Mick Rock

Title: David Bowie and Mick Ronson – Train To Aberdeen, Scotland, 1973

Description: 1973 Photograph signed by Mick Rock and numbered 20/50, printed later.

I have always adored this image of Bowie and Ronson in their pomp. There’s something magical about them looking as though they have dressed up for lunch on the British Rail (remember that?) train taking them to Aberdeen in 1973. Here we have two rock stars hardly going beserk but sitting down to lamb chops and veg in the train’s dining car. I just love Bowie’s jacket and the knot in Ronno’s tie…

“Taken on the train up to Aberdeen, Scotland for the first gig of David’s final Ziggy tour, 15 May 1973. Another image that got lost in the archive until it finally surfaced in Moonage Daydream. I have a slew of photos on the train and in the stations of David in that amazing jacket. But the favourite one for fans is this one. Of all my limited edition fine art prints, this may be the one that has sold the most. Maybe it’s got something to do with the ridiculously ‘glam’ look of the magic duo and the obviously mundane nature of their British Rail lunch – lamb chops, boiled potatoes, peas with the bread rolls and pats of butter. But also perhaps something to do with the warm conspiratorial way they are looking at each other. They had the rock scene by the horns and they were savouring it!” — Mick Rock

Condition: Good condition with minor ripple in the bottom border and framed

Dimensions: 50cm x 60cm