Next in the series of special limited David Bowie 7" picture discs is the 40th-anniversary edition of "Beauty And The Beast" released today and available here.   

Originally released in the UK on 6th January 1978 "Beauty And The Beast" was the 2nd single to be taken from the album Heroes, which was recorded at the legendary Hansa Studios in Berlin. King Crimson’s Robert Fripp plays on the track and has claimed that the lead guitar used on "Beauty And The Beast" was his first take having arrived directly at Hansa Studios from New York.

The AA of the 7” picture disc is a previously unreleased live version of the Heroes album track "Blackout" recorded on the 16th May, 1978 at the Deutschlandhalle, Berlin during the ISOLAR II tour.

The final David Bowie tour of the 1970s was a 77-show slog across the entire globe supporting Low and Heroes, but played a wide cross-section of material from Bowie's entire career. Here's a stellar performance of "Beauty and the Beast" from the period. 

And now that you're in the mood, listen to our I Like: David Bowie playlist on Spotify here...