The Man From Outside - Return To David Bowie's Art Crime Time

I hadn't planned on posting anything Bowie-related, or anything from the Outside era, but, as it so happens, a pretty nice piece on The Quietus on Bowie and Scott Walker and their respective albums 1. Outside and Tilt, both celebrating their 30 year birthday. That piece is right here. 

So time for a little reissue of our own, here on One Buck Records. Because if you say 1. Outside, you also have to say 2. Downtown. For newbies, this is the has-never-existed sequel to Bowie's first entries in a 'hyper cycle' chronicling the adventures of his tough guy PI Nathan Adler. I tell you a ton about the whole project in the original write-up. Suffice it to say, I recently listened back to the album, and without wanting to toot my own horn - but toot! toot! - it still works pretty well. 

But since a straight up re-issue would be kind of lame, here's what's not lame: BONUS MATERIAL! Yup, that's right. If you want to check the original Leon stuff that surely could've given Walker's Tilt a run for his money in terms of avant garde ourgageousness, there are the Leon Suites, the three suites of mixed up craziness that were Bowie's proof of concept to bring to record companies who all recoiled in horror. And, to really get you your fill of the time period, I also throw in the Outside Mix, a bootleg combining three excerpts from the tape that most closely resemble songs and rehearsals from before the Outside tour, including Outside songs, but also refurbished warhorses like "Look Back In Anger", D.J." or "Breaking Glass". Both freshly tagged with track info and artwork for your enjoyment.

Now that's a lot of Outside-related stuff for your buck, which as usual isn't one but none. So, have fun in going back to Bowie's creative rebirth in the mid-90s and a deeply flawed, but extremely interesting adventure in a discography that has no shortage of that. 

And if you are hoping for some new Bowie-related stuff, fear not, dear One Buck Heads. I just finished compiling a new Bowie project, so as ever, stay tuned...