David Bowie Solo 1967-july 1968 + The Riot Squad

📍 Ilford 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Plessey Social Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie (with session musicians)
🗒️ Notes: A final contractual obligation performed after the split with The Buzz.

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ The Speakeasy Club

🎤 Event: First contact with Velvet Underground
🗒️ Notes: Manager Kenneth Pitt plays an acetate of the unreleased first Velvet Underground album for David.

📍 West Hampstead, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎧 Recording: Recording the demo for ‘Over The Wall We Go’, a song David wrote for the singer Oscar (Becky Lawrence).

📍 West Hampstead, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎧 Recording: Recording the backing track for ‘The Laughing Gnome’ and ‘The Gospel According To Tony Day’.

📍 West Hampstead, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎧 Recording: Vocal overdubs and speed-enhanced vocal effects for ‘The Laughing Gnome’.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Saville Theatre / Private Meeting

🤝 Event: First meeting with Lindsay Kemp.
🗒️ Notes: David attends a performance by mime artist Lindsay Kemp. This meeting is a turning point, as Kemp becomes David’s mentor in movement and theatrical performance.(Notes: The meeting took place around this time).

📍 West Hampstead, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎧 Recording: Final mixing and additional sound effects for ‘The Laughing Gnome’.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Curzon Street

🎤 Event: Radio London Promotion
🗒️ Notes: David visits the offshore radio station’s land-based HQ to promote his upcoming work.

📍 Marble Arch, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Pye Studios

🎤 Artist: Paul Nicholas (Oscar)
🎧 Event: Recording session for ‘Over The Wall We Go’.
🗒️ Notes: David is present for the recording of his composition and contributes saxophone.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England

🎬 Event: Filming ‘The Image’.
🗒️ Notes: David’s first film role in a short horror film directed by Michael Armstrong. This experience heavily influenced his use of theatrical makeup later in the month.

📍 Broadhurst Gardens, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ Decca Studios

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad
🎬 Event: Studio Session
🗒️ Notes: Recordings of ‘Toy Soldier’, ‘Silly Boy Blue’, ‘I’m Waiting For The Man’ en ‘Silver Treetop School for Boys’.

📍 Wardour Street, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ The Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad
🎬 Event: Audition
🗒️ Notes: Een middag-auditie voor de Marquee, wat resulteerde in hun boekingen voor later die maand.

📍 Canvey Island 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ The Haystack

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad

📍 Tottenham, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ The Swan

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad
🗒️ Notes: First day of a four-day intensive rehearsal period.

📍 Tottenham, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ The Swan

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad
🗒️ Notes: Rehearsals.

📍 Tottenham, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ The Swan

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad
🗒️ Notes: Rehearsals.

📍 Tottenham, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ The Swan

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad
🗒️ Notes: Final day of rehearsals before their debut gig in Basildon.

📍 Basildon 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Woodlands Youth Centre

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad
🗒️ Notes: First live performance with The Riot Squad. Following their rehearsals, the band performed with white face paint. The set included a cover of “I’m Waiting For The Man”, making Bowie one of the first artists to cover The Velvet Underground.

📍 Stevenage 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Bowes Lyon Youth Centre

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad
🗒️ Notes: The band continued their theatrical presentation using white face paint.

📍 Hertford 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ St Nicholas Hall

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad
🗒️ Notes: Their fourth live show. The venue was a former church hall dating from 1892, located in St Andrew Street.

📍 Hoddesdon 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Willows Youth Centre

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad

📍 Farnborough 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ School of Electronics

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad

📍 Bognor Regis 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Shoreline Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad

📍 Loughton 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Loughton Youth Centre

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad

📍 Wealdstone, Harrow, England
🏛️ Kodak’s Social Club, Eastman Hall

🎤 Artist: The Riot Squad

📍 Woolwich, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Shakespeare Hotel

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad

📍 Broadhurst Gardens, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ Decca Studios, West Hampstead

🎧 Recording: ‘The London Boys’
🗒️ Notes: David records a new version of ‘The London Boys’ intended for his debut album, though it remained unreleased at the time.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Tiles Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad
🗒️ Notes: A popular underground Mod club in Oxford Street.

📍 Stockport 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Tabernacle Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad
🗒️ Notes: A Sunday night performance at this famous Northern soul and beat venue.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Tiles Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad

💿 Release: “The Laughing Gnome” / “The Gospel According To Tony Day”

🗒️ Notes: Release of David’s first single on the Deram label (Deram DM 123). The record fails to chart initially but becomes a massive hit upon reissue in 1973.

📍 Brave 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ The Brave Knight

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad
🗒️ Notes: Part of the Friday night residency. Supporting The Move.

📍 Maldon 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Down Beat Club (Swan Hotel Ballroom)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad
🗒️ Notes: Performance with The Riot Squad.

📍 Woolwich, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Shakespeare Hotel

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad

📍 Tilbury 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Post-1900 Club (Speedway Control Bus)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad
🗒️ Notes: A very unusual venue; the club was located in a converted bus.

📍 Leighton Buzzard 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Bossard Hall

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad
🗒️ Notes: David’s final live performance with The Riot Squad. After this gig, he officially left the band to focus on his solo career. On the same day, he attended a session at Decca Studios for ‘Silly Boy Blue’.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England

🎬 Event: Press Interview
🗒️ Notes: David is interviewed by the music press regarding his upcoming debut album and the ‘Laughing Gnome’ single.

📍 Maldon 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Down Beat Club (The Swan Hotel Ballroom)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie

📍 Broadhurst Gardens, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2), West Hampstead

🎧 Recording: ‘Silver Treetop School For Boys’
🗒️ Notes: David records a demo of this song for the band The Slender Plenty. The session was produced by Tony Hatch.

📍 Broadhurst Gardens, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2), West Hampstead

🎧 Recording: ‘Everything Is You’
🗒️ Notes: A demo session for a song David wrote for the band The Beatstalkers.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
💿 Release: David Bowie (Debut Album)
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Released on Deram Records (Mono: AM 1007 / Stereo: SML 1007).

📍 Broadhurst Gardens, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2), West Hampstead

🎧 Recording: ‘Love You Till Tuesday’ and ‘Little Bombardier’
🗒️ Notes: Overdub sessions for the single version of ‘Love You Till Tuesday’. Later that evening, David performs at The Yacht Tavern in Greenwich.

📍 Broadhurst Gardens, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2), West Hampstead

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎧 Recording: Orchestral overdubs for ‘Love You Till Tuesday’
🗒️ Notes: Strings arranged by Ivor Raymonde are added to the track. This version was intended for the single release, aiming for a more commercial sound than the album version.

📍 Broadhurst Gardens, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2), West Hampstead

🎧 Recording: ‘Silver Treetop School For Boys’
🗒️ Notes: A session for the Scottish band The Beatstalkers. David participates in the recording of this song, which he wrote.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England

🎬 Event: Recording backing vocals
🗒️ Notes: David records backing vocals for The Flower Pot Men’s hit ‘Let’s Go To San Francisco’ at Southern Music Studios.

📍 Margate 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Dreamland Ballroom

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: A rare live appearance during a month focused on the release of his new single.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🎬 Event: Television Appearance
🗒️ Notes: David performs a mime piece on ‘The Fanola Brothers’ (The George and Bernie Show). This marks one of his earliest explorations into the world of mime on television.

📍 Broadhurst Gardens, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2), West Hampstead

🎧 Recording: ‘Little Bombardier’ and ‘Silly Boy Blue’
🗒️ Notes: Further orchestral overdub sessions for potential single releases.

📍 Broadhurst Gardens, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2), West Hampstead

🎧 Recording: ‘Silver Treetop School For Boys’
🗒️ Notes: David attends and assists during a recording session for The Beatstalkers. He wrote the song specifically for the band.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
💿 Release: “Love You Till Tuesday” / “Did You Ever Have A Dream”
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Released on [Deram Records](https://www.bowiebible.com) (DM 135). A new version of the song from his debut album.

📍 Maldon 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Down Beat Club (The Swan Hotel Ballroom)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: A solo performance.

📍 Eskdalemuir 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, Scotland
🏛️ Samye Ling Tibetan Centre

🧘 Event: Bowie’s Tibetan Retreat.
🗒️ Notes: David spends a week at the Buddhist monastery. This spiritual journey deeply influences his songwriting, particularly ‘Karma Man’.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England

🎬 Event: Flower Pot Men Rehearsals
🗒️ Notes: David rehearses as a backing singer for the touring version of The Flower Pot Men. He eventually declines the job, famously stating he disliked the ‘flower power’ uniforms.

📍 Broadhurst Gardens, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2), West Hampstead

🎧 Recording: ‘Let Me Sleep Beside You’ and ‘Karma Man’
🗒️ Notes: A landmark session marking the first collaboration with producer Tony Visconti. This partnership would define much of Bowie’s future career.

📍 Maldon 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Down Beat Club (The Swan Hotel Ballroom)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Solo performance.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2), West Hampstead

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Recording session for ‘Let Me Sleep Beside You’.

📍 Maldon 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Down Beat Club (The Swan Hotel Ballroom)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Solo performance.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Advision Studios

🎧 Recording: ‘Social Girl’ (Demo)
🗒️ Notes: David records a demo of this song, which was later considered for other artists but remained unreleased for years. Produced by Tony Visconti.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2), West Hampstead

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Completion of the recording for ‘Let Me Sleep Beside You’.

📍 Floral Street, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ The Dance Centre

🎬 Event: Mime Training with Lindsay Kemp
🗒️ Notes: David begins intensive classes with mime artist Lindsay Kemp. This meeting is a turning point in his career, introducing him to theatrical performance and avant-garde dance.

📍 Broadhurst Gardens, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2), West Hampstead

🎧 Recording: ‘Let Me Sleep Beside You’ and ‘Karma Man’
🗒️ Notes: Final vocal and instrumental overdubs produced by Tony Visconti.

📍 Bognor Regis 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Shoreline Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: A solo performance at this coastal venue, returning to the club he previously played with The Riot Squad.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Piccadilly Studios

🎬 Event: BBC Radio 1 ‘Top Gear’ Session
🎧 Songs: ‘Love You Till Tuesday’, ‘When I Live My Dream’, ‘Little Bombardier’, ‘Silly Boy Blue’, ‘In The Heat Of The Morning’.
🗒️ Notes: David’s first radio session for the BBC. Produced by Bernie Andrews and featuring The Arthur Greenslade Orchestra.

📍 Bussum (Hilversum) 🇳🇱
🏛️ AVRO Studio’s (Studio Concordia )

🎤 Performance: ‘Love You Till Tuesday’
🗒️ Notes: TV recording – Love You Till Tuesday (solo performance) – First performance outside the UK – TV programme: Fenklup

📍 Broadhurst Gardens, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2), West Hampstead

🎧 Recording: ‘C’est La Vie’ (Demo)
🗒️ Notes: David records a demo of this song (also known as ‘Everything Is You’). Produced by Tony Visconti.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Dorchester Hotel (Park Lane)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Performance at the ‘Loftus Ball’ charity event. Accompanied by the Arthur Greenslade Orchestra.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England

🎬 Event: Rehearsals for ‘Pierrot in Turquoise‘
🗒️ Notes: David begins intensive rehearsals with Lindsay Kemp and Jack Birkett (The Great Orlando) for the upcoming production at the New Arts Theatre, Oxford.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2), West Hampstead

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Recording session for a new version of ‘When I Live My Dream’.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Decca Studios, West Hampstead

🎤 Artist: The Beatstalkers (produced by David Bowie)
🎧 Recording: ‘Wait Until Morning’ and ‘Silver Treetops School for Boys’.
🗒️ Notes: David provides the songs and assists in the production for the Scottish band.

📍 Broadhurst Gardens, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2), West Hampstead

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎧 Recording: ‘Let Me Sleep Beside You’
🗒️ Notes: Final production and mixing session for the intended next single. Produced by Tony Visconti.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
📻 Event: Radio Broadcast: BBC ‘Top Gear’

🎵 Set:
01 Love You Till Tuesday
02 When I Live My Dream
03 Little Bombardier
04 Silly Boy Blue
05 In The Heat Of The Morning
🗒️ Notes: First broadcast of the session recorded on October 27, 1967. This marks David’s national radio debut on the newly launched BBC Radio 1.

📍 Oxford 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ New Arts Theatre

🎭 Stage: ‘Pierrot in Turquoise‘ (World Premiere)
🎤 Artist: David Bowie & Lindsay Kemp Company
🗒️ Notes: David plays the role of ‘Cloud’ in this mime-based play. He also composed and performed the songs for the production.

📍 Whitehaven 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Rosehill Theatre

🎭 Stage: ‘Pierrot in Turquoise‘
🎤 Artist: David Bowie & Lindsay Kemp Company

📍 Whitehaven, England 🇬🇧
🏛️ Rosehill Theatre
🎤 Artist: David Bowie & Lindsay Kemp Company

📍 Whitehaven, England 🇬🇧
🏛️ Rosehill Theatre
🎤 Artist: David Bowie & Lindsay Kemp Company

📍 Whitehaven, England 🇬🇧
🏛️ Rosehill Theatre
🎤 Artist: David Bowie & Lindsay Kemp Company

📍 Palmers Green, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Intimate Theatre

🎭 Stage: ‘Pierrot in Turquoise‘
🎤 Artist: David Bowie & Lindsay Kemp Company
🗒️ Notes: Opening night of the London run.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England

🤝 Event: Management Transition
🗒️ Notes: David focuses on the transition from Ralph Horton to Kenneth Pitt. No studio recordings took place on this day (the Decca session occurred in Sept ’67).

📍 London 🇬🇧, England

🎬 Event: Rehearsals for ‘The Pistol Shot’
🗒️ Notes: David begins rehearsals for the BBC television play ‘The Pistol Shot’. It is during these rehearsals that he first meets dancer Hermione Farthingale, who would become his muse and partner.

📍 Notting Hill, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Mercury Theatre

🎤 Artist: David Bowie / Lindsay Kemp Company
🗒️ Notes: Start of a six-night residency performing ‘Pierrot in Turquoise‘.

📍 Notting Hill, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Mercury Theatre

🎤 Artist: David Bowie / Lindsay Kemp Company
🗒️ Notes: Second night of ‘Pierrot in Turquoise‘.

📍 Notting Hill, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Mercury Theatre

🎤 Artist: David Bowie / Lindsay Kemp Company

📍 Notting Hill, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Mercury Theatre

🎤 Artist: David Bowie / Lindsay Kemp Company

📍 Notting Hill, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Mercury Theatre

🎤 Artist: David Bowie / Lindsay Kemp Company

📍 Notting Hill, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Mercury Theatre

🎤 Artist: David Bowie / Lindsay Kemp Company
🗒️ Notes: Closing night of the Mercury Theatre residency.

📍 Manchester 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ University of Manchester (Debating Hall)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie / Lindsay Kemp Company
🗒️ Notes: Performance of ‘Pierrot in Turquoise‘.

📍 Manchester 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ University of Manchester (Debating Hall)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie / Lindsay Kemp Company

📍 Streatham, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Cat’s Whiskers

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎬 Event: International Mime Festival
🗒️ Notes: David performs his celebrated mime piece ‘The Mask’. This performance is a highlight of his work with the Lindsay Kemp Company.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ BBC Television Centre

🎬 Event: Filming ‘The Pistol Shot’
🗒️ Notes: First day of recording for the BBC ‘Thirty-Minute Theatre’ play. David plays the role of Piotr, performing alongside Hermione Farthingale.

📍 Cambridge 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Arts Theatre

🎭 Stage: ‘Pierrot in Turquoise‘
🎤 Artist: David Bowie & Lindsay Kemp Company

📍 Cambridge 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Arts Theatre

🎭 Stage: ‘Pierrot in Turquoise‘
🎤 Artist: David Bowie & Lindsay Kemp Company

📍 Cambridge 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Arts Theatre

🎭 Stage: ‘Pierrot in Turquoise‘
🎤 Artist: David Bowie & Lindsay Kemp Company

📍 Cambridge 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Arts Theatre

🎭 Stage: ‘Pierrot in Turquoise‘
🎤 Artist: David Bowie & Lindsay Kemp Company

📍 Cambridge 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Arts Theatre

🎭 Stage: ‘Pierrot in Turquoise‘
🎤 Artist: David Bowie & Lindsay Kemp Company

📍 Cambridge 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Arts Theatre

🎭 Stage: ‘Pierrot in Turquoise‘
🎤 Artist: David Bowie & Lindsay Kemp Company

📍 Cambridge 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Arts Theatre

🎭 Stage: ‘Pierrot in Turquoise‘
🎤 Artist: David Bowie & Lindsay Kemp Company

📍 London & Cambridge 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Decca Studios / Arts Theatre

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: David records ‘In The Heat Of The Morning’ at Decca Studios (Studio 2) in West Hampstead during the day, before traveling to Cambridge for an evening performance of ‘Pierrot In Turquoise‘.

📍 Cambridge 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Arts Theatre

🎭 Stage: ‘Pierrot in Turquoise‘
🎤 Artist: David Bowie & Lindsay Kemp Company

📍 Cambridge 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Arts Theatre

🎭 Stage: ‘Pierrot in Turquoise‘
🎤 Artist: David Bowie & Lindsay Kemp Company

📍 Cambridge 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Arts Theatre

🎭 Stage: ‘Pierrot in Turquoise‘
🎤 Artist: David Bowie & Lindsay Kemp Company

📍 Cambridge 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Arts Theatre

🎤 Artist: David Bowie / Lindsay Kemp Company
🗒️ Notes: Final performance of the Cambridge run for ‘Pierrot In Turquoise‘.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2), West Hampstead

🎧 Recording: Mixing Session
🗒️ Notes: David attends the mixing session for The Beatstalkers tracks ‘Everything Is You’ and ‘When I’m Five’.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Intimate Theatre, Palmers Green

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & Lindsay Kemp Company
🗒️ Notes: The production transfers from the Mercury Theatre to the Intimate Theatre for its final week of performances (March 26–30).

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ CBS Studios, New Bond Street

🎤 Artist: The Beatstalkers (feat. David Bowie)
🗒️ Notes: Corrected location. Bowie provides backing vocals and production assistance for ‘Everything Is You’ and ‘When I’m Five’. He reportedly received a session fee of £9.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2), West Hampstead

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Recording session for vocal overdubs on ‘In The Heat Of The Morning’ and ‘London Bye Ta-Ta’.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Intimate Theatre, Palmers Green

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & Lindsay Kemp Company
🗒️ Notes: Final performance of the ‘Pierrot In Turquoise‘ run at the Intimate Theatre.

📍 Broadhurst Gardens, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2), West Hampstead

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎧 Recording: Vocal overdubs
🗒️ Notes: David records additional vocals for ‘In The Heat Of The Morning’ and ‘London Bye Ta-Ta’. Produced by Tony Visconti.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2), West Hampstead

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Second recording session for ‘In The Heat Of The Morning’ and ‘London Bye Ta-Ta’.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
📻 Event: Television Broadcast: ‘The Pistol Shot’

🗒️ Notes: Broadcast of the BBC ‘Thirty-Minute Theatre’ play (recorded in February). David’s professional acting debut on television, playing the role of Piotr.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 3), West Hampstead

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Corrected entry. Mixing session for the tracks recorded on April 3 and 10. These versions remained unreleased for several years after Deram rejected the single.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Advision Studios, Marylebone

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie visits Advision Studios during a session for the band ‘The Juniors’. He meets guitarist Mick Wayne, who would later play on ‘Space Oddity‘.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Piccadilly Studios (Studio 1)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Recording session for John Peel‘s ‘Top Gear’ (BBC Radio 1). Bowie is backed by the 14-piece Tony Visconti Orchestra. Songs recorded: ‘London Bye Ta-Ta’, ‘In The Heat Of The Morning’, ‘Karma Man’, ‘When I’m Five’, and ‘Silly Boy Blue’.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Middle Earth Club, Covent Garden

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie performs a mime piece titled ‘Jetsun and the Eagle’ (about the Chinese invasion of Tibet). This event was compered by John Peel and also featured Tyrannosaurus Rex.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ BBC Two Television

🎬 Event: Television Broadcast (Repeat)
🗒️ Notes: A repeat broadcast of the BBC play ‘The Pistol Shot’ (Theatre 625). David’s appearance as Piotr led to his pivotal meeting with dancer Hermione Farthingale during rehearsals in January.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Advision Studios

🎧 Recording: Remix Session
🗒️ Notes: David and Tony Visconti remix the ‘Top Gear’ version of ‘In The Heat Of The Morning’ for a potential single release.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ BBC Radio 1

🎤 Event: Radio Broadcast
🗒️ Notes: First broadcast of Bowie’s ‘Top Gear’ session, recorded earlier on May 13.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Decca / Deram Records

🗒️ Notes: Deram Records officially rejects the release of the single ‘London Bye Ta-Ta’ / ‘In The Heat Of The Morning’. This marks the end of David’s creative output for the label.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Royal Festival Hall, South Bank

🎤 Artist: David Bowie (Solo Mime)
🗒️ Notes: Bowie performs his mime piece ‘The Mask’ at the ‘Midsummer High’ concert. He shares the bill with Tyrannosaurus Rex, Stefan Grossman, and The Family.

📍 South Kensington, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ 22 Clareville Grove

🎬 Event: Personal Milestone
🗒️ Notes: David moves out of Kenneth Pitt‘s apartment and moves in with Hermione Farthingale at her room in Clareville Grove. This location becomes the creative hub for their partnership.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Middle Earth Club, Covent Garden

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Supplemental entry. Bowie performs a solo set at the Middle Earth Club on a bill featuring The Pretty Things and July.

📍 South Kensington, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ 22 Clareville Grove

🎬 Event: Personal Milestone
🗒️ Notes: David and Hermione are now fully settled in their room at Clareville Grove. This location serves as the rehearsal space for their developing musical and mime act.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ —

🎤 Event: Film Post-production
🗒️ Notes: Bowie records voice-overs for the short film ‘The Image’.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Place of Work unknown

🎤 Event: Film Screen Test
🗒️ Notes: Bowie undergoes a screen test for a film project titled ‘Luv’. Although the project does not materialize for him, it shows his continued focus on acting during this period.

📍 Piccadilly Circus, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ London Pavilion

🎬 Event: World Premiere: ‘Yellow Submarine’
🗒️ Notes: David attends the official world premiere of The Beatles’ animated feature. His interest in the film’s visual style influences his own theatrical ideas.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Unknown Location

🎤 Event: Film Screen Test
🗒️ Notes: Bowie undergoes a screen test for the role of Laertes in a film production of ‘Hamlet’ to be directed by Tony Richardson. The role eventually went to Nathaniel West.