They say a picture paints a thousand words. But since we've got three pictures to discuss here and space is at a premium, let's cut to the chase. Image One: There's this amazing photograph, taken by ace photographer Mick Rock, of David Bowie at the Dorchester Hotel in London on the 16th of July 1972. Bowie's holding an afternoon tea press conference for mostly American journalists who've been flown in especially to touch base with our star before he takes Ziggy Stardust over to the States. It's an occasion upon which smoked salmon sandwiches are consumed with bottles of scotch and which naturally dictates that our genial host undergoes three costume changes in so many hours.
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