Rubber Band Bowie

Rubber band would be re recorded for the album and it is this version that was released as a single in the usa mid 1967 with there is a happy land also from david bowie as the b side.

Rubber band bowie.

Rubber band won t you play a haunting theme again to me while i eat my scones and drink my cup of tea the sun is warm but it s a lonely afternoon oh play that theme rubber band how i wish that i could join your rubber band we could play in lively parks throughout the land and one sunday afternoon i d find my love rubber band in 14 18 war i. David bowie s rubber band is a song from his 1969 self entitled debut album. Rubber band was re recorded for the 1967 album david bowie david bowie and it is this re recording that appears on the us 45 along with a different b side also from the album. The following track listing and timings only apply to the uk single.

Two versions of the lp were released in the uk and usa. All three versions of the song the original single in mono and the album version in stereo and mono are available on the remastered 2010. It was his first recording for which he adopted a style of singing inspired by anthony newley which he retained for much of the 1967 debut album. Rubber band was released on 2 december 1966 as bowie s first single for the label.

From the album david bowie listen now buy song 0 99. Album track listing rubber band album version appeared on david bowie 1969 on side one as track three. London boys has been lauded as bowie s first mini masterpiece a melancholy observation of the london mod scene of the time. David bowie later created his famous ziggy stardust major tom aladdin sane an.

Thus the song appears in slightly different mixes on both releases.