Listen to an unheard David Bowie radio broadcast from 40 years ago

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To promote David Bowie’s 1973 covers album Pin Ups (featuring model Twiggy on the cover above) Bowie recorded a 15 minute radio show that was lost until now. Bowie spun several songs (The Pretty Things’ Rosalyn, Them’s Here Comes the Night, The Yardbirds’ I Wish You Would, The Merseys’ Sorrow and The Who’s I Can’t Explain) he covered on the album and talked about the London music world. The man in charge of Bowie’s back catalog Nigel Reeve talked to BBC about discovering the recording:

The show was produced by Bowie and Ken Scott, who worked with Bowie on his albums from Hunky Dory through to Pin Ups. Reeve discovered the recording during research several years ago. “It was in an old tape vault on 1/4″ tape with simply the words ‘Radio Show’ written on it,” he said. “This is such a rare find. No one knew of its existence, apart from David and Ken. To play it for the first time was quite simply a jaw-dropping moment.”

Listen below:

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