Rubber Band (song)

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“Rubber Band”
Single by David Bowie from the album David Bowie
B-side	"The London Boys"
Released	2 December 1966
Format	7" single
Recorded	R G Jones Studios, London, 18 October 1966
Genre	Pop
Length	2:05
Label	Deram DM 107
Producer	Mike Vernon
David Bowie singles chronology
"I Dig Everything" (1966) "Rubber Band" (1966) "The Laughing Gnome" (1967)

Rubber Band was a single by David Bowie. The single was released in 1966, and marked the start of Bowie’s recording contract with Deram which would include his first album, 1967’s David Bowie.

It was part of the three-track audition tape Bowie’s new manager Kenneth Pitt used to persuade the label to sign him. The track itself shows Bowie’s infatuation at the time with Anthony Newley. Despite some good notices in the music press, the single was a flop, once more failing to break into the UK charts.

The track was later re-recorded for Bowie’s debut album. The B-side, “The London Boys”, was belatedly issued as a single in 1975.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Production credits 3 Other releases 4 References

[edit] Track listing

1. "Rubber Band" (Bowie) - 2:05
2. "The London Boys” (Bowie) – 3:20

The US release had "There is a Happy Land" as the B-side.

[edit] Production credits

• Producers:
  • Mike Vernon

• Musicians:
  • David Bowie: Vocals, Guitar
  • Derek Boyes: Organ
  • Dek Fearnley: Bass
  • John Eager: Drums

[edit] Other releases

• In 1969 Bowie performed it in his promo film Love You Till Tuesday.
• It was also released as the B-side of the Spanish reissue of "The Laughing Gnome" in 1973.
• It also appeared on the following compilations:
  • The World of David Bowie (1970)
  • Images 1966-1967 (1973)
  • Coccinelle Varietes (France 1973)
  • El Rey Del Gay Power (Spain 1973)
  • 20 Bowie Classics (Australia 1979)
  • Another Face (1981)
  • Historia De La Musica Rock (Spanish 1981)
  • Love You Till Tuesday (1984)
  • The Collection (1985)
  • The Gospel According to David Bowie (Germany 1993)
  • London Boy (1996)
  • The Deram Anthology (1997) (Single and album version)

[edit] References

Pegg, Nicholas, The Complete David Bowie, Reynolds & Hearn Ltd, 2000, ISBN 1-903111-14-5

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