Playlist 14.11.08

'Here Today Gone Tomorrow' was recorded by David Bowie at the Tower Theater, Philadelphia in 1974. He was promoting the 'Diamond Dogs' album, that edgy combination of glam rock and George Orwell, but already his imagination was elsewhere. David was putting on his soul shoes, hiring Luther Vandross as a backing vocalist and prepping his Thin White Duke persona for the 'Young Americans' spree.

This transition was delivered to the public as 'David Live', which included a piercing 'All The Young Dudes' and the ultimate reading of 'Rock And Roll Suicide'. But the highlights couldn't all fit on a double album and so 'Here Today Gone Tomorrow', a cover of an Ohio Players tune, was left out. Happily, it was fetched out for several reissues of the album, and it sure is a delight.

Playlist 14.11.08

BBC Radio Ulster, 92-95 FM

Online: www.bbc.co.uk/radioulster

Fridays, ten - midnight

Lonnie The Cat - The Road I Travel (Ace)

Gaslight Anthem - Old White Lincoln (Side One Dummy)

Andy Lewis and Paul Weller - Are you Trying To Be Lonely (Acid Jazz)

Panama Kings - Children (No Dancing)

Money Mark - Stuck at The Airport (Brushfire)

Lucinda Williams - It's A Long Way To The Top (Lost Highway)

Web Pierce - Freight Train Blues (Proper)

The Lowly Knights - Devotion (We Collect Records)

David Bowie - Here Today Gone Tomorrow (EMI)

Skint And Demoralised - The Thrill Of Thirty Seconds (Mercury)

Will Hoge - When Can I Afford To Lose (Ryko)

Neil Young - There's a World (Reprise)

The Chatham Singers - An Image Of You (Damaged Goods)

Ry Cooder - Dark End Of Street (Rhino)

Hearts Of Palm - I Flow (Hypnote)

Dave Alvin - Haley's Comet (Hightone)

Goldblade and Poly Styrene - City Of Christmas Ghosts (Damaged Ghosts)

Bon Iver - RE: Stacks (4AD)

Keith Christmas - Travelling Down (Castle)

Tony Christie - Born To Cry (Universal)

Gaslight Anthem - The 59 Sound (Side One Dummy)

The Clash - I Fought The Law (Sony)

Titus Andronicus - Titus Andronicus (Merok)

Louvin Brothers - What Would You Give In Exchange For Your Soul (Capitol)

John Mellencamp - Troubled Land (Universal)

Tony Christie - Louise (Universal)