Welcome to the Blackout (Live London '78)

Welcome to the Blackout
(Live London '78)
Live album by David Bowie
Released 21 April 2018 (2018-04-21)
Recorded 30 June – 1 July 1978
Venue Earls Court, London
Studio RCA Mobile
Genre Art rock
Length 108:13
Label Parlophone
Producer Tony Visconti
David Bowie chronology
A New Career in a New Town (1977–1982)
(2017)		 Welcome to the Blackout
(Live London '78)
(2018)		 Loving The Alien (1983-1988)
(2018)

Welcome to the Blackout (Live London '78) is a live album by David Bowie recorded on the Isolar II Tour. It had a limited vinyl release on 21 April 2018 for Record Store Day.[1] [2] A more widely available CD edition followed on 29 June 2018, along with digital releases for download and streaming.[3]

Recording

The album was recorded live by the RCA mobile unit during the Isolar II tour at Earls Court, London on 30 June and 1 July 1978 by Tony Visconti, and was mixed by Bowie and David Richards at Mountain Studios, Montreux, from 17-22 January 1979.

The performance of "Sound and Vision" on 1 July 1978, the live premiere of the song, was previously released on the 1995 compilation album, RarestOneBowie, as was the included version of "Be My Wife".

Originally shot as a concert film, Bowie would later abandon the idea due to being dissatisfied with the final result.[4]

Track listing

Vinyl release

Side 1

  1. "Warszawa"
  2. ""Heroes""
  3. "What in the World"

Side 2

  1. "Be My Wife"
  2. "The Jean Genie"
  3. "Blackout"
  4. "Sense of Doubt"

Side 3

  1. "Speed of Life"
  2. "Sound and Vision"
  3. "Breaking Glass"
  4. "Fame"
  5. "Beauty and the Beast"

Side 4

  1. "Five Years"
  2. "Soul Love"
  3. "Star"
  4. "Hang On to Yourself"
  5. "Ziggy Stardust"
  6. "Suffragette City"

Side 5

  1. "Art Decade"
  2. "Alabama Song"
  3. "Station to Station"

Side 6

  1. "TVC 15"
  2. "Stay"
  3. "Rebel Rebel"

Personnel

  • Producer: Tony Visconti
  • Post production mix: David Bowie, David Richards
  • Photography: Sukita and Chris Walter[6]

Live performance personnel

  • Jan Michael Alejandro – band tech
  • Vern "Moose" Constan – band tech
  • Leroy Kerr – band tech
  • Buford Jones – FOH mixer
  • Townsend Wessinger – Showco sound crew
  • Billy King – Showco sound crew
  • Russell Davis – Showco sound crew
  • Randy Marshall – Showco sound crew
  • Glenn George – Showco sound crew

Charts

Chart (2018) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[7] 55
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[8] 39
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[9] 96
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[10] 48
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[11] 58
Irish Albums (IRMA)[12] 36
Italian Albums (FIMI)[13] 83
New Zealand Heatseeker Albums (RMNZ)[14] 3
Scottish Albums (OCC)[15] 11
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[16] 86
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[17] 75
UK Albums (OCC)[18] 16

References

  1. ↑ https://www.davidbowie.com/blog/2018/2/28/three-bowie-discs-for-rsd-2018
  2. ↑ http://www.nme.com/news/music/david-bowie-albums-record-store-day-2018-2251169
  3. ↑ https://www.davidbowie.com/blog/2018/5/16/christiane-f-and-baal-vinyl-plus-blackout-cd-due
  4. ↑ Buckley, David (August 2018) "Soundtrack to the film that never was." Mojo (magazine), no. 297.
  5. ↑ Jones, Dylan (2017), David Bowie: A Life, Crown/Archetype
  6. ↑ https://www.davidbowie.com/blog/2018/2/28/three-bowie-discs-for-rsd-2018
  7. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – David Bowie – Welcome to the Blackout (Live London '78)" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  8. ↑ "Ultratop.be – David Bowie – Welcome to the Blackout (Live London '78)" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  9. ↑ "Ultratop.be – David Bowie – Welcome to the Blackout (Live London '78)" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  10. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – David Bowie – Welcome to the Blackout (Live London '78)" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  11. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – David Bowie – Welcome to the Blackout (Live London '78)" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  12. ↑ "Irish-charts.com – Discography David Bowie". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  13. ↑ "Album – Classifica settimanale WK 17 (dal 2018-04-20 al 2018-04-26)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  14. ↑ "NZ Heatseeker Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 30 April 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  15. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  16. ↑ "Top 100 Albumes – Semana 27: del 29.6.2018 al 5.7.2018" (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  17. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – David Bowie – Welcome to the Blackout (Live London '78)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  18. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
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