Live Nassau Coliseum '76

Live Nassau Coliseum '76 is a live album by David Bowie recorded on 23 March 1976 during Bowie's Isolar Tour^[2] in support of the album Station to Station. The recording was first released in September 2010, as part of special and deluxe editions of Station to Station.^[3][4][5] The album was released separately on 10 February 2017.^[6]

Live Nassau Coliseum '76
Live album by Bowie
Released	10 February 2017 (2017-02-10)
Recorded	23 March 1976
Venue	Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, USA
Studio	Record Plant Mobile
Length	82:58[1]
Label	Parlophone
Producer	Harry Maslin
Bowie chronology
No Plan (2017) Live Nassau Coliseum '76 (2017) Cracked Actor (Live Los Angeles '74) (2017)

Critical reception

Writer Nicholas Pegg described the album as "an excellent memento of one of Bowie’s greatest tours, with highlights including a majestic 'Word On A Wing', an über-cool 'Waiting For The Man', and riotous, thrilling renditions of 'Stay' and 'The Jean Genie'" with "Bowie and his terrific 1976 band on blistering form."^[7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by David Bowie, except where noted.

Disc one

1. "Station to Station" – 11:53
2. "Suffragette City" – 3:31
3. "Fame" (Bowie, Carlos Alomar, John Lennon) – 4:02
4. "Word on a Wing" – 6:06
5. "Stay" – 7:25
6. "Waiting for the Man" (Lou Reed) – 6:20
7. "Queen Bitch" – 3:12

Disc two

1. "Life on Mars?" – 2:13
2. "Five Years" – 5:03
3. "Panic in Detroit" (with most of drum solo edited out) – 6:03
4. "Changes" (with band intro) – 4:11
5. "TVC 15" – 4:58
6. "Diamond Dogs" – 6:38
7. "Rebel Rebel" – 4:07
8. "The Jean Genie" – 7:28

Personnel

• David Bowie – vocals
• Carlos Alomar – guitar
• Stacey Heydon – guitar
• George Murray – bass
• Tony Kaye – keyboards
• Dennis Davis – drums

Technical

• Dave Hewitt – recording engineer, 1976
• Harry Maslin – producer, mixing engineer
• Mixed at Sweetersongs East Studios, Santa Monica, California, USA in February 2009.
• Brian Gardner – mastering
• Andrew Kent – photography, 1976
• Scott Minshall – artwork

Chart performance

Chart (2017)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[8]	83
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[9]	147

References

1. "Live Nassau Coliseum '76". Amazon.
2. Kevin Cann, David Bowie: A Chronology, Vermilion, 1983, ISBN 0-09-153831-9
3. David Bowie's Space Oddity, Station to Station Albums to Be Reissued, Pitchfork News, Retrieved on 19 August 2009.
4. Station to Station four disc set due next year Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine at BowieNet. Retrieved on 16 November 2009.
5. S2S special and deluxe edition boxes due in September Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine at BowieNet. Retrieved on 16 November 2009.
6. "David Bowie - Live Nassau Coliseum '76 | Rhino".
7. Pegg, Nicholas (2016). The Complete David Bowie. London: Titan. pp. 461, 460.
8. "Ultratop.be – David Bowie – Live Nassau Coliseum '76" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
9. "Ultratop.be – David Bowie – Live Nassau Coliseum '76" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved July 23, 2020.