''Live Santa Monica '72'' is a

live album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...

by English singer-songwriter

David Bowie David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie ( ), was an English singer-songwriter and actor. A leading figure in the music industry, he is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the ...

. It was released on in the United Kingdom and in the United States. It is the official release of KMET FM's radio broadcast, then

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album and – later – semi-legal release ''

Santa Monica '72 ''Santa Monica '72'' is a live album by David Bowie, recorded at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on 20 October 1972 during the Ziggy Stardust Tour. Taken from KMET (FM), KMET FM's radio broadcast,Roy Carr & Charles Shaar Murray (1981). ''Bowie: ...

'', recorded at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium during the

Ziggy Stardust Tour The Ziggy Stardust Tour was a concert tour by David Bowie during 1972–73, to promote the studio albums ''Hunky Dory'', ''The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars'' and ''Aladdin Sane''. Bowie was accompanied by his backin ...

. By November 2008 the album had sold 10,000 copies in US.

Track listing

All songs written by

except where noted.David Bowie. ''Live Santa Monica '72'' (EMI, 2008).

Personnel

Musicians

– vocals, acoustic guitar *

Mick Ronson Michael Ronson (26 May 1946 – 29 April 1993) was an English musician, songwriter, arranger, and producer. He achieved critical and commercial success working with David Bowie as the guitarist of the Spiders from Mars. He was a session music ...

– lead guitar, backing vocals *

Trevor Bolder Trevor Bolder (9 June 1950 – 21 May 2013) was an English rock musician, songwriter and record producer. He is best known for his long association with Uriah Heep and his tenure with the Spiders from Mars, the backing band for David Bowie, a ...

– bass guitar * Mick "Woody" Woodmansey – drums *

Mike Garson Michael David Garson (born July 29, 1945) is an American pianist, who has worked with David Bowie, Nine Inch Nails, St. Vincent, Duran Duran, Free Flight and The Smashing Pumpkins. Early career Garson went to Lafayette High School in Broo ...

– keyboards

Technical personnel

* Mike Moran – recording engineer *Grover Hesley – mixing engineer *B. Mitchel Reed – KMET announcer *Bob Griffin – KMET engineer *Bill Fure – KMET engineer *Bill Calucci – KMET studio tape editor *Richard Kimball – KMET producer *Ted Jensen – mastering engineer

Chart performance

References

External links

Live Santa Monica '72
(2008, UK, vinyl edition) on

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