Early David Bowie unreleased music streams for the first time

Music history enthusiasts and fans of a legendary British icon can now experience a rare piece of musical gold, as ten previously unreleased tracks recorded during David Bowie's teenage years become available for streaming and purchase. The valuable recordings were uncovered within a collection belonging to producer Shel Talmy, safely filed away on a 12-inch acetate under the future star's birth name from a time when he performed as a young hopeful in London clubs during the 1960s.

This material forms the core of a brand new posthumous album entitled The Shel Talmy Recordings, which features the initial discovery alongside another five unheard tracks that came to light later, complemented by demos and remastered versions. Six of these historic tracks are slated for physical release on vinyl, tapping directly into the enduring popularity of the format for Bowie's catalog. In 2022, Music Week recognized Bowie as the best-selling vinyl artist of the 21st century, outperforming even The Beatles.

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Back in the early sixties, a young Bowie was known as Davie Jones, performing in London and dreaming of global stardom before releasing his breakthrough 1969 single Space Oddity. He ultimately went on to secure 11 number-one albums and remained a defining cultural force until his passing in 2016. Many of his earliest studio recordings from that developmental period had remained obscure or completely lost to time until this recent discovery.