The compilation album 'David Bowie: The Shel Talmy Recordings' will be released next September, and includes works recorded by the singer when he was using the name 'Davy Jones'.

The Guardian reported that previously unknown recordings from 1965 by David Bowie are finally to be released, documenting his early days in London in the 1960s, when he was known as Davy Jones. Some of these recordings feature guitarist Jimmy Page before he joined Led Zeppelin.

Before achieving his big break in 1969 with 'Space Oddity', then shining with albums like 'The Man Who Sold the World' and 'Hunky Dory', culminating in the alter ego 'Ziggy Stardust' in 1972, Bowie began his artistic career in a completely different style. He appeared in smart suits and well-groomed hair, offering straightforward pop rock influenced by blues with touches of psychedelia, which were hallmarks of the London music scene in the mid-1960s, from The Beatles to The Small Faces and The Who.

Although the singles from that period, such as 'I Can't Help Thinking About Me' and 'Do Anything You Say', were released previously, the new compilation album, scheduled for release on September 18 under the title 'David Bowie: The Shel Talmy Recordings', brings together a collection of previously unpublished works.

One of these songs, 'I Want Your Love', is now available. It is a rock and roll song with a blues feel, in which Bowie expresses his longing and yearning for his beloved.

The other unknown works, performed by Bowie solo or accompanied by the bands 'The Lower Third' and 'The Manish Boys', include songs titled: 'Cupid', 'Leave It to Me', 'You've Got to Tell Her', 'A Certain Woman', 'Today', 'I Live in Dreams', 'I Really Think I Love You', in addition to an instrumental piece titled 'Keeping Up with the Joneses'. The rest of the album's tracks are either previously released or represent unknown versions of existing works.

In that stage of his career, Bowie, born David Jones, used the name 'Davy Jones', and sometimes 'Davy Jones', before changing it in 1966 to David Bowie to avoid confusion with Davy Jones, a member of The Monkees.

The album's songs were recorded with producer Shel Talmy, one of the most prominent rock producers of the 1960s, who also oversaw successful works, including 'You Really Got Me' by The Kinks, 'My Generation' by The Who, as well as a number of songs by Manfred Mann.

Talmy was constantly working with Jimmy Page, who was then a freelance session guitarist, and he called him to participate with The Manish Boys, who accompanied Bowie. Also participating in these recordings is pianist Nicky Hopkins, who collaborated with famous bands, including The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, and Jeff Beck.

Two songs produced by Talmy were released as singles: 'Pity the Fool' and 'You've Got a Habit of Leaving'. Talmy said in 2017: 'I was absolutely certain that he would achieve tremendous success; the only unfortunate thing is that we were about six years ahead of the market.'