Strange fascination… David Bowie has enthralled the world for more than half a century, and the work he left behind arguably tells us more about ourselves today than it did during even the 70s, when he made the radical moves covered in this first instalment of Record Collector Presents… David Bowie. In focusing on the years 1947- 1980, we chart Bowie’s rise to fame and his subsequent rewriting of all known rulebooks, with key collaborators Mick “Woody” Woodmansey, Mike Garson and Carlos Alomar adding crucial insight through all-new interviews. Reviews of every album, plus a discussion of Bowie’s influence on fashion and guides to the London and Berlin landmarks that shaped his music, provide further understanding of the ch-ch-ch-changes he went through during his period. Add an eight-page discography packed with rarities, and you’ll have enough sound and vision to last several lifetimes.