From the Observer archive, 20 November 1977: no more Ziggy as David Bowie becomes his own man

Dave Gelly talks to David Bowie about his latest album, Heroes, made in BerlinDavid Bowie's new album Heroes is climbing steadily in the charts. Given the fact that he is a superstar, you would hardly expect it to do anything else but the casual listener might be puzzled. Heroes makes formidable listening; one side contains hardly any singing and one track features Bowie playing the koto, a traditional Japanese string instrument, against a restrained background of electronic sound. Even the titl...

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