David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

"David Bowie’s landmark 1972 album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars was recorded in November 1971, close on the heels of Hunky Dory, which hadn’t even been released when Bowie and his band revisited the familar surroundings of Trident Studios in London. With sessions starting in mid afternoon and the day’s work finishing around midnight, Ziggy, astonishingly, was recorded in less than three weeks, with, according to engineer Ken Scott, all the vocals and the majority of performances being first takes." "Musical inspiration came from a trip to New York that Bowie had made earlier in 1971, when he decided he wanted to give his own take on the musical style of Iggy & The Stooges or The Velvet Underground, to whom he dedicated Queen Bitch on Hunky Dory. Engineer Ken Scott recalls, ‘I remember David coming to me, prior to doing the album, and saying, ‘You’re not going to like this album. It’s gonna be much harder.’ I don’t know who he compared it to; maybe