Six David Bowie 1990s live albums set for release

Brilliant Live Adventures features six Bowie live albums from the ’90s

Parlophone Records has announced release details for David Bowie Brilliant Live Adventures, a series of six live albums from the 1990s which will be released on vinyl and CD as limited one run only pressings. There will also be special limited edition boxes for both vinyl and CD to house the full collection. The albums and boxes will only be available via the David Bowie official store and Warner Music Group’s Dig! store.

The first three albums and the special limited edition boxes will be released pre-Christmas, with the remaining three albums coming early next year.

The first release on CD and double vinyl on October 30th is David Bowie Ouvrez Le Chien (Live Dallas 95), previously a streaming only live album which was recorded live at the Starplex Amphitheater, Dallas, October 13, 1995, during the U.S. leg of the Outside Tour. The title Ouvrez Le Chien (“open the dog” in French) originally appeared in the song “All The Madmen” taken from The Man Who Sold The World album which celebrates its 50th anniversary later this year. Bowie also used the phrase in the lyrics of his 1993 single “Buddha Of Suburbia,” once again spelling “ouvre” without a Z. The Z was restored when the phrase and its English translation were prominently featured in the stage set of the 1995 Outside Tour.

Ouvrez Le Chien was produced by David Bowie and recorded by Steve Guest. The musicians are David Bowie on vocals and saxophone, Carlos Alomar –onrhythm guitar, Reeves Gabrels on lead guitar and vocals, Gail Ann Dorsey on bass and vocals, Zachary Alford on drums, Peter Schwartz as musical director, keyboards and synthesisers, George Simms on vocals, and Mike Garson on piano and keyboards.

The cover image of Ouvrez Le Chien was taken by wife Iman during the ’95 tour.