Look Up Here, I'm In Heaven: David Bowie's Final Recordings Reissued on CD and Vinyl EPs

Look Up Here, I’m In Heaven: David Bowie’s Final Recordings Reissued on CD and Vinyl EPs

Last October, the original New York cast recording of David Bowie and Enda Walsh’s musical Lazarus arrived on compact disc, vinyl, and digital download, with each format including a bonus EP of Bowie’s four new songs from the musical. “Lazarus” was, of course, already familiar from its inclusion on the artist’s highly acclaimed final studio album Blackstar. The cast recording premiered three more tracks penned for the show from the Blackstar sessions: “No Plan,” “Killing a Little Time,” and “When I Met You.” On February 24 (CD), April 21 (vinyl) and May 26 (limited edition die-cut white vinyl with lithograph), Columbia Records will roll out stand-alone physical editions of this EP under the title of No Plan. (The songs were previously available digitally by this name.)

The vinyl editions of No Plan have a laser etching on Side Two, while the artwork for all versions has been created by Bowie’s longtime collaborator Jonathan Barnbrook. A video for title track “No Plan” was released last month, and can be viewed here. Blackstar, the album, recently received three Grammy nominations including Best Alternative Music Album.

Currently, all three formats (ranging in price from $8.98 for the compact disc version to $35.98 for the deluxe vinyl version) can be pre-ordered now at Bowie’s official store, and the CD and standard vinyl editions are now available at Amazon.com!

David Bowie, No Plan (Columbia/ISO, 2017) (CD / Vinyl / Deluxe Vinyl at DavidBowie.com)

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.
Standard Vinyl: Amazon U.S./ Amazon U.K.

Lazarus
No Plan
Killing a Little Time
When I Met You

All songs previously released on Lazarus: Original Cast Recording, Columbia/ISO, 2016

Joe Marchese

JOE MARCHESE (Editor) joined The Second Disc shortly after its launch in early 2010, and has since penned daily news and reviews about classic music of all genres. In 2015, Joe formed the Second Disc Records label. Celebrating the great songwriters, producers and artists who created the sound of American popular song and beyond, Second Disc Records, in conjunction with labels including Real Gone Music and Cherry Red Records, has released newly-curated collections produced and annotated by Joe from iconic artists such as Dionne Warwick, Diana Ross and The Supremes, Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, The Spinners, Johnny Mathis, Bobby Darin, Meat Loaf, Laura Nyro, Melissa Manchester, Liza Minnelli, Darlene Love, Al Stewart, Michael Nesmith, and many others.

Joe has written liner notes, produced, or contributed to over 200 reissues from a diverse array of artists, among them America, JD Souther, Nat "King" Cole, Paul Williams, Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield, BJ Thomas, The 5th Dimension, Burt Bacharach, The Mamas and the Papas, Carpenters, Perry Como, Rod McKuen, Doris Day, Jackie DeShannon, Petula Clark, Robert Goulet, and Andy Williams.

Over the past two decades, Joe has also worked in a variety of capacities on and off Broadway as well as at some of the premier theatres in the U.S., including Lincoln Center Theater, George Street Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, and the York Theatre Company. He has felt privileged to work on productions alongside artists such as the late Jack Klugman, Eli Wallach, Arthur Laurents, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. In 2009, Joe began contributing theatre and music reviews to the print publication The Sondheim Review, and in 2012, he joined the staff of The Digital Bits as a regular contributor writing about film and television on DVD and Blu-ray.

Joe currently resides in the suburbs of New York City.

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Jason Michael
February 6, 2017 at 10:28 pm

This is great news as I have no interest in the cast recording of Lazarus and skipped it when it was released even though it had those really enticing Bowie tracks. I just couldn’t justify the purchase and hoped I’d run across the album used at some time. A stand-alone Bowie release works better. I wouldn’t be surprised if this EP outsells the cast recording.

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