Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie - Soundtrack

It's bizarre to think that Bowie's last performance as Ziggy Stardust sat on a shelf for a decade before its release in 1983, but thank god that it was filmed because whichever way you look at it, this is one of the best and most essential live records of all time. Bowie goes through the motions on what turned out to be a fateful night at the Hammersmith Odeon, as thousands of rabid fans cheered him on unknowing that it would be the last time the character ever set foot on stage (other than a brief reprise in 1973 for the NBC Midnight Special, so called The 1980 Floor Show). The ordering of the set list was done so right down to the finest ...  Read the complete review