Any Day Now: David Bowie: The London Years: 1947-1974 - Couverture souple

Cann, Kevin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0955201772 ISBN 13 : 9780955201776

Editeur : Adelita Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

Any Day Now David Bowie first came to notice with the 1969 song "Space Oddity," after which he promptly vanished from the public eye, immersing himself in a long period of musical experimentation and reemerging in 1972 as the glam rock androgyne Ziggy Stardust. Under this persona Bowie launched the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, spearheaded by the hit single "Starman." Th Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Any Day Now is an in-depth and highly visual chronology charting the early life and career of one of music s all-time greatest icons: David Bowie. This book is the ultimate fan guide for David Bowie's most devoted followers.

Packed with hundreds of interviews and images, Any Day Now offers a detailed year-by-year account of Bowie's life- from his birth in postwar London in 1947 to his departure from the UK in 1974.

With a wealth of new information and with each page featuring rare photographs, news clippings and memorabilia, the book also includes the most concise listing of early Bowie performances ever published.

Author Kevin Cann unravels many of the myths that have surrounded Bowie s early career in this encyclopaedic reference that will fascinate and entertain. Cann has worked on reissues of Bowie's back catalogues as well as anniversary releases of his albums. His role as a Bowie archivist for nearly 20 years has allowed him to amass extremely rare photographs and memorabilia, which are combined with interviews with a hundred of Bowie's friends and associates. Through his dedicated research and its fascinating results, Cann has developed a reputation as one of Bowie's greatest and most trustworthy biographers.

With the Victoria and Albert Museum's unprecedented, career-spanning retrospective, "David Bowie" is underway and Bowie's newest album The Next Day having shot straight up to number one on the music charts, now is the perfect time for fans to engross themselves in the best David Bowie book currently available.

Author Kevin Cann has worked closely with the V&A in producing the "David Bowie is" exhibition, meaning the same standard of care and prestige put into the exhibition has been put into this book as well. In fact, many of the rare photos on show at the V&A were first seen in Any Day Now.

Biographie de l'auteur

Kevin Cann is regarded as the number one biographer of David Bowie. He has worked as a designer and writer for the last 30 years and in 1983 wrote his first book, David Bowie: A Chronology for Vermilion. In 1988 he co-authored Kate Bush: A Visual Documentary with the late Sean Mayes. In 1994 he worked with Mick Ronson's family to stage Mick Ronson's Memorial concerts. Also in 1994, Kevin worked with David Bowie for the first time, the following year working as an assistant on his first solo art exhibition in Cork Street London. In 1999 Kevin researched and coordinated the reissue of Bowie's back catalogue with EMI (17 albums), and has contributed chronologies for various David Bowie 30th anniversary releases, including Ziggy Stardust and Diamond Dogs. He acted as consultant on Bowie's and Mick Rock s Genesis Publications book Moonage Daydream (2002) and Geoff MacCormack's From Station To Station (2007). He has also worked with many musicians including Bill Nelson, Adam Ant and Brian Eno. He has most recently collaborated with the Victoria and Albert Museum for their exhibition "David Bowie is". He lives in Kent.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Adelita Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0955201772
• ISBN 13: 9780955201776
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible