David Bowie - Divine Symmetry (rare and unreleased tracks from 1970-1971)

As 2021 marks the 50th anniversary of the release of David Bowie’s album Hunky Dory I thought I would put together a mix of rare and unreleased music from this period. Considering the Bowie estate have been marking the 50th anniversary of albums with some sort of archival release of unreleased music (as they did with 2019’s Conversation Piece box set and 2021’s Width Of A Circle), it’s likely that at least some of this material would be released in some shape or form in the next 12 months. Like the period in the run up to Space Oddity, Bowie was a very prolific songwriter in the period from late 1970 to the release of Ziggy Stardust with many of the songs recorded ultimately left on the sidelines. Unlike the songs recorded in run up to Space Oddity, a good portion of that music has surfaced through unofficial means, though some songs continue to elude the bootleggers including Black Hole Kids, Only One Paper Left, It’s Gonna Rain Again and King of the City. The demo version of Quicksand, as well as