David Bowie [1973.07.03] The Fall Of Ziggy Stardust (Sound Engineer Tape) [SBD]

 

David Bowie
'The Fall Of Ziggy Stardust' (Sound Engineer Tape)
Hammersmith Odeon, London, England
Ziggy Stardust Tour - Tuesday July 3th, 1973

Soundboard Recording
Taper: Robin Mayhew (Sound engineer at show)
Encoded: FLAC & MP3@320 Kbps

Lineage: Turner 24 Channel mixing console -> Portable cassette
machine (TDK tape) -> Reel to Reel -> CD -> PC (?) -> Homemade
CDRs -> Exact Audio Copy (Secure Mode) -> Bowie Station

Robin Mayhew who was the sound mixer on the Ziggy Stardust tour has released his version of the famous last Ziggy concert. The recording is complete including Jeff Beck and is straight from the soundboard. This is the only surviving recording he has with Bowie. He taped all the shows, but reused the tapes the next day. Therefore only the last show survived.

Track List: (Artwork Included)
Disc 1:
01 Introduction by Barry Bethal
02 Mike Garson's Medley
03 March From The Clockwork Orange (Beethoven's Ode To Joy)
04 Hang On To Yourself
05 Ziggy Stardust
06 Watch That Man
07 Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud
   All The Young Dudes
   Oh! You Pretty Things
08 Moonage Daydream
09 Changes
10 Space Oddity
11 My Death

Disc 2:
01 Announcement and William Tell Overture
02 Cracked Actor
03 Time
04 Width Of A Circle
   Band Introduction
05 Let's Spend The Night Together
06 Suffragette City
07 White Light White Heat
08 Jean Genie
09 Round And Round
10 Rock And Roll Suicide
   Pomp And Circumstance by Edward Elgar

Robin Mayhews own words from the CD cover:  Only Mick and Suzie (later) Ronson knew of Bowie's decision to kill of his Ziggy persona that night. I believe Suzie must have told stage manager Peter Hunsley at some point after the interval as he alerted me via the stage to mixer intercom giving me the news. It came as no real surprise to me and quitting while ahead seemed the perfect and logical way to end something which would soon have to become repetitious.

Recorded directly from the sound console. Engineered by Robin Mayhew of Ground Control. This recording was made on a portable cassette machine on the night of the show, transferred to reel to reel in 1976 and to CD in 2008. The only studio engineering done on my recording is to the first part of Wendy Carlos's March from Clockwork Orangebecause the original tape was slightly stretched (note you can hear Ronno join in with a couple of chords at the end) and the attenuation of a feedback howl during the opening song Hang on to Yourself.