Early Bowie Recordings Reach Streaming for the First Time

Previously unheard material from the very start of David Bowie's career has been released for the first time, the BBC reports — and is now available to stream, where it had not been before.

The interesting part is not novelty for its own sake but the archive problem: early sessions often sit in limbo for decades over rights, tape condition, and who actually owns the master. When they surface, what listeners get is the sound of an artist before the persona hardened into place.