David BowieDavid Bowie

Label:

EMI – 50999-307522-2-1

Format:

CD , Album, Reissue, Stereo
CD , Stereo, Mono
All Media , Limited Edition, Remastered , Digipak, 40th Anniversary

Country:

UK & Europe

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Classic Rock

Tracklist

The Original Album
1-1 Space Oddity
Arranged ByPaul Buckmaster
ProducerGus Dudgeon
5:14
1-2 Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed 6:51
1-3 Letter To Hermione 2:32
1-4 Cygnet Committee 9:31
1-5 Janine 3:21
1-6 An Occasional Dream 2:54
1-7 The Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud 4:46
1-8 God Knows I'm Good 3:17
1-9 Memory Of A Free Festival 7:09
The Bonus Material
2-1 Space Oddity (Demo)
Vocals, GuitarJohn 'Hutch' Hutchinson*
Vocals, Guitar, StylophoneDavid Bowie
5:10
2-2 An Occasional Dream (Demo)
Vocals, GuitarJohn 'Hutch' Hutchinson*
Vocals, Guitar, StylophoneDavid Bowie
2:49
2-3 Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud
CelloPaul Buckmaster
Producer [Uncredited]Gus Dudgeon
Vocals, GuitarDavid Bowie
4:56
2-4 Let Me Sleep Beside You (BBC Radio Session D.L.T. Show)
Backing BandJunior's Eyes
BassJohn Lodge (2)
DrumsJohn Cambridge
EngineerPete Ritzema
GuitarMick Wayne
IntervieweeDavid*
InterviewerBrian Matthew
ProducerPaul Williams (3)
Rhythm GuitarTim Renwick
Vocals, GuitarDavid Bowie
4:45
2-5 Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed (BBC Radio Session D.L.T. Show)
Backing BandJunior's Eyes
BassJohn Lodge (2)
DrumsJohn Cambridge
EngineerPete Ritzema
GuitarMick Wayne
ProducerPaul Williams (3)
Rhythm GuitarTim Renwick
Vocals, GuitarDavid Bowie
4:04
2-6 Janine (BBC Radio Session D.L.T. Show)
Backing BandJunior's Eyes
BassJohn Lodge (2)
DrumsJohn Cambridge
EngineerPete Ritzema
GuitarMick Wayne
ProducerPaul Williams (3)
Rhythm GuitarTim Renwick
Vocals, GuitarDavid Bowie
3:02
2-7 London, Bye, Ta-Ta (Stereo Version)
Backing VocalsSue & Sunny
BassTony Visconti
DrumsGodfrey McLean
GuitarUnknown Artist
KeyboardsRick Wakeman
Vocals, GuitarDavid Bowie
2:36
2-8 The Prettiest Star (Stereo Version)
BassTony Visconti
DrumsGodfrey McLean
GuitarMarc Bolan
Vocals, GuitarDavid Bowie
3:12
2-9 Conversation Piece (Stereo Version)
BassJohn Lodge (2)
DrumsJohn Cambridge
GuitarTim Renwick
Vocals, GuitarDavid Bowie
3:06
2-10 Memory Of A Free Festival (Part 1)
BassTony Visconti
DrumsJohn Cambridge
Guitar, Backing VocalsMick Ronson
Synthesizer [Moog]Ralph Mace
Vocals, GuitarDavid Bowie
4:01
2-11 Memory Of A Free Festival (Part 2)
BassTony Visconti
DrumsJohn Cambridge
Guitar, Backing VocalsMick Ronson
Synthesizer [Moog]Ralph Mace
Vocals, GuitarDavid Bowie
3:30
2-12 Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud (Alternate Album Mix) 4:45
2-13 Memory Of A Free Festival (Alternate Album Mix) 9:22
2-14 London, Bye, Ta-Ta (Alternate Stereo Mix)
Backing VocalsSue & Sunny
BassTony Visconti
DrumsGodfrey McLean
GuitarUnknown Artist
KeyboardsRick Wakeman
Vocals, GuitarDavid Bowie
2:34
2-15 Ragazzo Solo, Ragazza Sola (Full Length Stereo Version)
BassHerbie Flowers
DrumsTerry Cox
GuitarMick Wayne
Lyrics ByIvan Mogul*
MellotronRick Wakeman
Music ByDavid Bowie
Vocals, Guitar, StylophoneDavid Bowie
5:15

Companies, etc.

  • Licensed ToEMI Records Ltd.
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Co., LLC
  • Copyright ©Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Co., LLC
  • Copyright ©EMI Records Ltd.
  • Pressed ByTAKT – 2100002125898
  • Pressed ByTAKT – 2100002125928
  • Glass Mastered AtTAKT – 2100002125898
  • Glass Mastered AtTAKT – 2100002125928
  • Published ByTRO-Essex Music International, Inc.
  • Published ByOnward Music Ltd.
  • Published ByTintoretto Music
  • Published ByScreen Gems-EMI Music Inc.
  • Published ByEMI Music Publishing Ltd.
  • Published ByChrysalis Songs
  • Published ByRZO Music Ltd.
  • Published ByChrysalis Music Ltd.
  • Published ByCarlin Music Corp.
  • Published ByCarbert Music, Inc.
  • Published ByWestminster Music Ltd.
  • Recorded AtTrident Studios
  • Recorded AtAeolian Hall
  • Recorded AtMorgan Studios
  • Mastered AtAbbey Road Studios

Credits

  • Acoustic GuitarKeith Christmas (tracks: 1-2 to 1-9, 2-12, 2-13)
  • Arranged ByTony Visconti (tracks: 1-2 to 1-9, 2-12, 2-13)
  • Artwork [Special Edition Artwork Created By]Darren Evans (2)
  • BassTony Visconti (tracks: 1-2 to 1-9, 2-12, 2-13)
  • CelloPaul Buckmaster (tracks: 1-2 to 1-9, 2-12, 2-13)
  • Coordinator [Project Co-ordinator For Emi Records]Nigel Reeve
  • Coordinator [Project Co-ordinator For Rzo Music]Henry Wrenn-Meleck
  • Design [Original Front Cover Design]Calvin Mark Lee
  • DrumsTerry Cox (tracks: 1-2 to 1-9, 2-12, 2-13)
  • EngineerMalcolm Toft (tracks: 1-2 to 1-9, 2-12, 2-13)
  • Flute, RecorderTony Visconti (tracks: 1-2 to 1-9, 2-12, 2-13)
  • GuitarTim Renwick (tracks: 1-2 to 1-9, 2-12, 2-13)
  • HarmonicaBenny Marshall And Friends* (tracks: 1-2 to 1-9, 2-12, 2-13)
  • Liner Notes [August 2009], Liner Notes [Chronology]Kevin Cann
  • Mellotron, Electric HarpsichordRick Wakeman (tracks: 1-2 to 1-9, 2-12, 2-13)
  • Other [Memorabilia Supplied By]Chas Pearson, Mark Adams, Tris Penna*
  • Painting [Front Cover Painting]Vaserelli*
  • Photography By [In Booklet]Vernon Dewhurst
  • Photography By [Original Front Cover]Vernon Dewhurst
  • ProducerTony Visconti (tracks: 1-2 to 1-9, 2-12, 2-13)
  • Remastered ByPeter Mew
  • Remastered By [With]Tris Penna*
  • Vocals, Twelve-String Guitar, Stylophone, Kalimba, Organ [Rosedale Electric Chord]David Bowie (tracks: 1-2 to 1-9, 2-12, 2-13)
  • Written-ByDavid Bowie (tracks: 1-1 to 2-14)

Notes

40th Anniversary Edition, original LP released in 1969.

Remastered at Abbey Road Studios, London.

Printed and made in the EU.
32 page booklet.

Track 1-2: includes "Don't Sit Down" (0:39)
Track 2-1: One of the earliest demos of "Space Oddity" recorded around January 1969 with John 'Hutch' Hutchinson. Previously unreleased.
Track 2-2: A demo recorded with John 'Hutch' Hutchinson in March/April 1969
Track 2-3: Rare, alternate version featuring the Paul Buckmaster introduction recorded at Trident Studio in June 1969. Released as B-side to "Space Oddity" in July 1969. Marked as Single B-Side on the tracklisting.
Track 2-4: Includes "Brian Matthew interview with David" (1:28)
Tracks 2-4 to 2-6: Recorded at Studio 2, Aeolian Hall, New Bond Street, London. Recorded for the D.L.T. (Dave Lee Travis) Show on October 20th, 1969. "Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed" was the only recording from this session broadcast at the time, however it has remained unreleased commercially until now. "Let Me Sleep Beside You" and "Janine" were previously released on the 'Bowie At The Beeb' collection in 2000.
Track 2-7: Recorded at the same Trident Studio session as track 2-9, "The Prettiest Star", in January 1970. Originally scheduled as the follow-up single to "Space Oddity". This stereo version was previously only available on the 'Sound + Vision' 4CD box set in 2003. An earlier version was recorded as a possible single B-side at Decca Studios on March 12, 1968.
Track 2-8: The original mono single version was released in March 1970 on Mercury Records as the follow-up single to "Space Oddity". This stereo version was previously only available on 'David Bowie - The Best Of 1969/1974'.
Track 2-9: A previously unreleased stereo mix of a track previously featured in mono on the B-side of "The Prettiest Star" in March 1970.
Tracks 2-10 & 2-11: Parts 1 and 2 of this electric version was re-recorded from the album and released as a single on Mercury Records in June 1970. Both parts of the single were previously available on the EMI/Ryko reissue of the album 'Space Oddity' in 1990. They are marked on the tracklisting as Single A-Side and Single B-Side respectively.
Track 2-12: A previously unreleased mix of the full band album version.
Track 2-13: A previously unreleased mix of the album version clocks in at over two minutes longer than the original mix.
Track 2-14: Recording details as per track 2-7. However this alternate stereo mix is previously unreleased.
Track 2-15: This Italian version of "Space Oddity", translated as "Lonely Boy, Lonely Girl", was recorded at Morgan Studios on December 20th, 1969 and released in Italy in 1970. The single version previously appeared on 'Bowie Rare' LP on RCA in 1983, however this version is previously unreleased.

Tracks 2-1, 2-2, 2-5, 2-9, 2-12 to 2-15 previously unreleased

Disc 1: Ⓟ 1969 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Co., LLC under exclusive license to EMI Records Ltd.
Digital remaster Ⓟ 2009 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Co., LLC under exclusive license to EMI Records Ltd.
Disc 2: Ⓟ 2009 The copyright in this compilation is owned by Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Co., LLC under exclusive license to EMI Records Ltd.
Ⓒ 2009 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Co., LLC. This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All Rights reserved.
Ⓒ 2009 EMI Records Ltd.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Text): 5 099930 752221
  • Barcode (Scanned): 5099930752221
  • Rights Society: SDRM BIEM
  • Other (Cat# CD 1): 50999-307523-2-0
  • Other (Cat# CD 2): 50999-307524-2-9
  • Label Code: LC 0542
  • Matrix / Runout (CD1): www.takt.eu 2100002125898 3075232
  • Matrix / Runout (CD2): www.takt.eu 2100002125928 3075242
  • Mastering SID Code (CD1&2): IFPI LK99
  • Mould SID Code (CD1 Variant 1): IFPI 9R78
  • Mould SID Code (CD1 Variant 2): IFPI UU015
  • Mould SID Code (CD1 Variant 3): IFPI 9R22
  • Mould SID Code (CD2 Variant 1): IFPI 9R82
  • Mould SID Code (CD2 Variant 2): IFPI UU079
  • Mould SID Code (CD2 Variant 3): IFPI 9R23

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
David Bowie (LP, Album) Philips SBL 7912, 852 146 BY Netherlands 1969
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Man Of Words / Man Of Music (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold Sleeve) Mercury SR 61246, SR-61246 US 1969
David Bowie (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold) Philips SBL 7912, SBL.7912, 852 146 BY UK 1969
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Man Of Words/Man Of Music (LP, Album, Promo, Gatefold Sleeve) Mercury SR 61246 US 1969
New Submission
David Bowie (LP, Album, Stereo) Philips PDS 339 Australia 1969

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  • samantha
    This is my copy and I can crank it up, basses and kick drum sound in the background as they should slightly beneath guitars and voice is above them all. 'Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed' includes 'Don't Sit Down'.

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