MusicNewsA new collection of Bowie demos is on the wayThe Mercury Demos album features nine unreleased recordingsShareLink copied ✔️April 27, 2019MusicNewsTextThom Waite Output of old David Bowie tracks and memorabilia – including his first demo, found in a bread bin, and a new Vans collection – has been high since his death in early 2016. The most recent announcement is The “Mercury” Demos, a collection of the singer’s recordings from 1969. Other than an early version of Bowie’s “Space Oddity”, which was released in a previous box set, all of the songs on the 10-track collection are completely unreleased. They are recorded live, in one take, in Bowie’s flat, with John “Hutch” Hutchinson on guitar. Besides original compositions by the singer, there are also some collaborations in the new collection. A section of the track “Janine”, for example, is sung to the tune of The Beatles’ “Hey Jude”, and there’s a performance of “Love Song”, which would later be heard on Elton John’s Tumbleweed Connection. The “Mercury” Demos will be released June 28, via Parlophone. Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MORE5 Easter eggs from Dave’s new albumGrime MC JayaHadADream: ‘bell hooks changed my life’080 Barcelona Fashion080 Barcelona Fashion Week, these were your best moments‘I fuck with them all’: How OsamaSon got his cult-like fanbaseWhat went down at Kraków's Unsound Festival 2025 InstagramHow to stay authentic online, according to Instagram Rings creators‘He’s part of the fabric of my life’: Young Black fans remember D’AngeloBloodz Boi: The humble godfather of Chinese underground rapA rare interview with POiSON GiRL FRiEND, dream pop’s future seerNigeria’s Blaqbonez is rapping to ‘beat his high score’Inside Erika de Casier’s shimmering R&B universe ‘Rap saved my life’: A hazy conversation with MIKE and Earl Sweatshirt