Alabama Song (live, 1978-04-28 – 1978-05-06: “Stage”, USA)

~ Recording by David Bowie

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
2.7Alabama Song3:56David BowieStageDavid BowieAlbum + Live
  • US2005-03-15
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)09463-11251-2-6
2.7Alabama Song3:56David BowieStageDavid BowieAlbum + Live
  • US2005-03-15
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)7243 8 63436 2 8
1.17Alabama Song3:56David BowieStageDavid BowieAlbum + Live
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)7243 8 63436 9 7
2.7Alabama Song3:56David BowieStage (barcode: D 261069)David BowieAlbum + Live
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)72438 63436 2 8
2.7Alabama Song3:56David BowieStageDavid BowieAlbum + Live
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)7243 8 63532 2 1, 863 5322
4.7Alabama Song3:56David BowieZeit! 77–79David BowieAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2013-05-03
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)DBZEIT7779
4.7Alabama Song3:56David BowieZeit! 77–79David BowieAlbum + Compilation
Parlophone5099995868424, DBZEIT7779
5.19Alabama Song (live)3:55David BowieA New Career in a New Town (1977–1982)David BowieAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2017-09-29
Parlophone
5.19Alabama Song (live)3:56David BowieA New Career in a New Town (1977–1982)David BowieAlbum + Compilation
  • US2017-09-29
Parlophone Music Denmark
7.8Alabama Song3:56David BowieA New Career in a New Town (1977–1982)David BowieAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2017-09-29
Parlophone0190295843014; DBX 3
8.2Alabama Song3:56David BowieA New Career in a New Town (1977–1982)David BowieAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2017-09-29
  • GB2017-09-29
  • US2017-09-29
ParlophoneDBXL 3
5.19Alabama Song (live)3:56David BowieA New Career in a New Town (1977–1982)David BowieAlbum + Compilation
  • -2017-09-29
Parlophone
5.19Alabama Song3:56David BowieA New Career in a New Town (1977–1982) (remastered)David BowieAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2017-09-29
Parlophone[none]
2.8Alabama Song3:55David BowieStage (2017)David BowieAlbum + Live
  • XW2017-09-29
Parlophone
7.8Alabama Song3:55David BowieA New Career in a New Town (1977–1982)David BowieAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2017-12-20
  • -2017
ParlophonePCS-939, WPCR-17897, WPCR-17898, WPCR-17899, WPCR-17900, WPCR-17901, WPCR-17902, WPCR-17903, WPCR-17904, WPCR-17905, WPCR-17906, WPCR-17907
3.2Alabama Song?:??David BowieStage (2017 edition)David BowieAlbum + Live
  • XE2018-02-23
  • US2018-02-23
ParlophoneDB 77825
2.8Alabama Song3:56David BowieStage (2017)David BowieAlbum + Live
  • XE2018-02-23
  • FR2018-02-23
Parlophone0190295842796

Relationships

recorded in:United States (from 1978-04-29 until 1978-05-06)
recording engineer and mixer:Tony Visconti
producer:David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter)
Tony Visconti
analog synthesizer, analog synthesizer [ARP Odyssey] and string synthesizer [ARP Solina]:Roger Powell (US musician, programmer, and columnist, band "Utopia") (from 1978-04-28 until 1978-05-06)
bass:George Murray (American bass guitarist) (from 1978-04-28 until 1978-05-06)
drums (drum set):Dennis Davis (drummer) (from 1978-04-28 until 1978-05-06)
electric violin:Simon House (from 1978-04-28 until 1978-05-06)
guitar:Carlos Alomar (from 1978-04-28 until 1978-05-06)
Adrian Belew (from 1978-04-29 until 1978-05-06)
piano:Sean Mayes (from 1978-04-28 until 1978-05-06)
background vocals:Carlos Alomar (from 1978-04-28 until 1978-05-06)
Sean Mayes (from 1978-04-28 until 1978-05-06)
George Murray (American bass guitarist) (from 1978-04-28 until 1978-05-06)
lead vocals:David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) (from 1978-04-29 until 1978-05-06)
recording of:Alabama Song (from the songspiel “Mahagonny” & opera “Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny”) (from 1978-04-29 until 1978-05-06: cover, live)

Related works

Alabama Song (from the songspiel “Mahagonny” & opera “Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny”)

lyricist:Bertolt Brecht
composer:Kurt Weill (composer)
translator:Elisabeth Hauptmann
publisher:Harms Co.
Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, Inc.
Universal Edition (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Universal Edition (London) Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
later translated versions:Alabama song (French version)
Song o Alabamie
translated version of:Alabama Song (from “Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny”)