Face oddity
David Bowie “Pinups” RCA Records (1973) Released between “Aladin Sane” and “Diamond Dogs.” The woman on the cover with Bowie is 1960s supermodel Twiggy in a photograph taken by her then-manager Justin de Villeneuve. In the album booklet, Bowie himself describes Pin Ups as:
“These songs are among my favourites from the ’64–67′ period of London. / Most of the groups were playing the Ricky-Tick (was it a ‘y’ or an ‘i’?) -Scene club circuit (Marquee, eel pie island la-la). / Some are still with us. /Pretty Things, Them, Yardbirds, Syd’s Pink Floyd, Mojos, Who, Easybeats, Merseys, The Kinks
January 11th, 2012 at 2:37 pm
His version of “Sorrow” is a keeper, and “Shapes of Things” is a real killer!
January 14th, 2012 at 3:23 pm
I love this cover. Twiggy was tanned from a tropical holiday so they decided to make-up Bowie’s face to match her skin colour, and then added a corresponding milk-white Bowie sheen to Twiggy’s face.