David Bowie's First - The Full Story of His 1967 Debut Album

To celebrate the new reissue of David Bowie's 1967 debut album and its related singles, we take a deep dive into every aspect of this underrated and unfairly judged album. Not only do we examine the album track-by-track but also find out about the man who inspired and influenced this formative part of Bowie's career.

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[Mrvictorfernandes]

Sidenote: Years later, Bowie was hypothetically asked what would have happened to his career had his debut album become a hit alongside "Sgt. Pepper"? He replied, "I'd probably be in the cast of 'Les Misérables' by now!"

[TVCohoh]

As someone who's been a fan of Bowie since late October, 1972, I cannot BEGIN to tell you how IMPRESSED I am with this video. I have subscribed and will post this on all the various Facebook Bowie fan sites I'm a member of. The depth with which you dove into the subject matter literally thrilled me, for it is not often I learn entirely new bits and pieces regarding our old friend, David. Well done, good Sir. Well done!

[charliestoops]

As both a huge Bowie fan and a huge fan of the channel, I have the biggest grin on my face right now. I’d always felt you could do a really good video on the early, pre-fame albums (particularly Space Oddity, The Man Who Sold the World and Hunky Dory) but *this* was a genuine surprise. Admittedly I have a soft spot for this one. It’s no Hunky Dory, Ziggy Stardust, Station to Station, Low, Scary Monsters or Blackstar, but by being so quaint and strange it has a personality and charm his 1980s albums lack.

[Dosha-fhwy]

A perfectly FINE debut album. Displays him to be a very talented and uniquely imaginative young songwriter, singer, and performer. So it wasn't his "big breakthrough"? .. . now is THAT what something has to be before these critics can hail it or grant it any degree of props?

[lefthand]

Also, a lost Bowie classic from this period is 'In the Heat of the Morning' (which I first heard over the PA at a Paul Weller gig).

[moondogaudiojones]

A nice surprise!
I remember buying this album in 1971…when imports were starting to hit the stores in the southern part of the US. I was trying to like it because it was fanciful at heart…like the Kinks. It wasn’t til the ‘90’s when I pulled it out again and with a couple glasses of a nice Pinot Noir working through me, I heard a completely different album 🥴!
I thoroughly got into the lyrics and the theatrical feel of some of the tunes. I still pull this album when I go through a kinks listening phase.
I love this album.
Nice episode Andrew!

[alvarosanchezlocutor]

Thanks for covering Bowie, hope more videos about his other albums.

[chrisr]

Have always been fascinated with Bowie's early output, so thank you for taking the time to discuss this album and that period of time.
London Boys was his first fantastic vocal performance.

[mu]

First heard this album as a 10yr old (thanx to older brother), loved it then and at 60 played it last week-love it. Bowie is and was the best!

[andyeasy]

My mum had David Bowie and The World of Davis Bowie when I was a toddler. Not sure such a concoction of whimsy and melancholia was good for a five year old but the songs ingrained themselves into my receptive bonce and still haven't left. PS:

[muzzy]

Great to see you showing some love for this record and also doing a feature on the genius that was Bowie. I think the problem with this album was that Bowie himself was disparaging of it later and so a lot of fans thought they had to trash it as well, thinking it made them somehow 'cooler' or more of a 'real fan' in that insufferable way some people can be. I bet most of them had never even listened to it!
Taken on it's own merits, it's a quirky time capsule that does have some worthwhile tracks and shouldn't be totally discounted. I remember hearing 'Please Mr. Gravedigger' for the first time and thinking how totally unique it was. That was Bowie's great genius of course. He could turn his hand to any style or genre of music and pull it off effortlessly.

[dummytree]

My second ever Bowie purchase, because it was cheap, was a compilation of his Deram material (of which there were many), including some of his first album. I knew it was going to be different. It had bad press in the Bowie articles I was reading, but I loved it. It is so British, full of ideas, and David's voice was already very good back then. Glad to see a resurgence of interest in this era of Bowie music. By the way, Brett Anderson of Suede loves "Let Me Sleep Beside You" and asked David why he never played it :)

[essexboy]

100% agree with you Andrew this is an absolute classic. Always puts a smile on my face when I play it. Real 60s escapism. Thanks for vid brilliant as always.

[raleighbronkowski]

Great episode! One of the ultimate under-rated albums ever, and I hope that the double album release will bring more listeners in as it should - I think that the 90's Britpop fans were more welcome to hearing the songs as they brought more people in the know of a much-maligned era. Images 1966-1967 and The Deram Anthology worked great for introducing that era through the years and even some of the budget collections and re-issues must have picked up a few fans here and there (The early Decca "World Of" release also being of historical interest). This makes me wonder if there will be a Blu 4K worldwide release of Love You Till Tuesday soon...

[WisdomKeeper]

This is one of my favourite Bowie albums ❤

[coleyskipton]

Great and enjoyable video, more Bowie in the future please Andrew.

[owenj]

"Come and Buy My Toys" is my favorite track! Surprise it isn't better known!

[Bizzle]

Love this record so thanks for highlighting it, Andrew.

[tedebros]

Your knowledge and devotion dedicated to a Bowie album!! Fantastic! Thank you

[martinlozano]

Hi Andrew! I find myself really enjoying you talking about artists other than the Beatles from time to time, taking underrated or not much talked about albums is great! Also, have you thought about doing a video on 'Bee Gees 1st'? I think it's a great listen, and from 1967 too