The Shel Talmy Recordings (CD)
The Shel Talmy Recordings is the most complete collection of tracks recorded by a nascent David Bowie, then Davie Jones, with legendary ‘60s producer Shel Talmy, best known for his groundbreaking hits with The Who and The Kinks. The album features ten previously unheard tracks on CD and digital, and six songs on LP, with contributions from legendary Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, then a guitar slinger for hire, and Nicky Hopkins, celebrated piano player for The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Who and Jeff Beck.
As the musician and music historian Alec Palao puts it in his comprehensive sleeve notes that accompany the album, “David Bowie the artist is a book of chapters, the turn of each page delivering something completely different and unexpected from the last. And in perusal, a cardinal error would be to pit any of these episodes against the others, when in fact each fascinating phase in his career should be considered complementary. This collection, a primary chapter if not the very earliest instalment in David’s musical journey, deserves legitimate consideration. It is invariably tempting to search for clues in an artist’s tentative beginnings, and Bowie’s juvenilia has been dissected more than most, but this has rarely been done within the proper context. The sounds here should not be judged by the standards of his later career, but by the standards of what was happening in Britain at that precise point in time. In which case, they speak as loudly of the excitement of London and its music scene in that pivotal year of 1965 as they do for the launch of its brightest future star.”
Release Date: 18th September 2026
Tracklist:
You've Got A Habit Of Leaving
I Want Your Love*
Cupid*
I Pity The Fool
Baby Loves That Way
Keep Up With The Jones (instrumental)*
Leave Her To Me*
I'll Follow You
You Gotta Tell Her*
Take My Tip
Certain Woman*
Glad I've Got Nobody
Today*
I Want My Baby Back
I Live In Dreams*
Bars Of The County Jail
That’s Where My Heart Is
I Do Believe I Love You*
You've Got A Habit Of Leaving (alternative overdub/vocal)
I Pity The Fool (alternative vocal)
Baby Loves That Way (alternative vocal) *
Take My Tip (alternative vocal)
*previously unreleased
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The Shel Talmy Recordings (CD)
The Shel Talmy Recordings (CD)
The Shel Talmy Recordings is the most complete collection of tracks recorded by a nascent David Bowie, then Davie Jones, with legendary ‘60s producer Shel Talmy, best known for his groundbreaking hits with The Who and The Kinks. The album features ten previously unheard tracks on CD and digital, and six songs on LP, with contributions from legendary Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, then a guitar slinger for hire, and Nicky Hopkins, celebrated piano player for The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Who and Jeff Beck.
As the musician and music historian Alec Palao puts it in his comprehensive sleeve notes that accompany the album, “David Bowie the artist is a book of chapters, the turn of each page delivering something completely different and unexpected from the last. And in perusal, a cardinal error would be to pit any of these episodes against the others, when in fact each fascinating phase in his career should be considered complementary. This collection, a primary chapter if not the very earliest instalment in David’s musical journey, deserves legitimate consideration. It is invariably tempting to search for clues in an artist’s tentative beginnings, and Bowie’s juvenilia has been dissected more than most, but this has rarely been done within the proper context. The sounds here should not be judged by the standards of his later career, but by the standards of what was happening in Britain at that precise point in time. In which case, they speak as loudly of the excitement of London and its music scene in that pivotal year of 1965 as they do for the launch of its brightest future star.”
Release Date: 18th September 2026
Tracklist:
You've Got A Habit Of Leaving
I Want Your Love*
Cupid*
I Pity The Fool
Baby Loves That Way
Keep Up With The Jones (instrumental)*
Leave Her To Me*
I'll Follow You
You Gotta Tell Her*
Take My Tip
Certain Woman*
Glad I've Got Nobody
Today*
I Want My Baby Back
I Live In Dreams*
Bars Of The County Jail
That’s Where My Heart Is
I Do Believe I Love You*
You've Got A Habit Of Leaving (alternative overdub/vocal)
I Pity The Fool (alternative vocal)
Baby Loves That Way (alternative vocal) *
Take My Tip (alternative vocal)
*previously unreleased
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The Shel Talmy Recordings is the most complete collection of tracks recorded by a nascent David Bowie, then Davie Jones, with legendary ‘60s producer Shel Talmy, best known for his groundbreaking hits with The Who and The Kinks. The album features ten previously unheard tracks on CD and digital, and six songs on LP, with contributions from legendary Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, then a guitar slinger for hire, and Nicky Hopkins, celebrated piano player for The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Who and Jeff Beck.
As the musician and music historian Alec Palao puts it in his comprehensive sleeve notes that accompany the album, “David Bowie the artist is a book of chapters, the turn of each page delivering something completely different and unexpected from the last. And in perusal, a cardinal error would be to pit any of these episodes against the others, when in fact each fascinating phase in his career should be considered complementary. This collection, a primary chapter if not the very earliest instalment in David’s musical journey, deserves legitimate consideration. It is invariably tempting to search for clues in an artist’s tentative beginnings, and Bowie’s juvenilia has been dissected more than most, but this has rarely been done within the proper context. The sounds here should not be judged by the standards of his later career, but by the standards of what was happening in Britain at that precise point in time. In which case, they speak as loudly of the excitement of London and its music scene in that pivotal year of 1965 as they do for the launch of its brightest future star.”
Release Date: 18th September 2026
Tracklist:
You've Got A Habit Of Leaving
I Want Your Love*
Cupid*
I Pity The Fool
Baby Loves That Way
Keep Up With The Jones (instrumental)*
Leave Her To Me*
I'll Follow You
You Gotta Tell Her*
Take My Tip
Certain Woman*
Glad I've Got Nobody
Today*
I Want My Baby Back
I Live In Dreams*
Bars Of The County Jail
That’s Where My Heart Is
I Do Believe I Love You*
You've Got A Habit Of Leaving (alternative overdub/vocal)
I Pity The Fool (alternative vocal)
Baby Loves That Way (alternative vocal) *
Take My Tip (alternative vocal)
*previously unreleased
