Outtake colourised by Steve Lowe
The Ziggy Stardust album
cover photographic session was shot by
the late Brian Ward at night in
wet and cold conditions on 13 January 1972 on Heddon Street, just off
Regent Street, London.
According to Ward, Bowie had phoned him
requesting a shooting location resembling a "Brooklyn alley scene" where
he could appear alone like an alien being.
"He was playing on
this man from Mars thing. He wanted to come over like a real stranger,
like a science fiction movie" - Brian Ward.
Ward had rented a space upstairs
at #29
on the first floor of
the
Heddon Street
building
for his photographic studio.
We did the photographs outside on a rainy
night...upstairs in the studio we did the Clockwork Orange look-a-likes that
became the inner sleeve." - Bowie
After
wrapping up
the
shoot
for the inner-sleeve,
Ward suggested
taking
a few last
photos
outside
in the fading light.
However, the rain,
damp
and cold
was off-putting for the three Spiders and only
Bowie
braved the weather, grabbing a Les Paul guitar on his way out.
Bowie was suffering from a very bad
flu at the time and the poor weather conditions reportedly did not help his illness.
Bowie's jumpsuit was designed by Freddi Burretti
(Replica from David Bowie Is exhibition)
Photographs
were taken of Bowie posing in front of 23 Heddon Street (from different
angles); in and
around the Heddon Street phone-booth,
and close-ups of him in the doorway and
under a street-light. A total of 54 shots were taken by Ward.
“It was lucky it was a damp night,
because you’ve got the wet reflection in the road, which gives
the whole thing a little bit of atmosphere.”
And Bowie being alone
works better than being in a group, as he was, really, the exotic focus."
- Terry Pastor (Artist & Designer)
Shown here are a number
of the session photos, most black and white with some colourised.
Also shown are the two alternate colourised cover versions that
Parlophone used for the Ken Scott 2003 Ziggy Stardust album mix found in the Five Years
(1969-1973) box set (2015).
Colourised version of an outtake.
Using the above outtake and coloured in the style of Terry Pastor’s
original design, this is Parlophone’s alternative album cover for Ken
Scott’s 2003 mix of
"The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The
Spiders From Mars" album included in the Five Years (1969-73) box set
(2015).
Cropped and colourised outtake (possiby for the March 1984 Picture Disc?
(RCA BOPIC 3))
Similar to the final backcover image, this outtake however has Bowie's left hand
raised slightly higher.
Close-up of jumpsuit
(Replica from David
Bowie Is exhibition)
Using the above outtake and coloured in the style of Terry Pastor’s
original design, this is Parlophone’s alternative album back cover for Ken
Scott’s 2003 mix of
"The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The
Spiders From Mars" album included in the Five Years (1969-73)
box set (2015).
Colourised by Steve Lowe
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