2019
is the 40th anniversary of Lodger and 17th May sees the release of the
latest limited 7″ picture disc from Parlophone, Boys Keep Swinging.
While
originally recording the song, Bowie had hoped to capture a garage band
feel with the musicians swapping instruments after a deck of Brian
Eno’s Oblique Strategies cards had suggested ‘reverse roles’. So
guitarist Carlos Alomar played drums and drummer Dennis Davis played
bass.
The version featured on the A side is the
2017 mix by Tony Visconti from Lodger, undertaken for the A New Career
In A New Town box set, as both Tony and Bowie felt they never had the
opportunity to give Lodger the mix it deserved in 1979, due to time and
studio constraints.
The AA side features I Pray,
Ole which was apparently recorded during the Lodger sessions, but
remained unreleased until mixed by David and David Richards for
inclusion as an extra track on the 1991 reissue of the Lodger album. The
track has been commercially unavailable since then.
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