Music / NewsMusic / 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. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREWhat makes a good sex song?Rap band WHATMORE are the sound of New York adolescence MerrellMerrell 1TRL trades the trail for Shoreditch to launch Moab Slide Woven‘Emo boy got the party lit’: The UK underground has a new identity crisisRawayana: How a Venezuelan pop band became political exiles‘Silence is punk as fuck’: Frost Children and Ninajirachi go head-to-head‘Fast, angry, chaotic’: The story behind the Prodigy’s ‘Firestarter’ video‘There’s been tears’: RZA on the final days of Wu-Tang ClanWhat went down at the beabadoobee Dazed cover signing Kim Gordon selects: What to listen to, watch and read7 of beabadoobee’s greatest collabsPhotos from the Universal Music’s BRIT Awards afterparty in ManchesterEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy