DAVID BOWIE

"CAN’T HELP THINKING ABOUT ME” c/w "CAN’T HELP THINKING ABOUT ME (LIVE MARK RADCLIFFE SHOW BBC RADIO 1 SESSION)"

AVAILABLE NOW AS STREAMING SINGLE ON ISO RECORDS VIA PARLOPHONE

A-SIDE FROM THE ALBUM TOY — INCLUDED IN THE FORTHCOMING 5. BRILLIANT ADVENTURE (1992 – 2001) & TOY (TOY:BOX) BOXSETS

B-SIDE EXCLUSIVE TO THIS SINGLE

ISO Records/Parlophone Records today announces the release of CAN’T HELP THINKING ABOUT ME, a previously unheard re-recording of David Bowie’s 1966 single taken from the forthcoming album TOY which features in the DAVID BOWIE 5. BRILLIANT ADVENTURE (1992 – 2001) and TOY (TOY:BOX) boxsets. The studio recording is coupled with a live version recorded at Maida Vale Studios on 25th October 1999 for the Mark Radcliffe BBC Radio 1 Show, exclusive to this single.

CAN’T HELP THINKING ABOUT ME was David Bowie’s first single of three for the Pye label and was resurrected for the first time in over 30 years when David performed it on the VH-1 Storytellers show in August 1999. The song remained on the setlist for the short promotional tour for the ‘hours…’ album. The previously unseen video for the track was recorded at The Elysée Montmartre in Paris on 14th October that year.

The live version of the song was recorded for the Mark Radcliffe BBC Radio 1 show. Mark and his co-presenter Marc Riley remember the day fondly; Mark Radcliffe "I'm so pleased that this track is being released as it was such a joy and surprise when he included it in his set at Maida Vale that day. I remember that occasion so fondly. David was wearing an excellent shirt and was on such great, twinkly form. I recall David dancing with Gail Ann Dorsey to 'ITry' by Macy Gray which was playing on the radio. I interviewed Gail Ann a year or so ago, and she too remembered that moment vividly. It was one of the few cherished and special days I got to spend with him for which I remain ever grateful."

Marc Riley "The thought of David Bowie doing a session for us was mind blowing to be frank. David said to us “One of you requested we do 'Drive In Saturday'?” I gulped. How presumptuous of me! “Yes David” says I. “We can do that! Here’s the current live set list, what else do you fancy?” I don’t think I’ve ever moved so fast in my life. Before Mark could lift his hand from his pocket I’d taken the piece of paper from David and let my eyes drop from top to bottom. “You do 'Can’t Help Thinking About Me'!!!” “We do…do you want that one too?” “Yes!!!”. The session was incredible and David even gave us an extra tune, a brilliant rendition of ‘Repetition’ from Lodger."

DAVID BOWIE 5. BRILLIANT ADVENTURE (1992 – 2001) is the latest in an award-winning and critically acclaimed series of box sets including DAVID BOWIE 1. FIVE YEARS (1969 – 1973), DAVID BOWIE 2. WHO CAN I BE NOW? (1974 – 1976), DAVID BOWIE 3. A NEW CAREER IN A NEW TOWN (1977 – 1982) and DAVID BOWIE 4. LOVING THE ALIEN (1983-1988), DAVID BOWIE 5. BRILLIANT ADVENTURE (1992 – 2001) is an eleven CD box, eighteen-piece vinyl set and standard digital download box set. The collection is named after the Koto led instrumental penultimate track from the ‘hours...’ album. The box sets include newly remastered versions, with input from the original producers and collaborators, of some of Bowie’s most underrated and experimental material: BLACK TIE WHITE NOISE, THE BUDDHA OF SUBURBIA (available on vinyl for the first time in nearly 30 years), 1.OUTSIDE, EARTHLING and ‘hours…’ along with the expanded live album BBC RADIO THEATRE, LONDON, JUNE 27, 2000, the non-album / alternative version / B-sides and soundtrack music compilation RE:CALL 5 and the legendary previously unreleased TOY.

TOY was recorded following David's triumphant Glastonbury 2000 performance. Bowie entered the studio with his band, Mark Plati, Sterling Campbell, Gail Ann Dorsey, Earl Slick, Mike Garson, Holly Palmer and Emm Gryner, to record new interpretations of songs he’d first recorded from 1964-1971. David planned to record the album ‘old school’ with the band playing live, choose the best takes and then release it as soon as humanly possible in a remarkably prescient manner. Unfortunately, in 2001 the concept of the ‘surprise drop’ album release and the technology to support it were still quite a few years off, making it impossible to release TOY, as the album was now named, out to fans as instantly as David wanted. In the interim, David did what he did best; he moved on to something new, which began with a handful of new songs from the same sessions and ultimately became the album HEATHEN, released in 2002 and now acknowledged as one of his finest moments.

Available in 3CD or 6x10” vinyl formats, TOY (TOY:BOX) is a special edition of the TOY album. The ‘capture the moment’ approach of the recording sessions are extended to the sleeve artwork designed by Bowie featuring a photo of him as a baby with a contemporary face. The package also contains a 16-page full-colour book featuring previously unseen photographs by Frank Ockenfels 3.

Included in TOY:BOX is a second CD/set of 10”s of alternative mixes and versions including proposed B-Sides (versions of David’s debut single ‘Liza Jane’ and 1967’s ‘In The Heat Of The Morning’), later mixes by Tony Visconti and the ‘Tibet Version’ of ‘Silly Boy Blue’ recorded at The Looking Glass Studio time at the of the 2001 Tibet House show in New York featuring Philip Glass on piano and Moby on guitar. The third CD/set of 10”s features 'Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric’ mixes of thirteen TOY tracks.

Exclusive to DAVID BOWIE 5. BRILLIANT ADVENTURE (1992 – 2001) box set are BBC RADIO THEATRE, LONDON, JUNE 27, 2000 and RE:CALL 5. The former was recorded two days after the famous Glastonbury performance in front of 500 lucky fans at the BBC’s art deco theatre in central London. Selections from the show were available as the third CD in a very limited 3CD edition of BOWIE AT THE BEEB in September 2000 but the full concert has never before been available on vinyl. RE:CALL 5 features 39 non-album / alternative version / b-sides and soundtrack songs over 3CDs and 4LPs.

The physical box set’s accompanying book, 84 pages in the CD box and 128 in the vinyl set, will feature rarely seen and previously unpublished photos by photographers including Frank W. Ockenfels 3, Nick Knight, John Scarisbrick and Nina Schultz Terner and others, as well as memorabilia, technical notes about the albums from producers/engineers Brian Eno, Nile Rodgers, Reeves Gabrels and Mark Plati as well as a new an interview with THE BUDDHA OF SUBURBIA collaborator Erdal Kizilçay.

DAVID BOWIE 5. BRILLIANT ADVENTURE (1992 – 2001) RELEASED ON ISO RECORDS VIA PARLOPHONE 26th NOVEMBER, 2021

DAVID BOWIE TOY (TOY:BOX) RELEASED ON ISO RECORDS VIA PARLOPHONE 7th JANUARY, 2022

DAVID BOWIE CAN’T HELP THINKING ABOUT ME c/w CAN’T HELP THINKING ABOUT ME (LIVE MARK RADCLIFFE SHOW BBC RADIO 1 SESSION) AVAILABLE NOW AS A STREAMING SINGLE ON ISO RECORDS VIA PARLOPHONE