Review: David Bowie - Live Santa Monica '72
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In June 1972, David Bowie released The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, the album that launched his most provocative, mercurial persona into the zeitgeist. When he landed in America later that year for a concert tour - his first-ever in the country - he not only introduced an intriguing realm of showmanship and spectacle, but also a shrewd display of public deception. While he'd earned critical acclaim and relative success in England, Bowie had yet to break the crucial (and lucrative) American market. Rather than building a fanbase from the ground up, though, he carried...
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