One of the last projects David Bowie completed before his death earlier this year was Lazarus, a musical that pulled from his vast and varied catalogue of songs. This Friday, October 21st, a compilation album of material from Lazarus will be released via ISO/Columbia/RCA.
In addition to the official cast recording of the show and Bowie’s version of the musical’s eerily prophetic title song, the Lazarus compilation will include three never-before-heard Bowie studio tracks. The three songs–“No Plan”, “Killing A Little Time”, and “When I Met You”–were recorded with the same band featured on Bowie’s final album Blackstar (stylized as a solid black five-pointed star), and have only been heard as performed by the cast of Lazarus (which includes the talented Michael C. Hall).
Today, two of those three recordings–“When I Met You” and “No Plan”–were played on BBC radio. You can listen to “When I Met You” here (at 51:00) and its gloomy, dramatic counterpart “No Plan” here (46:00). Both of the tracks were recorded with Bowie’s longtime producer Tony Visconti.
You can see the full track list for the Lazarus compilation below:
CD 1:
01. “Hello Mary Lou (Goodbye Heart)” – Ricky Nelson
02. “Lazarus” – Michael C. Hall & Original New York Cast of Lazarus
03. “It’s No Game” – Michael C. Hall, Lynn Craig & Original New York Cast of Lazarus
04. “This Is Not America” – Sophia Anne Caruso & Original New York Cast of Lazarus
05. “The Man Who Sold The World” – Charlie Pollack
06. “No Plan” – Sophia Anne Caruso
07. “Love Is Lost” – Michael Esper & Original New York Cast of Lazarus
08. “Changes” – Cristin Milioti & Original New York Cast of Lazarus
09. “Where Are We Now” – Michael C. Hall & Original New York Cast of Lazarus
10. “Absolute Beginners” – Michael C. Hall, Cristin Milioti, Michael Esper, Sophia Anne Caruso, Krystina Alabado & Original New York Cast of Lazarus
11. “Dirty Boys” – Michael Esper
12. “Killing A Little Time” – Michael C. Hall
13. “Life On Mars” – Sophia Anne Caruso
14. “All The Young Dudes” – Nicholas Christopher, Lynn Craig, Michael Esper, Sophia Anne Caruso & Original New York Cast of Lazarus
15. “Sound And Vision” – David Bowie
16. “Always Crashing in the Same Car” – Cristin Milioti
17. “Valentine’s Day” – Michael Esper & Original New York Cast of Lazarus
18. “When I Met You” – Michael C. Hall & Krystina Alabado
19. “Heroes – 4:43” – Michael C. Hall, Sophia Anne Caruso & Original New York Cast of Lazarus
CD 2:
01. “Lazarus” – David Bowie
02. “No Plan” – David Bowie
03. “Killing A Little Time” – David Bowie
04. “When I Met You” – David Bowie
[h/t – Consequence of Sound]