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To celebrate the imminent release – 21 years late! – of Toy, we bring you the definitive account of David Bowie's legendary lost album as told by Bowie's closest collaborators and confidants

"60 years on the same train"

"It was about some sort of cataclysmic power existing in the landscape"

“It’s an incredible honour to have been chosen as the stewards of one of the most important and dynamic bodies of creative work in modern culture"

In 1996, Ry Cooder assembled the Buena Vista Social Club and turned Havana’s forgotten musical aristocracy into unlikely stars. Twenty-five years on, the magic of the joyous, bittersweet album they recorded together is stronger than ever. But how did its curator and venerable cast navigate power cuts, food shortages and meetings with Fidel Castro?

She'll be backed by an orchestra and a projection-mapping spectacle

"His adventure continues beyond this realm"

Special editions of the early-'00s albums are available to pre-order now

The two bands are currently on a co-headlining tour across North America.

The Bad Seeds member will release his debut book next month