The album was recorded over a couple of months--with the sessions beginning in late September or early October 1975 and ending in late November--so that it was in the can before Bowie began his abortive sessions on the soundtrack.
So that it was in the can before Bowie began his abortive sessions on the soundtrack. This was what the album was recorded over a couple of months--with the sessions beginning in late September or early October 1975 and ending in late November --. More recent scholarship contends this.