David Bowie - I'm Only Dancing (The Soul Tour 74) (2020/2021) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

"I'm Only Dancing (The Soul Tour 74)" is a live album by English musician David Bowie. It was recorded on the second half of the Diamond Dogs Tour in 1974, which is known as "the Soul Tour" due to the influence of the then-unreleased material Bowie had begun recording for Young Americans (1975). I'm Only Dancing marks the first time performances from this portion of the tour have been officially released.

“It’s got you reeling and rocking”

Taken from recently discovered sources in The David Bowie Archive®, I’M ONLY DANCING (THE SOUL TOUR 74) was recorded mostly during David’s performance at the Michigan Palace, Detroit on 20th October, 1974, with the encores taken from the Municipal Auditorium, Nashville on 30th November, 1974. The only song missing from the full set on the 20th October performance is ‘Diamond Dogs’ which was unfortunately only recorded in part. To make up for that it was decided to include the encores from the 30th November performance which featured ‘Diamond Dogs’ but also enables a fuller representation of the set from The Soul Tour including such numbers as ‘Knock On Wood’ and the ‘Foot Stomping / I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate’ medley.

The Soul Tour was a radical departure from the first part of the 1974 Diamond Dogs theatrical extravaganza. During a three week break in late 1974, the Diamond Dogs Tour’s elaborate six-ton Hunger City stage set was drastically stripped back, and the tour’s set list overhauled to include as-yet-unreleased tracks from the Young Americans sessions at Sigma Sound in Philadelphia. The Soul Tour also featured a revamped band, augmented to include musicians and vocalists from those sessions, and rechristened The Mike Garson Band.

"I'm Only Dancing (The Soul Tour 74)" follows on from the previous Record Store Day 2 LP release Cracked Actor (Live Los Angeles ’74) and is an incredible historical document of a performer and band at the height of their live powers. The artwork is based on the original design for the programmes available at venues for dates on The Soul Tour. The Soul Tour has taken on a mythical status among Bowie fans, as the tour visited fewer than twenty cities in the East and South of US. This is the first time that audio from this incarnation of the tour has ever been officially released.

These recordings have been mastered from the only available sources to provide the best sound quality possible. Any flaws and distortion are inherent in the original sources and we hope the historical importance of the recordings outweighs any such imperfections and does not detract from the enjoyment of the performances.

TRACKLIST

1. David Bowie - Introduction: Memory Of A Free Festival (Live in Detroit, 20th October 1974)
2. David Bowie - Rebel Rebel (Live in Detroit, 20th October 1974)
3. David Bowie - John, I'm Only Dancing (Again) (Live in Detroit, 20th October 1974)
4. David Bowie - Sorrow (Live in Detroit, 20th October 1974)
5. David Bowie - Changes (Live in Detroit, 20th October 1974)
6. David Bowie - 1984 (Live in Detroit, 20th October 1974)
7. David Bowie - Moonage Daydream (Live in Detroit, 20th October 1974)
8. David Bowie - Rock 'N' Roll With Me (Live in Detroit, 20th October 1974)
9. David Bowie - Love Me Do/The Jean Genie (Live in Detroit, 20th October 1974)
10. David Bowie - Young Americans (Live in Detroit, 20th October 1974)
11. David Bowie - Can You Hear Me (Live in Detroit, 20th October 1974)
12. David Bowie - It's Gonna Be Me (Live in Detroit, 20th October 1974)
13. David Bowie - Somebody Up There Likes Me (Live in Detroit, 20th October 1974)
14. David Bowie - Suffragette City (Live in Detroit, 20th October 1974)
15. David Bowie - Rock 'N' Roll Suicide (Live in Detroit, 20th October 1974)
16. David Bowie - Panic In Detroit (Live in Detroit, 20th October 1974)
17. David Bowie - Knock On Wood (Live in Nashville, 30th November 1974)
18. David Bowie - Foot Stompin'/I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate/Foot Stompin' (Live in Nashville, 30th November 1974)
19. David Bowie - Diamond Dogs / It's Only Rock 'N' Roll (But I Like It) / Diamond Dogs (Live in Nashville, 30th November 1974)



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