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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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Offers thrilling color artworks reminiscent of murals
Musical Storyland is a sing-along book featuring an enclosed CD with song tracks written by author and popular music artist David Bowie. The picturebook offers thrilling color artworks reminiscent of murals, illustrating each sing-out-loud song. An upbeat joy to experience and share. "When I Live My Dream": When I live my dream I'll take you with me / Riding on a golden horse / We'll live within my castle with people there to serve you / Happy at the sound of your voice...
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The words and music to over 50 of David Bowie's greatest hits, taken from every one of his albums and spanning three decades. The book offers full lyrics, chord symbols, guitar boxes and a playing guide. Songs include: "Space Oddity"; "Changes"; "Life on Mars?"; "Starman"; "Ziggy Stardust"; "All the Young Dudes"; "The Jean Genie"; "Rebel Rebel"; "Diamond Dogs"; "Golden Dogs"; "Ashes to Ashes"; "Fashion"; "Under Pressure"; "Let's Dance"; "Modern Love"; and "China Girl". ... Read more

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From the acclaimed, best-selling Fashion issue packaged in a Louis Vuitton clutch, to the battery operated Light issue and the Bible issue's good book floating in a Philippe Starck case, the story of Visionaire is about pushing the boundaries of print and transforming fantasy into reality. Founded in 1991 as a journal of inspiration, a collection of artwork and images hand-assembled by a group of friends in a one-room apartment in New York City, Visionaire has since grown into one of the most highly sought-after fashion-and-art publications in the world. Dreaming in Print takes an intimate look at the publication's history and examines the making of each ground-breaking issue. Contributors include Nan Goldin, Nick Knight, Bruce Weber, David Sims, and Craig McDean, as well as past guest editors Tom Ford and Rei Kawakubo, who speak candidly about their work, the creative process, and their experiences working with Visionaire.

Contributors Include:David Bowie, Karl Lagerfeld, Mario Testino, Tom Ford, Rei Kawakubo, Nan Goldin, Bruce Weber, David Sims, Craig McDean, Nan Goldin, Nick Knight, Bruce Weber, David Sims and Craig McDean amongst many others.

Essays by David Bowie, Karl Lagerfeld and Mario Testino.

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A decade of Visionaire, more years to come hopefully ! ! !
This book is an overview of the first 38 issues of Visionaire. It gives the reader a view of every issue and artists who contributed tell their story about their participation in creating those fabulous issues. The book is really great and is a musthave for everyone who is thinking about buying an issue of Visionaire. If you're not sure if you'll like a certain issue look at this book first to get a preview. 10 years have gone by and hopefully it doesn't stop here. ... Read more

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FABULOUS!
what a great ,entertaining read; can't put it down! we want a sequal, with more on Wayne County and Cherry Vanilla....

Entertaining, biased, and confused
The authors of this book were not sure what they wanted it to be. On the one hand, it depicts Bowie as the epitome of persistence, a man who kept at it regardless of how many times he failed. On the other hand, it also paints him out as a guy who couldn't even wipe his own runny nose (caused, apparently,by the massive amounts of cocaine he was using). This book is entertaining, especially when it deals with Bowie's decadent antics (he apparently had a fondness for Asian boys and black women), paranoid fantasies (he thought Jimmy Page, among others, was using black magic to destroy him), and magnificent rise to the top.However, one must keep in mind that one of the authors, Tony Zanetta, was involved with Bowie at the business level, and cannot be considered an impartial source. Personally, I'm more interested in David's post-Ziggy career, but most of this book deals with the years up to 1972/3. Angela Bowie comes across as a flamboyantly royal pain in the rear, Iggy Pop is depicted as a useless junkie that David kept around for entertainment, and Tony Defries (the guy who managed Bowie until "Young Americans") is portrayed as a typical greasy music biz type. The only gripe that I have with this product is that I walked away from it not knowing Bowie any better at all. He is described as a generally nice guy, non-confrontational, hedonistic, prone to believe in himself as an alien, temperamental, sheltered, jaded, opportunistic...some of these characterizations are obviously a little contradictory. It's rather difficult to listen to Bowie's body of work and believe that the man described in this book created anything so fantastic. Still, unflaterring descriptions notwithstanding, I had to breathe a sigh of relief when Bowie finally hit it big at the end of the book. It's just a shame that the ten years of Bowie's life and career that preceded its publication (1976-1986) were blazed through in a few chapters at the end.

The real "Velvet Goldmine"
Henry Edwards was one of the 22 American journalists flown to London in 1972 especially to interview David and witness the Ziggy Stardust hoopla - even if he does not disclose in the book that the journalist whose 15-minute conversation with David is described in detail is himself. Tony Zanetta worked with David in the 70's as a MainMan employee and got a co-writing credit in this book for his collaboration. This may not be the best book ever written about Bowie (David Buckley's "Strange Fascination" will probably never be surpassed), but it does provide a fascinating angle of his life, especially in the so-called Ziggy years. And most of all, it is the book the movie "Velvet Goldmine" was based on. The book is never credited in the movie, but you just have to read it to realize the connection. Also, the book includes exclusive Polaroid pictures taken by Dana Gillespie which are quite revealing. There is a candid picture of David Bowie and Mick Jagger in 1974 which is literally worth a thousand words!

Entertaining
I found this book to be quite entertaining. True, it tends to focus on Bowie's betrayal of a variety of people who helped his career take off, but there's enough valuable information about his development as artist. Many of the colorful individuals who surrounded Bowie down the years are vividly described, as well as many interesting happenings. The black & white photographs (some quite rare) are truly impressive. The index, discography and bibliography of books and articles make a valuable contribution. It takes the Bowie story up to 1986, and the gossipy writing style is entertaining enough. Not a classic work, but not bad either.

A fantastic look into the life of David Bowie
Being a huge fan of David Bowie, I enjoyed this book emensly, getting a good peek at what Davids life was like.Very easily written, I found the book very hard to put down.When I was finished I was left with a feelingof satisfication and a very stronge(stronger?) desire to meet this man.Very highly recommended for a DB fan. ... Read more

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18 Tracks which include 1) The Prettiest Star - Ian McCulloch 2) Starman - Culture Club 3) Fall in Love With Me - Guy Chadwick 4) The Gospel According to Tony Day - Edwyn Collins 5) Life on Mars - The Divine Comedy 6) All the Young Dudes - Alejandro Escovedo 7) The Man Who Sold the World - Midge Ure 8) Boys Keep Swinging - Associates 9) Cracked Actor - Big Country 10) Funtime - Peter Murphy 11) John, I'm Only Dancing - The Polecats 12) Heroes - Blondie 13) Rebel Rebel - Sigue Sigue Sputnik 14) Fame - Duran Duran 15) Ziggy Stardust - The Gourds 16) Space Oddity - The Langley Schools Music Project 17) Panic in Detroit - Christian Death 18) Rock'n'Roll Suicide - Black Box Recorder ... Read more

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In 1978, Sean Mayes toured the world with David Bowie. Traveling first class and performing each night with one of the world’s greatest rock stars at the height of his fame was an amazing experience. Fortunately, Sean had the foresight to document it. Here for the first time, Sean’s tour diary is presented -- a blow-by-blow record of how it felt to be part of a real rock circus. Providing page after page of fascinating insights into life on the road with Bowie, Sean’s account is a unique travelogue, a must for any Bowie fan or anyone interested in discovering the details of a sell-out world tour. Also includes a full tour chronology and previously unpublished photos from Sean’s personal archive. ... Read more

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Interesting book but it's not all about Bowie
This is a really interesting book about the highs and lows of being on a major year long tour in the late 1970s. Long before the Serious Moonlight tour changed how the game is played. First class travel and high end parties one day,crappy hotels and seedy bars the next. What is unusual and interesting is the constant search for casual sex which runs through the book, with females, but mostly males. It's not done in a seedy way but don't buy if this type of thing bothers you.Also if you are expecting the majority of the book to be about the actual shows and Bowie then again this isn't for you. The shows are discussed and it's interesting but it's mainly in passing (also the photos aren't anything special).It's clear that Bowie enjoyed Sean Mayes company and Mayes admired Bowie hugely and there is lots of interesting anecdotes of time they spent together and how Bowie handled his fans. If nothing else it made we want to break out my copy of Stage and give it a spin.

Short but interesting tour
This is an intriguing view of David Bowie's life when on tour in 1978.It is an view most people do not get to see.It is especially interesting to see who he was then prior to his mega wealth, but at a very popular pointin his career.A must for an avid David Bowie fan. ... Read more

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Play guitar with seven David Bowie songs with CD backing tracks, guitar tab and standard notations of each song with chord symbols. In the music book, learn the guitar part from the tab or the standard notation. Songs include: "Ziggy Stardust"; "Suffragette City"; "Moonage Daydream"; "The Jean Jeanie"; "Rebel Rebel"; "Fame"; and "Heroes". ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Under Pressure, Ashes to Ashes, John, I'm Only Dancing, Life on Mars?, Let's Dance, Heroes, Space Oddity, Rebel Rebel, Jump They Say, Changes, Drive-In Saturday, White Light/white Heat, China Girl, Fashion, Wild Is the Wind, Starman, Time, Sorrow, the Jean Genie, Seven Years in Tibet, I'm Afraid of Americans. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Under Pressure est une chanson écrite et interprétée par Queen et David Bowie. Sortie en single en octobre 1981, cette chanson est la première collaboration du groupe anglais avec un autre artiste, et figure sur leur album Hot Space sorti en 1982. À l'origine, David Bowie était venu dans les Mountain Studios à Montreux en Suisse afin de chanter les chœurs sur une autre chanson de Queen, Cool Cat. Le résultat n'a pas été conservé à la demande de Bowie car il n'en était pas satisfait. Puisqu'il était déjà sur place, les cinq artistes commencèrent à travailler sur ce qui allait devenir Under Pressure. Titrée jusqu'à l'arrivée de David Bowie Feel Like, Queen n'était pas satisfait de la chanson. La version finale ayant débuté sous la forme d'une jam session entre Queen et Bowie, la chanson a été créditée au nom des cinq musiciens, les royalties étant partagées en cinq. Un certain mystère demeure quant à la personne ayant créé la fameuse ligne de basse. John Deacon, bassiste de Queen, déclare dans un magazine japonais en 1982 que David Bowie l'a écrite. Dans des interviews plus récentes, Brian May et Roger Taylor en donnent la paternité à John Deacon, ce qui semble confirmé par David Bowie sur son site web, en disant que la ligne de basse était déjà écrite lorsqu'il s'impliqua dans la chanson. Roger Taylor a souvent été considéré comme le principal auteur de la c...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more