Château d'Hérouville

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 USD

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Description

Guest book from the famed studio signed by artists including David Bowie, Marc Bolan, Marvin Gaye and Fleetwood Mac
ink on paper and leather

Large 4to (10 1/4 x 8 in.; 260 x 203 mm). Gilt-embossed guest book, featuring artist signatures from ca. 1975-1988; spine worn, few pages loose.

Catalogue Note

The autographed guest book from the legendary French recording studio Château d'Hérouville, where many legendary 70's were made - with a rare David Bowie autograph lyric

The present book has signatures and notes from performers including Marc Bolan, Rick Wakeman, John McLaughlin, Marvin Gaye, Fleetwood Mac, Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow and Dr. Feelgood.

Of particular note is the Bowie entry made during the sessions for his landmark Low album, in which he writes out the opening stanza of the track "Be My Wife:" "Sometimes you get so lonely / Sometimes you get nowhere / I've lived all over the world / I've left every place."

The chateau was certainly seen by the artists who stayed there while recording as an unusual setting, one that Bowie producer recalls as being haunted:

"There was certainly some strange energy in that Château. On the first day David took one look at the master bedroom and said, 'I’m not sleeping in there!' He took the room next door..."

The setting was particularly good for the occult-minded Bowie, as Low is seen alongside Ziggy Stardust as his most important and influential work.