I usually don't bump old threads but there is some bowie news.
https://canoe.com/entertainment/musi...et-for-release
David Bowie’s ‘lost’ 2001 album Toy is finally set to be released.
The late music legend’s collection of re-records and renditions of his early songs was originally planned to be released after 1999 LP Hours…, but a disagreement with his former label Virgin got in the way of fans hearing the gems.
The album – leaked online in 2011 – will be a part of the upcoming Era Five box set.
The Toy news comes after it was announced that the Space Oddity hitmaker’s estate landed a historical deal with Warner Music Group, which means the major label now owns the rights to the iconic singer’s entire back catalogue, bar the Rebel Rebel rocker’s pre-1968 recordings and a slew of other tracks.
Warner already owned the rights to Bowie’s music released between 1968 and 1999, following its acquisition of the Parlophone Label Group in 2013.
Bowie’s Sony-released records Heathen, Reality, The Next Day and Blackstar will have a home at Warner beginning in 2023.