デヴィッド・ボウイさんのインスタグラム写真 - (デヴィッド・ボウイInstagram)「DAILY BOWIE THING – Day 64* “I’d send my photograph to my honey...” First off, new year, new approach. We’ve scrapped the regular #BowieSheetMusicSunday and #BowieMagMonday to be a little more random with our #DailyBowieThing posts. This means we can tumble out of bed on a morning and go wherever the mood takes us. But first, a brief history lesson. Back in the dawn of the digital age when publications around the globe moved to desktop publishing, the writing was on the wall for hard copies of photographs. Instead, many newspapers and magazines decided to scan the originals and either sell, bin, or literally destroy the thousands of original prints and slides. We won’t go into the pros and cons of this practise, but it’s why it’s easy to find original newspaper and magazine library prints at auction these days. These promo press photos are sought after and the better the provenance, the higher the bidding. The example we have illustrated with, must be the very first press photo associated with David Bowie’s professional career. It was used to publicise the release of his first single released on Friday, 5th June, 1964. That record was Liza Jane/Louie, Louie Go Home, issued as Davie Jones with The King-Bees. The scribbles on the front of our 10x8 were superimposed for this montage and were taken from the reverse of the print, which states: “used 20/6/64” with the original identification of “DAVIE JONES” crossed out later and updated with “now David Bowie”. While this is probably not the actual copy used for the Bromley Times piece in our montage (which was published on the day of Liza Jane’s release), at 56 years old, this print must be one of the very rarest Bowie promo photos to have survived. The water was muddied a little when Decca reissued Liza Jane in 1978, with copies sent to the press with accompanying reproductions of the original Decca promo photos, along with the press release. Their hope for a repeat of the success of the reissue of The Laughing Gnome five years earlier didn’t quite work out. *The fact that Day 64 is celebrating 1964 is pure coincidence, honest guv! #DailyBowieThing #BowiePromoPhotos #BowieLizaJane」1月4日 8時50分