Bowie's Pin Ups Turns 40

This Saturday, October 19^th, isthe 40^th anniversary of David Bowie’s Pin Ups. To celebrate the occasion, a limited edition 7" vinylpicture disc of ‘Sorrow’ was released yesterday. The single, which reachednumber 3 in 1973, is backed with a live recording of the track from Bowie’s1983 Serious Moonlight tour.

The disc features photography from Genesisauthor Mick Rock, who talks about the session in his new limited edition, TRANSFORMER, with Lou Reed.

‘I always use a Hasselblad now. The Bowie Pin Ups saxophone session was the firsttime I used one, but I hadn’t done much studio work up until then. I must havemade a couple of extra dollars and decided I needed it.’ – Mick Rock

‘So that’s moving on up!’ – Lou Reed

You can add to your picture disc collectionwith TRANSFORMER, as each book comeswith a 7” vinyl of Reed’s ‘Walk on the Wild Side’ and ‘Coney Island Baby’.Unseen outtakes from both tracks’ album cover shoots, taken by Rock, arereproduced here for the first time in a limited edition of just 2,000copies. To find out more about the book and record set, click here.