David Bowie - Blackout - Live 1978

David Bowie - Blackout - Live 1978 Blackout was originally a track from David Bowie’s 1977 album, “Heroes”. And then a live version was subsequently on the 1978 album, “Stage“. The audio used here is from the 2005 remaster of “Stage”. “Stage“ was recorded live at the Philadelphia, Boston and Providence shows, in Spring 1978. Listening closely to an audience recording of Blackout, from the Philadelphia show on the 28th of April, it seems likely that the version of Blackout on Stage was recorded at that show. The footage we see 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. “Time again to praise Dennis Davis”, is how Chris O’Leary starts the essay on Blackout, featured on his excellent blog, Pushing Ahead of the Dame. “..Davis sounds like a percussive orchestra, or his fills seem a painstaking se