This video is a new remaster of very early Ziggy and the Spiders footage, shot in London in early 1972.

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Things were moving fast in the Bowie Universe – the Hunky Dory album had only just been released in mid-December 1971. By then most of the material for the next album, "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars", was already in the can. Three more songs were recorded on the 4th of February 1972, at Trident Studios in London. Suffragette City was one of them. This early live and raw, proto-punk version of Suffragette City was recorded at The Imperial College of London, just a few days later on the 12th of February 1972. It was only the third gig by the soon to be known as Ziggy & the Spiders, and therefore presumably one of the first times – maybe the first time? – that they had played Suffragette City live.

According to a feature on the official Bowie site, the Imperial College gig is considered the first proper Ziggy & the Spiders gig, “After a false start (Aylesbury Jan 29), three non-starters (Lanchester Polytechnic Arts Festival, Coventry, Feb 3 - Cleopatra’s in Derby, Feb 4 - Guild Hall, Southampton, Feb 7), a pub gig (the official start of the tour at the Toby Jug, Tolworth, Surrey, Feb 10) and a debatable (High Wycombe Town Hall, Feb 11), David Bowie’s UK Ziggy Stardust tour got underway properly with the first Ziggy and The Spiders show (though not yet billed as such) in London at The Great Hall in Imperial College, South Kensington on Feb 12, 1972, for a mere 50p admission”.

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Musically, one cannot help but notice the big Stooges influence going on. As has been long understood, this is no coincidence:
Iggy & The Stooges
Ziggy & The Spiders

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The raw colour version of the original broadcast has been grabbed from the INA website, and given the full Nacho sound and vision treatment. That included speed correction, and restoring Mick Ronson’s guitar at the beginning. Whereas, the intro of the original broadcast clip has a lot of TV station babble – in French - from the French TV segment. Also - as I wrote a few years ago, when I restored the B&W version – as I was already taking the liberty of rewriting history, I decided to also add in Mick Ronson’s first “Hey man!” backing vocal, because in the original, it is almost completely inaudible.

Thanks for watching, hope you dig it!

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Credits

Video and Audio Source:
David Bowie | Suffragette City | Live at the Imperial College of London | 12 February 1972 • INA France

Musicians:
David Bowie • vocals, guitar
Mick Ronson • guitar, backing vocals
Trevor Bolder • bass guitar, backing vocals
Woody Woodmansey • drums

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