David Bowie

What was Glam Rock? Glam rock was a style of rock music most popular from 1971-1975 and heavily (but not solely) guitar based. The genre was characterized by artists who tended to wear a lot of makeup and feminine style clothing while performing rock music. This was not always the case but it did grab the headlines, so if you wanted to be noticed, you wore it. The core early glam rockers include the bands T. Rex, The Sweet, Slade, Gary Glitter, Suzi Quatro, and Wizzard. Quite a few other bands flirted with Glam to gain notoriety and head off in other directions once fame had been grabbed, notably David Bowie, Roxy Music, Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel, Alvin Stardust, Mott the Hoople etc. Some other groups were thrust into Glam without ever being Glam, groups like Chicory Tip, Mud, The Rubettes, Elton John, David Essex, and Sparks. You will notice that most of the above mentioned bands were British with the main exception of Suzi Quatro who was brought to Britain and based here by producer Mickie Most. The American version of Glam Rock, artists such as Alice Cooper, New York Dolls, Lou Reed, well... they were just heavy metal groups with too much eye-liner on lets be honest.

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↓ U.K. Space Oddity (single-sided acetate) 11th July 1969 ↓

↓ U.K. Space Oddity (double-sided acetates) 11th July 1969 ↓

↓ U.K. Space Oddity (Acetate/Test Pressing) 11th July 1969 ↓
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↓ U.K. Space Oddity (Test Pressings) 11th July 1969 ↓


↓ U.K. Space Oddity (with and without MONO print, but all are mono) 11th July 1969 ↓





↓ U.S.A. Space Oddity (mono only promo) July 1969 ↓

↓ U.S.A. Space Oddity (mono & stereo promo) November 1969 ↓

↓ Germany The Prettiest Star 1970 ↓


↓ U.K. Changes (acetate) 14th January 1972 ↓

↓ U.K. probably Dana Gillespie - Andy Warhol (Single-sided acetate) 14th January 1972 ↓
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↓ U.K. Dana Gillespie - Andy Warhol (Double-sided acetate) 14th January 1972 ↓

↓ U.K. Changes 14th January 1972 ↓




↓ U.K. Starman (Single-sided acetate) 28th April 1972 ↓
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↓ U.K. Starman 28th April 1972 ↓


↓ Angola Starman 1972 ↓


↓ Argentina Starman 1973 ↓

↓ Australia Starman 1972 ↓



↓ Canada Starman (Single-sided acetate) 1972 ↓

↓ Germany Starman 1972 ↓


↓ Greece Starman 1972 ↓

↓ India Starman 1972 ↓

↓ Italy Starman October 1972 ↓



↓ Japan Starman September 1972 ↓




↓ Japan Starman re-issued 1975 ↓



↓ New Zealand Starman 1972 ↓

↓ Portugal Starman (Extended Play) 1972 ↓



↓ South Africa Starman 1972 ↓

↓ U.S.A. Starman (promo & release) 20th May 1972 ↓



↓ U.K. John I'm Only Dancing 1st September 1972 ↓




↓ U.K. John I'm Only Dancing April 1973 or maybe 1976 ↓


↓ U.K. The Jean Genie 24th November 1972 ↓









↓ Argentina The Jean Genie 1972 ↓

↓ Australia The Jean Genie 1972 ↓


↓ France The Jean Genie 1973 ↓


↓ Germany The Jean Genie January 1973 ↓


↓ Israel The Jean Genie 1973 ↓


↓ Italy The Jean Genie January 1973 ↓


↓ Italy The Jean Genie (jukebox edition with unrelated "B" side) January 1973 ↓

↓ Japan The Jean Genie January 1973 ↓


↓ New Zealand The Jean Genie 1972 ↓

↓ Portugal The Jean Genie 1973 ↓




↓ Singapore The Jean Genie 1973 ↓

↓ Spain The Jean Genie January 1973 ↓


↓ Spain The Jean Genie circa 1978 ↓


↓ U.S.A. The Jean Genie (promo & release) 1972 ↓


↓ Yugoslavia The Jean Genie February 1973 ↓


↓ Australia Space Oddity 1973 ↓

↓ Chile Space Oddity 1973 ↓


↓ U.S.A. Space Oddity January 1973 ↓

↓ U.K. Drive-In Saturday 6th April 1973 ↓




↓ Germany Drive In Saturday April 1973 ↓


↓ U.K. Life On Mars? 22nd June 1973 ↓






↓ Republic of Ireland Life On Mars 22nd June 1973 ↓

↓ Germany Life On Mars? June 1973 ↓


↓ Spain Life On Mars? (promotional edition) June 1973 ↓


↓ Spain Life On Mars? June 1973 ↓





↓ U.K. The Laughing Gnome 14th April 1967 ↓


↓ U.K. The Laughing Gnome (re-issue from 1967) 7th September 1973 ↓


↓ Australia The Laughing Gnome 8th November 1973 ↓


↓ France The Laughing Gnome 1973 ↓


↓ New Zealand The Laughing Gnome 1973 ↓

↓ Portugal The Laughing Gnome 1973 ↓


↓ U.S.A. The Laughing Gnome 22nd October 1973 ↓

↓ U.K. Sorrow 28th September 1973 ↓





↓ Made in France for the U.K. Sorrow 28th September 1973 ↓

↓ Made in Germany for the U.K. Sorrow 28th September 1973 ↓

↓ Made in U.S.A. for the U.K. Sorrow 28th September 1973 ↓

↓ Republic of Ireland Sorrow 28th September 1973 ↓


↓ Argentina Sorrow 1974 ↓

↓ Australia Sorrow 28th September 1973 ↓



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↓ Brazil Sorrow (promo) 1974 ↓

↓ France Sorrow October 1973 ↓



↓ Germany Sorrow November 1973 ↓



↓ Japan Sorrow 1974 ↓



↓ Mexico Sorrow 1974 ↓



↓ New Zealand Sorrow 1973 ↓



↓ Philippines Sorrow 1973 ↓

↓ Portugal Sorrow 1973 ↓




↓ Southern Rhodesia Sorrow (playable and unplayable B sides) 1973 ↓


↓ South Africa Sorrow (error (album title) & corrected) 1973 ↓


↓ Spain Sorrow (Two versions of sleeve and label) 1973 ↓





↓ Turkey Sorrow 1973 ↓


↓ Uruguay Sorrow 1973 ↓

↓ U.S.A. Sorrow (single-sided acetate, promo & release) 24th October 1973 ↓



↓ New Zealand Rosalyn (promo) September 1973 ↓




↓ U.K. Rebel Rebel 1st February 1974 ↓


↓ U.K. (made in France and imported) Rebel Rebel 1st February 1974 ↓

↓ U.K. (made in U.S.A. and imported) Rebel Rebel 1st February 1974 ↓


↓ Australia Rebel Rebel 1974 ↓

↓ Australia Rebel Rebel (E.P.) 1977 ↓


↓ Germany Rebel Rebel March 1974 ↓


↓ U.S.A. Rebel Rebel May 1974 ↓

↓ U.S.A. 1984 July 1974 ↓

↓ U.K. Rock 'N' Roll Suicide 11th April 1974 ↓



↓ U.K. (made in U.S.A. and imported) Rock 'N' Roll Suicide 11th April 1974 ↓


↓ U.S.A. Rock 'N' Roll With Me November 1974 ↓

↓ U.K. Diamond Dogs (To promo or not to promo, that is the question) 17th May 1974 ↓

↓ U.K. Diamond Dogs 17th May 1974 ↓



↓ U.K. (made in U.S.A. and imported) Diamond Dogs 17th May 1974 ↓

↓ U.K. (made in Canada and imported) Diamond Dogs 17th May 1974 ↓

↓ Australia Diamond Dogs 1974 ↓

↓ France Diamond Dogs 1974 ↓



↓ Germany Diamond Dogs 15th June 1974 ↓



↓ Italy Diamond Dogs 1974 ↓


↓ Spain Diamond Dogs 1974 ↓



↓ U.K. Knock On Wood 13th September 1974 ↓




↓ U.K. (Record Mirror flexi) Knock On Wood 28th September 1974 ↓


↓ Australia Knock On Wood 1974 ↓

↓ Germany Knock On Wood 1974 ↓


↓ U.S.A. Time 1973 ↓

↓ U.S.A. Let's Spend The Night Together 1973 ↓

↓ Brazil Let's Spend The Night Together (cover spelling error) 1973 ↓



↓ U.K. (re-issue, kind of) Space Oddity (Maxi-Million series) 26th September 1975 ↓

....................GLAM ROCK....................

..............David Bowie..............

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