2016 import vinyl release - probably not around for long - In August 1971, David Bowie's manager Tony Defries had 500 promo LPs pressed to secure him and other Mainman artist Dana Gillespie a record deal. This promo album, featuring seven songs by David on side A and five by Dana Gillespie on the flip, is often being referred to as the BOWPROMO white-label album. The LP came in generic white outer and inner sleeves and had no printed labels, so its matrix number (BOWPROMO 1A-1/1B-1) is the only way to safely identify it. Most of the Bowie songs on this promo LP would appear four months later on Hunky Dory. However, as the recording and mixing of that album had not yet been finished, it transpired that the BOWPROMO LP contained two songs that would not end up on any official album for the next 20 years in any version—Bowie's 'Bombers' and Gillespie's 'Lavender Hill'. Besides, it features marginally to very different early mixes/versions.A1 –David Bowie Oh! You Pretty Things A2 –David Bowie Eight Line Poem A3 –David Bowie Kooks B1 –David Bowie It Ain’t Easy B2 –David Bowie Queen Bitch B3 –David Bowie Quicksand C1 –David Bowie Bombers - Andy Warhol Intro C2 –Dana Gillespie Mother Don’t Be Frightened C3 –Dana Gillespie Andy Warhol D1 –Dana Gillespie Never Knew D2 –Dana Gillespie All Cut Up On You D3 –Dana Gillespie Lavender Hill
