David Bowie “Bowie Now” 1978/2018. Today, January 8th, is David Bowie’s birthday (b. 1947, d. 2016). Bowie Now is a Record Store Day 2018 exclusive release on white vinyl and a reissue of a rare Bowie promo-only comp of tracks from Heroes and Low, recorded in Berlin. From Low, recorded in ‘76 and released in ‘77, are the tracks “Breaking Glass,” “Speed of Life,” “What in the World” (love that one!) and “Weeping Wall.” The remainder of the songs come from 1977′s Heroes, a couple of which are co-written by Bowie and Brian Eno including the deeply ambient and experimental “Neuköln” (the liner notes describe it as “an area in Berlin where Turks live in very bad ghetto conditions…an isolated community unnervingly and vividly surreal…instrumental impression…Eastern sounds…Bowie blows outrageous sax, jazz riffs above [Robert] Fripp and Eno’s glacial overture of rising chords) and “The Secret Life of Arabia.” I especially like two other tracks from Heroes: the complicated, densely rocking “Joe the Lion” and “Blackout,” which is ambient and dissonant yet funky with get-down beats and pop-hook guitars.