(Parachute Recordings Cat: PARA200LP)
(Double Black Vinyl LP)

The 1980 Floor Show was the first appearance by David Bowie since 
his much publicised retirement on 3rd July 1973 at the Hammersmith 
Odeon. It was also to be his last appearance as Ziggy Stardust. The 
show itself was a spectacular stage production that was filmed over 
three days, mostly at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, for the American 
NBC TV late night show The Midnight Special. The idea for the show 
came when Bowie was approached by Burt Sugarman to create something 
for The Midnight Special rock series. Bowie's idea was a highly theatrical 
cabaret extravaganza featuring him and various rock groups and artists, 
performing in a futuristic setting. The result was edited down to fit the one-hour 
rock series slot and was shown on American NBC-TV on 16th November 1973. 
Apart from a short segment used on Top Of The Pops, it has never been fully 
screened in the UK, while still being regularly shown on US TV. Filming at the 
Marquee was carried out on the 18th, 19th and 20th October, with Bowie personally 
choosing the setting for the show, after first considering the possibility of a full-scale 
live concert (rejected by the NBC as too expensive). This release features the entire
 broadcast on vinyl for the first time, with, alongside Bowie and the Spiders, The Troggs, 
Marianne Faithful, and the today little known Carmen, a Brit/American ‘flamenco/rock’
ensemble, rarely heard of since.

SIDE A

1.1984/Dodo 

2.Sorrow 

3.Bulerias 

4.Everything's Alright 

SIDE B

5.Space Oddity 

6.1984 

7.I Can't Explain 

8.As Tears Go By 

9.Time 

SIDE C

10.Wild Thing 

11.Bullfight 

12.The Jean Genie 

SIDE D

13.20th Century Blues 

14.I Can't Control Myself 

15.Strange Movies 

16.I Got You Babe