ROCK/POP
DAVID BOWIE
The Width of a Circle
Parlophone 0190295082260 (CD). 2021. Bernie Andrews, others, prods.; Nick Gomm, eng.
The 50th anniversary of the release of David Bowie’s The Man Who Sold the World was marked last year with a remastered reissue that restored Bowie’s desired cover art and intended title: Metrobolist. Parlophone has followed that up with a worthy two-disc set charting Bowie’s early course.
The first CD contains an hour-long radio appearance from February 1970, presented by BBC legend John Peel. On four songs, Bowie plays with his acoustic guitar; on two, he’s accompanied by bassist Tony Visconti and drummer John Cambridge. Guitarist Mick Ronson joins on the rest.
