MusicNewsMusic / NewsA new collection of Bowie demos is on the wayThe Mercury Demos album features nine unreleased recordingsShareLink copied ✔️April 27, 2019April 27, 2019TextThom 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 MORE‘The unknown is exciting’: Why Gorillaz’ upcoming album is all about deathThe 20 best tracks of 2025, rankedVCARBMeet the young creatives VCARB is getting into F1The 20 best albums of 2025, rankedThe renaissance of Zara Larsson: ‘I’m out of the Khia Asylum’The 10 best music videos of 2025, rankedListen to our shadowy Dazed Winter 2025 playlist7 of Chase Infiniti’s favourite K-pop tracksMeet The Deep, K-pop’s antihero ‘This is our Nirvana!’: Are Geese Gen Z’s first great rock band?10 of Yung Lean’s best collabs‘We’re like brother and sister’: Yung Lean and Charli xcx in conversation