David Bowie: Rock ’n’ Roll with Me

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About Geoff MacCormack: Geoff MacCormack, David Bowie’s lifelong friend, joined Bowie’s 1973 world tour as an additional back-up vocalist and percussionist, and later as a ‘Diamond Dog’ in ’74 and what would be known as ‘The Young Americans Soul Tour’. With soaring temperatures and an uncomfortable costume, all credit to David for seeing the funny side of my wind-up. Published in a limited edition of only 2,000 copies, each book is individually numbered and signed by both Geoff MacCormack and David Bowie, who also provides the foreword.

Anyone who’s spent time on a film set will tell you, it’s 10 per cent action and 90 per cent hanging around. Schooldays behind them, David Jones metamorphosed into David Bowie while Geoff worked at a string of clothes boutiques and even as a runner and occasional singer for the BBC Radio One DJ Emperor Rosko. This richly illustrated work documents the three years MacCormack spent writing, recording, performing, living and travelling with Bowie. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. I showed the negative of this shot to the legendary printer Robin Bell, he said he’d see what he could do.This richly illustrated work documents the three years MacCormack spent writing, recording, performing, living, and travelling with David Bowie. Includes: David Bowie: Icon, a slipcase, certificate of authenticity, and an 8"×10" Hahnemuhle Photorag Pearl 320 gsm of the set of The Man Who Fell From Earth, 1975 signed on the front by Geoff MacCormack. The book contains nearly 150 photos taken by MacCormack throughout the years, some never seen before: from touring the Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane shows and sailing to New York on a world tour, to Bowie’s first major film The Man Who Fell to Earth and the recording of Station to Station and his Thin White Duke persona. Geoff commented: “I am very happy to be working with the team at ACC, who will not only publish my words but also my photos with great care. When David asked Geoff to join his band as a backing singer and percussionist, he was already well on the way to superstardom.

Bowie wearing only his underwear while playing to adoring fans in Tokyo, meeting Russian villagers after stepping off the Trans-Siberian Railway or the filming The Man Who Fell to Earth in New Mexico… McCormack's years with Bowie seem to have been "the freakiest show" - but it's clear that he had the time of his life.Bowie fans will enjoy the graphic display and especially to see the Londoner in his day-to-day life, sometimes posing with a Kansai Yamamoto model and other times looking scared in the Soviet Union, when MacCormack, Bowie and a few other friends meet. The Collection has been re-scanned (drum) to a high standard, using Gallery quality archival giclee prints on Hahnemuhle Photorag Pearl 320gsm 100% cotton. Images are accompanied by personal essays and reflections about working with Bowie, from memories of the earliest days at the Arts Lab in Beckenham to detailed accounts of life on tour.