Bowie's Karma Man from the unreleased Toy album out now

 

Here is Karma Man, the second digital single from the legendary unreleased album Toy!
The song was originally recorded way early in David Bowie's career, in 1967, but wasn't released until 1970 when it appeared on a Bowie compilation album.

Around 2000 Bowie recorded a new version for the album Toy, but the album was shelved after a dispute between Bowie and his record company.
However this brilliant version of Karma Man has now been released digitally. Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/pSycYtnZcbc

Toy will be released on January 7, 2022, in three-CD and six 10″ vinyl versions.
Before that (on November 26, 2021), Toy will be released as a part of the archival box set Brilliant Adventure (1992-2001).

Here is the first single from Toy:
https://youtu.be/-fC-FxTP_DA

Jethro Tull on the road playing Zappa and Gentle Giant?

Is this a joke? In a YouTube video Jethro Tull leader Ian Anderson announces a surprising setlist for the UK shows of the Prog Years tour in September.

How about Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull performing Bruce Springsteen's Born in the USA, The Advent of Panurge by Gentle Giant and (as an encore) Frank Zappa's Dinah-Moe Humm?
Not many Tull songs on the setlist, Ian. 
But the Radio Dupree staff is excited! And since we have tickets for one of the shows in northern Europe early 2022, we will find out if Ian and the lads really can bring out the Stairway to Heaven.

Click here to watch the video.

New Donald Fagen album coming!

In a Rolling Stone article dated September 30 Donald Fagen is quoted saying

After [the pandemic] went on for a while, I ended up writing almost an album’s worth of tunes for a solo record.

He says that a few demos for the new songs have been recorded and also mentions the title of one of the new songs; The Stellar Bartender. Apparently about a "very empathetic bartender".

There is no set date on when it will eventually arrive. Let's hope for 2022. :)

His solo albums so far:

The Nightfly (1982)

Kamakiriad (1993)

Morph The Cat (2006)

Sunken Condos (2012)

Donald Fagen's The Nightfly Live (2021) (*)

Read the full article here.

Meanwhile Steely Dan is back on the road towards the end of this month for the Absolutely Normal Tour '21. Check the tour dates covering October-November 202 and May-August 2022 over at steelydan.com. 

(*) Although the live album was recorded by the Steely Dan band during the 2019 tour, Radio Dupree thinks this should count as a Donald Fagen record. Or maybe not.