David Bowie - One Giant Step: 50 Years Of Space Oddity

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David Bowie
One Giant Step - 50 Years Of Space Oddity
Marking 50th Anniversary of Bowie's Space Oddity.
First Broadcast: Saturday July 13th, 2019

BBC Radio 2 Broadcast Recording
Encoded: 128 Kbps MP3
Time: 56:38 ][ Size: 52 MB

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0006tdr
http://spaceoddity50.davidbowie.com/
https://theconversation.com/space-oddity-at-50-the-novelty-song-that-became-a-cultural-touchstone-120071

July 2019 is the 50th anniversary not only of the Apollo moon landing but of the original release of David Bowie's 'Space Oddity' single, which was his first ever hit. 'One Giant Step' examines the origins and legacy of 'Space Oddity' - arguably Bowie's best known song, and its importance as a shadowy presence throughout his whole career cannot be underestimated. With new interviews from those who were there - including musicians, record company personnel and friends - as well as archive and un-broadcast interviews with David and producer Gus Dudgeon - we track 'Major Tom' from 'Space Oddity', through 'Ashes to Ashes' 'Hello Spaceboy' to 'Blackstar' with unheard studio outtakes and live performances. Contributors include: Pet Shop Boys, Dana Gillespie, Kevin Cann, and Olav Wyper.

We look at why on the back of 9 flop singles and many unreleased attempts at fame - Space Oddity was written, and examine the influences with new interviews with his duet partner of the time John Hutchinson and an ex girlfriend Dana Gillespie. We hear in full, exclusively to this programme, for the very first time, the earliest known demo of Space Oddity - performed as a duo with Hutch, but with different lyrics and arrangements. We have previously unheard archive interview of Bowie’s manager at the time, Ken Pitt, talking about the un-shown TV special 'Love You Till Tuesday' for which the song was written and we hear a previously unheard studio outtake of the song from February 1969. We hear about his multi-media trio Feathers - which was the starting point for the song - plus other influences such as Kubrick’s 2001 A Space Odyssey. (....More)