uncommon footage ofDavid Bowie ’s first telecast performance as Ziggy Stardust has been unearth , but the viability of that footage remains in question . As theBBCreports , the original recording of the previous singer ’s 1972 public presentation on the British TV showLift Off With Aysheawas long lost , having been accidentally deleted by a technician year ago ( which was fairlystandard practicefor electronic connection in the earlier days of television ) . Fortunately , a fan taped the performance on their home video vertical flute , and that footage was lately rediscovered .
The tape is in fragile stipulation and has cheapen over the years . However , the producers of a forthcoming BBC documentary calledDavid Bowie : Finding Famehope it can be touch on in meter to let in in the documentary , which is arrange to debut on BBC Two next calendar month . The footage is currently being “ baked ” in an incubator so that it can beremastered .
Francis Whately , the documentary ’s producer and director , secern the Radio Times that the former happen footage “ is something of a Holy Grail ” for fan . Previously , the earliest transcription of Bowie ’s showy Ziggy Stardust role was his " Starman " performance on the British telly programTop of the Pops , which was filmed a month after hisLift Offappearance .
The BBC documentary film will also boast never - before - hear audio recordings and footage , including Bowie ’s audition tape recording for the BBC ’s gift selection mathematical group in 1965 . In a move that likely still haunt them , the BBC rejected Bowie for receiving set play , state that he was " not prominent enough " and " devoid of personality . ” Of course , that did n’t stop Starman .
Ever since Bowie died in January 2016 , a few of his early recordings have emerged from the carpentry . Earlier this twelvemonth , Parlophone Records foretell it will release avinyl box setfeaturing two of the earliest know recording of " Space Oddity , " among other track . And last fall , the first birdsong that Bowie ever recorded when he was 16 years oldsoldat auction for around $ 50,000 . It had been found in abread box .
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