SPACE ODDITY – DOUBLE CD 40TH ANNIVERSARY SPACE ODDITY
Disc one contains the full original album that first appeared as David Bowie on the Philips label in November 1969 and as Man Of Words, Man Of Music on Mercury in the US.
Disc two contains fifteen tracks including eight previously unreleased versions.
Here’s the full breakdown…
DAVID BOWIE – Space Oddity 40th Anniversary Edition
CD 1:
01 – Space Oddity (5.14)
02 – Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed (inc. Don’t Sit Down) (6.51)
03 – Letter To Hermione (2.32)
04 – Cygnet Committee (9.31)
05 – Janine (3.21)
06 – An Occasional Dream (2.54)
07 – Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud (4.46)
08 – God Knows I’m Good (3.17)
09 – Memory Of A Free Festival (7.09)
CD 2:
01 – Space Oddity (demo) (5.10) *
02 – An Occasional Dream (demo) (2.49) *
03 – Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud (single B-side with spoken intro) (4.56)
04 – Brian Matthew interviews David/Let Me Sleep Beside You (BBC Radio session D.L.T. Show) (4.45)
05 – Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed (BBC Radio session D.L.T. Show) (3.54) *
06 – Janine (BBC Radio session: D.L.T. Show) (3.02)
07 – London Bye Ta-Ta (stereo version) (3.12)
08 – Prettiest Star (stereo version) (3.12)
09 – Conversation Piece (stereo version) (3.06) *
10 – Memory Of A Free Festival (Part 1) (single A-side) (4.01)
11 – Memory Of A Free Festival (Part 2) (single B-side) (3.30)
12 – Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud (alternate album mix) (4.45) *
13 – Memory Of A Free Festival (alternate album mix) (9.22) *
14 – London Bye Ta-Ta (alternate stereo mix) (2.34) *
15 – Ragazzo Solo, Ragazza Sola (full length stereo version) (5.14) *
* Previously unreleased
Every effort was made to source from original tapes for this project, with close attention to the sound of an original vinyl first pressing for reference.
Don’t Sit Down has been restored to its original place, at the end of Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed, and not listed as a separate track. Also original fade out/in lengths and gaps between tracks have been observed.
I will be going in to more detail regarding the tracks on the bonus disc shortly, suffice to say that all the tracks marked with an asterisk truly are previously unreleased.
This means these versions haven’t even surfaced on bootleg, excepting the DLT show version of Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed…which now completes the official release of that particular BBC session.
The release will be accompanied by extensive sleeve notes with rare pictures and memorabilia pertaining to the original release.
The Space Oddity 40th Anniversary Edition is due for an October release.
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