Live Santa Monica '72

2008 live album by David Bowie

Live Santa Monica '72 is a live album by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie. It was released on 30 June 2008 (2008-06-30) in the United Kingdom and 22 July 2008 (2008-07-22) in the United States. It is the official release of KMET FM's radio broadcast, then bootleg album and – later – semi-legal release Santa Monica '72, recorded at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium during the Ziggy Stardust Tour.

By November 2008 the album had sold 10,000 copies in US.^[5]

Track listing

All songs written by David Bowie except where noted.^[6][7]

Personnel

Musicians

• David Bowie – vocals, acoustic guitar
• Mick Ronson – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Trevor Bolder – bass guitar
• Mick "Woody" Woodmansey – drums
• Mike Garson – 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

1. Live Santa Monica '72 at AllMusic
2. Thornton, Anthony (1 July 2008). "David Bowie – 'Live: Santa Monica '72' review". NME. Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
3. "David Bowie: Five Years 1969–1973 Album Review – Pitchfork". Archived from the original on 6 February 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
4. "Rolling Stone Music | Album Reviews". Rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on 29 April 2009. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
5. admin (21 November 2008). "Ask Billboard: Girls Aloud, David Bowie, Brits". Billboard. Archived from the original on 12 May 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
6. "Live in Santa Monica '72". allmusic. Macrovision Corporation. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
7. David Bowie. Live Santa Monica '72 (EMI, 2008).
8. "Dutchcharts.nl – David Bowie – Live Santa Monica '72" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
9. "Lescharts.com – David Bowie – Live Santa Monica '72". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
10. "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2016. 5. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
11. "Italiancharts.com – David Bowie – Live Santa Monica '72". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
12. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
13. "Swedishcharts.com – David Bowie – Live Santa Monica '72". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
14. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 November 2021.

External links

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