Live Nassau Coliseum '76

Summary

Live Nassau Coliseum '76 is a live album by David Bowie recorded on 23 March 1976 during Bowie's Isolar Tour[2] in support of the album Station to Station. The recording was first released in September 2010, as part of special and deluxe editions of Station to Station.[3][4][5] The album was released separately on 10 February 2017.[6]

Live Nassau Coliseum '76
Live album by
Released10 February 2017 (2017-02-10)
Recorded23 March 1976
VenueNassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, USA
StudioRecord Plant Mobile
Length82:58[1]
LabelParlophone
ProducerHarry Maslin
Bowie chronology
No Plan
(2017)
Live Nassau Coliseum '76
(2017)
Cracked Actor (Live Los Angeles '74)
(2017)

Critical reception edit

Writer Nicholas Pegg described the album as "an excellent memento of one of Bowie’s greatest tours, with highlights including a majestic 'Word On A Wing', an über-cool 'Waiting For The Man', and riotous, thrilling renditions of 'Stay' and 'The Jean Genie'" with "Bowie and his terrific 1976 band on blistering form."[7]

Track listing edit

All tracks are written by David Bowie, except where noted.

Disc one

  1. "Station to Station" – 11:53
  2. "Suffragette City" – 3:31
  3. "Fame" (Bowie, Carlos Alomar, John Lennon) – 4:02
  4. "Word on a Wing" – 6:06
  5. "Stay" – 7:25
  6. "Waiting for the Man" (Lou Reed) – 6:20
  7. "Queen Bitch" – 3:12

Disc two

  1. "Life on Mars?" – 2:13
  2. "Five Years" – 5:03
  3. "Panic in Detroit" (with most of drum solo edited out) – 6:03
  4. "Changes" (with band intro) – 4:11
  5. "TVC 15" – 4:58
  6. "Diamond Dogs" – 6:38
  7. "Rebel Rebel" – 4:07
  8. "The Jean Genie" – 7:28

Personnel edit

Technical

  • Dave Hewitt – recording engineer, 1976
  • Harry Maslin – producer, mixing engineer
  • Mixed at Sweetersongs East Studios, Santa Monica, California, USA in February 2009.
  • Brian Gardner – mastering
  • Andrew Kent – photography, 1976
  • Scott Minshall – artwork

Chart performance edit

Chart (2017) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[8] 83
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[9] 147

References edit

  1. ^ "Live Nassau Coliseum '76". Amazon.
  2. ^ Kevin Cann, David Bowie: A Chronology, Vermilion, 1983, ISBN 0-09-153831-9
  3. ^ David Bowie's Space Oddity, Station to Station Albums to Be Reissued, Pitchfork News, Retrieved on 19 August 2009.
  4. ^ Station to Station four disc set due next year Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine at BowieNet. Retrieved on 16 November 2009.
  5. ^ S2S special and deluxe edition boxes due in September Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine at BowieNet. Retrieved on 16 November 2009.
  6. ^ "David Bowie - Live Nassau Coliseum '76 | Rhino".
  7. ^ Pegg, Nicholas (2016). The Complete David Bowie. London: Titan. pp. 461, 460.
  8. ^ "Ultratop.be – David Bowie – Live Nassau Coliseum '76" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  9. ^ "Ultratop.be – David Bowie – Live Nassau Coliseum '76" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved July 23, 2020.