David Bowie‘s previously unreleased covers of John Lennon‘s ‘Mother’ and Bob Dylan‘s ‘Tryin’ to Get to Heaven’ have been released for the first time, to mark what would have been the music icon’s 74th birthday.The new take on Lennon’s 1970 track was originally recorded by Bowie in 1998 with longtime producer Tony Visconti.
It was set to appear on a Lennon tribute collection, but the release ultimately failed to emerge.The other cover is ‘Tryin’ to Get to Heaven’ from Dylan’s 1997 Grammy-winning album ‘Time Out of Mind’.
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