I’ve made my love of the late David Bowie’s music known for just about as long as I’ve been posting here.

For those who share this awe for his music, I recently stumbled onto a couple of websites that are incredibly fascinating.

The first, presented at DavidBowieworld.nl, offers an intriguing look at The Leon Suites, a project David Bowie and Brian Eno worked on in 1994 and presented to the record companies only to get it rejected.  The material they made was re-worked into what I consider the absolute best of David Bowie’s late career releases, 1. Outside.

Read for yourself:

David Bowie 1994 The Leon Suites (1. Outside Outtakes)

Before Mr. Bowie passed away earlier this year, the three Leon Suites were released to the internet (Toy, another aborted album, was released a few years back as well).  It is thought that Mr. Bowie himself decided to release this material as there was little likelihood -and probably not a lot of money to be made- on doing an “official” release.

It’s intriguing stuff and I haven’t yet listened to it all but there are parts that are very recognizable that made it to the 1. Outside album.  So, if you like David Bowie as much as I do and also feel 1. Outside is a classic, here’s your second link, to the Complete Leon Suites…