David Bowie – What In The World – Live 1978

What In The World was originally a track from David Bowie’s album “Low“, released in January 1977, the first of four extraordinary ground breaking records he produced that year. The audio of this live version is from the 2005 Tony Visconti remaster of the David Bowie’s 1978 album, “Stage”. “Stage“ was recorded live in 1978 on the “Isolar II” world tour. The recordings were made in the Spring of ’78, during the early part of the tour, at U.S. shows, in Philadelphia, Boston and Providence. The footage used is from the show at Dallas Convention Centre, in Texas, on the 10th of April, 1978. The show was shot by RCA as a promotional film for “Stage“. Thankfully the 21 minute film survived in great quality, and is easily the best record we have of the ’78 tour. The original version of What In The World is a wonderful, short, brittle and abrasive avant-pop track from side one of Low. That original cut is just a little over 2 minutes long. However, for the