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However, due to dismal sales and impossible logistics this idea fell by the wayside.
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Jobriath's next idea was to plan a grand live tour of the European Opera Houses. The songs wouldn't be out of place in the "Rocky Horror Picture Show" or "Phantom of the Paradise" movies. The album also has a Broadway blended with science-fiction quality to it.
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The album is packed full of superb musicianship, excellent piano playing from Jobriath and vocals reminiscent of David Bowie and Mick Jagger but with a theatricality that Bowie and Jagger did not possess. So Jobriath released his first album in 1973, just a year after David Bowie had introduced Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars to the public.
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Here is a picture of the first Jobriath album.Īnyone that has seen the Velvet Goldmine movie will immediately recognize the likeness of this album cover to the one of fictional artist, Brian Slade (shown below). This included a 43’ by 41’ billboard in Times Square, featuring a nude Jobriath, made to resemble the remains of a ancient, Roman statue and full length bus posters. So what was the problem? Well, he was the first openly gay rock musician and on top of that apparently he was marketed in an over-the-top manner. All well and good you might think, unfortunately nobody bought his records. Allegedly the highest amount ever paid to an artist for a recording contract at that time. He was signed to Elektra records in 1972 for a staggering reported $500,000. However I recently discovered a new artist called Jobriath. You may have hypothesized that it was about David Bowie (as I did) and been confident in that assumption and simply left it at that. If you have ever seen the glam rock movie "Velvet Goldmine", you may have tried to work out who exactly the main protagonist, Brian Slade, was based upon.