"At the time of the music's recording, Bowie was influenced by the London cabaret scene and the song styles created therein, particularly the work of singers such as Anthony Newley.In the UK, "The World of David Bowie" had never gone out of print, when Bowie finally had his breakthrough in 1972 with the album "Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars", and could still be obtained in British record shops at that time.