The Best of David Bowie 1974/1979 http://www.fishpond.com.au/Music/Best-of-David-Bowie-19741979-David-Bowie/0724349430020

Artist: David Bowie

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• Producers include: David Bowie, Tony Visconti, Hary Maslin.
  
• Compilation producer: Nigel Reeve.
  
• Includes liner notes by Kevin Cann.
  
• Liner Note Author: Keith Cann.
  
• Photographers: Steve Schapiro; Steve Shapiro.
  
• Born David Jones, the Londoner who would become David Bowie made a career out of his chameleon-like tendencies and his relentlessly futuristic vision. Though he began in a rather non-rock mode, recording whimsical, Anthony Newley-ish pop tunes, he soon graduated to a more personal, idiosyncratic style. His first major hit, "Space Oddity," set the tone for much of what was to follow, with it's sci-fi theme, avant-pop sound and the evocation of alienation that would be often reprised in Bowie's career. Throughout the '70s, Bowie adopted and discarded personas and musical styles at a breakneck pace; from futuristic folk-rocker to androgynous glam-rock god to post-modern soulster and beyond. Along the way, his carefully chosen image and techno-friendly sound influenced everyone from Lou Reed (who Bowie produced) and Roxy Music to Gary Numan and ABC.