | |
| 5. | "Let Me Sleep Beside You" | 2:59 | |
| 6. | "Life Is a Circus" | Rodger Bunn | 4:45 |
References
- Robinson, John (18 April 2019). "David Bowie – Spying Through A Keyhole/Clareville Grove Demos". Uncut. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- "Clareville Grove Demos box due". davidbowie.com. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- David Bowie With John 'Hutch' Hutchinson - Clareville Grove Demos Liner Notes, 2019, Parlophone
