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The official Bowie FAQ, written and maintained
by Eyal Perek, perek@zoot.tau.ac.il
Description: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions (and non-Frequently Asked
Questions) about Bowie and the alt.fan.david-bowie newsgroup.
Version: 2.15
Last modified: March 3rd, 1996
Next post: April 1st, 1996 (hopefully)
Legal disclaimer:
It has been proven that this text may cause changes in the outcome of your
favourite war. Another symptom that was reported in some cases after reading
this article is wRiTiNg In ThAt StUpId WaY. You have been warned!!!
I'm not too generous when it comes to using smileys. If you read something
really REALLY ridiculous it probably means that I again spent too much time in
rec.humor. If you see a sentence ending with a :-) (or is it AN :-)) it
either means I wrote something I thought was funny (you may, or you may not
share my sentiments), or I just thought of a joke and the smiley was typed
without intention.
I therefore announce I will take no responsibility for any damage caused by
use, or misuse of this document, either direct or indirect.
If this product fails to work, check to see you've installed the batteries
right (not supplied in the original package). To be on the safe side, keep
out of reach of children and pets: it may explode in contact with non-Bowie
fans and water; if under pressure (and I quote from the Queen/Bowie song
Under Pressure: 'under pressure, pressure, pressure'); or if bent.
Any opinion expressed in this whole document is strictly mine, but can be
exchanged in return for a rare Bowie bootleg.
Why are you reading this anyway? Do you find it amusing reading legal notices?
For the narrow minded people: I was just joking, it is not THAT serious (or is
it?)
TOC section (Table of contents):
Part 1. Introduction (welcome to alt.fan.david-bowie)
1.1 Requests, thanks, wishes and (surprisingly) an introduction
1.2 The proper posting algorithm. Basic guidelines. YOU MUST READ THIS.
(In case you weren't good in computer class at school, algorithm = a
way of doing things. Sorta.)
Part 2. Bowie facts. Contains answers to questions you shouldn't ask, and will
probably get you flamed if you insist on asking.
2.1 Facts listed in chronological order
2.2 Facts of no known dates
2.3 Misc., gossip, what other people have to say about the man
2.4 Bowie quotes (sometimes controversial, sometimes not so famous,
sometimes pointless)
Part 3. Discography, filmography, and the rest of the gang. A discussion of
Bowie's work.
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Official albums
3.3 Re-releases
3.4 Singles (any single Bowie participated in its making)
3.5 Filmography
3.6 Videos
3.7 Books
3.7.1 Where can I read about Bowie?
3.7.2 Song Books
3.7.3 Related books
3.7.4 What else?
3.8 Other releases
3.9 Important notes
3.10 What's next?
Part 4. Song discussion. Talks about meanings and correctness of lyrics,
different interpretations, notes on specific songs, etc.
4.1 Love You Till Tuesday
4.2 When I Live My Dream
4.3 Space Oddity
4.4 Letter To Hermione
4.5 Conversation Piece
4.6 Memory Of A Free Festival
4.7 All The Madmen
4.8 London Bye Ta-Ta
4.9 Life On Mars
4.10 The Bewlay Brothers
4.11 Kooks
4.12 Quicksand
4.13 Five Years
4.14 Rock 'n Roll Suicide
4.15 John, I'm Only Dancing
4.16 Song For Bob Dylan
4.17 Andy Warhol
4.18 Queen Bitch
4.19 Velvet Goldmine
4.20 What That Man
4.21 The Jean Genie
4.22 My Death
4.23 Diamond dogs
4.24 1984
4.25 Dodo
4.26 Candidate (demo)
4.27 Young Americans
4.28 Fame
4.29 Station To Station
4.30 TVC15
4.31 Warszawa
4.32 Heroes
4.33 Helden
4.34 Joe The Lion
4.35 V-2 Schneider
4.36 Red Money
4.37 It's No Game
4.38 Ashes To Ashes
4.39 Scream Like A Baby
4.40 Crystal Japan
4.41 China Girl
4.42 This Is Not America
4.43 Dancing In The Streets
4.44 Day In Day Out
4.45 Fame '90
4.46 The Buddha Of Suburbia
4.47 Leon Takes Us Outside
4.48 Outside
4.49 The Heart's Filthy Lesson
4.50 Segue - Baby Grace
4.51 The Motel
4.52 Segue - Algeria Touchshriek
4.53 Segue - Nathan Adler
4.54 Through These Architect's Eyes
Part 5. Bowie resources on the (inter)net. Where to find more information
about Bowie, in case you reached the (clever) conclusion that this FAQ
doesn't cover everything (nor it should).
5.1 Newsgroups
5.2 FTP sites
5.3 Web sites
5.4 Gopher
Part 6. Contact addresses
Part 7. Credits. Self explanatory.
Part 8. Who is the best solo artist in the whole human history?
In this part you will find out who is the best solo artist in the
whole human history. Try to guess and then check to see if you guessed
it right.
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Part 1. Introduction
1.1 Requests, thanks, wishes and (surprisingly) an introduction
o Welcome to the Bowie FAQ.
o I wrote some of the stuff you'll find here myself, but I also used info
from postings written by other people. Their names are included in the
credits section. I also used some biographic details from Evan's site (see
section 5.3). The people who have helped writing this biographic
information are also credited.
o I also used the biographies included in the Early On and Sound + Vision
compilations.
o If you think you can contribute to this FAQ, in any way (even correcting
typos), please do!
o HELP!!! I need:
- The exact quote about Bowie and Angie living on Mars (posted a long time
ago);
- Details about The Singles Collection (differences between the three
versions), posted waaay back;
- Details about Bowie's son;
- Details about the album Rough Power. Was it published *only* because
Iggy Pop fans said Bowie ruined Raw Power with his mixing?;
- Details about Queen's The Ultimate Collection - Rarities, Oddities
And Cover Versions (that featured Bowie);
- More information about the biographies (section 3.7). Which of them are
out of print?;
- The name of the female singer who recently covered Changes;
- Short reviews of Bowie's albums. The reviews should be general, and
should not include items like descriptions of specific songs, release
details and musician info. Finally: I don't need personal opinions, I
can write those myself.
A one sentence reviews (something like 'a glam-rock album') would be
just fine.
- Details about his nomination for the Rock 'n Roll Hall Of Fame museum.
Was he nominated the first time around 1987?
- The different versions of the lyrics to Sweet Head. This was discussed in
the newsgroup a long time ago.
o I know, this is too long for a FAQ. I'm thinking of releasing a shorter
version. Meanwhile, you can call this text a biography, an anthology, or
whatever you like!
o If you have a question but can't find the answer, and the table of contents
doesn't help, try using a text search.
o The FAQ is split into three parts, because some newsreaders can't handle
files larger than 60K.
1.2 The proper posting algorithm
o Every now and then, a new person gets an internet account. This person,
given the right conditions (being a Bowie fan, hearing about the Usenet),
sooner or later discovers the alt.fan.david-bowie newsgroup. Occasionally,
he would post an annoying question that some of us got tired of seeing.
o Conclusion: Before you post a question with a header that goes 'I'm new to
this newsgroup, and this question was probably already brought up, but
I would still like to know...' READ THE WHOLE FAQ. You will then prevent
the ('logical') possibility of being flamed or being hated.
o In particular, these questions should NEVER be asked:
'Are his eyes really differently coloured???!!!?###'
'Is he REALLY gay??!!?????&&'
'Did he do something prior to Let's Dance?!?#######@@@??????!!!'
o When posting rumours, clearly specify it's a rumour, preferably in the
subject. Something like 'RUMOUR: Bowie used to date my cat'.
o If you have intentions of posting something that is not related to Bowie
(how to make money fast, etc.), let me help you.
We'll read the name of the newsgroup together. alt.FAN.DAVID-BOWIE, that's
right, alt.FAN.DAVID-BOWIE. More slowly. alt.F-A-N.D-A-V-I-D---B-O-W-I-E.
Not alt.being.gay.is.disgusting, not alt.I.want.to.become.a.male.lesbian,
it's alt.fan.david-bowie.
We will now go over the MEANING of the name. The meaning is that only
posts about Bowie should be made.
And there's an appropriate newsgroup for posting stuff about Brian Eno
(alt.music.brian-eno). Here, we're only interested in Bowie-Eno facts.
o Don't get way off topic, (or even a bit off topic, unless it's very
interesting). It may lead to a flame war.
Note the example of 'are drugs used as a medicine for mental illnesses'
or something that was discussed in the newsgroup. I can't remember the
original question, which proves my point.
o Ignore irrelevant postings (How to make money fast, Get HOT SEX here),
and people who are searching for flame wars.
I ignore all flamers, I suggest that you do the same.
o Avoid posting a general question asking for an opinion like 'What is
Bowie's best album?'. This may lead to an endless, confusing thread, with
mixed replies, too many different thoughts, and no one can keep track who
said what to whom. In the end, even YOU wouldn't get a satisfactory answer.
You can, instead, ask people to mail their opinions directly to you. It
would be nice, though, if you later post a statistical report that will
make sense to us all (how many votes you got for each album in the case of
the given example).
o Avoid personal insults. No need to explain, is there?
o Some people (including me) find postings formatted to more than 80 columns
irritating (same goes for postings formatted to less than 20 columns :-)).
But more important than that, some newsreaders can't handle them (you DO
want other people to read your posts, don't you?).
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Part 2. Bowie Facts
2.1 Facts listed in chronological order
o David Bowie is David Robert Jones, born in Stanfield Road, Brixton, south
London, on the 8th of January 1947 to Peggy (whose real name was Margaret)
and John (whose real name was Haywood Stenton) Jones.
He changed his stage name from Jones to Bowie in 1966 because of the
success of Davy Jones on the London stage. That was prior to the success
of the Monkees (with Davy Jones).
He decided to choose a last name that was also the name of a knife because
he liked Mick Jagger (jagger means knife). He chose the name Bowie from the
American frontiersman, Texan soldier Jim Bowie, who the knife is named for.
He wanted to choose the name of an American, because he's always been
interested in that country.
o He had an older half brother, Terry, through his mother, that suffered many
years from the mental illness with the long name Schizophrenia and was in a
mental hospital for that reason. Terry committed a suicide in 1985 (this
was after many attempts that failed). Bowie did not come to his funeral.
o Bowie also has a step sister named Annette through his father.
o When he was young he had an accident in which he broke his two legs. He
still has a big scar on one of his legs, a result of that accident.
o Bowie moved to Bromley, and studied art and graphic design in the Bromley
Technical School.
o Owen Frampton was his teacher. Owen's son, Peter Frampton, who was studying
in the same school, and is three years younger than David, was a member in
the band that played behind him in the Glass Spider tour (1987). They used
to sing Sons Of The Silent Age as a duet.
o Bowie's eyes are of different colour. His right eye is blue, his left eye
is either brown or green, depending on the light. This is a common trait
amoung people with differently coloured eyes. When he was born both of his
eyes were blue.
I've heard contradicting stories explaining this. I will summarize them
in one sentence (pick what you think might be the best explanation):
He had a {car accident/eye infection/street fight/fight with a high school
friend over a girl} and {his left eye became paralyzed/his left eye was
damaged in an operation/the doctors transplanted a wrong coloured pupil in
an operation}
Total of 4*2=8 combinations (I haven't heard about pupil transplants).
The most common belief is that Bowie's left eye was damaged in a school
fight with longtime friend George Underwood circa 1962. His pupil was
paralyzed and subsequently could not adjust to light properly.
In an interview in Atlanta, October '95, David said, himself, that at the
age of about 13, he and another guy liked the same girl, and the other guy
socked David in the eye, making for a permanently enlarged pupil, which
appears to be an eye of a different colour than the other eye.
The scientific explanation is that when the iris is compressed it appears
darker.
In the picture on Black Tie White Noise and several other pictures in
recent interviews, Bowie is wearing blue contact lenses.
o Bowie still keeps a white acrylic alto saxophone his parents bought him
when he was twelve years old. That was his first instrument. He took
lessons from Ronnie Ros, who introduced him to the jazz saxophonist Charlie
Parker.
o Bowie was influenced by Rhythm & Blues, a relatively new music style that
started in America. Bowie's favourite singer was Little Richard. He also
liked John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy and King Curtis.
o His half brother, Terry, introduced him to progressive jazz, and to
American poet Jack Kerouac.
o The Konrads was Bowie's first group. The name he suggested was Ghost
Riders. A known Konrads song is I Never Dreamed (written by Jones, Ferris,
and Dodds), in which Bowie sings backing vocals.
o He left them because they didn't want to play R&B.
o Then he formed Reds & Blues (with friend painter George Underwood), a band
that played many covers.
o Bowie graduated high school with an A in art.
o He took a job at the London agency as a commercial artist.
o In November '63 Bowie formed his first recording band Davie Jones and the
King Bees. The name originated from the Louisiana's blues singer Slip Harpo
song I'm A King Bee. They were: Bowie (vocals, tenor. alto sax), Roger
Bluck (lead guitar), George Underwood (rhythm guitar, harmonica, vocals),
Dave Howard (bass), Bob Allen (drums).
o To raise money Bowie sent a letter to a rich English entrepreneur, John
Bloom, who was in the washing machines business. Since he had nothing to do
with music, he passed Bowie's request to Less Conn (who was managing Doris
Day's music publishing company, Melcher music, and doing talent scouting
for the Dick James Organization). Conn suggested that they play at Bloom's
wedding anniversary. He accepted, and they played Got My Mojo Working and
Hoochie Coochie Man in that party. Conn then decided to become their
manager.
o They recorded the very first Bowie single Liza Jane (an old Negro
spiritual but Conn was credited as the composer)/Louie Louie Go Home
(composed by Paul Revere & The Raiders). The single was recorder at Decca
studios, West Hampstead and was released on a subsidiary label Vocalion
Pop on the 5th of June, '64.
Bowie and his band gave performances in Marquee Club, Cafe Des Artists, the
Roundhouse, and several universities.
They also performed this single on the Juke Box Jury show, and on the BBC2
show The Beat Room.
o Since they weren't gaining any popularity Bowie decided to leave the band,
on August '64, and they broke up.
o Immediately afterwards Bowie joined The Manish Boys (The name originated
from a Muddy Waters song), an R&G band from Maidstone, whose name used
to change very often (Band Seven and The Jazz Gentlemen were amoung their
previous names). They were: Bowie (vocals, tenor, alto sax), Johnny Flux
(lead guitar), John Watson (bass, rhythm guitar, vocals), Mick White
(drums), Bob Solly (organ), Paul Rodriguez (tenor sax, trumpet, bass),
Woolf Byrne (baritone sax, harmonica).
o After they'd heard David's copy of The James Brown Show Live At The
Apollo, and under David's influence, they changed their music style.
o On November 12, '64 Bowie gave his first known television interview on
BBC's Cliff Michelmore's Tonight show about the organization he founded for
'The Prevention Of Cruelty To Long Haired Men'.
Bowie: 'Well, I think we're all fairly tolerant, but for the last two
years, we've had comments like "Darling" and "Can I carry your handbag?"
thrown at us, and I think it just has to stop now'.
o The Manish boys signed with the Arthur Howes Agency. They played six shows
as backup for Gene Pitney - Gerry & The Pacemakers tour, starting December
1st.
o In Regent studios they recorded for Decca a cover of Barbara Lewis's
song Hello Stranger (that was never released) and Love Is Strange. Mike
Smith was the producer.
o Then they met the producer Shel Talmy (who was producing The Kinks, The
Who, Manfred Mann at the time), that after hearing them, decided to produce
them.
Talmy: 'I really liked David because of the fact that he was, I thought, a
head of the game'.
o In IBC Studios they recorded the single I Pity The Fool (an Early '60 hit
by American R&B singer Bobby 'Blue' Bland/Take My Tip (The first Bowie
composition recorded. Jimmy Page appeared as a guest guitarist. The song
was covered by Kenny Miller as an A-side)
The single was released on March 5th.
o Leslie Conn arranged that they perform I Pity The Fool on the BBC show
Gadzooks! It's All Happening. Producer Barry Langford insisted that Bowie
cuts his hair. He, of course, refused. Conn organized fans to parade around
the BBC with banners like 'Be Fair To Long Hair'. Bowie also sent a letter
to a local newspaper in which he claimed 'people with long hair have rights
too'. The story was told in many other local newspapers. BBC Then decided
to let him appear on the show, in condition that if they get complaints the
band's fee will to to charity. No complaints were received :-)
o in April '65 The Manish Boys broke up.
o In March '65 Bowie met the band The Lower Third in Giaconda coffee bar, on
Denmark St., a popular hangout for musicians. He became their lead singer.
They were: Bowie (vocals, tenor, alto sax), Devis 'Tea Cup' Taylor (lead
guitar), Graham Rivens (bass), Les Mighall (drums) (who left before the
release of their first single, and was replaced by Phil Lancaster).
Nicky Hopkins played piano in several sessions.
The band was mainly influenced by The Who.
o They appeared regularly on each Saturday at the R&B club La Discotheque.
o In Central Sound Studio, on Denmark St. they recorded several demos,
including Born Of The Night (that was never released) and two radio
jingles for the U.S. including Youthquake Clothing (that David and Denis
wrote when they arrived at the studio).
o Their first single (and second Bowie single to be produced by Talmy) was
released on 20th of August under EMI's Parlophone label. You've Got A Habit
Of Leaving (influenced by The Who)/Baby Loves That Way (that David admitted
it was a take off on Herman's Hermits. On backing vocals: Less Conn, Shel
Talmy, two engineers and the band as monks).
On the press release of this single David said that he likes Sammy Davis
Jr.
They band also recorded Over The Wall We Go - that was covered by Oscar.
o Graham: 'David used to sit at home and strum a guitar and write some
lyrics. We then used to sit down together as a group and make the whole
thing something feasible and bring the whole tune together. A lot of the
early stuff we did with him, apart from the basic tune and lyrics, was very
much a joint effort'.
o Talmy: 'David and I went straight to monaural tape on those demos.
Certainly that wasn't multitrack. We did it specifically to do demos. They
were things he had that we were talking about recording at a future date.
And it was always nice to get them down on tape so we could have a listen'.
o Ralph Horton (who was working for the agent Terry King, managing Screaming
Lord Sutch and The Casuals, and who worked as a driver for The Moody Blues)
became Bowie's first official manager.
He arranged a few shows. The first - as a support to the Moody Blues at
the Bromel club in Bromley. Other shows included Summer weekend engagement
at the winter gardens in Ventnor, and support for Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
on the Isle Of Wight.
o They also did a series of afternoon concerts at the Marquee Inecto Show,
that were broadcasted by a pirated radio station Radio London, sponsored
by the makers of Inecto shampoo. They used to sing songs by The Kinks,
Chim Chim Cheree (from Mary Poppins), and Mars (from Holst's Planet
suite, the theme music from the British television serial The Quartermass
Experiment).
o Horton phoned Ken Pitt, who later on became Bowie's 2nd manager, at the
end of '66, (and at the time, was managing Manfred Mann, Crispian St.
Peters) because the band had financial difficulties. Pitt had no time, but
he did suggest that Bowie changes his name. And he did (on November '65).
o On November 2nd they band was auditioned at BBC but they were turned down.
That was explained in '87: '...Like the Rolling Stones before him, the 19
year old Bowie's performance was not suitable for the BBC's purposes. The
talent selection group were particularly surprised by the inclusion of the
Lower Third's version of Chim Chim Cheree from Mary Poppins, and as for
Bowie's singing..."a Cockney type, but not outstanding", "A singer devoid
of personality", "sing wrong notes" and "Out of tune" were just some of
the comments. But two years later, Bowie was back at the beeb with a
complete change of style and a trial broadcast'.
o The year ended with the first performances outside of England, including
two shows at the Golfe Drouot in Paris, one on New Year's Eve (On The Bill
with Arthur Brown), and the other one on January 2nd, '66.
o In the end of '65 the band signed with Pye records.
o On January 14th the first single under the new name was released, produced
by Tony Hatch, head of A&R for Pye. Can't Help Thinking About Me/And I
Say To Myself. That was the first Bowie single to be released in the U.S.
(on the Warner Brothers label, in May)
o Since they didn't have any success, The Lower Third broke up, January
'66.
o Bowie then joined The Buzz (named by a radio station DJ).
David Bowie and The Buzz were: Bowie (vocals), John Hutchinson 'Hutch'
(lead guitar), Derek Fearnley 'Dek' (bass), John Eager 'Ego' (drums), Derek
Boyes 'Chow' (organ).
Hutchinson was replaced after four months with Billy Gray 'Haggis', but
rejoined Bowie two years later with Feathers.
o They were auditioned at February 3rd, in the Marquee club.
o Their first performances were on the 10th of February, in Leicester
University with the Graham Bond Organization and Jimmy James & The
Vagabonds, and a day later in the Marquee club.
o They recorded a few songs, including That's A Promise (written by Bowie).
This song was only released on a bootleg single, and bootleg albums, one
of which is Pierrot In Torquoise.
o In March They performed The Lower Third's song Can't Help Thinking About
Me on Ready, Ready, Go! and reached #26 on the Melody Makers chart.
o In March 7th they recorded Do Anything You Say/Good Morning Girl (with Tony
Hatch as the producer), that was released on April 1st.
o They gave some successful performances in Scotland, and, at the Marquee -
Bowie did a Sunday afternoon series of his own The Bowie Showboat (from
the 10th of April '66 to the 12th of June), and it became apparent that
Bowie had a group of devoted fans.
o In the second The Bowie Showboat show Bowie met his next producer Ken
Pitt.
o I Dig Everything/I'm Not Losing Sleep was recorded on June 6th, and
released August 19th. Band unknown. Producer Hatch thought the songs needed
rearranging and used session musicians.
o Hatch: 'David was then extremely conservative, good to get on with and
excellent in the studio. His material was good, although I thought he wrote
too much about London dustbins. Those were his formative years and he
hadn't reached maturity, but he was unusual, unique'.
o In December, '66, The Buzz broke up.
o In 1967 Bowie signed with Deram, a Decca subsidiary, and released Rubber
Band and Love You Till Tuesday, that both later appeared on his debut album
David Bowie.
o This album was released without We Are Hunger Men and Maid Of Bond
Street in the U.S.
o A year after he released his song The Laughing Gnome, in 1967, Roni
Hilton wrote an orchestral version to that song.
The song was later (in 1973) re-released on a collection, and reached
the sixth place on the british charts.
o Around this period, Bowie made an unsuccessful attempt to become a family
entertainer.
o After that, Tony Visconti became his producer, and they recorded Let Me
Sleep Beside You and London Bye Ta Ta but no company wanted to release
these songs.
o His first role as an actor in the cinema was in a short half hour art film
called The Image, in which he portrayed a corpse. In one of the scenes,
Bowie lies on a window sill and someone pours water on him to create the
illusion of rain. The film was shown as a 'filler' in seedy Soho cinemas.
o In 1968 Bowie wrote a four page play called Ernie Jones. It tells the story
of a man, Ernie, that wants to commit suicide, so he decides on having a
'suicide party'. The play never acted on stage.
o In they same year, the famous choreographer Lindsay Kemp let young Bowie
(who, by then, was a mime with Kemp's dance troupe) appear on his show, in
return for sex. Before one of the performances Bowie disappeared with the
beautiful scene decorator Natasha Korlinov and Kemp tried to commit suicide
by cutting his wrists, but he was saved. Two months later Bowie came back
to him, then Natasha tried to kill herself with sleeping pills. She was
also saved.
o Bowie: 'Lindsay gave me lessons in exchange for writing music for them. He
introduced me to a lot of extraordinary things - artaud, theatre of the
absurd, all that kind of thing. A lot of my attitude toward the stage, and
staging, really came from Lindsay. He was my mentor'.
o Bowie then opened up for the duo Tyrannosaurus Rex (with Marc Bolan),
a band Visconti was producing, as a mime (as a Buddhist priest).
o As a pantomimist, he presented his own version of the chinese invasion to
Tibet.
o He also appeared as an extra in the movie The Virgin Soldiers.
o He won 2nd place in the Maltese Song Festival with his song When I Live My
Dream.
o After that, he formed a mixed media band called Feathers with John
Hutchinson and ballet dancer Harmione Farthingale that he was dating, and
who was studying with Kemp. They combined original songs with Jackques
Brel songs, poetry and mime acts.
o Very shortly after, Farthingale dumped him. He wrote the song Letter To
Hermione about it, that is included in his album Space Oddity.
o In February 2nd, '69 he recorded the song Space Oddity with Hutchinson.
o In the first recordings of Space Oddity, Bowie tried to make the sound of
the spaceship by himself. It sounded bad. (He also did this on stage, in
1972. The live version is available in Santa Monica '72, or in any bootleg
of that performance).
If you don't have any of these recordings, try to imagine how they sounded,
for everlasting amusement.
o Bowie: 'Hermione had run off with a dancer. I was totally head-over-heels
in loved with her, and it really sort of demolished me. That event, plus
the 2001 movie, sort of set me off on the Space Oddity song'.
o Space Oddity, plus some tracks from the album David Bowie were used in the
promo film Love You Till Tuesday. The film and the soundtrack were
released in 1984.
o The film didn't succeed.
o Because of the American moon landing on July 20th, Mercury signed with
Bowie, and they wanted him to re-record Space Oddity.
o Bowie: 'John Hutchinson was going to record it with me. In fact, on the
demo, Hutch is singing the first verse. We had intended making an album
together, and we had demoed quite a few songs. This single was going to be
"Bowie and Hutch". But then, two or three days before the session, Hutch
said that he really didn't think that we were going to make it in rock. He
was married, and he had a kid up in Yorkshire, and he decided he was going
home. So I ended up doing the whole thing myself. I was heart broken. I
mean, I'd built up a whole thing around the idea of duets'.
o Space Oddity was re-recorded in June 20th with Gus Dudgeon as a producer
(who was the engineer in the recordings of the album David Bowie) and with
Paul Buckmaster's arranging.
o Space Oddity became Bowie's first big hit (reaching #5 in the UK). The
interesting fact is that Bowie's producer at that time, Tony Visconti,
rejected the song. Bowie HAD to give the song to another producer - Gus
Dudgeon.
Bowie produced an alternative version to the song in '79.
o Space Oddity was used by the BBC as the theme song of the U.S. moon
landing.
o Because of the big success, Mercury agreed to produce Bowie's next album in
the early seventies. It was released as David Bowie in Britain in Britain
(note: there's no typing mistake here), and as Man Of Words/Man Of Music
in the U.S. This album was later on re-released as Space Oddity, in 1972,
without the song Don't Sit Down. (but the song was included again in the
Ryko 1990 re-release).
o Bowie also recorded an Italian version of Space Oddity - Ragazzo Solo,
Ragazza Sola (lonely boy, lonely girl) and a French version that I don't
know its name, but the English translation is 'A man who disappears in the
sky'.
o Space Oddity is about Major Tom, an astronaut who gets lost in space.
David returned to Major Tom in his hit single Ashes To Ashes, that is
included in his album Scary Monsters (in '80). The Ryko re-release of the
album includes a performance of Space Oddity from the 31st of December,
'79.
o Space Oddity only became a hit in America in 1973 (after the Ziggy tour),
when the single was re-released, reaching #15 on the charts.
o Bowie organized an art festival in Bromley, and a music festival.
The song Memory of A Free Festival from the album Space Oddity is about
that festival.
o Bowie, talking about Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud: 'That, for me at the
time, was the most fully developed song that I'd written. It had the
narrative form, a loose mythology. It was a portent of what I was going to
be doing later on'.
o According to a rumour, Bowie attempted to enter U.S.S.R. around '69, but
he was denied as he was found to have been carrying national socialist
propaganda.
o In January '70 - Bowie recorded the original version of Prettiest Star
(that later appeared on his album Aladdin Sane) in London's Trident
studios with Marc Bolan on guitar (who was about to become a superstar with
T. Rex).
Bowie: 'There was quite a lot of rivalry between Marc and myself. We had a
sparring relationship. We both knew we were going to be doing something in
the future, but he was a few rungs up - he was really starting to happen.
But he decided that he wanted to contribute to something that I was doing,
and so he played guitar on this one. I don't think we were talking to each
other that day. I can't remember why, but I remember a very strange
attitude in the studio. we were never in the same room at the same time.
You could have cut the atmosphere with a knife. We eventually became the
tightest of buddies until his tragic death in 1978'.
o Bowie and Bolan were also members of the band Dib Cochran.
o Afterwards, Bowie set a backup band: Tony Visconti (bass), his friend John
Cambridge (drums) and Cambridge's friend, classically trained from Hull,
Mick Ronson (guitar). Their first session was at the Roundhouse, London,
February '70.
Bowie: 'I thought It would be really interesting if each of us adopted a
persona of some kind. I remember Cambridge was a cowboy, and Tony Visconti
wore a Superman outfit. I can't remember what I wore, but it was very
spacey, and there was a lot of Lurex-y material in it. Bolan was there, and
he was open-mouthed that we had the balls to camp it up so much. I think
that was the first glam-rock performance. I was all jeans and long hair at
that time, and we got booed all the way through the show. People hated it.
They absolutely loathed what we were doing. It was great!'.
o In March 20th he was married to Mary Angela 'Angie' Barnett. Their son,
Zowie, was born in May 28th.
o In the early seventies, Bowie used to wear dresses ('a man's dresses'). He
wasn't the only one (see Mick Jagger's little white 'party dress'), but
still it was very odd.
o A Texan man pointed a gun at Bowie once because he was wearing a dress.
o His next band was called Hype: Tony Visconti (bass), Woody Woodmansey, who
was the drummer in Ronson's band The Rats (drums), Mick Ronson (guitar).
Bowie himself acted as The Rainbow Man.
Bowie: 'Hype was a super band to be in. It didn't come to much, it was a
shame actually. I enjoyed everything that we did. It was the embryo of what
was to become the spiders'.
o With the band, Bowie recorded his next album, The Man Who Sold The World.
o Marc Bolan appeared as a guest guitarist on Black Country Rock (released
November '70).
o In January '71 Mercury arranged that Bowie meets the American press.
o On the original cover of his album The Man Who Sold The World Bowie
appeared wearing a dress. Mercury rejected the cover, and it was replaced
with a cartoon drawing of a cowboy holding a rifle with a shot out clock
tower behind him (designed by Bowie's artist friend). Later on, after the
album was already released, they replaced this with the black and white
Ziggy picture. The album was published with different covers in other
countries.
The album was not sold very well so Mercury decided to fire him.
(All the covers appear in the Ryko re-release of the album, BTW).
o Later that year, Bowie signed with RCA in the U.S.
o In New York he met Andy Warhol, and Lou Reed. Lou Reed introduced him to
Iggy Pop, and the three of them became good friends. There is a picture of
them hanging out together.
o Bowie has always been a Lou Reed fan. He recorded two cover versions of his
songs: White Light/White Heat and Waiting For The Man. He also sang these
songs a few times in the sixties.
o In 1970 He recorded what's known to be the first song he ever wrote, Tired
Of My Life. The song can be found on the boolegs Lost In Our Vaults Until
Now and The Shadow Man.
o Bowie had a Riley car which he used to call Rupert. He wrote a song about
it - Rupert the Riley - which wasn't officially released, but can
be found on the bootleg The Shadow Man.
o With previously The Rats member Trevor Bolder on bass and Rick Wakeman
(who later on joined Yes) on keyboards, and his old band, Bowie recorded
his next album Hunky Dory, that was produced by him and Ken Scott
and released in November (after Wakeman had left).
o One song became a big hit, Changes. It reached #66 on the U.S charts.
Bowie: 'I really started to feel at home as a songwriter in Hunky Dory. I
really felt that I knew how to write songs at that point. There were couple
of things that attempted to sort of transplant the brain of a cabaret song
onto a piece of rock writing. One was Life on Mars and the other one was
Changes. Changes started out as a parody of a nightclub song, a kind of
throwaway. But it turned into the monster that nobody would stop asking for
at concerts. "Dye-vid, Dye-vid - do Changes". I had no idea it would become
such a popular thing'.
o Hunky Dory reached #93 on the U.S charts.
o The album featured tribute songs to Bob Dylan, Andy Warhol, and Velvet
Underground (Queen Bitch).
o According to several resources Andy Warhol hated the song Bowie wrote for
him (Andy Warhol). They met, Andy listened to the song and sat and stared
at David for a while, then said 'I like your shoes'.
In a recent interview, to the radio program Modern Rock Live, Bowie said
Warhol wasn't terribly communicative and how they basically stood there and
looked at each other before having a conversation about shoes.
o Talking about Oh! You Pretty Things Bowie said he tried to play the piano
part, but had to stop after every couple of notes because his fingers hurt.
o Peter Noone reached #12 on the UK charts with Bowie's song Oh! You Pretty
Things.
o Bowie once appeared with a circus elephant called Changes on stage.
o Two tracks, Moonage Daydream and Hang Onto Yourself were released under the
name Arnold Corns (originated from the Pink Floyd song Arnold Layne) in
'71. The dress designer Freddi Burette was supposedly the lead singer.
These tracks were later re-worked for the album Ziggy Stardust.
o In 1972 Bowie invented Ziggy Stardust, a science fiction story with a hero
by the same name. He created a concept album based on it.
This album is considered to be Bowie's most influential and famous album,
and one of the best albums ever made, by any artist. It was chosen as
the most influential album of the seventies by Melody Maker.
o The album was released on June 6th and stayed more than a year on the U.S.
charts.
o It reached #5 on the UK charts and #75 on the U.S charts.
o The first single from the album, Starman, reached #10 on the UK charts and
#65 on the U.S. charts.
o Bowie said to a Radio 1 DJ that Starman was based on Somewhere Over The
Rainbow from Wizard Of Oz.
o The band that played behind him in the years 1972-73 (until their last
concert in Hammersmith Odeon) was called The Spiders. The members:
Mick Ronson (guitar), Woody Woodmansey (drums), Trevor Bolder (bass).
This is what happened after they broke up:
Mick Ronson released a couple of solo albums (now available as a double
on MainMan/Trident). He then worked for many years with Mott the Hoople.
He played on their final single (Saturday Gigs), and on their European
tour in October/November '74. He then worked with their writer/singer Ian
Hunter on and off for the next 20 years.
He has many productions with credits to his name, some of which are: The
Morrissey album with I Know It's Gonna Happen on it, an Andi Sex-Gang
single Seven Ways To Kill A Man, Dalbello's album Who Man Four Says.
He also worked with some minor UK punk bands. For example, he produced and
played on the Slaughter and the Dog's first album.
Ronson had been living in the U.S. for some time. He died of liver cancer
in 1993.
Woody Woodmansey and Trevor Bolder went on to release a Spiders From Mars
album with unknown guitarist and vocalist.
Woody Woodmansey then released another album (the name of the band was
Wood Woodmansey's U-Boat) (The album has a 'cartoon' cover, BTW).
They were touted as having 'the biggest drum kit in the world' - Woody
promptly fell off it and broke his wrists!
Bolder and his band played a mini concert in 1977 during a street party to
commemorate the Queens silver jubilee.
He was playing bass for Uriah Heep at Reading Festival around 1987. He's
still playing for them now.
His dad used to have a record shop, but that was closed many years ago and
is now a cafe. His brother also had a brief musical career.
o The home town of the Spiders from Mars is the city of Hull, North
Humberside.
o Ziggy Stardust - the character Bowie played, is an amalgam of Vince Taylor,
the insane rocker, who used to dress up like Jesus on stage; Iggy
Pop/Twiggy; and the Legendary Stardust Cowboy, a failed one-time performer
on TV.
o Bowie: 'Vince was American and came to England, then went to France and
became a star of dirge. But then he came back to England and we spoke of
our findings. He wore a white robe and sandals and we sat in the busy
London street with a map of the world and tried to find the people who were
passing by and scowling at us. They were nowhere on the map. Vince went
back to France, then I heard about the famous show where he had told his
band to go home and appeared in front of the curtains in that old white
robe and sandals telling the French people about the comings and goings due
upon us. He was banned from performing.
My records were selling and I was being a man in demand. I thought of Vince
and wrote Ziggy Stardust. I thought of my brother and wrote Five Years.
Then my friend came to mind, standing the way we stood in Bewlay Bros. and
I wrote Moonage Daydream'.
o Some say Ziggy Stardust is David's self portrait (and that he did that
intentionally). Examples: Lady Stardust is about a man who is rejected by
the environment because of his makeup and long hair (other interpretations
are that the song is about Vince Taylor, or Marc Bolan). Ziggy Stardust
(the song) is about a man who wants to become a famous rock star. John,
I'm Only Dancing (which was released as a single at the time) deals with
bisexuality (note: there is another interpretation that he's telling his
friend he's not trying to steal his girlfriend).
Some people claim that Ziggy is Jimi Hendrix. To prove their theory all
they can say is that they are both left handed. Of course, it didn't occur
to them that Bowie is also left handed.
In an interview, in December 90, Mick Ronson said that Ziggy 'was really
David and Angela's idea'. When asked about who Ziggy is based on he said
'Some people say Jimi Hendrix'.
Other people say Ziggy is not a human, and that David always claimed he was
an actor, implying that he roles (so Ziggy is only a fruit of his
imagination).
o When John, I'm Only Dancing was released in September 1st in Britain,
it reached #12 on the charts. But RCA America didn't want to release it,
and it was banned from some radio stations because of it's suggestive
lyrics.
The song was released in America in '76 in the compilation album
ChangesOneBowie.
o Bowie was one of the first rock stars to admit he's bisexual. Some claim he
was the very first. In January '72, in a Melody Maker interview he said:
'I'm gay, and always have been'.
In '83 with Let's Dance and his foray into the mainstream he went from
admitting it to denying it. He's now claiming it was just an experimental
act.
Quotes that are worth mentioning:
'probably the most provocative thing one could say in 1972. Drug talk was
positively establishment and this sort of felt like the era of self
invention coming up'.
E Entertainment: He told that he was trisexual ('I'll try anything once').
Out: 'I was fairly forthcoming about the fact that I was bisexual. I don't
think there was any question about me being ambiguous, was there?'
Details: He said he had admitted he was bisexual because he didn't want
someone else to discover it.
o Bowie's ex-wife, Angie, claims she caught her husband in bed with Mick
Jagger. Bowie's response (US magazine, 1995): 'About 15 or 16 years
ago, I really got pretty tired of fending off questions about what I used
to do with my [penis] in the early seventies. My suggestion for people with
prurient interests is to go through the 30 or 40 bios on me and pick out
the rumour of their choice'.
o For the tour that followed the Ziggy Stardust album, Bowie created a show
with glamorous costumes and stage effects (with The Spiders and American
Jazz pianist Mike Garson) (and dyed his hair red :-) ). In one performance
Bowie sent his tongue to Mick Ronson's guitar, while touching his thighs.
The media interpreted it as if Bowie was trying to send his tongue to
Ronson's loins. This caused a big scandal and Ronson threatened in
resignation.
Bowie supposedly licking Ronson's groin was commonly termed 'the electric
blowjob' and he did it quite frequently in Ziggy shows. He also did this a
few years before the Ziggy tour, at a concert in Northern England. He
wasn't the one who invented it, by the way.
You can see this act in Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture. It basically
looks like he's trying to perform fellatio on the guitar.
o Bowie was once left only in his underwear when fans tore his clothes and
took them as souvenirs.
o Ronson initially didn't want to wear the costume-y glitter garb Bowie
wanted him to as one of the Spiders. Bowie joked many times that he finally
convinced Ronson and the others by telling them they'd 'pull more girls'
that way.
o The phone booth that appears in one of the photos on the cover of Bowie's
album 'The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars' was
torn from its place and was sold to an American fan in the late seventies.
There was nothing special about that phone booth.
o The picture for the cover of Ziggy Stardust was taken in Soho.
o The K. West sign shown on the cover of Ziggy Stardust was stolen by a
Bowie fanatic (never to be found). K. West was an agent / theatrical
supplier.
o Still in 1972, Bowie produced Lou Reed's album Transformer. This album
includes the song Wagon Wheel that Bowie claims to have written.
o Lou Reed appeared as a guest singer in a Bowie performance in London, the
same year. They performed Reed's Sweet Jane as a duet.
o Bowie surprised his fans in the last concert of the Ziggy Stardust tour,
as he performed the Beatles song Love Me Do as part of a medley with
The Jean Genie. Jeff Beck appeared as a guest guitarist.
The resulting performance was, however, left out of the original release
from the concert (Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture) but can be found on
the old vinyl bootleg His Master's Voice, along with a few others.
o Bowie is afraid of spiders as a result of a trauma he had when he was a
child. He told in an interview that he remembers saying to himself:
'Spiders, creatures from the darkness, I need to turn into a spider in
order to fight crimes'.
o Bowie had many successes that year. Hunky Dory reached #3 on the UK charts.
The Man Who Sold The World was re-released and reached #26 on the UK
charts and #105 in the U.S. Man Of Words/Man Of Music was re-released as
Space Oddity and reached #17 on the UK charts and #16 in the U.S.
In addition, Mott The Hoople reached #3 on the UK charts with a song Bowie
had written for them, All The Young Dudes.
o His next album was Aladdin Sane.
o The name Aladdin Sane is actually A Lad Insane.
o The first single from the album, Jean Genie, reached #2 on the UK charts
and #71 on the U.S. charts.
o Bowie: 'It was a sort of a half hearted effort to leave Ziggy alone. It
wasn't very committed. It was a case of not wanting to let go of something
that was successful, yet another part of me really wanted to go home. Also,
I had a ... not a falling out, really, but a loss of enthusiasm with the
spiders. They didn't really wanted to go where I wanted to go. I was
already developing a great interest in soul music, and experimental forms.
They were pretty much into playing this straightforward rock. Which was
understandable - they played it very well'.
o He originally wrote the song Drive In Saturday, that was included in this
album, for Mott The Hoople as a follow up to the song All The Young Dudes
that he had previously written and produced for them (he produced the whole
All The Young Dudes album).
Bowie: 'They never used Drive In Saturday. I don't know why'.
o Aladdin Sane was originaly supposed to included a re-recording of John, I'm
Only Dancing (available on Sound+Vision, as well as other compilations),
but eventaully didn't, because the album already contained another
re-recording (of Prettiest Star).
o In the seventies, there was a lot of gossip concerning his favourites in
sex. They included: Japanese and black females, white and Japanese males,
women of African extraction.
o Bowie told proudly he saw four couples making love in his performance in
Glasgow, in 1973.
o There were dozens of Ziggy doubles in every concert Bowie gave during his
Ziggy tours.
o In one of the nights during the Aladdin Sane tour the surrealist painter
Salvador Dali was in the audience.
o His most famous quote is probably 'Not only is it the last show of the
tour, but it's the last show that we'll ever do. Thank you'. He said that
at the last concert of the Aladdin Sane tour, in July 3rd, 1973,
Hammersmith Odeon.
Many Bowie fans believe that he meant THE SPIDERS will never perform again.
It's a known fact, however, that he and his company, RCA had a disagreement
about the money they let him spend.
o And then he released Pin-Ups, a cover-versions-only album for songs from
the London '64-'67 club scene.
Bowie: 'Pin-ups was really my way of shaking Ziggy completely, while
retaining excitement in the music. It really was treading water, but it
happens to be one of my favourite albums. I think there's some terrific
stuff in it. I had it in the back of my mind to do a volume two, and cover
the American scene. I would've done Velvets and early Iggy things, The
Seeds, Pearls Before Swine. There were some great things I was gonna dig up
and do'.
o Lou Reed's White Light/White Heat was recorded for Pin-Ups, but was never
released.
o In '73 Bowie also remixed Iggy Pop's album Raw Power.
o He sang Sonny Bono's I Got You Babe as a duet with Marianne Faithful in the
1980 Floor Show in October (available on the Dollars In Drag bootleg).
o Bowie produced Lulu's single from 1974 Watch That Man/The Man Who Sold The
World (both songs previously written by Bowie). He's also provided backing
vocals, and his band was playing in the background.
o In 1974 he wrote and recorded a song called You Can Have Her, I Don't Want
Her, She's Too Fat For Me. After the recordings, he burned the tapes.
o David had wanted to make a theatrical production of 1984, but the Orwell
estate denied the rights. So he turned his original idea into what became
the Diamond Dogs album, that was released in June '74.
Bowie: 'I was stuck with a partially written musical. And I converted it
into something more Borroughsian. That was when I really started playing
around with cut-up techniques, and that really opened up a whole new
avenue of songwriting to me, a whole approach creating different
atmospheres. Because that was the crux of what rock was to me. It wasn't so
much what rock said. It was just the attitude and the atmosphere that it
created. I was trying to define my version of rock-personally, in the way
that I felt it, as a more stage oriented, theatrical kind of artist'.
o The album cover of Diamond Dogs originally showed a half dog, half Bowie
figure. The offending parts were censored in the American release of the
album. It is now available in the U.S. with the original cover.
o One song that didn't make it to the album was Dodo. It was attempted with
The Spiders, and with a soul arrangement. Bowie: 'I also had Lulu cover it,
but that never came out either'.
The song is available in the Ryko re-release, and the Sound+Vision CD set
as part of a medly 1984/Dodo. Even prior to these releases, this song was
available on many bootlegs.
o The first single from the album, Rebel Rebel was the first song the
American press really liked.
o Eventually, the album reached #5 in the U.S. album charts.
o The tour that followed was glamorous. On the stage there was a big movable
bridge, and a giant diamond that opened up to reveal a giant hand.
Bowie: 'The set was unbelievably expensive. We were stoney broke. It wiped
me out for a few years. But it was definitely worth doing'.
o In 1974 journalists took pictures of him with Lou Reed in a crowded room.
It was interpreted as a passionate kiss by some in the media, others think
they were just talking closely.
o The band that played behind him on the first half of the 1974 tour almost
started a strike. They claimed they are not getting enough exposure, and
that their fee is low. The threatened strike was settled only hours before
the David Live album was recorded.
o David Live was recorded in Philadelphia. When David was there, he took his
time to record some songs at Sigma Sound, a soul music centre. He used the
guitarist Carlos Alomar, who he have seen at Harlem's Apollo theatre, and
the backup singer Luther Vandruss (and co-wrote Fascination with him).
o To his shows around the world he used to take a library that he built
all by himself.
o He took that library together with his 1000 book collection to the set
of Nicolas Roeg's film The Man Who Fell To Earth, in which he had a big
part portraying an alien.
o The Man Who Fell To Earth includes full frontal nudity on Bowie's part.
(Bowie later on also appeared nude in his video clip of China Girl. Most TV
stations broadcast a censored version of this video. But I've seen the
uncensored version myself on MTV/Europe. MTV/America shows the
censored version. I don't know about other MTVs :-) ).
o The movie The Man Who Fell To Earth is based on the novel by Walter Tevis
(by the same name), published 1963, and still in print! (the movie edition,
however, isn't). Walter Tevis is best knows as the writer of the Scorseze
movie, The Colour Of Money.
o In 1976 Bowie adopted a new persona: The Thin White Duke.
o With this new persona, he released Station To Station.
o Rumours say Bowie originally wrote Golden Years for Elvis Presley, who
didn't want the song.
o Golden Years was the only hit single from Station To Station, and it
reached #10 on the charts.
o Station To Station additionally included a cover of Wild Is The Wind, a
ballad by Johnny Mathis. Bowie: 'I'm a sucker for a very romantic song'.
o That year, at the Grammy Awards, Aretha said 'I'm so happy I could almost
kiss David Bowie'. According to Ava Cherry (a member in Bowie's band),
after the awards show they went somewhere and she put on an Aretha record,
and began to dance to it, and David smashed it.
o Bowie: 'I was really trying to push my musicians into experimental music.
I really didn't succeeded that much, except that I got some quite
extraordinary things out of Earl Slick. I think it captured his
imagination to make noises on guitar, and textures, rather than playing the
right notes. Station To Station was really the rock-format version of what
was to come Low and Heroes. I was at the time well into German electronic
music - Con, and all that. And Kraftwerk had made a big impression on me.
I thought they were quite wonderful'.
o The Station To Station tour began on February '76.
o Bowie: 'I wanted to go back to a kind of Expressionist German-film look. A
feeling of a Berlinesque performer-black waistcoat, black trousers, white
shirt, and the lighting of, say, Fritz Lang, or Pabst. A
black-and-white-movies look, but with an intensity that was sort of
aggressive. I think for me, personally, theatrically, that was the most
successful tour I've ever done'.
o After the tour, he moved to Switzerland.
o Around this time, he was using drugs quite heavily.
o In Paris, he co-wrote with Iggy Pop his (Iggy's) album The Idiot.
Bowie: 'Poor Jim [Jimmy Osterberg is Pop's real name], in a way, became a
guinea pig for what I wanted to do with sound. I didn't have the material
at the time, and I didn't feel like writing it all. I felt much more like
laying back and getting behind someone else's work, so that album was
opportune, creatively'.
Bowie also co-wrote with Iggy some of the songs in Lust For Life.
Both of these albums were released in 1977. See section 3.8 for details.
He used a few of the songs on these albums later on in his '80s albums.
The most famous covers are for Tonight and China Girl.
o Two of the band members on Lust For Life (the Sales brothers, Hunt and
Tony) formed Tin Machine (with Bowie and Reeves Gabrels) many years later.
o In October '76 Bowie and Iggy moved to Berlin. Bowie: 'I thought I'd take
the stage set, throw it away, and go and live in the real thing'.
o In Berlin, Bowie met Brian Eno (Brian Eno was Roxy Music's keyboard player
prior to that), today's most important (according to music critics) and
rich (fact) producer in the world.
In the years 1977-79 Bowie collaborated with him in a trilogy of albums:
Low, "Heroes", Lodger, knows as the synthesizer trilogy, or the Eno
trilogy.
(note: lately, they renewed this collaboration)
o Bowie: 'One day in Berlin, Eno came running in and said "I've heard the
sound of the future" and I said "Come on, we're supposed to be doing it
right now". He said "No listen to this", and he puts on I Feel Love by
Donna Summer. Eno had gone bonkers over it, absolutely bonkers. He said
"This is it, look no further. This single is going to change the sound of
club music for the next fifteen years" which was more or less right'.
Yet another quote:
'I guess I should mention that on Low, "Heroes", and Lodger, Brian and I
utilized his "Oblique Strategies" cards quite a bit. I mean, if we got to
an impasse, we'd just turn over one of his cards, and whatever the
instruction said on it, we'd obey-which led to some hilarious musical
insights. We would write out arbitrary chords and then put them up on a
board, and then Eno would point to a different chords on the wall and the
band would have to follow them. We just did everything we could to break
the rules of what playing rock music was supposed to be about'.
o Low, released January '77, included poppy songs and ambient tracks.
o The album Low was originally supposed to be called New Music Night And Day.
o The cover of Low is a visual pun. The picture is of Bowie in profile, so
the cover reads: low profile.
When Low came out an interviewer asked Bowie the significance of the
title. He sorta gotta bit cross, as if it was obvious, his play on words:
i.e. he was keeping a low profile, hence the picture.
o Nick Lowe, a singer, thought that the title Low was his name with the 'e'
dropped and promptly produced an EP called Bowi. (get it? Bowie with the
'e' dropped)
o Some of the tracks from Low (including Art Decade and Weeping Wall) were
originally written for the soundtrack of The Man Who Fell To Earth.
o Bowie played the piano on the Iggy Pop 1977 tour.
o He returned to Berlin to record "Heroes".
o On "Heroes", Robert Fripp, the leader of King Crimson, appeared as a
guest playing a clarion guitar.
o The album included tributes to American performance artist Chris Burden
(Joe The Lion) and Kraftwerk's Florian Schneider (V2-Schneider).
o In September Bowie returned to Britain to appear on the Marc Bolan show,
(and play the song "Heroes").
o For the Marc Bolan show, Bowie and Bolan rehearsed two songs they wrote
together: Sleeping Next To You and Madman. Eventually, only a small part of
the former was transmitted, but these songs can be found on several
bootlegs, including Alarm, Sleeping Next To You, and Ziggy 2.
o In 1977 Bowie sang Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy (written by
Gorssman, Fraser, Kohan-Simeone, Onorati, Davis, and Shawnee) as a duet
with Bing Crosby. It was released as a single in 1982, and in many
Christmas compilations.
o Between the recording and broadcast of both shows (with Marc Bolan and
Bing Crosby), they both died!
o In 1978 he toured again (the name of the tour was Heroes), with Roger
Powell of Utopia on synthesizers, and Adrian Belew. He released Stage, a
life performance from the tour.
o The same year, Bowie and Lou Reed had a fight in a restaurant and Reed hit
Bowie. They are not friends since then.
o Bowie's next album, Lodger, was recorded in various cities: New York,
London, Zurich, and Berlin.
o On one track Boys Keep Swinging, guitarist Carlos Alomar played drums and
Dennis Davis, Bowie's drummer, played bass. Tony Visconti also played bass
at the end, and to clean-up Davis' mistakes.
o In 1979 Angie Bowie got depressed, and tried to commit suicide. David saved
her.
o They broke up at the end of the year. They divorced in '80. According to
Angie's biography, they have been seperated since '77.
o Angie sued bowie for 30,000 pounds when they broke up, then for another
million.
o Bowie had a big drug crisis in the late seventies. He claims he was saved
only because of his son Zowie, who used to look at him strangely as he
(Bowie) was crawling on the floor.
He DIDN'T USE DRUGS AS A CURE TO A MENTAL ILLNESS HE HAD, as opposed to
what some people think (and post).
o Bowie: 'I suppose I've been knocking on heaven's door for about eleven
years now, with one sort of high or another. The only kinds of drugs I
use, though, are ones that keep me working for longer periods of time.
I haven't gotten involved in anything heavy since '68. I had a silly
flirtation with smack then, but it was only for the mystery and enigma
of trying it'. (1979)
o Bowie wrote and recorded two tracks with John Cale. Piano La and Velvet
Church. They weren't released on any official album. (only on the bootleg
single Two Gentlemen In New York).
o In December, Bowie appeared in Saturday Night Live and played The Man
Who Sold The World, TVC15, and Boys Keep Swinging. These versions can be
found on the bootlegs Naked And Wired and 1980 Floor Show.
o The alternative (1979) version of Space Oddity was presented on The Kenny
Everett show, January 31st 1979. It starts off with Bowie sitting on a
stool with a guitar. In the silence when the takeoff happens, he puts
down his guitar, strolls across to a padded cell, sits down and sings
the rest.
o He had the lead role in the Broadway show The Elephant Man.
o Bowie commented about mental breakdowns he had had in LA. That was around
'80 (the comment, not the breakdowns).
o Bowie: 'What can I say? I'm bored and I'm retiring for good' (circa '81
interview).
I haven't heard a good explanation for this one.
o Bowie and Queen recorded a song called Under Pressure together. The bass
line from this song later became a hit in America when Vanilla Ice used it
in his song Ice Ice Baby.
Bowie also participated on a Queen outtake Cool Cat that can be found on
Queen's The Ultimate Collection- Rarities, Oddities And Cover Versions.
o In 1981 he changed his style and image. He stopped using drugs and any
homosexual relations (recently, he said that he had returned to using drugs
for a while after that, and that he drank fairly heavily during the '80s).
He also drew back from his declarations about socialism.
All music critics agree that it was also a change from sophistication and
quality to commercial poppy music. In the last years he returned to
quality.
Bowie, lately admitted himself, that he wasn't creative for most of the
eighties.
o He broke with RCA in 1982 and signed with EMI.
o Let's Dance, released in 1983, is his best seller (produced by Nile
Rodgers).
o Bowie had a fight with Tony Visconti, the producer of his seventies albums.
Visconti said that he originally was supposed to produce Let's Dance, but
that without notifying him Bowie suddenly decided that he preferred Nile
Rodgers. He also said he had lost a big sum of money because of that.
Bowie has said in an interview it was because Tony made remarks about
his family to the press.
According to Tony's wife (who sometimes posts to the newsgroup, BTW): They
invited Bowie to their wedding but he declined. Tony is unclear as to why
David has not spoken with him and has tried to reach him a number of times.
It was not a bitter break, just a break without a word from David.
o The working title of the album Let's Dance was Vampires Of Human Flesh.
o A very succesful world tour (Serious Moonlight) followed the release of
Let's Dance.
o Stevie Ray was originally supposed to play on the Serious Moonlight tour
but he was replaced with Earl Slick because of a disagreement over money.
He also wanted to open the shows, but that was not the problem.
o Bowie was in a hotel in Osaka, Japan, when an earthquake started. He
hysterically ran down 22 floors. This happened during the Serious
Moonlight tour. David joked that it was EMI's promotion for Shake It.
o Bowie has a world record for being the singer who got the biggest sum of
money for only one performance - He earned one and half million dollars in
1983 for the concert he did at the Regional Park in California, in a
festival.
o Bowie: [NOT AN EXACT QUOTE]: 'I was a cult artist, never really in the
mainstream ... having said that, it was a very [big] cult ... these songs
show I can make good pop songs'.
(in an interview, around the Let's Dance release)
o In '84 he released Tonight. The album includes a duet with Tina Turner
(Tonight).
o The first version of Tonight (on Iggy's album) included the lines:
'I saw my baby, she was turning blue
I knew that soon, her young life was through
And so I got down on my knees, down by her bed
And these are the words, to her I said'
When Bowie sang the song with Tina Turner, he removed these lines.
o One of the advertisement planes for the album Tonight crashed on a house.
o In 1985, Bowie participated in the Live Aid concert. He sang on the finale
Do They Know It's Christmas. He also appeared on the single B-side, in
a song called Feed The World. Both songs were written by Geldoff and Ure.
For the event, he also recorded a cover version of Dancing In The Streets
(written by Ivy Jo Hunter, William Stevenson and Marvin Gaye) with Mick
Jagger.
o Bowie dated the ballet dancer Melissa Harley a couple of years (until
1990). The official break-up reason: Melissa got hurt from stories Angie
told about her married life with Bowie.
o In 1987 he released Never Let Me Down. An album that critics simply HATED.
o He originally wrote Girls (that later on appeared on the album re-release)
for Tina Turner (in 1986).
o A world tour, Glass Spider, followed.
o Because Pepsi sponsored the Glass Spider Tour, Bowie did a commercial for
them. The music of the song Modern Love was used (with altered lyrics).
In the TV commercial, a man (Bowie) is falling asleep in front of his
computer, and the song is playing, then a woman (Tina Turner) appears and
gives him a Pepsi.
o Bowie is known to be an artist of the Shock Art stream. His video for the
single Day In Day Out showed a whore pissing on Ronald Reagan's portrait.
The video was censored.
o In 1987 he refused an offer to play Frank Sinatra in a movie.
o La La La Human Steps (an artistic dance group) appeared with Bowie twice
in 1988. They included Bowie's song Look Back In Anger in these
performances.
o In 1989 Bowie formed Tin Machine with guitarist Reeves Gabrels and Hunt and
Tony Sales.
That was a big surprise because Bowie announced many times in the past
he would never form a band because 'One man cannot break up'.
o His 1990 greatest hits tour (Sound & Vision) was a great success.
o Before the tour actually started Bowie announced: 'This will be the last
time ever for the old material'.
Bowie only played a few songs from his old repertoire in the 1995 tour.
Songs that he had never performed in a concert before (Teenage Wildlife,
The Man Who Sold The World are examples).
o Before his 1990 tour he opened a fans' phone line. It was used to vote for
what songs the fans wanted to hear on his tour. The profits of the
organization went to charity.
o Bowie was one of the artists that participated in The Freddie Mercury
Tribute Concert. He sang "Heroes" alone, All The Young Dudes with Mott The
Hoople, and Under Pressure with Annie Lennox. These songs (and the whole
concert) can be found on the bootleg 'Thank You', Freddie.
o In 1992 Tin Machine's second album, Tin Machine II, was released. A more
melodic album than their first one. Critics were diverged in their
opinions.
o Five producers refused to produce Tin Machine II.
o The cover shows four naked male statues. This enraged many American
organizations, that demanded to ban the record. The statues' genitals
were then airbrushed (on the U.S. cover).
o At the same time, a live Tin Machine album was released (Oh Vey, Baby)
o In 1992 Bowie married Somalian supermodel Iman, in Switzerland. Bowie gave
her a 3.5 million dollars worth castle in Ireland as a wedding gift.
o David's got a step-daughter through his marriage to Iman (from her
previous marriage).
o Bowie currently owns houses in Ireland, Africa, Switzerland, London,
New-York, Los-Angeles and the Mastic Islands in the Caribbean.
o In 1993 Bowie resumed his solo career with his album Black Tie, White Noise
(produced by Nile Rodgers), which has a jazzy atmosphere to it. It includes
songs written for his wedding with Iman - The Wedding, The Wedding Song,
and a song dedicated to his half brother who killed himself - Jump They
Say (In some interviews Bowie said that the song was about the metaphysical
need to jump).
One of the artists participating in the album is called Lester Bowie
(who isn't a relative of Bowie). In one interview Bowie made a humourous
remark about the 'reunion' of the 'Bowie brothers' for the first time.
o Mick Ronson and Mike Garson participated in the making of the album.
o Bowie wrote the score for The Buddha Of Suburbia, a TV series based on
Hanif Kureishi's autobiographic book by the same name, published by Faber
and Faber.
Bowie and Kureishi met because Kureishi though of using songs of Bowie's
from the seventies in the TV series, and to use instrumentals such as those
on Low as a soundtrack. Instead, Bowie offered to write new material
inspired by the seventies.
It is very probable that one of the main characters (the rock star wannabe)
is based on David Bowie. It's also probable that he's a Bowie wannabe. In
one scene, he says that he knows his own music is nothing special and says
'I know I'm no Bowie'.
o Rumour: Iman is now carrying Bowie's 2nd child.
o In 1995 Bowie held a painting exhibition in Kate Chertavian Gallery, a
retrospective of his last twenty years of painting. The exhibition included
painting, sculpture and various installations, including a number of recent
works made in collaboration with South African artists. Bowie also
presented a new line of wallpaper manufactured by Laura Ashley. One of the
details in the wallpaper is a minotaur whose genitals were censored by the
Laura Ashley company.
o In 1995, Bowie was sued by the American photographer Dona Ann McAdams.
Bowie did a computer-generated print of performance artist Ron Athey,
that appeared in the January 1995 of Q Magazine. The print was based on
a photograph by McAdams that accompanied a review of Athey's performance
appearing in The New York Times, 1994. McAdams was granted exclusive
photographic access to the performance. Bowie used the print base on the
McAdams' photograph in connection with his fiction/non-fiction story.
McAdams did not participate in or approve of Bowie's print.
They've reached an agreement on May, 1995.
Under the settlement Bowie publicly acknowledged McAdams' photograph as the
source on which the computer-generated print was based.
o 1995. Bowie releases his concept album Outside, co-written and produced
by old friend-collaborator Brian Eno.
o Bowie invited Brain Eno to his wedding with Iman, in 1992. They talked,
and discovered they're working on similar projects. That's how the album
started.
o Many musicians who've worked with him in the past are participating: Mike
Garson, the pianist (Aladdin Sane, Diamond Dogs), Carlos Alomar, the
guitarist (Station To Station through Scary Monsters), Reeves Gabrels, the
guitarist (Tin Machine), Sterling Campbell, the drummer (Black Tie White
Noise) - now works with Soul Asylum, and Erdal Kizilcay,
multi-instrumentalist (Never Let Me Down, Glass Spider Tour, Buddha Of
Suburbia). (Side note: Yossi Fine, the bass player, is an Israeli).
Bowie: '...It was important to choose those who were not weighed down with
musical cliche, who had terrific control over their abilities yet were a
bit loony'.
o The music is influenced by modern styles and combines elements from his own
previous albums: funk, rock, disco, ambient, techno, jungle and jazz.
o Bowie also used the computer equivalent of William Burroughs' cut-up
technique, when writing the lyrics.
o The album is based on a short story written by Bowie himself, titled The
Diary of Nathan Adler. It lasts from 1977 to the last day of the 20th
century. The subtitle on the cover is The Nathan Adler Diaries: A Hyper
Cycle. Inside the slick digi-pak, the subtitle reads The Diary Of Nathan
Adler Or The Art-Ritual Murder Of Baby Grace Blue. A Non-Linear Gothic
Drama Hyper-Cycle.
Q-magazine had wanted Bowie to write what he was doing the last few days
but instead he wrote the story.
The story is about Nathan Adler's investigation of the Art-murder of the
14-year old Baby Grace Blue. Part of the story is based on the S&M
performance artist Ron Athey with AIDS who pierces and ritually mutilates
himself and others onstage, then hangs the bloody pieces of cloth above the
heads of the audience. He is still performing that show in Manhattan.
Most of the references from the parts in the story set in '94 and before
are true. He also refers to his current partner-in-art-crime Damien
Hirst's work as well.
This is a multi-viewpoint plot. In the album itself, each song is sung by
one of the seven characters (performed by Bowie).
o In the booklet that comes with the album you can see pictures of the
characters. They're all Bowie pictures altered with computers. Each picture
has the name of the character written on it.
o Bowie: 'Outside is about what it is to be an outsider, not only where and
how outsiders live, but how the fact of being an outsider makes them feel.
As befits the multiphrenic nature of outsider art and emotions'.
'Having decorated the Mountain room with crazed color pieces of fabric
brought from London by Brian, I equipped it with paints, charcoal scissors,
paper and canvas to give us something to fly away on when not playing. I
also brought in my computer complete with new program developed by an
aquaintance that had the ability to randomize my writing line by line,
three-word block by three-word block, and deliver up totally different
composites of image and description from that which I had programmed in. A
sort of electronic Bill Burroughs cut-ups machine. It did in seconds what
since 1973 I had been doing with scissors and glue.
The first major session was on the 12th of March 1994. Brian set up his
various gizmos, rhythm machines, toy pianos, clocks, samplers, radio etc.
and gave each musician a flash card. On it he had written a brief
character description. "You're the latest remaining survivor of a
catastrophic event and you will endeavor to play in such a way as to
prevent feelings of loneliness developing within yourself"; Or "You are a
disgruntled ex-member of a South-African rock band. Play the notes they
won't allow". I've made these up but you get the idea. Our musicians were
then enjoined to play within the parameters of those roles as was humanly
possible.
My card informed me that I was a soothsayer and town-crier, bringing
stories and news to a society where information networks had broken down.
We started playing around twelve noon and didn't stop for three hours, new
ideas and new rhythms being thrown in every few minutes by Brian or another
of the band. I had a table in front of me covered with regular lyrics and
randomized pieces from which I would improve either in song or in dialogue
both as narrator and character.
Out of this first day came the bedrock of what was to be Adler's diaries.
Nathan Adler, Ramona A. Stone and Algeria came almost fully formed from
these sessions, the other characters developing over the next few days. To
me it was a revelation that I could slip back into musical character after
not working in that framework since 1976's Thin White Duke, let alone
fragment into six or seven personae. The strange location, New Oxford Town,
also hinted strongly at the disorganized psychic rubble that was Diamond
Dogs'.
o Here are two examples of what was written on the cards Eno gave the
players. He gave such characters to 8 people, including the engineer and
the assistant engineer.
For David Bowie:
'You are a member of an early 21st Century "Art and Language" band. You
make incantations, permutations of something between speech and singing.
The langauge you use is mysterious and rich - and you use a melange of
several languages, since anyway most of your audience now speak a patois
that effortlessly blends English, Spanish, Chinese and Wolog.
Using on-stage computers, instant sampling techniques and long delay echo
systems, you are able to build up dense clouds of coloured words during
performance. Your audience regards you as the greatest exponent of live
abstract poetry.
Samuel Beckett is a big influence'.
For Reeves Gabrel:
'It's 2008. You are a musician in one of the new "Neo-Science" bands,
playing in an underground club in the Afro-Chinese ghetto in Osaka, not far
from the University. The whole audience is high on "Dreamwater," an
auditory hallucinogen so powerful that it can be transmitted by sweat
condensation alone. You are also feeling its effects, finding yourself
fascinated by intricate single-note rhythm patterns, shard-like Rosetta
Stone sonic hieroglyphs. You are in no particular key - making random
bursts of data which you beam into the performance. You are lost in the
abstracted rational beauty of a system no one understands. You are a great
artist and the audience is expecting something intellectually challenging
from you.
As a kid, your favourite record (in your Dad's record collection) was
Trout Mask Replica'.
o In the early eighties there was a TV show Fame.
In the very end of one episode someone performed a cover of Fame. At the
very next episode co-stared Milton Berle as a famous director, called
Nathan Adler.
o Outside was chosen to be the 7th best album of 1995, according to a readers
survey in mid October, by Rolling Stone.
o Bowie appeared two times on AOL. The first, prior to the release of
Outside (with someone claiming he's Harry Maslin, the producer of Station
To Station). The second, after the release of Outside. He also appeared
once on Prodigy. Furthermore, he said that he and his band often check out
the alt.fan.david-bowie newsgroup.
o Mountain View (Silicon Graphics) hosted David Bowie, who seemed very
interested in their computers.
o Bowie's web page was created with the help of a Silicon Graphics employee.
o Bowie, in a Bowie/Eno interview in Musician magazine said: 'We stretched it
to 75 [minutes]. But it was edited down, you're not going to believe this,
from something like 22 hours of material. Not finished, necessarily. But
something like 22 hours that we accomplished during the three weeks that
Brian and I and the musicians worked. It was, I think, one of the most
incredible experiences of my life in the studio'.
o Outside was released in many versions:
Jewel case with see-through tray; plastic jewel; cardboard case
(with different artwork); Japanese version (with extra track Get Real).
o On the June 1995 issue of Vogue, There's a fashion spread of Bowie and
Iman together.
o A young man (don't know his name) went around asking superstars to pose
with a wooden sign that says 'LOVE' in red letters. He has made a book of
these pictures called Love. The book includes a picture of Bowie and Iman.
o Nine Inch Nails appeared with Bowie as 'very special guests' on the
Outside American tour. Bowie played his new material, a few numbers
from his earlier work, plus some songs by Nine Inch Nails.
Other band members included guitarist Reeves Gabrels, guitarist Carlos
Alomar and pianist Mike Garson.
o Different signs have been hung above the stage in each show of the
Outside tour. They included: Free Vulva, Strange Hand Music: Listen to the
Limbs!, Street Vulcan, Ouvre Le Chein, Open The Dog, Shake Meat Dies Away,
and Street Vulva Match Me.
o David Bowie has invited a host of top celebrities to a warehouse in a
seedy area of hollywood to celebrate the end of his North American tour,
including: Bon Jovi, Keanu Reeves, Seal, Rod Stewart and Brad Pitt.
o Adam Curry's Sleaze on the WWW reports that at least 1,000 fans 'stormed'
out of Wembley after Bowie refused to play any of his classic hits in his
Outside tour. One spectator was quoted as saying she got tired of waiting
for Changes and so on and was never so bored at a Bowie show.
o Morrissey appeared with Bowie on the Outside European tour.
o In an interview for the January '96 issue of Guitar Bowie hints he may
be working with guitarist Jeff Beck in the future. He says that they talked
about doing a project together.
o Bowie had said he would no longer appear in films: '...I don't enjoy the
process. Unless you're the director, it's extremely boring and I'm not a
born actor in terms of film'.
He recently contradicted himself in a German interview he gave to the
Berlin magazine Tip.
o Bowie was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame in January, 1996.
He didn't attend the event because he was touring.
Bowie has been a vocal critic of the Hall of Fame, saying music should
not be treated like the Olympics. He told Reuters in Los Angeles:
'I think it's very nice, I don't give it much thought actually'.
He told MTV: 'I don't really think I feel anything much. I just am very
anti-institution, of any nature. I don't know ... Frankly, I don't really
know what it means'.
o At the induction, Marianne Faithful performed Rebel Rebel.
o Bowie wrote the music for a Kodak commercial.
2.2 Facts of no known dates
o Bowie managed to get over his flight fright. He suggested that everyone
that has fright fright should enter the cockpit before takeoff and
before landing.
o Bowie is known for his weakness in remembering names. In one of his press
conferences he made mistakes mentioning the songs Panic in Detroit, Space
Oddity and Queen Bitch.
o According to rumours, Bowie was seen at 3am at a police station in London
with Pete Townsend and John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten). The three were
totally drunk and they said they wanted to arrest the policemen.
o Bowie refused the offer of the Homosexual Liberation Movement to write
their hymn.
o A maniac sent Bowie a dummy bomb, with a note saying he wants to become
a member of Bowie's band.
o Bowie was offered to appear as Peter Pan In the Royal Shakespeare Company
and he turned it down - too much work pressure.
o Bowie described himself as a chameleon, and indeed he appeared as Ziggy
Stardust, Aladdin Sane, The Thin White Duke, A one eyed pirate (in Rebel
Rebel), A clown, and many other roles.
Some of the bootlegs of Bowie are called The Chameleon Chronicles.
Critics refer to him many times as 'The Chameleon Of Pop'.
o Bowie refused to give an interview to a U.S.A TV network through satellite
when he found out that the interview would be cut to show people from
Spain mourning the death of Franco (the dictator).
o David was supposed to appear on The Muppet Show, but he didn't eventaully.
o Bowie once described himself as a Xerox Machine.
2.3 Misc., gossip, what other people have to say about the man
o David's Height: 5' 10"
o David played in many movies:
The Man Who Fell To Earth, Labyrinth, Absolute Beginners, Twin Peaks: Fire
Walk With Me, The Last Temptation of Christ, The Hunger, Into The Night
(with Michelle Pfeiffer), Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (considered by most
people to be Bowie's best film), The Linguini Incident!, Just A Gigolo
(with Marlene Dietrich), and in Yellowbeard (with appearances of the
Pythons Graham Chapman, John Cleese, and Eric Idle).
He played in The Elephant Man in the theatre.
He played in Baal, a musical that was recorded in a studio by the BBC.
The songs from the play were released on an album more orchestrated than
the version actually in the play, which were just sung by Bowie
accompanying himself with a banjo-type instrument.
o In Bowie's videos Boys Keep Swinging, China Girl, and Fame '90 he smears
his lipstick. The smearing of lipstick is done by drag acts at the end of
a performance. Bowie saw a few of these while in Berlin when he was mixing
with the Transvestites. He mentioned the source of this once in an
interview about the time of Boys Keep Swinging.
o The song Bowie likes the most from his large repertoire is "Heroes". He
recorded the song in many versions - English, French, German, and live.
o Bowie claims he goes to sleep at 22:30 and gets up at 6:30.
o Bowie draws, paints, sculpts, and writes in his spare time. He also does
computer generated pictures, by feeding charcoal drawings through them.
o He has a collection of rare german wood cuttings.
o Paulina Poritzkova (a famous supermodel and an actress) defined the
perfect man as a combination of Mr. Spock (from Star-Trek), David Bowie,
Jesus, and Chopin.
o Bowie was once chosen to be the worst dressed woman in America.
o Bowie sometimes disguised himself using a hat, dark glasses and a fake
moustache when he went out.
o His ex-wife, Angie wrote a book on their life together called Free
Spirit. She also wrote Backstage Passes, which Bowie claims is just
Free Spirit with the addition of the Dave-slept-with-Mick-Jagger story.
o Many artist have recorded cover-versions for his songs:
([] - released as)
1984 Tina Turner
After All Human Drama
Aladdin Sane EBN (Homicidal Schizophrenic), [A Lad Insane]
All The Young Dudes Angel
Adam Bomb
Bruce Dickinson
Casino Steel/Carlene Carter/Claudia Scott/John Payne
Chanter Sisters
Ian Hunter
Mott The Hoople
Mott The Hoople (live)
Skids
The Damned
Andy Warhol Dana Gillespie
Hitchcock's Scream
Zzzang Tumb
Stone Temple Pilots
Stone Temple Pilots (live)
Ashes To Ashes Happy Rhodes
Tears For Fears
Backed A Loser Dana Gillespie
Black Country Rock T. Tex Edwards and the Swingin' Cornflake Killers
Boys Keep Swinging Associates
Susanna Hoffs
The Gay Sportscasters
Shihad
Candidate Dramarama
Can't Help Thinking About Me The Great Imposters
Davy Jones' Mannish Ideals
Purple Hearts
Cat People (Putting Out Fire) Tina Turner
Cracked Actor Duff McKagan
Diamond Dogs Dramarama
Duran Duran
Blind Willie's Johnson
Do Anything You Say The Great Imposters
Drive-in Saturday The Diamonds
Everything Is You Beatstalkers
Fame Duran Duran
Feelies
George Michael (live)
Infectious Grooves
Love and Money
Vanilla Ice
FuckEmos
Fascination Fat Larry's Band
Five Years Fish
The Outcasts
Funky Music (Fascination) Luther Vandross
Funtime Bebe Buell
Funtime Peter Murphy
R.E.M.
Boy George
The Cars
Girls Tina Turner
Golden Years Loose Ends
Amberjack Rice, Walter Traggert & Breakfastime
Growing Up And I'm Fine Mick Ronson
Gunman Adrian Belew
Hang On To Yourself Arnold Corns (Bowie)
Contraband
The Pocket FishRMen
Heroes Big Ben Tribe
Blondie (live with R.Fripp)
Nico (live)
Nico
Strange Boutique
The County Lines
Billy Preston
Big Drag
Hey Ma Get Papa Mick Ronson
Holy Holy Shadow Project
I Am A Laser Ava Cherry and the Astronettes
I Am Divine Ava Cherry and the Astronettes
I Dig Everything The Great Imposters [I Dig Anything]
I'm Not Losing Sleep The Great Imposters
In The Heat of the Morning Dan Tillberg [Innan morgonen nalkas]
Jean Genie The Diamonds
The Psycho Timebombs
Van Halen
John I'm Only Dancing Polecats
The Chameleons
The Hormones
Lady Grinning Soul Ulf Lundell [Elden]
Laughing Gnome Ronnie Hilton
Let's Dance Kex
Les Dantz & His Orchestra [Louie Louie]
Let's Dance Tina Turner
Let Me Sleep Beside You Siren Song
Life On Mars? Annifrid Lyngstad [Liv pa Mars?]
Barbra Streisand
London Symphony Orchestra
Manhattan Transfer
The Diamonds
The King Singers
Wall Street Crash
Love Always Dee Dee
Lust For Life Bad Livers
Madman Blue For Two
Cuddly Toys
Man Who Sold The World Dinosaur Junior
Here and Now
Lulu
Midge Ure
Nirvana
Nirvana ("electric" version)
Richard Barone
Moonage Daydream Arnold Corns (Bowie)
10,000 Maniacs
Racer X
Sass Jordan
Music Is Lethal (Eng. Lyrics) Mick Ronson
Nightclubbing Grace Jones
Human League
Oh! You Pretty Things Peter Noone
Over The Wall We Go Ivor Bird
Oscar
Panic In Detroit Christian Death
Shadow Project
The Psyclones
People From Bad Homes Ava Cherry and the Astronettes
Prettiest Star Jonathan Kay
Simon Turner
Pretty Pink Rose Adrian Belew
Queen Bitch Eater
Green River
Se
Quicksand Dinosaur Jr.
Les Zazous
Ragazzo Solo, Ragazza Sola Computers
Rebel Rebel Bay City Rollers
Donna Destri
Double You
Duran Duran
The Great Imposters
Joan Jett
International Chrysis
Legion of Dynamic Diskord
Magnus Uggla
Rick Derringer
Rickie Lee Jones
Shawn Cassidy
The Diamonds
Niels [Punkjavel]
Sigue Sigue Sputnick
DNA [Rebel Woman]
Lyn Tod
Van Halen
Bryan Adams
Slant 6
Lithium X-Mas [Rebel Skeletal]
Repetition Au Pairs
Au Pairs (live version)
Revolutionary Song The Rebels (Bowie)
Right On Mother Peter Noone
Rock 'n Roll Suicide Tina Turner
Saviour Machine Redd Kross
Vice Squad
Secret Life of Arabia Billy Mackenzie
Nina Hagen
She Shook Me Cold Pain Teens
Silly Boy Blue Billy Fury
Silver Tree Top School For Boys | Beatstalkers
Slender Plenty
Some Are Philip Glass
Soul Love Marti Jones
Mick Ronson [Stone Love]
Sound & Vision 808 State
Space Oddity Flying Pickets
Jonathan King
Rudy Grant
Saigon Kick
Vienna Symphonic Orchestra
Speed of Life ST-37
Starman 10,000 Maniacs
Happy Rhodes
Loopside
The Diamonds
Subterraneans Philip Glass
Success Duran Duran
Duran Duran (live version)
Suffragette City Big Audio Dynamite
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Hazel O'Connor
Himuro Kyosuke
Steve Jones
Rose of Victory
Toni Basil
Andy Taylor
L.A. Guns
V.O.A.
Wounded Turkey
Supermen Doctor Mix And The Remix
Micky Faust
TVC15 Comateens
Duran Duran
The Wannabes
Take My Tip Kenny Miller
Things To Do Ava Cherry and the Astronettes
Time Hazel O'Connor
Tonight Tina Turner
Under Pressure Queen (with Bowie)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Vanilla Ice [Ice Ice Baby]
Annie Lennox (with Bowie)
Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed | The Bare-Ass Minimums
Wagon Wheel Lou Reed
Warszawa Philip Glass
Watch That Man Lulu
We Are The Dead Duran Duran (unreleased)
What In The World Gary Jones
When I'm Five Beatstalkers
When You Rock and Roll With Me | Donovan
Yassasin Litfiba
Young Americans The Cure
Ziggy Stardust Bauhaus
Exploding Boy
Nina Hagen
Hootie and the Blowfish
and I guess that some others :-)
In addition, several other performers like to include Bowie songs in their
shows. For example, Phish played covers of The Man Who Sold The World and
Life On Mars.
o On many of the old vinyls 'strange' notes are printed. Some examples:
Scary Monsters: A-side: 'I can't think...'; B-side: '..of anything'.
Lodger: 'Nonsense is better than none at all'.
Boys Keep Swinging (single): A-side: 'Your Bicameral Mind'; B-side: 'Mind
Your Bicameral'.
John I'm Only Dancing Again (single): A-side: 'At Last...'; B-side: 'Shape
Of Things...'.
o Bauhaus members are Bowie fans. They covered Ziggy Stardust in the
late seventies. Peter Murphy, the lead singer, often quotes Bowie lyrics.
He's quoted Pretty Things, Lady Stardust and other songs. He used to walk
around school dressed as Ziggy. Side note: The song Bela Lugosi's Dead that
was written by Bauhaus in 1979 was included on the soundtrack of Hunger, in
which Bowie plays the main character.
o Zowie, his son, changed his name to Joe. He hated his old name.
o Zowie (Joe), his son, now goes by Duncan Jones. He's just finished his
doctorate in Philosophy. (graduated from the College of Wooster, in
Wooster, Ohio).
There's a photo of Bowie at his son's graduation. Bowie was with his son
who was wearing his cap. He was looking on while smoking a cigarette. He
said he was quite proud.
o Bowie said that his son is good at math.
o Talking about his son, in an interview, Bowie once said, 'I wanted to know
what he was doing up in his room for so long ... I know what *I* used to do
[laughs]'.
o Bowie's fortune is estimated in 20 million dollars.
o There's a band called Panic in Detroit that performs Bowie's material
from Space Oddity to Scary Monsters. Each Panic in Detroit show focuses
on a different Bowie era.
o Yes, David still smokes.
o David DID NOT try to imitate Iggy Pop, never (as opposed to what many
people think).
o Someone posted something that he heard somewhere that Bowie met Jim
Morrison around '70-'71 someplace, and that Mick Jagger introduced them.
There were some responses, all saying they haven't heard about it, they
are not sure, but it doesn't sound right.
o David Gahan, Depeche Mode's lead singer is known to be a Bowie fan. When
the other group members tested him in the very beginning, he sang "Heroes".
o Trent Reznor is a big fan of Scary Monsters.
o 'I wish David Bowie was killed by a car accident right after he finished
making Low' - Morrissey.
o In a radio show (XFM radio station), Robert Smith (The Cure lead singer)
and Bowie interviewed each other. Robert said that he listens to The
Buddha Of Suburbia.
o There's a reference to Bowie's song Life On Mars? (from Hunky Dory) in
Bush's song Everything Zen: 'Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow, Dave's on
sale again'.
o Madonna said that Bowie was the man who most inspired her with his
superstar blend of androgyny and perversity. She also said he was the man
who made her what she is today. She called him 'a beautiful androgynous
man'.
o Oasis refused to be the warm-up band for Bowie's Outside tour.
o Bowie, as a christmas present for his friends made a CD, titled All Saints.
Only about 1,000 copies were made.
o Bowie is not a U.S. citizen.
2.4 Bowie quotes
o 'I'd done a lot of pills ever since I was a kid. Thirteen or fourteen...
But the first time I got stoned on grass was with John Paul Jones of Led
Zeppelin many, many years ago...I had done cocaine before but never grass'
(1972).
o 'I never wanted to be a Rock 'n Roll star' (1974, quote from the film
'Cracked Actor')
He indeed, initially, didn't want to become a rock star. He wanted to be an
artist, and he was in art school for that reason.
o 'My brother Terry's in an asylum right now. I'd like to believe that the
insanity is because our family is all genius, but I'm afraid that's not
true. Some of them - a good many - are just nobodies. I'm quite fond of the
insanity actually. It's a nice thing to throw out at parties, don't you
think? Everybody find empathy in a nutty family. Everybody says, "Oh, yes,
my family is quite mad". Mine really is. No fucking about, boy. Most of
them are nutty-in, just out of or going into an institution. Or dead'
(1976).
o 'Yeah, I'm not into love songs, I wouldn't write one' (1984, in a Rolling
Stone interview).
o 'This is the first chance I've had to play much of the later '70's
material I did with Eno, including the Scary Monsters tracks' (1987,
Entertainment Tonight, Bowie in Giant's Stadium).
This is weird. He had the chances in his 1978 and 1983 tours.
o 'The performer is simply a product of the public's imagination. We're just
a reflection of what the people want'.
o In response to the question 'Do you think there are any movies that have
really captured rock 'n roll on film?' on a Rolling Stone interview, 1986:
'I think probably Sid & Nancy, in a strangely macabre way. I thought the
characterizations of some of the people around Sid were awful. I though
Iggy was ridiculous. It was incredible. The guy was like Neil Diamond or
something. And Johnny Rotten was terrible. But Gary Oldman was good as Sid.
I only met Sid twice, I think'
o Snippets from the Prodigy(R) Interactive Personal Service session with
Bowie, 1995.
The transcript is available at Kenter's pages, see section 5.3 for details.
'I wouldn't give up any one aspect of what I do. One isn't more important
than the others, I find them all reciprocating mediums, they give and get
from each other in very different ways. I've always sort of sketched,
especially in and around any period when I was working on an album. It's
just that it's intensified to the point where during the last recording I
literally took stuff into the studio; we had canvasses and sketchboards
and charcoal all over the place. It's a great process for thinking'.
'I've been doing computer prints for the past two years. It's not as spacey
and cosmic as a lot of computer art tends to look, I keep it very organic.
It resembles more multi-media collage work than anything else, I guess.
There are a lot of wonderful young painters in England now, and I did a
20,000 word interview with the painter Balthus for Modern Painters
magazine and the Sunday Telegraph in England. We became firm friends, and
he's lovely, absolutely delightful'.
'I wouldn't think of trying to present any of my new songs theatrically
until we put it in a context that makes sense, and they'd be augmented with
things I've never allowed myself to play onstage, like Teenage Wildlife,
which I've always wanted to do. We're putting lists of songs together now,
but I won't do any of the songs I did on the Sound & Vision tour which
really make up the crop if what's called the hit things. You can hear those
on the album, not live'
'My career was more about style, I think. I had a particular style, but I
was never very aware that my style was necessarily anybody else's,
especially in America, because it seemed fairly foreign to the American
sensibility, the way I tried to do things. It was kind of Eurocentric, to
say the least'.
'I like Tricky, I like PJ Harvey a lot, I think she's fabulous. The best
album that came out this year in terms of being an adventurous album was
Scott Walker's Tilt which of course died after about a week. It was bought
by three people, me being one of them, and was absolutely an extraordinary
piece of work. I do keep up with all the new music, and it's very easy to
do because so much of it is muck'.
'I certainly think I made some of my best records with Brian Eno, who has
just produced my new one. Low, "Heroes" and Lodger, those three are almost
bookends with Scary Monsters, which I also think is a great album'.
Talking about Kurt Cobain:
'I didn't meet him, but I was flattered that he liked my stuff. I hadn't
been aware that there had been much of an influence of my particular music
on the newer generation of bands. When it became apparent, like Trent
Reznor talking about the Low album and the Smashing Pumpkins saying
something or other, it started to dawn on me that the cycle had come
around'.
And also:
'I was flattered that he liked my work; I don't think I can add anything to
the wealth of material that's been written about all that. I like Courtney
Love very much, I thought she was a very nice girl'.
'I have been doing quite a bit of journalism these days, for the Sunday
Telegraph in England and for Modern Painters magazine. I did a piece on the
Johannesburg Biennale and a long interview with the painter Balthus'.
'I've always had the best collaborations with people who are almost at the
opposite end of the spectrum to me. Brian Eno, for example, he takes pieces
of low art and elevates them to high art, and I do exactly the opposite, I
take pieces of high art and demean them to low vulgarity, which is why we
work so well together. Carlos Alomar, also, for example. We're very
different people, but working with him I find is a wonderful experience
because he comes from the letter Z, and I come from A, and we meet
somewhere in the middle of the alphabet'.
'The most recent book I read was the biography of an obscure English
painter named Christopher Wood. It wouldn't mean anything to anybody else,
probably'.
Talking about his best songs/albums:
'I can't remember individual tracks, it all becomes a blur, but I Am A
DJ ... the Lodger album, the Scary Monsters album, and Low and "Heroes",
which I did with Brian Eno'.
o Bowie defined himself (relating to his work as a painter):
'a populist of mediocre art', and a 'post-modern Buddhist surfing on the
chaos of a dying 20th century'.
o About his material from the Outside sessions:
'Some of it I'd like to put out as a companion piece to Outside, a sort
of archival, limited-edition album. I really want to get back in the studio
and start recording again. As much as I dearly love this new album, my
attention span...it's like I've done it. Once I've done it, I don't care to
sit around for hour after hour listening to the end result. It's like, I've
heard it a couple of times, yes I get it, very good, let's go onto
something else now. There's all kind of other novel ideas I've had that I'd
like to indulge in. I wouldn't mind producing someone else for a change. I
haven't done that in a long time'.
o About his plans for the next years:
'Our over-riding ambition is to keep working. I'm not sure whether it'll be
an annual event, but during the course of the next five years, up until
1999, we want to make a cycle of records which use Adler and his world as
a framework for really writing a musical diary of the last five years of
the '90's and indeed of this millenium. It's quite an adventurous thing to
do. I don't think anyone's done it in music before'.
o About his planes for theatrical production of his Adler albums:
'...The basic idea is that once you have four or five albums you will sort
of be able to map your own way through and invent a story of your own.
There are complications and plenty of ifs and alternative ways of thinking
about it. I want it to be eight hours long and for everybody to bring their
sandwiches'.
o Snippets from the AOL first interview, 1995. The whole interview can be
found on Kenter's pages. See section 5.3 for details.
About the BowieEno CD-ROM:
'It's particularly complex as it's extremely revolutionary hopefully in its
inception and has all the inherent problems that pertain to this kind
of creative situation'.
'The BowieEno CD-ROM contains music specifically written for this medium'.
'Videos long ago ceased to hold any interest at all for me. CD-ROMs at the
moment in the main seem to be little more than catalogue devices and have
quickly become boring. The potential is huge, but inventive manipulation is
absolutely essential if it is not to become the quad of the end of the
millennium'.
'I'm trying to build a stronger interrelationship between music, theatre,
the plastic arts like painting and stuff, and CD-ROMs themselves. It's a
bit like spinning plates with food on them!'
'I've decided that this is the only way to do
interviews/correspondence. I shall now only be available on this medium'.
About the spiritual side of his music:
'...A very early example, I suppose, is Space Oddity. A more obvious
example would be Word On A Wing, ... More recently, the underlying thread
of Black Tie White Noise tried to unify a sort of passion and the spiritual
font from which it flowed: the wedding thing. I find in my very present
work a more anxious cloud is appearing on the horizon. Golly!'.
About his collaborations:
'It's always something that I've found to be one of the most fulfilling
situations to be in. There's nothing more exciting than bouncing ideas off
the head that contains half a mind. As long as one's self has the other
half, a good idea can often unite said brain'.
'He and Beck in fact are two of the more interesting artists
working at the moment'.
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Subject: DISCOGRAPHY: 12"
From: k21721@kyyppari.hkkk.fi (Jarkko Orjatsalo)
Date: 14 Jul 1996 13:02:50 GMT
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David Bowie Discography. 12". July 1996
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TITLE (in alphabetical order)
Song list
Catal.numb. company,country release date
(?) denotes a missing variable
all records below a songlist contain same songs
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ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS
VS 838-12 DJ Virgin UK 1986 Promo
(full lenght version) // (dub mix)
602205-213 Virgin Germany Mar 1986
VS 838-12 Virgin UK Mar 1986
VSG 838-12 Virgin UK 1986 G/F
MXSVIRG 18014 Virgin Yugoslavia 1986
ALABAMA SONG
Alabama Song / Space Oddity / Amsterdam
PC 9854 RCA Germany Jul 1982
ASHES TO ASHES
Ashes to Ashes // Alabama Song
PC 9631 RCA Germany 1980
BABY UNIVERSAL
Baby Universal / A Big Hurt (live BBC) / Baby Universal (live BBC)
LONX 310 London UK Oct 1991 with print
BLACK TIE WHITE NOISE
(Dangers trance mix) / (extended remix) / (DaJazz mix) / (club mix) /
(dub mix) / (trance mix)
Black 1 UK 1993 Promo
(supa pump mix) / (Digi Flunky's lush mix) / (trance mix) / (extended
urban remix)
US 1993 Promo
(extended remix) / (trance mix) / (album version) // (club mix) / (extended
urban remix)
74321 14868 1 Savage Holland Jun 1993
BLUE JEAN
(ext. dance mix) // Dancing With the Big Boys (ext. dance mix) / Dancing
With the Big Boys (ext. dub mix)
2003336 EMI Germany Sep 1984
12 EA 181 EMI UK Sep 1984
CAT PEOPLE
Cat People // Cat People
L33-1759 Backstreet US 1982 Promo
Cat People // Paul's Theme
??? Backstreet Germany 1982
MCAT 770 Backstreet UK Apr 1982
MCAT 770 Backstreet UK Nov 1982
CHINA GIRL
China Girl // Shake It (remix)
186689 EMI Holland May 1983
12 EA 157 EMI UK May 1983
DANCING IN THE STREET
(Bowie with Mick Jagger)
SPRO 9476 EMI US 1985 Promo
(Steve Thompson mix) // (dub version) / (edit)
2007886 EMI Holland Aug 1985
12 EA 204 EMI UK Aug 1985
DAVID BOWIE MEGAMIX (?)
DMC 8811 ??? 19??
DAY-IN DAY-OUT
951036 EMI Brazil 1987 Promo
(single version) // (single version)
SPRO 9985 EMI US 1987 Promo
(ext. dance mix) // (ext. dub mix) / Julie
2017156 EMI Holland Mar 1987
12 EA 230 EMI UK Mar 1987
V 19234 EMI US Mar 1987
(remix) // (ext. dub mix) / Julie
2018156 EMI Germany Apr 1987
12 EAX 230 EMI UK Apr 1987 Black sleeve w/sticker
DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS
(remixed by Trevor Horn) // (standard mix) / Feed the World
(Bowie only on Feed the World)
880 502-1 Mercury Holland 1984
FAME 90
??? EMI Spain 1990 Promo
12 FAME DJ 90 EMI UK 1990 Promo
12 FAMES 90 EMI UK 1990 Ltd.Ed.
(house mix) / (hip hop mix) / Queen Latifah's rap version) / (bonus beats
instrumental) / (Acapulco rap)
SPRO 4547 EMI US 1990 Promo
(house mix) // (hip hop mix) / (Gass mix)
2038056 EMI Holland Mar 1990
12 FAME 90 EMI UK Mar 1990
12 FAME 90 EMI UK Apr 1990 Black sl.w/sticker
12 FAME D 90 A EMI UK 1990 Promo
(with Queen Latifah) / (house mix) / (Gass mix) // (hip hop mix) /
(absolutely nothing premeditated/epic mix)
V-56163 US 1990
FASHION
(single version) // (album version)
JD 12140 US 1980 Promo
Fashion // Scream Like a Baby
BOW T 7 RCA UK Oct 1980
HEAVEN'S IN HERE
(lp version) // (edited version)
SPRO 4374 EMI US 1989 Promo
HEROES
??? RCA Australia 19??
??? RCA Spain 19?? 10"
PC 1121 RCA Spain 1977
(german) // (french)
PC 9821 RCA Germany 1977
JOHN I'M ONLY DANCING
(again) (1975) // (1972)
BOW 12-4 RCA UK Dec 1979 Ltd.Ed. 50.000
(again) (1975) // Golden Years
PD 11886 RCA US Dec 1979
JUMP THEY SAY
(Brothers in Rhythm mix) // (Brothers in Rhythm instrumental)
B.I.R 1 Savage UK Mar 1993 Promo
(Leftfield 12" vocal) / (instrumental) // (hard hands mix) / (dub oddity
mix)
LEFT 1 Savage UK Mar 1993 Promo
(club hart remix) / (JAE-E remix) / (JAE-E dub) // (Leftfield remix) / (dub
oddity mix) / Pallas Athena (don't stop praying mix)
74321 13696 1 BMG Holland Mar 1993
(hard hands mix) / (full album version) // (Leftfield 12" vocal) / (dub
oddity mix)
74321 13932 1 BMG UK Mar 1993
(dub oddity mix) / (club hart remix) / (JAE-E dub) / (remix)
SADJ 50039 US 1993 Promo
LET'S DANCE
Let's Dance (long version)
SPRO 9904 EMI US Promo 1983
Let's Dance // Cat People
86660 EMI Germany Mar 1983
12 EA 152 EMI UK Mar 1983
7805 EMI US Mar 1983
LONDON BOYS
London Boys / Love You till Tuesday // The Laughing Gnome / Maid of Bond
Street
TOF 105 Castle UK Aug 1986 Ltd.Ed 7.500
LOVING THE ALIEN
(extended dance mix) // Don't Look Down (extended dance mix) / Loving the
Alien (extended dub mix)
12 EA 195 EMI UK May 1985 G/F with poster
12 EA 195 EMI UK May 1985 G/F
12 EAP 195 EMI UK Jun 1985 Pic disc
MAGIC DANCE
ED 224 Australia 1987
Canada
(dance mix) // (dub mix) / Within You
V-19217 US Jan 1987
MAGGIE'S FARM
see "TIN MACHINE"
MAJOR TOM 1969-1980
Space Oddity / Ashes to Ashes
PASH 2989 Israel 198? Ltd.Ed.250 Promo
MAN IN THE MIDDLE
Man in the Middle // Looking For a Friend / Hang Onto Yourself
(Arnold Corns versions)
PAST 2 KrazyKat Norway May 1985
MIRACLE GOODNIGHT
4 trk
MG 1 BMG UK 1993 Promo
(blunted 2) / (make believe mix) // (12" 2 chord philly mix) /
(dance dub)
74321 16226 1 BMG UK Oct 1993
MODERN LOVE
Modern Love // Modern Love (live)
12 EA 158 EMI UK Sep 1983 some with poster
NEVER LET ME DOWN
9951052 EMI Brazil 1987 Promo
(album version) // (album version)
SPRO 79090 EMI US 1987 Promo
(ext. dance mix) // '87 and Cry (edit) / Never Let Me Down (dub) / Never
Let Me Down (acapella)
2020306 EMI Holland Aug 1987
12 EA 239 EMI UK Aug 1987
PALLAS ATHENA
??? US 1993 Promo
PAUL'S THEME (?)
Paul's Theme // Cat People
MCAT 770 MCA UK Jul 1982
PEACE ON EARTH
Peace on Earth / Little Drummer Boy / Fantastic Voyage
BOW T12 RCA UK Nov 1982
PETER AND THE WOLF
??? RCA US 1978 Promo 1-side
PRESS CONFERENCE (1987) (GLASS SPIDER)
??? ??? 198? Pic disc
PRESS CONFERENCE LA ROXY 1990
??? ??? 1990 Red disc,Ltd.Ed.500
PRETTY PINK ROSE
(lp version) // Heartbeat / Oh Daddy
(Bowie and Adrian Belew on lp version, other tracks Belew alone)
A 7904 T Atlantic May 1990
PRISONER OF LOVE
??? EMI US 1989 Promo
(lp version) / Baby Can Dance (live) / Crack City (live)
12 MT 76 EMI UK Oct 1989
REAL COOL WORLD
(12" club mix) / (cool dub thing #2) // (cool dub thing #1) / (cool dub
overture)
WO 127 T Warner Bros Germany 1992
940575-0 Warner Bros US 1992
SCARY MONSTERS
Scary Monsters // Because You're Young
PC 9657 RCA Germany Jan 1981
SOUND + VISION
(808 giftmix) / (808 'lectric blue remix) // (David Richards remix 1991) /
(original version)
(808 state vs Bowie Remixes)
TB 510 Tommy Boy/RYKO US 1991
SPACE ODDITY
'The Continuing Story of Major Tom':
Space Oddity (original version) / Ashes to Ashes (edited version)
DJL 1-3795 RCA US Aug 1980 Promo
STAR
Star // What in the World / Breaking Glass
DJL 1-3255 RCA US Nov 1978 white disc, promo
THE HEARTS FILTHY LESSON
(alt mix) / (bowie mix) // (rubber mix) / (simple text mix) / (filthy mix)
743213 139012 BMG UK 1995 pic disc
BMG UK 1995
(alt mix)
OUT1 BMG UK 1995 1-side Promo
(simple text mix) / (filthy mix) / (rubber mix)
OUT2 BMG UK 1995 Promo
THIS IS NOT AMERICA
(Bowie with Pat Metheny group)
This Is Not America // (instrumental)
2004826 EMI Germany Jan 1985
12 EA 190 EMI UK Jan 1985
12 EA 190 EMI UK Jan 1985 Black sleeve
TIN MACHINE
Tin Machine // Maggie's Farm (live) / I Can't Read (live)
12 MTP 73 EMI UK Aug 1989 Ltd.Ed. poster sleeve
TIME WILL CRAWL
??? US 1987 Promo
4 trk
V 19247 US 1987
(ext. dance mix) // (lp version) / Girls (ext. edit)
2018836 EMI Holland Jun 1987
12 EA 237 EMI UK Jun 1987
(dance crew mix) // (dub) / Girls (Japanese version)
12 EAX 237 EMI UK Jun 1987 (deleted after 5 days)
TONIGHT
(vocal dance mix) // Tumble and Twirl (ext. dance mix) / Tonight (dub mix)
(Bowie with Tina Turner on 'Tonight', 'Tumble and Twirl' Bowie alone)
2004576 EMI Holland Nov 1984
12 EA 187 EMI UK Nov 1984
SPRO 9295 EMI US 1984 Promo
TOO DIZZY
??? EMI US 19?? Promo
UNDER PRESSURE
Under Pressure // Soul Brother
(Bowie and Queen on 'Under Pressure', 'Soul Brother' Queen alone)
006-64626 Germany Nov? 1981
EMI 5250 EMI UK Oct 1981
47235 ELETRA US Oct 1981
UNDER THE GOD
Under the God // Under the God
SPRO 4282 EMI US 1989 Promo
Under the God / Sacrifice Yourself // The Interview (with Scott Muni)
2034156 EMI Germany Jun 1989
10 MT 68 EMI UK Jun 1989 10"
12 MT 68 EMI UK Jun 1989
UNDERGROUND
??? New Zealand 1986 Green disc
??? New Zealand 1986 Yellow disc
South Africa Promo, Pink disc
(ext. dance mix) // (dub) / (instrumental)
2012886 Holland Jun 1986
12 EA 216 UK Jun 1986
SPRO 9670 US 1986 Promo
UP THE HILL BACKWARDS
Up the Hill Backwards // Chrystal Japan
PD 12249 RCA US 1981 with set of stamps
WHEN THE WIND BLOWS
(ext. mix) // (instrumental)
009066 Virgin France Oct 1986
608613-213 Virgin Germany Oct 1986
VS 906 12 Virgin UK Oct 1986
VSDJ 906 Virgin UK 1986 Promo
WILD IS THE WIND
Wild Is the Wind // Golden Years
BOW T 10 RCA UK Nov 1981
YOU BELONG IN ROCK'N' ROLL
You Belong in Rock'n' Roll // Amlapura
LONX 305 London UK Aug 1991
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Sources (copied without permission):
Sheldon Cooper Ian Davey
A.R. Distefano Theodore Dreger
Sven Gusevik Scott Hannon
Jay Jodie
B.Larson The Machman
Marlene Christian Michelsen
Matthew Muilenburg Eric Morel
Greg O. Philip Obbard
Ian Rogers Eric Salo
Jim Sheppard Matthias Stieglitz
Una Persson Eiichi Yoshimura
"David Bowie
World 7" Records Discography" by Marshall Jarman
"Moonage Daydream" by Dave Thompson
"'Changes' An Illustrated Biography" by Stuart Hoggard
"David Bowie Black Book" by Barry Miles
"David Bowie - An Illustrated Record" by Roy Carr and
Charles Shaar Murray
Record Collector issues 103/116/131/137/153/159/172/185
Goldmine issue 368
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Subject: DISCOGRAPHY: 7"
From: k21721@kyyppari.hkkk.fi (Jarkko Orjatsalo)
Date: 14 Jul 1996 13:02:27 GMT
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David Bowie Discography. 7". July 1996
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TITLE (in alphabetical order)
song list
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(?) denotes a missing variable
all records below a songlist contain same songs
ps stands for picture sleeve
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1984
(mono) // (stereo)
JH 10026 RCA US Jul 1974 Promo
1984 // Queen Bitch
PB 10026 RCA US Jul 1974
1984 // Lady Grinning Soul
SS-2404 RCA Japan Oct 1974 ps
1984 / You Didn't Hear It from Me // Rebel Rebel
BFC-1/2 Fan club US 1974 pic label
1984 // TVC15
PB 3769 RCA Germany 1984 ps
ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS
??? Virgin New Zealand 1986
??? Virgin Japan 1986 Promo
Absolute Beginners // Absolute Beginners (Dub version)
DM 107937-100 Virgin Germany Mar 1986 ps
VS 838 Virgin UK Mar 1986 ps
VSS 838 Virgin UK Mar 1986 Shaped pic
ALABAMA SONG
Alabama Song // Space Oddity (1979 version)
PB 9510 RCA France Feb 1980 ps
PB 9510 RCA Germany Feb 1980 ps
PB 9510 RCA Holland Feb 1980 ps
PB 9510 RCA Spain 1980 ps
BOW 5 RCA UK Feb 1980 Poster sleeve,
some w/pink vinyl
SRCA 89010 RCA Yugoslavia Feb 1980 ps
ALL THE MADMEN
(mono) // (stereo)
DJ 311 Mercury US Dec 1970 Promo
All the Madmen // Janine
73173 Mercury US Dec 1970
All the Madmen // Soul Love
??? RCA Eastern Europe Jun 1973
ALL THE YOUNG DUDES
All the Young Dudes / Cracked Actor // It's Gonna Be Me
(Live versions 1974)
BOW 1 ??? 19?? ps,white label
ASHES TO ASHES
Ashes to Ashes // Move On
103671 RCA Australia Aug 1980 ps
PB 9575 RCA Belgium Aug 1980 ps
101-4106 RCA Brazil Aug 1980 ps
PB 9575 RCA France Aug 1980 ps
PB 9575 RCA Germany Aug 1980 ps
PB 9575 RCA Holland Aug 1980 ps
PB 9575 RCA Italy Aug 1980 ps
103671 RCA New Zealand Aug 1980
PB 9575 RCA Portugal Aug 1980 ps
42-1001 RCA South Africa Aug 1980
PB 9575 RCA Spain Aug 1980 ps
BOW 6 RCA UK Aug 1980 3 different sleeves,
each Ltd.Ed of 6000, w/ 4 diff.stamps,
some discs dark red.
(mono) // (stereo)
JH 12078 RCA US Aug 1980
Ashes to Ashes // It's No Game
31039 RCA Chile Aug 1980
PB 12078 RCA US Aug 1980 ps
Ashes to Ashes // Fashion
SSD-3011 RCA Japan Aug 1980 Promo, ps
BAAL
Baal's Hymn / Remembering Marie A. // Ballad of the Adventurers / The
Drowned Girl / The Dirty Song
BOW 11 RCA UK Feb 1982 ps, G/F
BABY UNIVERSAL
Baby Universal // You Belong in Rock'n' Roll
LON 310 London UK Oct 1991
BE MY WIFE
(mono) // (stereo)
JH 11017 RCA US Jun 1977 Promo
Be my Wife // Speed of Life
102937 RCA Australia Jun 1977
PB 1017 RCA Belgium Jun 1977 ps
PB 11017 RCA Canada Jun 1977
PB 1017 RCA France Jun 1977 ps
PB 1017 RCA Germany Jun 1977 ps
PB 1017 RCA Holland Jun 1977 ps
SS-3104 RCA Japan Sep 1977 ps
PB 1017 RCA Portugal Jun 1977 ps
PB 1017 RCA Spain Jun 1977 ps
PB 1017 RCA UK Jun 1977
BOW 511 RCA UK Jun 1983 ps
PB 11017 RCA US Jun 1977
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
(mono) // (stereo)
JH 11190 RCA US Jan 1978 Promo
Beauty and the Beast // Sense of Doubt
103071 RCA Australia Jan 1978
PB 1190 RCA Belgium Jan 1978 ps
PB 11190 RCA Canada Jan 1978
PB 1190 RCA France Jan 1978 ps
PB 1190 RCA Germany Jan 1978 ps
PB 1190 RCA Holland Apr 1978
PB 1190 RCA UK Jan 1978 ps
BOW 512 RCA UK Jun 1983
PB 11190 RCA US Jan 1978
BLACK TIE WHITE NOISE
Black Tie White Noise (radio edit) // You've Been Around (Dangers mix)
74321 139432 BMG UK 1993 ps
BMG Germany 1993
BLUE JEAN
EYS 17476 Japan 1984
Blue Jean // Dancing With the Big Boys
2003227 EMI Holland Sep 1984 ps
EA 181 EMI UK Sep 1984 ps
B-8231 EMI US 1984 ps, blue disc
BL 8231 EMI US Sep 1984
BOMBERS
Bombers // Eight Line Poem (different mix)
DJ (?) RCA US Nov 1971 Promo
BOWIE'S GREATEST HITS
free flexidisc with Record Mirror magazine
Knock on Wood / Space Oddity / The Man Who Sold The World / Life on Mars? /
Starman / The Jean Genie / Sorrow / Diamond Dogs
LYN 2929 Lyntone UK Sep 1974
BOYS KEEP SWINGING
PL 13254 Spain Apr 1979 Pic disc, Promo
Boys Keep Swinging // Fantastic Voyage
103371 RCA Australia Apr 1979
PB 11585 RCA Canada Apr 1979
PB 1585 RCA France May 1979
PB 1585 RCA Germany Apr 1979 ps
PB 1585 RCA Holland May 1979 ps
PB 1585 RCA Italy Apr 1979 ps
SS-3215 RCA Japan Jul 1979 ps
103371 RCA New Zealand Apr 1979
PB 1585 RCA Portugal Apr 1979 ps
42-921 RCA South Africa Apr 1979
PB 1585 RCA Spain Apr 1979 ps
BOW 2 RCA UK Apr 1979 ps
PB 11585 RCA US Apr 1979
BREAKING GLASS
Breaking Glass // Art Decade / Ziggy Stardust
(Live versions from "STAGE")
PB 9337 RCA Belgium Nov 1978 ps
PB 9337 RCA France Nov 1978
PB 9337 RCA Holland Nov 1978 ps, Blue disc
PB 9337 RCA Spain Nov 1978
BOW 1 RCA UK Nov 1978 ps
BOW 520 RCA UK Jun 1983 ps
Breaking Glass (2:47 version) // Art Decade
103295 RCA Australia Nov 1978
CAN'T HELP THINKING ABOUT ME
Can't Help Thinking About Me // And I Say to Myself
7N17020 PYE UK Jan 1966
WB 5815 Warner US Mar 1966
Can't Help Thinking About Me // I Dig Everything
11603 PYE Spain Sep 1972 ps
Can't Help Thinking About Me // I'm Not Losing Sleep
UP-408-Y PYE Japan Oct 1972 ps
Can't Help Thinking About Me // Do Anything You Say
7N8002 PYE Canada Jun 1978
CAT PEOPLE
??? US 1982 Pic disc
Cat People // Paul's Theme
(Bowie only on 'Cat People')
104102 MCA France 1982
104102 MCA Germany 1982
??? Japan 1982
MCA 770 MCA UK Apr 1982 ps
MCA 770 MCA UK Nov 1982
MCA 52024 MCA US Apr 1982 ps
CHANGES
Changes // Andy Warhol
74-0605 RCA Canada Dec 1971
GB 10468 RCA Canada 1976 reissue
49861 RCA France Jan 1972 ps
74-0605 RCA Germany 1972 ps
SS-2184 RCA Japan Jun 1972 ps
74-0605 RCA New Zealand Jan 1972
2160 RCA UK Jan 1972
74-0605 RCA US Dec 1971
GB 10468 RCA US 1974 reissue
CHINA GIRL
China Girl // Shake It
1866877 EMI Holland May 1983 ps
EYS 17378 EMI Japan 1983
EA 157 EMI UK May 1983 ps
EAP 157 EMI UK May 1983 Pic disc
B 8165 EMI US May 1983
CHRYSTAL JAPAN
Crystal Japan // Alabama Song
SS-3270 RCA Japan Feb 1980 ps
CRACKED ACTOR
Cracked Actor // John I'm Only Dancing (sax)
??? RCA Eastern Europe Jun 1973
DANCING IN THE STREET
(Clearmountain mix) // (instrumental)
(David Bowie with Mick Jagger)
2007877 EMI Holland Aug 1985 ps
EA 204 EMI UK Aug 1985 ps
DAY-IN DAY-OUT
P-B-8380 EMI US 1987 Promo
Day-In Day-Out // Julie
2017137 EMI Germany Mar 1987 ps
EA 230 EMI UK Mar 1987
EAX 230 EMI UK Apr 1987 Red
disc,Ltd.Ed.,Numb.
DIAMOND DOGS
(mono) // (stereo)
DJHO 0293 RCA US Jun 1974 Promo
Diamond Dogs // Holy Holy (later version)
102462 RCA Australia Jun 1974
APBO 0293 RCA Canada Jun 1974
APBO 0293 RCA France Jun 1974 ps
APBO 0293 RCA Germany Jun 1974 ps
APBO 0293 RCA Italy Sep 1974 ps
SS-2386 RCA Japan Aug 1974 ps
APBO 0293 RCA New Zealand Jun 1974
APAO 0293 RCA Portugal Jun 1974 ps
APAO 0293 RCA Portugal 197? ps,reissue
APBO 0293 RCA Spain Jun 1974 ps
APBO 0293 RCA Spain 197? ps,reissue
APBO 0293 RCA UK Jun 1974 some w/dark blue vinyl
BOW 504 RCA UK Jun 1983 ps
APBO 0293 RCA US Jun 1974
SRCA 88765 RCA Yugoslavia 1974 ps
D.J.
(mono) // (stereo)
JH 11661 RCA US Jun 1979 Promo
D.J. // Repetition
103420 RCA Australia Aug 1979
PB 9412 RCA France Jun 1979 ps
PB 9412 RCA Spain Jun 1979 ps
BOW 3 RCA UK Jun 1979 ps.,appr.3000 gr.vin.
BOW 3 RCA UK Jun 1979 First 75.000
w/col.sl.
BOW 516 RCA UK Jun 1983
D.J. // Fantastic Voyage
101.4096 RCA Brazil Jun 1979
PB 11661 RCA Canada Jun 1979
PB 11161 RCA US Jun 1979
DO ANYTHING YOU SAY
Do Anything You Say // Good Morning Girl
7N17079 PYE UK Apr 1966
Do Anything You Say / I Dig Everything
UP-412-Y PYE Japan 1972 ps
Do Anything You Say / I Dig Everything // Can't Help Thinking About Me /
I'm Not Losing Sleep
7NX 8002 PYE New Zealand Oct 1972
7NX 8002 PYE UK Oct 1972 ps
7NX 8002 PYE UK 197? several reissues
DRIVE IN SATURDAY
Drive-In Saturday // Round and Round
41085 RCA France Apr 1973 ps
74-16321 RCA Germany Apr 1973 ps
46 g 178 RCA Greece Apr 1973
74-16231 RCA Holland Apr 1973 ps
2352 RCA Italy Apr 1973 ps
N-20123 RCA Portugal Nov 1973 ps
20123 RCA Portugal 197? ps,reissue
42-439 RCA South Africa Apr 1973
2352 RCA UK Apr 1973
BOW 501 RCA UK Jun 1983 ps
SRCA 88668 RCA Yugoslavia Apr 1973 ps
Drive-In Saturday // Walk On the Wild Side (by Lou Reed)
JBN 1680 RCA Italy Apr 1973
Drive-In Saturday // Big Eight (by Judge Dread)
MUZA S-636 RCA Poland Apr 1973
FAME
(long version) // (short version)
JB 10320 RCA US Aug 1975
Fame // Right
102639 RCA Australia Aug 1975
101.4067 RCA Brazil Aug 1975
PB 10320 RCA Canada Aug 1975
PB 10320 RCA El Salvador Aug 1975
PB 10320 RCA France Aug 1975 ps
PB 10320 RCA Germany Oct 1975 ps
RCS 4001 RCA Greece Aug 1975
SS-2482 RCA Japan Aug 1975 ps
SP-4341 RCA Mexico Aug 1975 ps
PB 10320 RCA Portugal Aug 1975 ps
42-647 RCA South Africa Aug 1975
PB 10320 RCA Spain Aug 1975 ps
PB 10320 RCA Spain 197? ps,reissue
2579 RCA UK Aug 1975
BOW 507 RCA UK Jun 1983 ps
PB 10320 RCA US Aug 1975
45.665 RCA Venezuela Aug 1975
Fame // Golden Years
GB 10938 RCA Canada 197?
OLD-25016 RCA Holland Nov 1980 ps
GB 10938 RCA US 197?
Fame // Space Oddity
TPBO 7013 RCA Italy Aug 1975 ps
Fame
4 trk.record, Bowie on 'Fame'
KS 444 Cashbox Thailand Aug 1975 ps
TKR 325 Royal sound Thailan 1975
EXP.113 Express Thailand 1975
FT.263 Stereo Records Thai 1975
FAME 90
??? ? 1990 Promo, white disc
(Gass mix) // (Queen Latifah's rap version)
2038057 EMI Germany Apr 1990 ps
FAME 90 EMI UK Apr 1990 ps
FAMES 90 EMI Mar 1990 Fold out pack w/3 pr.
(Gass mix) // (Bonus Beat mix)
FAME PD 90 EMI UK Apr 1990 Pic disc w/ins.,Ltd.Ed.
FASHION
(mono) // (stereo)
JH 12134 RCA US Jan 1981 Promo
Fashion // Scream Like a Baby
103709 RCA Australia Oct 1980
PB 9622 RCA Belgium Oct 1980 ps
PB 2134 RCA France Oct 1980 ps
PB 9622 RCA Germany Oct 1980 ps
PB 9622 RCA Holland Oct 1980 ps
103709 RCA New Zealand Oct 1980
42-1025 RCA South Africa Oct 1980
PB 2134 RCA Spain Oct 1980 ps
BOW 7 RCA UK Oct 1980 ps
PB 12134 RCA US Jan 1980 ps
Fashion // Ashes to Ashes
S-0065 RCA Argentina Oct 1980
Fashion / It's No Game (part 2) // Teenage Wildlife
JE-12087 RCA US Aug 1980 Promo, not distrib.
FASHIONS
Space Oddity // Changes / Velvet Goldmine BOWP 101
Life on Mars? // The Man Who Sold the World BOWP 102
The Jean Genie // Ziggy Stardust BOWP 103
Rebel Rebel // Queen Bitch BOWP 104
Sound and Vision // A New Career in a New Town BOWP 105
Drive-In Saturday // Round and Round BOWP 106
Sorrow // Amsterdam BOWP 107
Golden Years // Can You Hear Me BOWP 108
Boys Keep Swinging // Fantastic Voyage BOWP 109
Ashes to Ashes // Move On BOWP 110
BOW 100 RCA UK 1982 wallet w/10 pic discs
Ltd.Ed. 25.000
FROM THE NEW ALBUM "LOW"
samples: Speed of Life / Breaking Glass / What in the World / Sound and
Vision / Be My Wife / A New Career in a New Town
BOW-1E RCA UK 1977 1-side Promo,not distr.
GOLDEN YEARS
(mono) // (stereo)
JH 10441 RCA US Nov 1975 Promo
Golden Years // Can You Hear Me
102708 RCA Australia Mar 1976
YBPO 415 RCA Belgium Jan 1976 ps
PB 10441 RCA Canada Nov 1975
PB 10441 RCA France Nov 1975 ps
PB 10441 RCA Germany Jan 1976 ps
PB 10441 RCA Italy Nov 1976 ps
SS-2520 RCA Japan Jan 1976 ps
SP 4483 RCA Mexico Mar 1976 ps
102708 RCA New Zealand Mar 1976
PB 10441 RCA Portugal Nov 1975 ps
42-656 RCA South Africa Nov 1975
PB 10441 RCA Spain Nov 1975 ps
2640 RCA UK Nov 1975
BOW 508 RCA UK Jun 1983 ps
PB 10441 RCA US Nov 1975
Golden Years // TVC15
45-674 RCA Venezuela Mar 1976
Golden Years // Tanto (by Patty Pravo)
TPJB 1206 RCA Italy 1976 Jukebox Promo
Golden Years // Sound and Vision
101.4082 RCA Brazil Jul 1977 ps
4 trk.record, Bowie on 'Golden Years'
TKR 366 Royal sound Thailan Nov 1975 ps
F.T.294 Stereo records Thai 1975 ps
HALLO SPACEBOY
Hallo Spaceboy / Under Pressure (live)
74321 353847 BMG UK 1996 pink disc
HANG ONTO YOURSELF
Hang Onto Yourself // Man in the Middle
(Arnold Corns versions)
CB 189 B&C records UK Aug 1972
MOON 25 Mooncrest UK May 1974
Hang Onto Yourself // Hang Onto Yourself
(Arnold corns version)
MOON 25 Mooncrest UK May 1974 Promo
"HEROES"
??? RCA France 19?? Pic disc
PB 1121 RCA Spain Sep 1977 ps
PB 1121 RCA UK 1977 Promo
(mono) // (stereo)
JH 11121 RCA US Sep 1977 Promo
"Heroes" // V-2 Schneider
103019 RCA Australia Nov 1977
PB 1121 RCA Belgium Sep 1977
PB 50398 RCA Canada Sep 1977
PB 1121 RCA France Sep 1977 ps
PB 1121 RCA Germany Sep 1977 ps
PB 1121 RCA Holland Nov 1977 ps
PB 1121 RCA Italy Sep 1977 ps
SS-3125 RCA Japan Dec 1977 ps
PB 1121 RCA Portugal Sep 1977 ps
PB 1121 RCA Spain Sep 1977 ps
42-813 RCA South Africa Sep 1977 ps
PB 1121 RCA UK Sep 1977
BOW 513 RCA UK Jun 1983
PB 11121 RCA US Sep 1977
(french) // V-2 Schneider
PB 9167 RCA France Sep 1977 ps
(german) // V-2 Schneider
PB 9168 RCA Germany Sep 1977 ps
"Heroes" // Rock On (by David Essex)
PXB 6119 RCA Italy Sep 1977 Jukebox Promo
(english) / (french) // (german) / V-2 Schneider
20629 RCA Australia Sep 1977 ps
HOLY HOLY
Holy Holy (1974 version) // Man in the Middle
BFC-7 DB Fan club US 1974
Holy Holy // Black Country Rock
6052049 Mercury Austra Mar 1971
6052049 Mercury German Feb 1971 ps
6052049 Mercury Spain Mar 1971 ps
6052-049 Mercury UK Jan 1971
I DIG EVERYTHING
I Dig Everything // I'm Not Losing Sleep
7N 17157 PYE UK Aug 1966
I PITY THE FOOL
I Pity the Fool // Take My Tip
R 5250 Parlophone UK Mar 1965
I Pity the Fool / Take My Tip // You've Got a Habit of Leaving / Baby Loves
That Way
2925 EMI UK Mar 1979 ps
IT'S NO GAME
It's No Game (part 1) // Fashion
RPS 10 RCA Japan Oct 1980 ps
JOHN I'M ONLY DANCING
John I'm Only Dancing // Hang Onto Yourself
41042 RCA France Sep 1972 ps
7416216 RCA Germany Sep 1972 ps
7416216 RCA Holland Sep 1972 ps
2263 RCA UK Sep 1972
BOW 517 RCA UK Jun 1983 ps
John I'm Only Dancing // Hang Onto Yourself / Round and Round
BFC-8 Fan club US 1974
John I'm Only Dancing (sax) // Hang Onto Yourself
2263 RCA UK Apr 1973
(again) (1975) // (1972)
PB 9482 RCA France Dec 1979 ps
PB 9482 RCA Holland Dec 1979 ps
PB 9482 RCA Italy Dec 1979 ps
42-973 RCA South Africa Dec 1979
BOW 4 RCA UK Dec 1979 ps
(1972) // (again) (1975)
PB 9482 RCA Germany Dec 1979 ps
(again) (1975) // Golden Years
PB 11886 RCA US Dec 1979
(1972) // Joe the Lion
41A-3164 RCA Argentina Nov 1979
103520 RCA Australia Nov 1979
PB-11887 RCA Canada Nov 1979
PB 1887 RCA Spain Dec 1979 most w/austral.disc
PB 11887 RCA US Dec 1979
JB 11887 RCA US Nov 1979 Promo
JUMP THEY SAY
(radio edit) // Pallas Athena (don't stop praying mix)
74321 13696 7 BMG Holland Mar 1993 ps
#139427-JB BMG UK 1993 jukebox only
KNOCK ON WOOD
Knock on Wood // Changes
(Live versions from "DAVID LIVE")
SPBO 9185 RCA Spain Feb 1975 ps
Knock on Wood // Panic in Detroit
(Live versions from "DAVID LIVE")
102522 RCA Australia Jan 1975
XB 01001 RCA France Sep 1974 ps
XB 01001 RCA Germany Sep 1974 ps
2466 RCA Italy Oct 1974 ps
SS-2416 RCA Japan Dec 1974 ps
60653 RCA New Zealand Jan 1975
XA 01001 RCA Portugal Sep 1974 ps
XB 01001 RCA Portugal 197? ps,reissue
42-545 RCA South Africa Sep 1974
74910 RCA Turkey Sep 1974
2466 RCA UK Sep 1974
BOW 505 RCA UK Jun 1983 ps
SRCA 88783 RCA Yugoslavia Sep 1974 ps
Knock on Wood
4 trk.record, Bowie on 'Knock on Wood'
Exp 011 Express Thailand Sep 1974 ps
TKR 235 Royal sound Thailan Sep 1974
LET'S DANCE
SP 1446 EMI France 1983 Promo
Let's Dance (edit) // Cat People (1983 version)
86660 EMI Holland Mar 1983 ps
EYS 91092 EMI Japan 1983
EA 152 EMI UK Mar 1983 ps
8158 EMI US Mar 1983
LET'S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER
(mono) // (stereo)
DJHO-0028 RCA US Jun 1973 Promo
Let's Spend the Night Together // Lady Grinning Soul
101.4031 RCA Brazil Aug 1973 ps
41125 RCA France Aug 1973 ps
APBO 28 RCA Holland Jun 1973 ps
APBO 0028 RCA India Jun 1973
APBO 0028 RCA Sweden Apr 1974 ps
APBO 0028 RCA US Jun 1973
Let's Spend the Night Together // Drive-In Saturday
SS-2279 RCA Japan Jun 1973 ps
Let's Spend the Night Together // Watch That Man
N 1681 RCA Italy Jun 1973 ps
Let's Spend the Night Together // Steamroller Blues (by Elvis)
JBN 1684 RCA Italy 1973 Jukebox Promo
LIFE ON MARS ?
??? RCA US 1973 Promo
Life on Mars? // The Man Who Sold the World
41110 RCA France Jun 1973 ps
74-16339 RCA Germany Jun 1973 ps
2316 RCA UK Jun 1973 ps
BOW 502 RCA UK Jun 1983 ps
Life on Mars? // Amsterdam
N 1689 RCA Italy Nov 1973 ps
Life on Mars? // Le Tue Mani Su Di Me (by Antonello Venditti)
JBPM 3737 RCA Italy 1973 Jukebox Promo
Life on Mars? // Black Country Rock
20199 RCA Portugal Jun 1973 ps
20199 RCA Portugal 197? ps,reissue
Life on Mars? / Drive-In Saturday
3-10936 RCA Spain Jun 1973 ps
LIVE BBC '69 WITH JUNIORS EYES
Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed // Let Me Sleep Beside You
SR 69 ? 19?? ps,green disc
LIZA JANE
Liza Jane // Louie Louie Go Home
POP V 9221 Vocalion UK Jun 1964
F 13807 Decca UK Sep 1978
LONDON BOYS
There Is a Happy Land // London Boys
86086 Decca France May 1975 ps
(a-side mistitled 'London boys'
b-side mistitled 'Love you till tuesday')
London Boys // Love You till Tuesday
45/10732 London Mexico May 1975
F 13579 Decca UK May 1975
F 13579 Decca UK 1981 reissue,made in Germany
4 trk.record, Bowie on 'London Boys'
FR 13864 Decca UK Apr 1980 ps
LONDON BYE TA-TA
London Bye Ta-Ta // Bombers
POP 001 ? 1979
LOOK BACK IN ANGER
(mono) // (stereo)
JH 11724 RCA US Aug 1979 Promo
Look Back in Anger // Repetition
PB 11724 RCA Canada Aug 1979
PB 11724 RCA US Aug 1979
JH 11724 RCA US 1979 Promo
LOVE YOU TILL TUESDAY
Love You till Tuesday // Did You Ever Have a Dream
DM 135 Deram Germany Oct 1967 ps
DM 135 Deram Holland Oct 1967 ps
FM.7357 Deram South Africa Sep 1967 ps
DM 135 Deram UK Jul 1967
85016 Deram US Aug 1967
45-DEM-85016 Deram US Aug 1967 Promo
45-85016 Deram US Aug 1967 Promo
LOVING THE ALIEN
Loving the Alien (remix) // Don't Look Down (remix)
??? EMI Japan 1985 G/F
CP 649 EMI New Zealand 1985 G/F
EA 195 EMI UK May 1985 ps,G/F
EAP 195 EMI UK May 1985 Shaped pic disc
MAGGIE'S FARM
see "TIN MACHINE"
MAGIC DANCE
Magic Dance
RPS 20 EMI Australia 1986 Promo
MEMORY OF A FREE FESTIVAL
Memory of a Free Festival (part 1) // (part 2)
6052026 Mercury Germany Jul 1970 ps
6052026 Mercury Holland Jul 1970 ps
6052026 Mercury Scandinavia Jul 1970 ps
6052-026 Mercury UK Jun 1970
73075 Mercury US Jun 1970
MIRACLE GOODNIGHT
Miracle Goodnight // Looking For Lester
74321 16226 7 BMG UK Oct 1993
MODERN LOVE
EYS 17403 EMI Japan 1983
Modern Love // Modern Love (live)
1867627 EMI Holland Sep 1983 ps
EA 158 EMI UK Sep 1983 ps
B 8177 EMI US Sep 1983
MOONAGE DAYDREAM
Moonage Daydream // Hang Onto Yourself
(Arnold Corns versions)
6073 212 Philips Holland May 1971
CB 149 B&C UK Apr 1971
NEVER LET ME DOWN
??? EMI Australia 1987 Promo
??? EMI Japan 1987
Never Let Me Down // '87 and Cry
EA 239 EMI UK Aug 1987 ps
EAP 239 EMI UK Aug 1987 Pic disc
PAUL'S THEME
Paul's Theme // Cat People
(Bowie only on 'Cat People')
MCA 770 MCA UK Jul 1982
PEACE ON EARTH
??? RCA Japan 1982
Peace on Earth / Little Drummer Boy // Fantastic Voyage
(a-side Bowie with Bing Crosby, b-side Bowie alone)
PB 3400 RCA Germany 1982
BOW 12 RCA UK Nov 1982 ps
PH 13400 RCA US Nov 1982
PRESS CONFERENCE, March 18, 1987, New york, Cat club
SPIDER 2 P ? 1987 Blue disc, Ltd.Ed.1000
PRESS CONFERENCE, October 27, 1987, Sydney, Australia
SPIDER 3 ? 1987 Yell.disc, Ltd.Ed.1000
SPIDER 3S ? 1987 Shaper pic disc, blue,
Ltd.Ed.2000
PRESS CONFERENCE, June 25, 1989 (Tin Machine)
? ? 1989 Shaped pic disc,
Ltd.Ed. 150
? ? 1989 Green disc, Ltd.Ed.100
TIN7 ? 1989 Pink disc, Ltd.Ed.500
? ? 1989 Test pressing,25 made
PRESS CONFERENCE, London, January 23, 1990 (Sound+Vision)
? ? 199? Blue disc,Ltd.Ed.500
? ? 199? Bl.disc,Promo,100 made
SOUND 7 ? 199? Pic disc,Ltd.Ed. 1500
SOUND 7 S ? 199? Shaped pic disc,
Ltd.Ed. 2000
PRETTY PINK ROSE
Pretty Pink Rose (edit) // Heartbeat
(a-side Bowie with Adrian Belew, b-side Belew alone)
7567-87904-7 Atlantic Germany May 1990 ps
A 7904 Atlantic UK May 1990 ps
PRISONER OF LOVE
Prisoner of Love (edit) // Baby Can Dance (live, June 25, 1989, Paris)
MT 76 EMI UK Oct 1989 Black sleeve
MT 76 EMI UK Oct 1989 Pic sleeve
MTS 76 EMI UK Nov 1989 Mirr.pack w/4 post
card
MTPD 76 EMI UK Nov 1989 Shaped pic disc,
printed PVC sleeve with card insert
RAGAZZO SOLO, RAGAZZA SOLA
Ragazzo Solo, Ragazza Sola // Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud
704208 BW Philips Italy Feb 1970
Bowie on 'Ragazzo Solo, Ragazza Sola'
1012 ASC Phonogram Italy 1970
1013 ASC Phonogram Italy 1970
REAL COOL WORLD
(album edit) // (instrumental version)
WO 127 Warner Germany Oct 1992 ps
REBEL REBEL
(mono) // (stereo)
DJHO-5009 RCA US Feb 1974 Promo
Rebel Rebel // Queen Bitch
RCA 102417 RCA Australia Apr 1974 ps
101.4046 RCA Brazil Apr 1974
LPBO 5009 RCA France Feb 1974 ps
74 16398 RCA Germany Feb 1974 ps
YEPBO 204 RCA Greece Feb 1974
LPBO 5009 RCA Holland Feb 1974 ps
LPBO 5009 RCA Italy Feb 1974 ps
SS-2355 RCA Japan Apr 1974 ps
SPBO 5009 RCA Spain Feb 1974 ps
LPBO 5009 RCA UK Feb 1974
BOW 514 RCA UK Jun 1983 (some mispressings
with 'Song for Bob Dylan' as b-side)
LPBO 5009 RCA US Feb 1974
SRCA 88731 RCA Yugoslavia Feb 1974
Rebel Rebel (US single version) // Lady Grinning Soul
APBO 0287 RCA US May 1974
(mono) (US single version) // (stereo) (US single version)
DJHO-0287 RCA US May 1974 Promo
Rebel Rebel // Lady Grinning Soul
SP 4049 RCA Mexico May 1974 ps
Rebel Rebel / Queen Bitch // Sorrow / Amsterdam
20610 RCA Australia Nov 1974 ps
Rebel Rebel / Queen Bitch // Sorrow (re-mastered) / Amsterdam (re-mastered)
20610 RCA Australia 197? ps,reissue
4 trk.record, Bowie on 'Rebel Rebel'
T-017 Top teen tal. Thail Feb 1974 ps
ROCK'N' ROLL SUICIDE
(mono) // (stereo)
DJHO-5009 RCA US 1974 Promo
Rock'n' Roll Suicide // Quicksand
LPBO 5021 RCA France Apr 1974 ps
LPBO 5021 RCA Germany Apr 1974 ps
74905 RCA Turkey Apr 1974 ps
LPBO 5021 RCA UK Apr 1974
BOW 503 RCA UK Jun 1983 ps
LPBO 5021 RCA US Apr 1974
SRCA 88751 RCA Yugoslavia Apr 1974 ps
ROCK'N' ROLL WITH ME
Rock'n' Roll with Me // Panic in Detroit
(Live versions from "DAVID LIVE")
PB 10105 RCA US Oct 1974
Rock'n' Roll with Me (edited version) // Rock'n' Roll with Me
JB 10105 RCA US Oct 1974 Promo
ROSALYN
Rosalyn // Where Have All the Good Times Gone
PROM 1 RCA New Zealand Oct 1973 ps,Promo
RUBBER BAND
Rubber Band // London Boys
DM 107 Deram UK Dec 1966
Rubber Band // There Is a Happy Land
85009 Deram US Dec 1966
45-DEM 85009 Deram US Dec 1966 Promo
45-85009 Deram US Dec 1966 Promo
SCARY MONSTERS
Scary Monsters // Because You're Young
PB 9654 RCA Germany Jan 1981 ps
BOW 8 RCA UK Jan 1981 ps
Scary Monsters // Up the Hill Backwards
PB 8714 RCA France Jan 1981 ps
SORROW
Sorrow // Amsterdam
31A-2388 RCA Argentina Oct 1973
102383 RCA Australia Jan 1974
LPF-0011 RCA Chile Sep 1973
41137 RCA France Sep 1973 ps
74 16383 RCA Germany Oct 1973 ps
26:11075 RCA Germany 1981 reissue
2424 RCA Holland Oct 1973 ps
SS-2334 RCA Japan Dec 1973 ps
60642 RCA New Zealand Jan 1974
APAO 0160 RCA Portugal Jan 1974 ps
APAO 160 RCA Portugal 197? ps,reissue
42-487 RCA South Africa Sep 1973
73.913 RCA Turkey Sep 1973
2424 RCA UK Sep 1973
BOW 519 RCA UK Jun 1983 ps
APBO 0160 RCA US Oct 1973
DJHO 0160 RCA US Oct 1973 Promo
2424 RCA US Oct 1973 export disc
Sorrow // Lady Grinning Soul
APBO 9056 RCA Spain Sep 1973 ps
APBO 9056 RCA Spain 197? ps,reissue
Sorrow
UR-151 Uranya Thailand Sep 1973
Sorrow // Sorrow
991.4108 RCA Brazil Sep 1973 promo
SOUL LOVE
Soul Love // Blackout
(Live versions from "STAGE")
SS-3166 RCA Japan Nov 1978 ps
SOUND AND VISION
4.trk record, Bowie on 'Sound and Vision'
102.8014 RCA Brazil Feb 1977
EXP 0312 Express Thailand Feb 1977 ps
(mono) // (stereo)
JH 10905 RCA US Feb 1977 Promo
Sound and Vision // A New Career in a New Town
102883 RCA Australia Feb 1977
PB 0905 RCA Belgium Apr 1977
PB 10905 RCA Canada Feb 1977
PB 0905 RCA France Feb 1977 ps
PB 0905 RCA Germany Apr 1977 ps
PB 0905 RCA Holland Apr 1977
PB 0905 RCA Italy Feb 1977 ps
SS-3076 RCA Japan Apr 1977 ps, 3 diff.labels
PB 0905 RCA Portugal Feb 1977 ps
42-770 RCA South Africa Feb 1977
PB 0905 RCA Spain Feb 1977
PB 0905 RCA UK Feb 1977
BOW 510 RCA UK Jun 1983 ps
PB 10905 RCA US Feb 1977
SPACE ODDITY
Space Oddity // Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud (diff.version)
BF 304201 Philips Australia Oct 1969
704201 BW Philips Belgium Dec 1969 ps, disc Holland
BF 304201 Philips Belgium Dec 1969 ps
704201 Philips Belgium Dec 1969 ps
704.201 Philips Brazil Feb 1970
M.72949 Mercury Canada Jul 1969
BF 304.201 F Philips France Oct 1969 ps
704201 BW Philips Germany Sep 1969 ps
704.201 Philips Greece Feb 1970
704201 BW Philips Holland Sep 1969 ps
704201 BW Philips Italy Sep 1969 ps
SFL-1244 Philips Japan Jan 1970 ps
304201 BF Philips Portugal Dec 1969
304201 BF Philips Portugal Dec 1969 Promo w/insert,g/f ps
304201 BF Philips Scandinavia Dec 1969 G/F, ps
5304201 Philips Spain Jan 1970 ps
BF 1801 Philips UK Jul 1969 stereo/mono
72949 Mercury US Jul 1969
DJ-133 Mercury US Jul 1969 Promo
DJ-156 Mercury US Dec 1969 Promo
Bowie on 'Space Oddity'
1006 ASC Phonogram Italy 1969 Promo
1008 ASC Phonogram Italy 1969 Promo
Space Oddity // It Ain't Easy
SS-2252 RCA Japan Mar 1973 ps
(Long version) // (short version)
740876 RCA US Dec 1972 Promo
Space Oddity // The Man Who Sold the World
74-0876 RCA Canada Jan 1973
GB 10470 RCA Canada 1976 reissue
APF-0001 RCA Chile Jan 1973
PPBO 7040 RCA Germany Apr 1976 ps
PPBO 7040 RCA Germany 1978 ps, reissue
20092 RCA Portugal May 1973 ps
20092 RCA Portugal 197? ps,reissue
42-415 RCA South Africa Jan 1973
3-10834 RCA Spai Nov 1972 ps
3-10834 RCA Spain 197? ps,reissue
73903 RCA Turkey Jan 1973
740876 RCA US Dec 1972 ps
GB 10470 RCA US 1976 ps, reissue
Space Oddity / Moonage Daydream // Life on Mars? / It Ain't Easy
EP 45103 RCA US Dec 1972 Promo
Space Oddity // Fool (by Elvis Presley)
003 RCA Thailand Jan 1973
Space Oddity // Starman
76-3797 RCA Mexico Jan 1973
Space Oddity
ESP-535 RCA Spain Jan 1973 1-side Promo
Space Oddity // Life on Mars?
N 1688 RCA Italy Sep 1973 Promo
Space Oddity // Changes / Velvet Goldmine
2593 RCA Holland Dec 1975 ps, disc made in UK
2593 RCA UK Sep 1975 ps
BOW 518 RCA UK Jun 1983
Space Odity // Velvet Goldmine
SRCA 88884 RCA Yugoslavia Sep 1975 ps
Space Oddity // Fame
TPBO 7013 RCA Italy Nov 1979 ps
SPEED OF LIFE
??? RCA Japan 19??
STARMAN
Starman // Suffragette City
SIN 30026 RCA Angola May 1972 disc made in Portugal
31A-2248 RCA Argentina May 1972
102142 RCA Australia Nov 1972
9914103 RCA Brazil May 1972
74-0719 RCA Canada May 1972
41012 RCA France 1972 ps
74-16180 RCA Germany Apr 1972 ps
46 g 129 RCA Greece Apr 1972
74-16180 RCA Holland Apr 1972 ps
SS-2197 RCA Japan Sep 1972 ps, orig.pr.Yokohama
740719 RCA New Zealand Nov 1972
42-338 RCA South Africa Apr 1972
2199 RCA UK Apr 1972 ps
74-0719 RCA US May 1972 ps
SRCA 88599 RCA Yugoslavia May 1972 ps
Starman // John I'm Only Dancing
N 1670 RCA Italy Nov 1972 ps
JBN 1670 RCA Italy 1972 Jukebox Promo
3-10798 RCA Spain Oct 1972 ps
3-10798 RCA Spain 197? ps,reissue
Starman / Hang Onto Yourself // John I'm Only Dancing / Suffragette City
TP 656 RCA Portugal Dec 1972 ps
TP 656 RCA Portugal 197? ps,reissue
STATION TO STATION
Station to Station (3:40 edit) // TVC15
42549 RCA France Feb 1976 not issued
STAY
Stay // Word on a Wing
PB 10736 RCA Canada Aug 1976
SS-3034 RCA Japan Sep 1976 ps
PB 0736 RCA Portugal Aug 1976 ps
PB 10736 RCA US Aug 1976
JH 10736 RCA US Aug 1976 Promo
STRANGERS WHEN WE MEET
Strangers When We Meet (edit) / The Man Who Sold the World (live)
74321 329407 BMG Nov 1995 green vinyl, ltd
SUFFRAGETTE CITY
Suffragette City // Stay
102813 RCA Australia Jul 1976 ps
42576 RCA France Jul 1976 ps
XB-01015 RCA Germany Jul 1976 ps
2726 RCA UK Jul 1976 ps
THE ELEPHANT MAN
XXX01 US Aug 1980 Promo
THE JEAN GENIE
The Jean Genie // Ziggy Stardust
31A-2257 RCA Argentina Nov 1972
74-16238 RCA Germany Feb 1973 Long hair/MWSTW sleeve
2302 RCA Israel Jan 1973 ps
60614 RCA New Zealand Feb 1973
N-20086 RCA Portugal Nov 1972 ps
N-20086 RCA Portugal 197? ps,reissue
2302 RCA Singapore Nov 1972
2302 RCA UK Nov 1972
BOW 515 RCA UK Jun 1983 ps
(mono) // (stereo)
740838 RCA US Nov 1972 Promo
The Jean Genie // Hang Onto Yourself
102221 RCA Australia 1972 ps
74-0838 RCA Canada Nov 1972
41057 RCA France Nov 1972 ps
74-0838 RCA Italy Jan 1973 ps
42-401 RCA South Africa Nov 1972
3-10825 RCA Spain Dec 1972 ps
3-10825 RCA Spain 197? ps,reissue
740838 RCA US Nov 1972
SRCA 88648 RCA Yugoslavia 1972 ps
The Jean Genie // John I'm Only Dancing
SS-2235 RCA Japan Jan 1973 ps
The Jean Genie // Lolly Sue (by Nicky North)
JBN 1676 RCA Italy Jan 1973 Jukebox Promo
The Jean Genie // Remember (by Nilsson)
AMS-158 RCA Japan Jan 1973 Promo
The Jean Genie // Space Oddity
old 25010 RCA Holland Nov 1980 ps
THE LAUGHING GNOME
The Laughing Gnome // The Gospel According to Tony Day
SDM 131 D Deram Angola Aug 1973
DMA-10351 Deram Australia Nov 1973
DM.12 Deram Belgium Apr 1967 ps
L 20079 London Canada Nov 1973
DM 123 Deram Denmark Aug 1973 ps,disc made in UK
85003 Deram France Aug 1973 ps
6101 019 Deram Holland Aug 1973 ps
DM 123 Deram Italy Aug 1973 ps
DM 123 Deram New Zealand Nov 1973
SDM 131 D Deram Portugal Aug 1973 ps
DM 123 Deram UK Apr 1967 inv.matrix no
DM 123 Deram UK Aug 1973
F 13924 Decca UK Jun 1982
LON 20079 London US Aug 1973
45-20079-DJ London US Aug 1973 Promo
LON 20079 London US Aug 1973 Promo
45-20079 London US Aug 1973 Promo
The Laughing Gnome // Rubber Band
MO 1378 Deram Spain Sep 1973 ps
The Laughing Gnome // Silly Boy Blue
DL 25600 Decca Germany Sep 1973
THE PRETTIEST STAR
The Prettiest Star // Conversation Piece
6052011 Mercury Germany Apr 1970 ps
6052011 Mercury Holland Apr 1970 ps
EMF 1135 Mercury Ireland Mar 1970
6052-011 Mercury Italy May 1970 ps
SFL 1277 Philips Japan Oct 1970 ps
6052011 Mercury Scandinavia Apr 1970
TOS 685 Mercury South Afric Mar 1970
6052 011 Mercury Spain May 1970 ps, Promos w/biography
MF 1135 Mercury UK Mar 1970
THIS IS NOT AMERICA
This Is Not America // (instrumental)
(Bowie with Pat Metheny Group)
2004827 EMI Holland 1985 ps
2004827 EMI Spain 1985
EA 190 EMI UK Jan 1985
??? EMI Yugoslavia 1985
TIME
Time // Panic in Detroit
SS-2299 RCA Japan Aug 1973 ps
Time // The Prettiest Star
41-118 RCA France Jul 1973 ps
APBO-0001 RCA India Apr 1973
ESP 540 RCA Spain 1973 ps,gift w/"DAVID LIVE"
APBO 0001 RCA US Apr 1973 ps, not distributed
(long version) // (short version)
DJBO 0001 RCA US Apr 1973 Promo
TIME WILL CRAWL
Time Will Crawl (single version) // Girls (single edit)
B-43020 EMI Canada 1987 ps
2018927 EMI Germany 1987
EA 237 EMI UK Jun 1987 ps
EAP 237 EMI UK 1987 poster sleeve
TIN MACHINE
Tin Machine // Maggie's Farm (live)
MT 73 EMI UK Aug 1989
MTG 73 EMI UK Aug 1989 G/F,
Ltd.Ed.,numbered
MTPD 73 EMI UK Sep 1989 Shaped pic
disc,Ltd.Ed.
w/card insert
TONIGHT
Tonight // Tumble and Twirl
B-8246 EMI Canada 1984 Poster sleeve
2004437 EMI Holland Nov 1984 ps
EYS 17510 EMI Japan 1984 Poster sleeve
EA 187 EMI UK Nov 1984
EA 187 EMI UK Nov 1984 Poster sleeve
B 8246 EMI US 1984 Poster sleeve
TVC15
(mono) // (stereo)
JH-10664 RCA US Apr 1976 Promo
TVC15 (single version) // We Are the Dead
YBPB 0-433 RCA Belgium Apr 1976 ps
PB 10664 RCA Canada Apr 1976
PB 10664 RCA France Apr 1976 ps
PB 10664 RCA Germany Apr 1976 ps
PB 10664 RCA Holland Apr 1976 ps
SS 3019 RCA Japan Jul 1976 ps
PB 10664 RCA Portugal Apr 1976 ps
PB 10664 RCA Spain Apr 1976 ps
2682 RCA UK Apr 1976
BOW 509 RCA UK Jun 1983 ps
PB 10664 RCA US Apr 1976
UNDER PRESSURE
Under Pressure // Soul Brother
(a-side Bowie with Queen, b-side Queen alone)
5250 EMI UK Nov 1981 ps
E 47235 Electra US Nov 1981
UNDER THE GOD
Under the God // Sacrifice Yourself
MT 68 EMI UK Jun 1989
UNDERGROUND
(edit) // (instrumental)
2012817 EMI Holland Jun 1986 ps
EA 216 EMI UK Jun 1986 ps
EAP 216 EMI UK Jun 1986 Shaped pic disc
B-8323 EMI US Jun 1986
UP THE HILL BACKWARDS
Up the Hill Backwards // Chrystal Japan
PB 50622 RCA Canada Mar 1981 ps
PB 9671 RCA Germany Mar 1981 ps
PB 9671 RCA Portugal Mar 1981 ps
42-1049 RCA South Africa Mar 1981
PB 9671 RCA Spain Mar 1981 ps
BOW 9 RCA UK Mar 1981 ps
WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT
Interview radio broadcast disc
TRAV 241 US Oct 1974 // The Who
MA 1791 US Feb 1980 // Bob Dylan
MA 1824 US Nov 1980 // Frank Zappa
MA 2903 US Aug 1985 // Frank Zappa
WHEN THE WIND BLOWS
When the Wind Blows // (instrumental)
108613-100 Virgin Germany Oct 1986 ps
VS 906 Virgin UK Oct 1986 ps
VSS 906 Virgin UK Oct 1986 Shaped pic disc
WHITE LIGHT/WHITE HEAT
White Light/White Heat // Cracked Actor
(Live versions from "ZIGGY STARDUST - THE MOTION PICTURE")
PB 3660 RCA France 1983
PB 3660 RCA Germany 1983 ps
PB 3660 RCA Holland 1983
372 RCA UK Nov 1983 ps
WIDTH OF A CIRCLE
Width of a Circle // Cygnet Committee
??? RCA Eastern Europe Jun 1973
WILD IS THE WIND
PB 9815 RCA France 1981
Wild Is the Wind // Golden Years
BOW 10 RCA UK Nov 1981 ps
WITHOUT YOU
??? EMI Japan 1983 Promo
??? EMI New Zealand 1983
Without You // Criminal World
B-8190 EMI Canada 1984 ps
0644000165 EMI Holland Nov 1983
2000767 EMI Holland 1983
EYS 17451 EMI Japan 1983
2000767 EMI Spain 1983
B 8190 EMI US 1983
YASSASSIN
Yassassin // Repetition
PB 9417 RCA Holland Jul 1979 ps
Yassassin // Red Money
79014 RCA Turkey Jul 1979 ps
YOU BELONG IN ROCK'N' ROLL
You Belong in Rock'n' Roll / Amlapura
LON 305 London UK Aug 1991
YOU'VE GOT A HABIT OF LEAVING
You've Got a Habit of Leaving // Baby Loves That Way
R 5315 Parlophone UK Aug 1965
YOUNG AMERICANS
(long version) // (short version)
2523 DJ RCA UK Feb 1975 Promo
JB 10152 RCA US Jan 1975 Promo
Young Americans // Suffragette City (from "DAVID LIVE")
2523 RCA UK Feb 1975
BOW 506 RCA UK Jun 1983
Young Americans (short version) // Knock on Wood (from "DAVID LIVE")
31A-2561 RCA Argentina Jan 1975
PB 10152 RCA Canada Jan 1975
PB 10152 RCA Chile Jan 1975
SP 4244 RCA Mexico Jan 1975 ps
PB 10152 RCA US Jan 1975
GB 10469 RCA US 197? reissue
Young Americans (short version) // Suffragette City (from "DAVID LIVE")
102584 RCA Australia Apr 1975
101.4076 RCA Brazil Feb 1975
XB 01003 RCA France Feb 1975 ps
XB 01003 RCA Germany Feb 1975 ps
XB 01003 RCA Italy Apr 1975 ps
SS-2447 RCA Japan Apr 1975 ps
XB 01003 RCA New Zealand Feb 1975
XB 01003 RCA Portugal Feb 1975 ps
SB 88823 RCA Yugoslavia Feb 1975 ps
Young Americans (short version) // Shoorah! Shoorah! (by Betty Wright)
TPJB 1127 RCA Italy Apr 1975 Jukebox Promo
Young Americans
4 trk.record, Bowie on 'Young Americans'
TKR 275 Royal sound Thailan Feb 1975 ps
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Sources (copied without permission):
Sheldon Cooper Ian Davey
A.R. Distefano Theodore Dreger
Sven Gusevik Scott Hannon
Jay Jodie
B.Larson The Machman
Marlene Christian Michelsen
Matthew Muilenburg Eric Morel
Greg O. Philip Obbard
Ian Rogers Eric Salo
Jim Sheppard Matthias Stieglitz
Una Persson Eiichi Yoshimura
"David Bowie
World 7" Records Discography" by Marshall Jarman
"Moonage Daydream" by Dave Thompson
"'Changes' An Illustrated Biography" by Stuart Hoggard
"David Bowie Black Book" by Barry Miles
"David Bowie - An Illustrated Record" by Roy Carr and
Charles Shaar Murray
Record Collector issues 103/116/131/137/153/159/172/185
Goldmine issue 368
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Subject: DISCOGRAPHY: LP - Unofficial
From: k21721@kyyppari.hkkk.fi (Jarkko Orjatsalo)
Date: 14 Jul 1996 13:01:53 GMT
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David Bowie Discography. LP - Unofficial. July 1996
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TITLE (in alphabetical order)
Song list
Catal.numb. company,country release date
(?) denotes missing information
all records below a song list contain same songs
'same as' means that songs are the same, and same versions, as
on a different record, but the records are not the same.
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1980 FLOOR SHOW (GOOD ENOUGH TO EAT)
same as "DOLLARS IN DRAG - THE 1980 FLOOR SHOW"
208 Ruthless Rhymes 19??
5 FIGUREN AUS VERSHIDENEN
Bowie & Iggy Pop Studia Jam, San Francisco, 13 April, 1977
Passenger / On Every Other Street / That's How Strong My Love Is / Fame
other tracks Roxy Music with Eno
? ? 19??
A TASTEFUL DISPLAY
Live at Nassau Coliseum, March 23, 1976
Station to Station / Suffragette City / Fame / Word on a Wing // Stay /
Panic in Detroit
IMP114 Wizardo 19??
ALARM
China Girl (Iggy & Bowie)
Saturday Night Live, December 15, 1979:
TVC15 / The Man Who Sold the World / Boys Keep Swinging
Johnny Carson Show 'Tonight´, September 5, 1980:
Life on Mars? / Ashes to Ashes
Bowie and Bolan Rehearsals, September 1977
? ? 19??
ALL SCHOOLS ARE STRANGE
T-Rex, Bowie plays auto-harp on "Demon Queen"
? ? 19??
ALL THE YOUNG DUDES
Love You Till Tuesday (UK single) / My Dream / Memory of a Free Festival
parts 1 & 2 / Supermen (Glastonbury) / Space Oddity (edited for TV) /
Velvet Goldmine // All the Young Dudes (Aladdin Sane version) / Bombers
(contains ´Andy Warhol´ intro) / 1984 - You Didn't Hear it from Me /
Rebel Rebel (US single) / Station to Station (Stockholm '79)
? ? 19??
BUMP AND GRIND
???
? Aftermath 19??
CAUGHT IN THE ACT
Hunky Dory Outtakes / Tired of My Life / Sigma Sessions / + more
? ? 19??
CHANGESTHREE
demo versions
AZL 1-1984 GRACE US 19??
COCAINE ADDS LIFE
Rotterdam 1976:
Station to Station / Suffragette City / Fame / Word on a Wing / Stay /
Waiting for the Man / Queen Bitch / Life on Mars? / Five Years / Panic
in Detroit / Changes / TVC15 / Diamond Dogs / Rebel Rebel / Jean Genie
Rare Live:
This Boy / Sound and Vision / Sister Midnight / I Can't Explain / Joe
the Lion
? ? 19??
DOLLARS IN DRAG - THE 1980 FLOOR SHOW
Live at Marquee club, October 16-18, 1973 except where stated:
1984 / Sorrow / Everythings Alright / Space Oddity / The Supermen (from
"REVELATIONS...") / Hang Onto Yourself (A.Corns) / Man in the Middle (Arnold
Corns) / I Can't Explain / Time / The Jean Genie / I Got You Babe (with
Marianne Faithful)
TAKRL /1905 ? 19??
DON'T TOUCH THAT DIAL
Live at the Empire Pool, May 7, 1976:
Station to Station / Suffragette City / Fame / Word on a Wing / Stay /
Waiting For the Man / Queen Bitch / Life on Mars ? / Changes / TVC15 /
Diamond Dogs
MARC Japan 19??
FOR ADULTS ONLY
Live Santa Monica '72
same as "THE BOWIE WONDER"
0050 Moonchild 19??
FOREVER YOURS
Live in Sydney, Australia, November 24, 1978:
"Heroes" / What in the World / Be My Wife / Jean Genie / Blackout // Sense
of Doubt / Breaking Glass / Fame / Beauty and the Beast / Five Years /
Soul Love / Star // Hang onto Yourself / Ziggy Stardust / Suffragette
City / Art Decade / Alabama Song / Rebel Rebel // Station to Station /
TVC15 / Stay
DB 689 ? 19??
GLASS SPIDER TOUR
same as the Glass spider video, Live in Australia 1987:
Fame / Bang Bang / Rebel Rebel / "Heroes" / Sons of the Silent Age // The
Jean Genie / Let's Dance / Time / White Light/White Heat / Modern Love
SL 87008 Starlight US 1988
GOLDEN YEARS OF BOW
Conversation Piece / Five Years / Ziggy Stardust / My Death / Rock'n' Roll
Suicide // John I'm Only Dancing / Word on a Wing / Peace on Earth/Little
Drummer Boy / "Heroes" / Alabama Song
All versions live exept 'Conversation Piece'
DB 6791 Gold rec.Switzerland 1980 white label
GREATEST HITS TOUR 1990
??? ? 199? 2 lp, purple disc
HALLOWEEN JACK - LOST AND FORGOTTEN
Five Years (Rotterdam '76) / Fame (Cher Show '75) / A Lad in Vein / Don't
Sit Down / BBC Session Sept '72
??? ? 19??
HARD MEAT AND LIMP HITS
Do Anything You Say / I Dig Everything / Can't Help Thinking about Me /
I'm Not Losing Sleep / Supermen (Glastonbury) / Velvet Goldmine / Hang
onto Yourself (Arnold Corns) // Man in the Middle / John I'm only
Dancing / Amsterdam / Round and Round / Rebel Rebel / Panic in Detroit
(live)
NYC 363 Wizardo 19??
HARD MEAT AND LIMP HITS VOL.1: BABY DOLL, GENTLEMEN STILL PREFER BLONDES
reissue
WRMB 363 Wizardo 19??
HIS MASTERS VOICE - BOWIE AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS LAST STAND
Live at Hammersmith Odeon, July 3, 1973:
Hang Onto Yourself / Medley: Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud/All the Young
Dudes/Oh! You Pretty Things / Moonage Daydream / Changes / Space Oddity /
Time / Suffragette City / The Jean Genie / Rock'n' Roll Suicide
TAKRL 1935 Kornyphone 19??
IN AMERICA
Live Santa Monica '72
Width of a Circle / Queen Bitch / Moonage Daydream // John I'm only
Dancing / Waiting for the Man / Jean Genie / Suffragette City / Rock'n'
Roll Suicide
TMOQ 71062 Trademark of Quality 19??
IN PERSON
Live Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, October 20, 1972:
Hang Onto Yourself / Ziggy Stardust / Changes / The Supermen / Life on Mars?
/ Five Years // Space Oddity / Andy Warhol / My Death / Suffragette City /
John I'm Only Dancing / Rock'n' Roll Suicide / The Width of a Circle /
Queen Bitch / Moonage Daydream
TMQ 71054 Trademark of quality 197?
INTO THE LABYRINTH
Live Radio City Hall, February 15, 1973:
Hang Onto Yourself / Ziggy Stardust / Changes / Soul Love / John I'm Only
Dancing / Drive-In Saturday // Aladdin Sane / Panic in Detroit / Moonage
Daydream / The Width of a Circle
LZL 036 ? 19?? white label
KINGSTON POLY VOL.1
Live at Kingston Polytechnic, May 7, 1972:
Hang onto Yourself / Ziggy Stardust / Supermen / Queen Bitch / Song for
Bob Dylan / Changes / Starman // Five Years / Space Oddity / Andy Warhol /
Amsterdam / I Feel Free (not included)
POLY 1 ? 19??
KINGSTON POLY VOL.2
Live at Kingston Polytechnic, May 7, 1972:
I Feel Free / Moonage Daydream / White Light/White Heat / Got to Get a Job
// Suffragette City / Rock'n' Roll Suicide / Waiting for the Man
POLY 2 ? 19??
LIVE AT THE SANTA MONICA CIVIC
Live at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, October 20, 1972:
Hang Onto Yourself / Ziggy Stardust / Changes / The Supermen / Life on Mars?
/ Five Years / Space Oddity / Andy Warhol / My Death / John I'm Only Dancing
/ Waiting For the Man / The Jean Genie / Suffragette City / Rock'n' Roll
Suicide / The Width of a Circle / Queen Bitch / Moonage Daydream
TMOQ 72011 Trademark 19??
LIVE IN BREMEN
Live in Bremen, May 30, 1978:
Sense of Doubt / Beauty and the Beast / "Heroes" / Stay // Jean Genie /
TVC15 / Alabama Song / Rebel Rebel
D.12 CHAMALEON 19?? marble vinyl
LIVE IN ENGLAND
Live at Kingston polytechnic, May 7, 1972
Hang Onto Yourself / Ziggy Stardust / The Supermen / Queen Bitch / Song for
Bob Dylan / Changes / Starman / Five Years / Space Oddity / Andy Warhol /
Amsterdam / Fill Your Heart / Moonage Daydream / White Light/White Heat /
Get a Job / Suffragette City / Rock'n' Roll Suicide / Waiting for the Man
7572 Arts lab records 19??
LIVE IN ENGLAND (1971)
Live at Kingston Polytechnic, May 6, 1972:
Ziggy Stardust / Song for Bob Dylan / Starman / Amsterdam / I Feel Free //
White Light/White Heat / Got to Get a Job / Five Years / Rock'n' Roll
Suicide
WRMB 504 Wizardo Recordings 19??
LIVE IN LONDON
Live at Hammersmith Odeon, July 3, 1972, reissue of "HIS MASTERS VOICE"
WRMB 306 Wizardo Recordings 19??
LIVE IN STOCKHOLM 1979
Live in Gothenburg 1978:
Warszawa / "Heroes" / What in the World / Be My Wife // The Jean Genie /
Blackout / Speed of Life / Breaking Glass // Fame / Beauty and the Beast /
Five Years / Soul Love / Star // Hang Onto Yourself / Ziggy Stardust / Art
Decade / Suffragette City / Alabama Song / Station to Station
? Audifon Germany 19?? 2 lp G/F
LOST IN OUR VAULTS UNTIL NOW
Life on Mars? / Ashes to Ashes (Johnny Carson) / A Lad in Vein / Tired of
My Life / David Live flexi // Waiting for the Man (BBC '70) / Wild-eyed
Boy from Freecloud (BBC '70) / "Heroes" (Italian DJ remix)
? ? 19??
KISS AWAY THE DARKEST DAY
Bowie & Iggy studio jam at Chicago's Mantra Studios, April 12, 1977 /
BBC Radio Session '69 / Space Oddity (demo) / All the Madmen (demo)
??? ? 19??
KISS YOU IN THE RAIN
Live in Melbourne, Australia, November 18, 1978:
Jean Genie / Be My Wife / Five Years / Soul Love / Star // Hang onto
Yourself / Fame / Beauty and the Beast / Alabama Song / Ziggy Stardust
DB 6143 ? 19??
MY RADIO SWEETHEART
'The Sound of the Seventies' BBC 1972:
Ziggy Stardust / Waiting for the Man / The Supermen / Queen Bitch /
Suffragette City // White Light/White Heat / Hang Onto Yourself /
Live Long beach, March 10, 1973:
Hang Onto Yourself / Moonage Daydream / Watch That Man
??? Crash records 197?
NO IGGY OR ZIGGY...JUST A GIGOLO
Live in LA Forum, April 4, 1978:
"Heroes" / What in the World / Be My Wife / Jean Genie / Blackout / Sense
of Doubt / Speed of Life / Breaking Glass / Beauty and the Beast / Fame /
Five Years / Soul Love / Star / Hang onto Yourself / Ziggy Stardust /
Suffragette City / Rock'n' Roll Suicide / Art Decade / Stay / TVC15 /
Rebel Rebel
912 Omega 19?? 2 lp
NOTHIN BUT A STAR
Live in Festhalle, Frankfurt, May 20, 1983
??? ? 19??
OH! YOU PRETTY THINGS
BBC Radio Session '72 (4 trk) / Starman (TOTP '72) / Oh! You Pretty Things
(Old Grey Whistle Test, Feb 8, '72) / Hunky Dory Outtakes
??? ? 19??
ORWELL THAT ENDS WELL
Studio recordings :
1984/Dodo / All the Young Dudes / White Light/White Heat / Waiting for the
Man / Interview
Winston 1984 ? 19??
OUI...C'EST RADICAL, CHIC!
Live in Lyons, Palace De Sports, May 25, 1983:
"Heroes" / Golden Years / Fashion / Let's Dance / China Girl // Life on
Mars? / Ashes to Ashes / Space Oddity / Young Americans / Modern Love
SK 1521 USA Tropicana 19?? pic disc
PINPOINTS OF LIGHT
Live in Gothenburg, June 12, 1983:
Star / "Heroes" / What in the World / Golden Years // Fashion / Let's Dance
/ Red Sails / Breaking Glass / Life on Mars? / Sorrow // Cat People / China
Girl / Scary Monsters / Rebel Rebel / White Light/White Heat // Station to
Station / Cracked Actor / Ashes to Ashes / Space Oddity // Intro / Young
Americans / Hang Onto Yourself / Fame / TVC15 // Stay / The Jean Genie /
Modern Love
BF 375-4 Red shoes Sweden 1983 3 lp Ltd.ed. 500
RESURRECTION ON 84TH STREET
Live at the Nassau Coliseum, March 1976 :
Station to Station / Suffragette City / Fame // Stay / Panic in Detroit //
Changes / TVC15 / Diamond Dogs // Word on a Wing / Rebel Rebel / The Jean
Genie
TAKRL 2995 1979 2 lp
ROCK'N' ROLL SUICIDE
Live at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, October 20, 1972:
Hang Onto Yourself / Ziggy Stardust / Changes / The Supermen // Life on
Mars? / Five Years / Space Oddity / Andy Warhol / My Death // The Width of a
Circle / Queen Bitch / Moonage Daydream // John I'm Only Dancing / Waiting
for the Man / The Jean Genie / Suffragette City / Rock'n' Roll Suicide
TSP 041-2 Swinging Pig 1989 2 lp G/F blue disc
SERIOUS BUSINESS
Live at Munich, Olympiahalle, May 21, 1983:
Jean Genie / Star / "Heroes" / What in the World / Golden Years / Fashion
/ Let's Dance // Breaking Glass / Life on Mars? / Sorrow / Cat People /
China Girl / Scary Monsters / Rebel Rebel // White Light/White Heat /
Station to Station / Cracked Actor / Ashes to Ashes / Space Oddity //
Young Americans / Hang onto Yourself / Fame / TVC15 / Jean Genie / Modern
Love
NEWTON 4 Peace Music 19?? 2 lp
SLAUGHTER IN THE AIR
Live in LA Forum, April 4, 1978:
"Heroes" / What in the World / Be My Wife / The Jean Genie / Blackout /
Sense of Doubt / Speed of Life / Breaking Glass / Beauty and the Beast /
Fame / Five Years / Soul Love / Star / Hang Onto Yourself / Ziggy Stardust /
Suffragette City / Rock'n' Roll Suicide / Art Decade / Stay / TVC15 / Rebel
Rebel
DB 1978 ? 19?? 2 lp
Duke 001 Ruthless Rhymes 19?? 2 lp
SOFT IN THE MIDDLE
John I'm Only Dancing (Aladdin Sane) / Waiting for the Man (Santa Monica)
/ Moonage Daydream (Santa Monica) / Round and Round / Rebel Rebel (UK
single) / I'm Not Losing Sleep / Can't Help Thinking about Me / Do
Anything You Say / I Dig Everything / My Death (Santa Monica) / Amsterdam
TAKRL 1915 ? 19??
SOUND AND VISION
Live in Rotterdam, March 30, 1990:
Intro / Space Oddity / Changes / TVC15 / Rebel Rebel / Golden Years / Be My
Wife / Ashes to Ashes // Queen Bitch / Fashion / Blue Jean / Let's Dance /
Stay // China Girl / Ziggy Stardust / Sound and Vision / Station to Station
/ Young Americans // Suffragette City / Fame / "Heroes" / Pretty Pink Rose /
The Jean Genie/Gloria / Rock'n' Roll Suicide
PT 316 Pop tunes France 199? 2 lp
Live at Milton Keynes, London (???)
USN 180 Japan 1990 2 lp,red/green discs
SOUNDS FROM THE SOUND PIT
Bowie / Bolan studio jam, September 1977
??? ? 19??
SOUNDS LIKE BOWIE
Space Oddity / Sound and Vision / Golden Years / The Laughing Gnome / The
Jean Genie / Life on Mars? // Rebel Rebel / Sorrow / Starman / Drive-In
Saturday / Rock'n' Roll Suicide / Be My Wife
TAB 00035 Tabak UK 19?? Pic disc
SPACE ODDITY
same as "IN PERSON"
??? ? 19??
SPEED OF LIFE
Live in Adelaide, November 11, 1978:
Five Years / Soul Love / Star / Hang onto Yourself / Ziggy Stardust /
Suffragette City / Alabama Song // Station to Station / Stay / Rebel Rebel
6142 ? 19??
SUBWAY
Live in Toronto ? 1974:
Rock'n' Roll With Me / Space Oddity / Future Legend / Diamond Dogs / Panic
in Detroit / Big Brother / Time / The Width of a Circle / The Jean Genie
? Flat records 197?
THE 1972 AMERICAN TOUR
Live in Santa Monica '72, same as "THE BOWIE WONDER"
TAKRL 2965 Kornyphone 19??
THE ALL AMERICAN BOWIE
Live in Long Beach, March 10, 1973:
My Deatch / Aladdin Sane / Five Years / Width of a Circle // Ziggy
Stardust / Changes / Panic in Detroit / Time / Suffragette City
TMOQ 71074 Trademark of Quality 19??
THE BOWIE WONDER
Live in Santa Monica '72
Hang onto Yourself / Ziggy Stardust / Changes / Supermen / Life on Mars? /
Five Years / Space Oddity / Andy Warhol / My Death // Width of a Circle /
Queen Bitch / Moonage Daydream // John I'm Only Dancing / Waiting for the
Man / Jean Genie / Suffragette City / Rock'n' Roll Suicide
HH 1-4 Space Recordings 19?? 2 lp
THE MISSING LINK
Live in the US october 1974 (3 gigs):
Memory of a Free Festival / Space Oddity / Rebel Rebel / Sorrow / Changes /
1984 / Moonage Daydream / Rock'n' Roll With Me / The Jean Genie / Diamond
Dogs / Young Americans / It's Gonna Be Me / Footstompin' / Can You Hear Me /
Somebody Up There Likes Me / Suffragette City / Rock'n' Roll Suicide / John
I'm Only Dancing (again)
Strap 1 ? 19?? 2 lp G/F
THE RARE SINGLES VOL.1
All the Young Dudes (Aladdin Sane) / Bombers / 1984 - You Didn't Hear It
from Me / Love You Till Tuesday // My Dream / Interview - Over the Wall
We Go / Moonage Daydream (Arnold Corns) / Hang onto Yourself (Arnold
Corns)
PORPAKT3 ? 19??
THE RARE SINGLES VOL.2
Man in the Middle / Good Morning Girl / And I Say to Myself / Memory of a
Free Festival 1 & 2 // The Prettiest Star ('70) / Conversation Piece /
Holy Holy ('70) / London Bye Ta-Ta / Bombers
PORPAKT4 ? 19??
THE SERIOUS MOONLIGHT REHEARSALS
Live at Las Calinas soundstage Dallas, Texas, April 27, 1983:
TVC15 / Stay / The Jean Genie / Modern Love / Star / "Heroes" // What in the
World / Look Back in Anger / Joe the Lion / Wild Is the Wind / Golden Years
/ Fashion / Let's Dance / Red Sails // Breaking Glass / Life on Mars? /
Sorrow / Cat People / China Girl / Scary Monsters / Rebel Rebel / I Can't
Explain // White Light/White Heat / Station to Station / Cracked Actor /
Ashes to Ashes / Space Oddity / Young Americans
DBB-01 Gotham records US 1990 2 lp
THE THIN WHITE DUKE
Live at Nassau coliseum, March 23, 1976:
Station to Station / Suffragette City / Fame / Word on a Wing / Stay /
Panic in Detroit / Changes / TVC15 / Diamond Dogs / Rebel Rebel / The
Jean Genie
The Cher show, November 23, 1975:
Can You Hear Me / Medley: Song Sung Blue / One / Da Doo Ron Ron / Bill I
Love You Still / Maybe/Maybe Bbaby / Day Tripper / Blue Moon / Only You /
Temptation / Ain't No Sunshine / Young Blood / Young Americans
IMP 114 Wizardo 197?
THE THIN WHITE DUKE MEETS ZIGGY
All the Young Dudes (live with Mott the Hoople) / It's Gonna Be Me / Who
Can I Be Now / Moonage Daydream (BBC '72) / Waiting for the Man (BBC '70)
Live Copenhagen 1976:
Word on a Wing / Stay / Waiting for the Man / Queen Bitch / Life on Mars?
/ Five Years (cut short)
THE UNOFFICIAL WEMBLEY WIZARD BOX FILE
Records 1&2 = "SLAUGHTER IN THE AIR", 3 = "MY RADIO SWEETHEART", 4 =
various
Ziggy Stardust / Waiting for the Man / The Supermen / Queen Bitch /
Suffragette City // White Light/White Heat / Hang Onto Yourself / Hang Onto
Yourself / Moonage Daydream / Watch That Man // An Interview with Bill Huie
/ Ching-A-Ling / The Supermen / Waiting for the Man // The Width of a Circle
/ White Light/White Heat / Suffragette City / Moonage Daydream
some BBC, some live Long Beach 1973
duke 001 Moonbeam 19??
duke 009 Moonbeam 19??
THE WEMBLEY WIZARD TOUCHES THE DIAL
Live at The Empire Pool, Wembley, London, May 7, 1976:
Station to Station / Suffragette City / Fame / Word on a Wing / Waiting for
the Man / Queen Bitch / Life on Mars? / Changes / TVC15 / Diamond Dogs
? Hallowien Jack records 197?
TO MEET BOWIE
"David Live Promo" / Heroes (remix) / 1984/Dodo / You're Holding Me Down /
A Lad in Vein // Round and Round (BBC) / Waiting for the Man (BBC) / Love
You till Tuesday (different mix) / Baby Loves That Way / Peace on Earth/
Little Drummer Boy / "Heroes" (BBC)
JOY 1000 Joy records UK 198? Ltd.Ed. 1000
WHITE LIGHT / WHITE HEAT
? ? 19??
WIDTH OF A CIRCLE
Live in Santa Monica '72, same as "IN AMERICA"
? ? 19??
WISH UPON A STAR
Live at LA Forum, February 9, 1976:
Waiting for the Man / Word on a Wing / Stay / TVC15 / Panic in Detroit /
Changes / Fame / Diamond Dogs
BOWIE '76 Wizardo 197? blue disc
ZIGGY 2
BBC 'IN CONCERT' June 1971 :
Queen Bitch / Bombers / The Supermen / Looking for a Friend / Almost Grown
(vocals Jeff Alexander) / Kooks / Song for Bob Dylan (vocals George
Underwood) / Andy Warhol (vocals Dana Gillespie) / It Ain't Easy / It's
Gonna Be Me (with Marc Bolan)
TUNE IN 002 ? 19??
ZIGGY '83
Live in Vancouver 1983
same as the Serious Moonlight video
QLP 24862 RCA Canada Jan 1984 Promo,white disc
ZIGGY IN CONCERT
Live in Santa Monica '72, same as "THE BOWIE WONDER"
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Sources (copied without permission):
Sheldon Cooper Ian Davey
A.R. Distefano Theodore Dreger
Sven Gusevik Scott Hannon
Jay Jodie
B.Larson The Machman
Marlene Christian Michelsen
Matthew Muilenburg Eric Morel
Greg O. Philip Obbard
Ian Rogers Eric Salo
Jim Sheppard Matthias Stieglitz
Una Persson Eiichi Yoshimura
"David Bowie
World 7" Records Discography" by Marshall Jarman
"Moonage Daydream" by Dave Thompson
"'Changes' An Illustrated Biography" by Stuart Hoggard
"David Bowie Black Book" by Barry Miles
"David Bowie - An Illustrated Record" by Roy Carr and
Charles Shaar Murray
Record Collector issues 103/116/131/137/153/159/172/185
Goldmine issue 368
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Subject: DISCOGRAPHY: LP - Official
From: k21721@kyyppari.hkkk.fi (Jarkko Orjatsalo)
Date: 14 Jul 1996 13:01:21 GMT
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David Bowie Discography. LP - Official. July 1996
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TITLE (in alphabetical order)
Song list
Catal.numb. company,country release date
(?) denotes missing information
all records below a song list contain same songs
'same as' means that songs are the same, and same versions, as on
a different record, but the records are not the same.
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1966
??? Japan 19??
PYL 6001 ? 1987
CLALP 154 ? 1989
I'm Not Losing Sleep / I Dig Everything / Can't Help Thinking About Me //
Do Anything You Say / Good Morning Girl / And I Say to Myself
PYX 6001 ? 1988 Pic disc
1980 ALL CLEAR
The Man Who Sold the World / Space Oddity / Ziggy Stardust / Panic in
Detroit / Always Crashing in the Same Car // 1984 / Golden Years /
Fascination / "Heroes" / Boys Keep Swinging
DJL 13545 RCA US Nov 1979 Promo
20 BOWIE CLASSICS
Same as "IMAGES 1966-67" less / Karma Man
SCA 039 Decca Australia May 1979 2 lp
A PEDIR DE BOLA
Same as "HUNKY DORY"
LSP 4623 RCA Spain Dec 1971
A SECOND FACE
Let Me Sleep Beside You / Sell Me a Coat / She's Got Medals / We are Hungry
Men / In the Heat of the Morning / Karma Man // Little Bombardier / Love
You till Tuesday / Come And Buy My Toys / Silly Boy Blue / Uncle Arthur /
When I Live My Dream
MIP-1-9374 Decca Canada 1983
TAB 71 Decca UK Aug 1983
ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS
Bowie on : Absolute Beginners / That's Motivation
V 2386 Virgin UK Mar 1986
same as above + / Volare
302 706-420 Virgin Germany 1986 2 lp G/F
VD 2514 Virgin UK Apr 1986 2 lp G/F
ALADDIN SANE
Watch That Man / Aladdin Sane / Drive-In saturday / Panic in Detroit /
Cracked Actor // Time / The Prettiest Star / Let's Spend the Night Together
/ The Jean Genie / Lady Grinning Soul
LSP 4852 RCA Germany 1973 w/ lyrics
RS 1001 RCA UK Apr 1973 w/ lyrics,fan club
card
RS 1001 RCA UK Apr 1973 w/ lyrics
LSP 4852 RCA US May 1973
RCA 6001 RCA Japan
NL 83890 RCA Germany 1981
INTS 5067 RCA UK Jan 1981
BOPIC 1 RCA UK Mar 1984 Pic
disc,numb.insert
064-794768-1 EMI Germany 1990 G/F
EMC 3579 EMI UK 1990 G/F
RALP 0135-2 Ryko US 1990 G/F,numbered
ALBUM SAMPLER OCTOBER
Bowie on : "Heroes" / The Secret Life of Arabia
DJL 1-2588 RCA US Oct 1977 Promo
AN EVENING WITH DAVID BOWIE
Opening / Segment 1 / Ziggy Stardust / Segment 2 / Station to Station //
Segment 3 / Beauty And the Beast / Segment 3 (cont.) / Fame / Segment 4
Interview album, all songs live from "STAGE"
DJL 1-3016 RCA US 1978 Promo
ANOTHER FACE
Rubber Band / London Boys / The Gospel According to Tony Day / There Is a
Happy Land / Maid of Bond Street / When I Live My Dream / Liza Jane // The
Laughing Gnome / In the Heat of the Morning / Did You Ever Have a Dream /
Please Mr. Gravedigger / Join the Gang / Love You till Tuesday / Louie
Louie Go Home
6.24689 Germany 1981
TAB 17 UK May 1981
ANTHOLOGY OF BRITISH ROCK
Bowie on : Do Anything You Say / I Dig Everything / Can't Help Thinking
About Me / And I Say to Myself / I'm Not Losing Sleep / Good Morning Girl
672011-1 Compleat US 1985 2 lp G/F
AT THE TOWER PHILADELPHIA
same as "ROCK CONCERT"
PL 89082 RCA Germany 1982
PL 42993 RCA Holland Jan 1982
BAAL
Baal's Hymn / Remembering Marie A. // A Ballad of the Adventurers / The
Drowned Girl / The Dirty Song
CPL 1-4346 RCA Canada 1982
PG 45092 RCA Germany 1982 G/F
BOW 11 RCA UK Feb 1982 G/F
CP 214346 RCA US Feb 1982
BEST OF DAVID BOWIE
Starman / Moonage Daydream / Five Years / Hang Onto Yourself / Suffragette
City / Rock'n' Roll Suicide / The Jean Genie / Time / Let's Spend the Night
Together / The Prettiest Star / Watch That Man / Aladdin Sane / Space Oddity
/ The Man Who Sold the World / Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud / Cygnet
Committee / Changes / Life on Mars ? / Fill Your Heart / Andy Warhol / Black
Country Rock / Width of a Circle
SRA 9412/12 RCA Japan Mar 1974 2 lp
BLACK TIE WHITE NOISE
You've Been Around / I Feel Free / Black Tie White Noise / Jump They Say /
Nite Flights // Miracle Goodnight / Don't Let Me Down & Down / Pallas Athena
/ I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday / The Wedding song
74321 13697 1 Arista Holland Apr 1993
BOWIE
same as "THE WORLD OF DAVID BOWIE"
L2OP 1053 London Japan Mar 1982
BOWIENOW
V-2 Schneider / Always Crashing in the Same Car / Sons of the Silent Age /
Breaking Glass / Neukoln // Speed of Life / Joe the Lion / What In the World
/ Blackout / Weeping Wall / The Secret Life of Arabia
DJL 12697 RCA US Mar 1978 Promo
CAT PEOPLE
Bowie on 'Cat people'
250 433-1 Backstreet Germany 1982
MCF 3138 MCA UK Apr 1982
CHAMELEON
14 trk
??? New Zealand 19?? Ltd.Ed.
Starman / Aladdin Sane / Sorrow / Diamond Dogs / 1984 / Breaking Glass //
"Heroes" / V-2 Schneider / Beauty And the Beast / Boys Keep Swinging / D.J.
/ Look Back in Anger
STAR 101 Starcall Australia Sep 1979
CHANGESBOWIE
Space Oddity / Starman / John I'm Only Dancing / Changes / Ziggy Stardust /
Suffragette City // The Jean Genie / Life on Mars ? / Diamond Dogs / Rebel
Rebel / Young Americans // Fame 90 / Golden Years / Sound and Vision /
"Heroes" / Ashes to Ashes // Fashion / Let's Dance / China Girl / Modern
Love / Blue Jean
164 7941801 EMI Germany 1990 2 lp G/F some w/sticker
DBTV 1 EMI UK Apr 1990 2 lp G/F
CHANGESONEBOWIE
Space Oddity / John I'm Only Dancing / Changes / Ziggy Stardust /
Suffragette City / The Jean Genie // Diamond Dogs / Rebel Rebel / Young
Americans / Fame / Golden Years
RS 1055 RCA UK May 1976 sax version of
'John I'm Only Dancing' (approx. 1000 copies)
RS 1055 RCA UK May 1976
CPL1-1732 RCA Canada 1976
APL 1-1732 RCA US May 1976
??? RCA France 1976 (early copies have
unreleased version of 'White Light/White Heat'
instead of 'John I'm Only Dancing')
APL 1-1732 RCA Germany 1976
APL 1-1732 RCA Philippines 1976
APL 1-1732 RCA Spain 1976
PL 81732 RCA 1984
CHANGESTWOBOWIE
Aladdin Sane / Oh! You Pretty Things / Starman / 1984 / Ashes to Ashes //
Sound and Vision / Fashion / Wild Is the Wind / John I'm Only Dancing
(again) / D.J.
PL 84202 RCA Germany 1983
PL 14202 RCA Spain 1981
BOWLP 3 RCA UK Nov 1981
CHRISTIANE F. - WIR KINDER VOM BAHNHOF ZOO
V-2 Schneider / TVC15 / "Heroes" (german) / Boys Keep Swinging / Sense of
Doubt // Station to Station (from "STAGE") / Look Back in Anger / Stay /
Warszawa
BL 43606 RCA France 1981 "MOI, CHRISTIANE F..."
BL 43606 RCA Germany May 1981
BL 43606 RCA Italy 1981 "CHRISTIANE F. NOI..."
CHRISTIANE F. NOI, RAGAZZI ZOO DI BERLINO
Same as "CHRISTIANE F. - WIR KINDER VOM BAHNHOF ZOO"
BL 43606 RCA Italy 1981
COLLECTION BLANCHE
GP 253 France 19??
DAVID BOWIE
Uncle Arthur / Sell Me a Coat / Rubber Band / Love You till Tuesday / There
Is a Happy Land / We Are Hungry Men / When I Live My Dream // Little
Bombardier / Silly Boy Blue / Come And Buy My Toys / Join the Gang / She's
Got Medals / Maid of Bond Street
DML 1007 Deram UK Jun 1967 stereo/mono
291029 Deram France Jun 1981
same as above less / We Are Hungry Men / Maid of Bond Street
DE 18003 Deram US Jun 1967
Space Oddity / Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed / Don't Sit Down / A
Letter to Hermione / Cygnet Committee // Janine / An Occasional Dream /
Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud / God Knows I'm Good / Memory of a Free
Festival
SBL 7912 Philips UK Nov 1969 G/F
SR 61246 Mercury US Nov 1969 "MAN OF WORDS MAN.."
same as "THE WORLD OF DAVID BOWIE"
210039 Deram France Apr 1973
same as "IMAGES 1966-67"
DA 145/146 Deram Belgium May 1976
DAVID LIVE
Live at the Tower Philadelphia, July 1974:
1984 / Rebel Rebel / Moonage Daydream / Sweet Thing // Changes / Suffragette
City / Aladdin Sane / All the Young Dudes / Cracked Actor // Rock'n' Roll
With Me / Watch That Man / Knock On Wood / Diamond Dogs // Big Brother /
Width of a Circle / The Jean Genie / Rock'n' Roll Suicide
26.28107 RCA Germany 1974 2 lp G/F
APL 20771 RCA UK Oct 1974 2 lp G/F
CPL 20771 RCA US 1974 2 lp G/F
DBLD 1 RCA UK 19?? 2 lp G/F
PL 80771 (2) RCA Germany 1983 2 lp G/F
same as above + / Band Intro / Here Today, Gone Tomorrow / Time
RALP 0138/39-2 RYKO US 1990 2 lp G/F numbered
DIAMOND DOGS
Future Legend / Diamond Dogs / Sweet Thing / Candidate / Sweet Thing
(reprise) / Rebel Rebel // Rock'n' Roll With Me / We Are the Dead / 1984 /
Big Brother / Chant of the Ever Circling Skeletal Family
APL 10576 RCA UK Apr 1974 G/F
APL 10576 RCA US Apr 1974
NL 13889 RCA Holland 1980
NL 83889 RCA Germany 1981
BOPIC 5 RCA UK Mar 1984 Pic disc,
numb.insert
RPL 2104 RCA Japan 19??
same as above + / Dodo / Candidate (demo version)
RALP 0137-2 RYKO US 1990 G/F numbered
EMC 3584 RCA UK 1990 G/F
DIE WEISSE SERIE
same as "ANOTHER FACE", different song order
625232 Decca Germany Mar 1982
DISCO DE OURO
same as "THE WORLD OF DAVID BOWIE"
SC 15002 London Brazil May 1974
DON'T BE FOOLED BY THE NAME
I'm Not Losing Sleep / I Dig Everything / Can't Help Thinking About Me //
Do Anything You Say / Good Morning Girl / And I Say to Myself
585001 PRT France 1981
DOW 1 UK 19?? 10"
??? Japan 19??
EARLY YEARS
"THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD" + "HUNKY DORY" + "ALADDIN SANE"
??? ? 19??
EL REY DEL GAY POWER
same as "IMAGES 1966-67"
DCS 15044 Deram Spain May 1973 2 lp
EXCERPTS FROM 1.OUTSIDE
74321 307021 BMG 1995
FAME AND FASHION
Golden Years / TVC15 / "Heroes" / D.J. / Fashion / Ashes to Ashes // Space
Oddity / Changes / Starman / 1984 / Young Americans
??? RCA Japan 19??
PL 84919 RCA Germany 1984
PL 84919 RCA UK May 1985
GIGANTES DEL POP VOL. 28
same as "ANOTHER FACE"
6495081 Decca Spain Apr 1982
GOLDEN YEARS
Fashion / Red Sails / Look Back in Anger / I Can't Explain / Ashes to Ashes
// Golden Years / Joe the Lion / Scary Monsters / Wild Is the Wind
BOWLP 004 RCA UK Aug 1983
PL 14792 RCA Germany 198?
RPL 8206 RCA Japan
HEAVEN AND HULL
by Mick Ronson
Bowie on 'Like a Rolling Stone', backing on 'Colour Me' and 'All the
Young Dudes'
EPC 474742 1 Epic UK 1994 pic disc
"HEROES"
EMD 1025 EMI UK 199? G/F
Beauty and the Beast / Joe the Lion / "Heroes" / Sons of the Silent Age /
Blackout // V-2 Schneider / Sense of Doubt / Moss Garden / Neukoln / The
Secret Life of Arabia
PL 12522 RCA UK Oct 1977 w/ lyrics
AFL 12522 RCA US Oct 1977
AYL 1-3857 RCA US 1977
??? RCA Japan 19??
??? RCA Italy 19??
NL 13857 RCA Holland 1980
INTS 5066 RCA UK 198?
same as above exept '"HEROES"' is the german version
NL 83857 RCA Germany 1977
PL 42372 RCA Germany 1977
HISTORIA DELA MUSICA ROCK
same as "ANOTHER FACE"
LP 202 Decca / Orbiz Spain Aug 1982
HUNKY DORY
Changes / Oh! You Pretty Things / Eight Line Poem / Life on Mars ? / Kooks /
Quicksand // Fill Your Heart / Andy Warhol / Song for Bob Dylan / Queen
Bitch / The Bewley Brothers
SF 8244 RCA UK Dec 1971 w/ lyrics
LSP 4623 RCA US Dec 1971
LSP 4623 RCA Spain Dec 1971 'A PEDIR DE BOLA'
INTS 5064 RCA UK Jan 1981
NL 83844 RCA Germany 1983
BOPIC 2 RCA UK Mar 1984 Pic disc,
numb.insert
same as above + / Bombers / The Supermen (alternate mix) / Quicksand (demo
version) / The Bewley Brothers (alternate mix)
RALP 0133-2 RYKO US 1990 2 lp G/F ltd.ed.
EMC 3572 EMI UK 1990 G/F
064 791843 1 EMI 1990
I PITY THE FOOL
I Pity the Fool / Take My Tip // You've Got a Habit of Leaving / Baby Loves
That Way
EMI 2925 EMI UK Mar 1979
CYM 1 SeeForMiles UK Oct 1982 10"
SEA 1 SeeForMiles UK Jun 1985 disc made in France
IMAGES 1966-67
Rubber Band / Maid of Bond Street / Sell Me a Coat / Love You till Tuesday /
There is a Happy Land // The Laughing Gnome / The Gospel According to Tony
Day / Did You Ever Have a Dream / Uncle Arthur / We Are Hungry Men / When I
Live My Dream // Join the Gang / Little Bombardier / Come And Buy My Toys /
Silly Boy Blue / She's Got Medals // Please Mr. Gravedigger / London Boys /
Karma Man / Let Me Sleep Beside You / In the Heat of the Morning
BP 61829 London US May 1973 2 lp G/F Cartoon cover
SDM 3017/1-2 Deran Germany 1973 2 lp G/F Cartoon cover
6.28108 Germany 1975 2 lp G/F guitar cover
DPA 3107/3108 Deram UK May 1975 2 lp G/F
278513/14 France 19?? 2 lp
IN THE BEGINNING VOL.2
Uncle Arthur / Rubber Band / Love You till Tuesday / We Are Hungry Men /
Little Bombardier / Silly Boy Blue / Come And Buy My Toys / Join the Gang /
Maid of Bond Street / Please Mr. Gravedigger
NDM 770 Deram Germany May 1973
INTROSPECTIVE
I'm Not Losing Sleep / I Dig Everything / Can't Help Thinking About Me /
Interview Part 1 // Do Anything You Say / Good Morning Girl / And I Say to
Myself / Interview Part 2
LINT 5001 Tabak UK 1990 Spec.Ed. white disc
KING BISCUIT FLOWER HOUR
??? UK 1984 2 lp
??? US 1985 2 lp
LA ASCENDIA Y CAIDA DE ZIGGY STARDUST Y LAS ARANAS DE MARTE
same as "THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS"
LSP 4207 Spain 1972
LABYRINTH
Bowie on : Magic Dance / Chilly Down / As the World Falls Down / Within You
/ Underground
AML 3104 EMI UK Jun 1986
SU 17206 EMI US Jun 1986
064-2405781 EMI Holland Jun 1986
LET'S DANCE
Modern Love / China Girl / Let's Dance / Without You // Ricochet / Criminal
World / Cat People / Shake It
AML 3029 EMI UK Apr 1983 w/ lyrics
ST 17093 EMI US 1983 w/ lyrics
SO 17093 EMI Canada 1983 w/ lyrics
064-400165 EMI Germany 1983 w/ lyrics
AMLP 3029 EMI UK 1983 Pic lp
EYS 91069 EMI Japan 1983 Pic lp
EMI 8155 EMI Argentina 1983 Promo w/ lyrics
LET'S TALK
SPRO 9960 EMI US 1983 Promo interview
not the same as above:
AR 30009 Denmark 1983 Pic disc interview
AR 30010 Denmark 1983 Pic disc interview
LIFETIMES
Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud / Black Country Rock / Oh! You Pretty Things /
Soul Love / The Prettiest Star / See Emily Play / 1984 / Across the
Universe // Stay / All the Young Dudes / Breaking Glass / "Heroes" / D.J. /
Scary Monsters / Round And Round
LIFETIMES 1 RCA UK 1983 Promo, numbered
w/ insert
LODGER
Fantastic Voyage / African Night Flight / Move On / Yassassin / Red Sails //
D.J. / Look Back in Anger / Boys Keep Swinging / Repetition / Red Money
BOWLP 1 RCA UK May 1979 G/F w/ lyrics
13254 RCA US May 1979
NL 84234 RCA Germany 1979 w/ lyrics
APL 13254 RCA Australia 1979 G/F
AQL 13254 RCA Canada 1979 G/F w/ lyrics
INTS 5212 RCA UK Mar 1982
same as above + / I Pray Ole / Look Back in Anger (1988 version)
EMD 1026 EMI UK 1991 G/F
7977242 EMI Germany 1991
LONDON BOYS
Bowie on : Can't Help Thinking About Me / And I Say to Myself / Do Anything
You Say / Good Morning Girl / I Dig Everything / I'm Not Losing Sleep
PRT ZL 545 PRT Spain Jun 1982
LOVE YOU TILL TUESDAY
Love You till Tuesday / London Boys / Ching-A-Ling / The Laughing Gnome /
Liza Jane / When I'm Five // Space Oddity / Sell Me a Coat / Rubber Band /
Let Me Sleep Beside You / When I Live My Dream
BOWIE 1 Deram UK May 1984
LOW
EMD 1027 EMI UK 199? G/F
Speed of Life / Breaking Glass / What in the World / Sound and Vision /
Always Crashing in the Same Car / Be My Wife / A New Career in a New Town //
Warszawa / Art Decade / Weeping Wall / Subterraneans
PL 12030 RCA UK Jan 1977 w/ insert
APL 12030 RCA US Jan 1977
NL 13856 RCA UK 19??
CPL 1-2030 RCA US 19??
AYL 1-3856 RCA US 19??
NL 13856 RCA Holland 1980
INTS 5065 RCA UK 198?
NL 83856 RCA 1984
MAN OF WORDS MAN OF MUSIC
same as "DAVID BOWIE"
SR 61246 Mercury US Nov 1969
MOI, CHRISTIANE F., 13 ANS, DROGUEE, PROSTITUEE
same as "CHRISTIANE F. - WIR KINDER VOM BAHNHOF ZOO"
BL 43606 RCA France 1981
NEVER LET ME DOWN
Interview album
SPRO 79112/3 EMI US 1987 Promo
Day-In Day-Out / Time Will Crawl / Beat of Your Drum / Never Let Me Down /
Zeroes // Glass Spider / Shining Star (Makin' My Love) / New York's in
Love / '87 and Cry / Too Dizzy / Bang Bang
AMLS 3117 EMI UK Apr 1987 w/ lyrics
PJ 17267 EMI US 1987
PJ 17267 EMI Canada 1987
064-2407461 EMI Holland 1987 w/ lyrics
ST 240746 EMI Australia 1987 blue disc
same as above + / Girls (Japanese version)
EYS 91221 EMI Japan 1987 w/ lyrics
OY VEY BABY
If There is Something (Tokyo) / Amazing (Chicago) / I Can't Read (Boston) /
Stateside (New York) // Under the God (Sapporo) / Goodbye Mr. Ed (Tokyo) /
Heaven's In Here (New York) / You Belong in Rock'n' Roll (Chicago)
828328-1 Holland Jul 1992
PETER AND THE WOLF
David Bowie narrates Peter and the Wolf
JD 11306 RCA US May 1978 1-side promo
same as above + // Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra
ARL 12743 RCA US May 1978 green disc
RL 12743 RCA US May 1978 w/ insert
PIN-UPS
Rosalyn / Here Comes the Night / I Wish You Would / See Emily Play /
Everything's Alright / I Can't Explain // Friday on My Mind / Sorrow / Don't
Bring Me Down / Shapes of Things / Anyway Anyhow Anywhere / Where Have All
the Good Times Gone
RS 1003 RCA UK Oct 1973 w/ lyrics
APL 10291 RCA US Oct 1973
RS 1003 RCA Canada 1973
RS 1003 RCA France 1973 w/ lyrics
? RCA Italy 1973
NL 84653 RCA Germany 1981
INTS 5236 RCA UK Feb 1983
NL 14653 RCA Holland 1983
BOPIC 4 RCA UK Mar 1984 Pic disc,numb.insert
same as above + / Growin up / Amsterdam
RALP 0136-2 RYKO US 1990 G/F numbered
EMC 3580 EMI UK 1990 G/F
064-7947671 EMI Germany 1990 G/F
PORTRAIT OF A STAR
same as "LOW" + ""HEROES"" + "LODGER"
PL 37700 RCA France Aug 1982 3 lp box w/2 sheets
PROFILE
Let Me Sleep Beside You / Karma Man / In the Heat of the Morning / Silly Boy
Blue / Please Mr. Gravedigger / The Laughing Gnome // London Boys / Come and
Buy My Toys / The Gospel According to Tony Day / There Is a Happy Land /
Little Bombardier / When I Live My Dream
624009 Decca Germany Jun 1979
RARE
Ragazzo Solo, Ragazza Sola / Round and Round / Amsterdam / Holy Holy / Panic
in Detroit (live) / Young Americans (short version) // Velvet Goldmine /
"Heroes" (german) / John I'm Only Dancing (again) / Alabama Song / Chrystal
Japan
PL 45406 RCA Italy Dec 1982
PL 45406 RCA Germany 1982
PL 45406 RCA UK 1982
RARE TRACKS
I'm Not Losing Sleep / I Dig Everything / Can't Help Thinking About Me // Do
Anything You Say / Good Morning Girl / And I Say to Myself
SHLP 137 Showcase UK 1985
RARESTONEBOWIE
GYLP014 Trident
RCA SPECIAL RADIO SERIES I
Intro / Scary Monsters / Interview / It's No Game (part 1) / Space Oddity /
Ashes to Ashes / Fashion // Intro / Up the Hill Backwards / Interview /
Kingdom Come / Teenage Wildlife / Scream Like a Baby / It's No Game (part 2)
Interview album
DJL 13829 RCA US Sep 1980 Promo, purple disc
REVELATIONS - A MUSICAL ANTHOLOGY FOR GLASTONBURY FAYRE
Bowie on 'The Supermen'
REV 1-3 Revelations UK Apr 1972 3 lp, Ltd.Ed 5000
w/ inserts
ROCK CONCERT
Live in Philadelphia july 1974 (same concert as "DAVID LIVE") :
Rebel Rebel / Changes / Aladdin Sane / All the Young Dudes / Cracked Actor /
Rock'n' Roll With Me / Watch That Man / Diamond Dogs / Rock'n' Roll Suicide
PL 42993 RCA Holland Jul 1979
ROCK GALAXY
same as "HUNKY DORY" + "THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST..."
NL 43593 RCA Germany Jun 1981 2 lp G/F
NL 89077 (2) RCA Germany 1981 2 lp G/F
SANTA MONICA '72
Intro / Hang Onto Yourself / Ziggy Stardust / Changes / The Supermen / Life
on Mars? // Five Years / Space Oddity / Andy Warhol / My Death // The Width
of a Circle / Queen Bitch / Moonage Daydream / John I'm Only Dancing //
Waiting for the Man / The Jean Genie / Suffragette City / Rock'n' Roll
Suicide
GYLP 002 Mainman / Trident UK 1994 2 lp, clear vinyl
SCARY MONSTERS (AND SUPER CREEPS)
DJL 13840 RCA US Sep 1980 Promo interview
??? EMI UK 199? colour disc, deleted
after one day, approx 100 sold.
It's No Game (part 1) / Up the Hill Backwards / Scary Monsters / Ashes to
Ashes / Fashion // Teenage Wildlife / Scream Like a Baby / Kingdom Come /
Because You're Young / It's No Game (part 2)
BOWLP 2 RCA UK Sep 1980 w/ lyrics
AQL 13647 RCA US Sep 1980
AQL 1-3647 RCA Canada 1980 w/ lyrics
PL 83647 RCA Germany 1980 w/ lyrics
??? RCA Philippines 1980
APL 13647 RCA Australia 1980
SOUND AND VISION
Space Oddity (demo) / Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud / The Prettiest Star /
London Bye Ta-Ta // Black Country Rock / The Man Who Sold the World / The
Bewley Brothers / Changes // Round and Round / Moonage Daydream / John I'm
Only Dancing (sax) / Drive-In Saturday // Panic in Detroit / Ziggy Stardust
/ White Light/White Heat / Rock'n' Roll Suicide / Anyway Anyhow Anywhere /
Sorrow / Don't Bring Me Down / 1984/Dodo / Big Brother // Rebel Rebel /
Suffragette City / Watch That Man / Cracked Actor // Young Americans /
Fascination / After Today // It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City / TVC15 /
Wild Is the Wind / Sound and Vision / Be My Wife / Speed of Life / "Heroes"
(german) / Joe the Lion // Sons of the Silent Age / Station to Station //
Warszawa / Breaking Glass / Red Sails / Look Back in Anger // Boys Keep
Swinging / Up the Hill Backwards / Kingdom Come / Ashes to Ashes
RALP 0120/21/22 RYKO US 1989 3x2lp box, Ltd.Ed
SPACE ODDITY
Space Oddity / Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed / Letter to Hermione /
Cygnet Committee // Janine / An Occasional Dream / Wild Eyed Boy from
Freecloud / God Know's I'm Good / Memory of a Free Festival
LSP 4813 RCA UK Oct 1972
LSP 4813 RCA US Oct 1972
LSP 4813 RCA Canada 1972
??? Spain 19??
PL 84813 ? 1984
same as above + / Don't Sit Down / Conversation Piece / Memory of a Free
Festival Part 1 / Memory of a Free Festival Part 2
EMC 3571 EMI UK 1990 G/F
RALP 0131-2 RYKO US 1990 2 lp G/F
SPECIAL
same as "BEST OF DAVID BOWIE"
SRA 9503/4 RCA Japan Mar 1976 2 lp
STAGE
Live in Philadelphia, April 28-29, 1978:
Hang Onto Yourself / Ziggy Stardust / Five Years / Soul Love / Star //
Station to Station / Fame / TVC15 // Warszawa / Speed of Life / Art Decade /
Sense of Doubt / Breaking Glass // "Heroes" / What in the World / Blackout
/ Beauty and the Beast
PL 02913 RCA UK 1978 2 lp G/F
CPL 22913 RCA US 1978 2 lp G/F
PL 12913 RCA Holland 1978 2 lp G/F blue disc
PL 12913 RCA Holland 1978 2 lp G/F yellow disc
??? RCA Japan 19?? 2 lp
PL 02913 RCA Germany 1978 2 lp G/F
PL 02913 RCA Italy 1978 2 lp G/F
STARMAN
Space Oddity / God Know's I'm Good / All the Madmen / Black Country Rock //
Five Years / Soul Love / Moonage Daydream / Starman / Lady Stardust
C 6026469001 Melodia Russia 1989
STARTING POINT
The Laughing Gnome / Love You till Tuesday / Please Mr. Gravedigger / We Are
Hungry Men / London Boys // Come and Buy My Toys / Karma Man / When I Live
My Dream / Join the Gang / Silly Boy Blue
LC 50007 Decca Germany May 1977
LC 50007 Decca US 1977
STATION TO STATION
Station to Station / Golden Years / Word on a Wing // TVC15 / Stay / Wild Is
the Wind
APL 1-1327 RCA UK Jan 1976 w/ insert
FKAY 30947 RCA Italy 1976
PL 81327 RCA Germany 19??
EMD 1020 EMI UK 199? G/F
SUPERSTARS IN CONCERT
Broadcast November 24-25, 1990
Space Oddity / Changes / TVC15 / Rebel Rebel / Ashes to Ashes / Starman /
Fashion / Life on Mars? / Blue Jean / Let's Dance / China Girl / Sound and
Vision / Ziggy Stardust / Station to Station / Young Americans / Fame
CO-90-47 Westone Radio Netw. US 199? 3 lp
TELL TALES
Interview pic disc (1980 interview)
D.B.1010 Music and media prom.UK 1987 Ltd.Ed.
THE BEST OF BOWIE
Space Oddity / Life on Mars ? / Starman / Rock'n' Roll Suicide / John I'm
Only Dancing (sax) / The Jean Genie / Breaking Glass / Sorrow // Diamond
Dogs / Young Americans / Fame / Golden Years / TVC15 / Sound and Vision /
"Heroes" / Boys Keep Swinging
NE 1111 RCA/K-TEL UK dec 1980 'Breaking glass'
mistitled as 'Drive-In Saturday' on early pressings
NS 4119 RCA/K-TEL Sweden 1980
same as above + / Drive-In Saturday / Beauty and the Beast
- / Young Americans
BLP 81001 France Dec 1980
THE COLLECTION
The Laughing Gnome / Rubber Band / Love You till Tuesday / Maid of Bond
Street / Sell Me a Coat // In the Heat of the Morning / Karma Man / Please
Mr. Gravedigger / London Boys / She's Got Medals // Silly Boy Blue / Join
the Gang / Did You Ever Have a Dream / The Gospel According to Tony Day /
I'm Not Losing Sleep // I Dig Everything / Can't Help Thinking About Me /
Do Anything You Say / Good Morning Girl / And I Say to Myself
CCSLP 118 Castle comm.UK Oct 1985 2 lp G/F
THE FALCON AND THE SNOWMAN
Bowie on 'This Is Not America'
FAL 1 EMI UK May 1985
THE GLASS SPIDER TOUR PRESS CONFERENCES 1987
London, Amsterdam, Stockholm, New York, Sydney
Spider 101P Wax Records UK 1987 Pic disc, Ltd.Ed.
Spider 101C Wax Records UK 1987 Yellow disc, Ltd.Ed.
THE HUNGER
Bowie only on picture
PD ACH 005 France Apr 1983 Pic disc
THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD
The Width Of a Circle / All the Madmen / Black Country Rock / After All //
Running Gun Blues / Saviour Machine / She Shook Me Cold / The Man Who Sold
the World / The Supermen
SR 61325 Mercury US Nov 1970 Cartoon cover
6338 041 Mercury UK Apr 1971 Dress cover
6338 041 Mercury UK Apr 1971
??? Mercury Australia 1971 Dress cover
6338 041 Mercury Germany 1971 Round cover
LSP 4816 RCA UK Nov 1972 w/ poster
LSP 4816 RCA UK Nov 1972
LSP 4816 RCA US Nov 1972
LSP 4816 RCA Germany 1972
INTS 5237 RCA UK Feb 1983
NL 14654 RCA Holland 1983
NL 84654 RCA Germany Nov 1984
AFL 1-4816 US 19??
AYL 1-4654 US 19??
same as above + / Lightning Frightening / Holy Holy / Moonage Daydream
(Arnold Corns version) / Hang Onto Yourself (Arnold Corns Version)
EMC 3573 EMI UK Apr 1990 G/F
RALP 0132-2 RYKO US 1990 2 lp G/F
064-7918371 EMI Germany 1990
THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS
Five Years / Soul Love / Moonage Daydream / Starman / It Ain't Easy // Lady
Stardust / Star / Hang Onto Yourself / Ziggy Stardust / Suffragette City /
Rock'n' Roll Suicide
SF 8287 RCA UK Jun 1972 w/ lyrics
LSP 4702 RCA US Jun 1972
LSP 4702 RCA Italy 1972
LSP 4207 RCA Spain 1972 "LA ASCENDIA..."
INTS 5063 RCA UK Jan 1981
NL 83843 RCA Germany 1983
BOPIC 3 RCA UK Mar 1984 Pic disc
,numb.insert
20166 ? 19??
RPL 2102 Japan 19??
same as above + / John I'm Only Dancing (different mix) / Velvet Goldmine /
Sweet Head / Ziggy Stardust (demo) / Lady Stardust (demo)
RALP 0134-2 RYKO US 1990 2 lp G/F Ltd.Ed.
EMC 3577 EMI UK 1990 G/F
064-7944001 EMI Germany 1990 G/F
THE SINGLES COLLECTION
(s) = single version
Space Oddity / Changes / Starman / Ziggy Stardust / Suffragette City / John
I'm Only Dancing / The Jean Genie // Drive-In Saturday / Life on Mars? /
Sorrow / Rebel Rebel / Rock'n' Roll Suicide / Diamond Dogs
Knock on Wood / Young Americans / Fame / Golden Years / TVC15 / Sound and
Vision // "Heroes" (s) / Beauty and the Beast / Boys Keep Swinging / D.J. /
Alabama Song / Ashes to Ashes / Fashion
Scary Monsters / Under Pressure / Wild Is the Wind / Let's Dance (s) / China
Girl (s) / Modern Love (s) / Blue Jean / This Is Not America / Dancing in
the Street (Clearmountain mix) / Absolute Beginners (s) / Day-In Day-Out (s)
7243 8 28099 1 3 EMI UK Nov 1993
THE WORLD OF DAVID BOWIE
Uncle Arthur / Love You till Tuesday / There Is a Happy Land / Little
Bombardier / Sell Me a Coat / Silly Boy Blue / London Boys // Karma Man /
Rubber Band / Let Me Sleep Beside You / Come and Buy My Toys / She's Got
Medals / In the Heat of the Morning / When I Live My Dream
SPA 58 Decca UK Mar 1970 mono/stereo
SPA 58/ZAL 9453 Decca UK Apr 1973 Ziggy cover
TIN MACHINE
Heaven's in Here / Tin Machine / Prisoner of Love / Crack City / I Can't
Read / Under the God // Amazing / Working Class Hero / Bus Stop / Pretty
Thing / Video Crimes / Baby Can Dance
064-7919901 Holland 1989 w/ lyrics
MTLS 1044 UK 1989 w/ lyrics
58607 Argentina 1989 Promo
TIN MACHINE II
828 272-1 London UK Sep 1991
TINA LIVE IN EUROPE
Bowie on : Tonight / Let's dance
7901261 EMI Holland 1988 2 lp G/F
TONIGHT
Loving the Alien / Don't Look Down / God Only Knows / Tonight //
Neighbourhood Threat / Blue Jean / Tumble and Twirl / I Keep Forgetting /
Dancing With the Big Boys
DB 1 EMI UK Sep 1984 w/ lyrics
064-2402271 EMI Holland 1984 w/ lyrics
EYS 91092 EMI Japan 1984
WHEN THE WIND BLOWS
Bowie on 'When the Wind Blows'
208042-630 Virgin Germany 1986
YOUNG AMERICANS
Young Americans / Win / Fascination / Right // Somebody Up There Likes Me /
Across the Universe / Can You Hear Me / Fame
RS 1006 RCA UK Mar 1975 w/ lyrics
APL 10098 RCA US Mar 1975
APL 10098 RCA US 1975 Matt cover w/lyrics
CPL 1-0998 RCA Canada 1975 w/lyrics
PL 80998 RCA Germany 1975
EMD 1021 EMI UK 199? G/F
ZIGGY STARDUST - THE MOTION PICTURE
Live in Hammersmith Odeon, July 3, 1973:
Hang Onto Yourself / Ziggy Stardust / Watch That Man / Medley: Wild Eyed
Boy from Freecloud/All the Young Dudes/Oh! You Pretty Things // Moonage
Daydream / Space Oddity / My Death // Cracked Actor / Time / The Width of a
Circle // Changes / Let's Spend the Night Together / Suffragette City /
White Light/White Heat / Rock'n' Roll Suicide
PL 84862 RCA UK Oct 1983 2 lp G/F
PL 84862 RCA Germany 1983 2 lp G/F
CPL 2-4862 RCA US 1983 2 lp G/F
=========================================================================
Sources (copied without permission):
Sheldon Cooper Ian Davey
A.R. Distefano Theodore Dreger
Sven Gusevik Scott Hannon
Jay Jodie
B.Larson The Machman
Marlene Christian Michelsen
Matthew Muilenburg Eric Morel
Greg O. Philip Obbard
Ian Rogers Eric Salo
Jim Sheppard Matthias Stieglitz
Una Persson Eiichi Yoshimura
"David Bowie
World 7" Records Discography" by Marshall Jarman
"Moonage Daydream" by Dave Thompson
"'Changes' An Illustrated Biography" by Stuart Hoggard
"David Bowie Black Book" by Barry Miles
"David Bowie - An Illustrated Record" by Roy Carr and
Charles Shaar Murray
Record Collector issues 103/116/131/137/153/159/172/185
Goldmine issue 368
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Subject: List of Songs
From: k21721@kyyppari.hkkk.fi (Jarkko Orjatsalo)
Date: 14 Jul 1996 13:03:19 GMT
David Bowie officially released non-live songs July 1996
after the marked time all versions are the same, although they have
been released under different titles.
'87 and Cry 3:53 single version
4:18 12" edit
1984 3:27
1984/dodo 5:27
A Big Hurt 3:40
A New Career in a New Town 2:50
A Small Plot of Land 6:34
Abdulmajid 3:40
Absolute Beginners 5:35 single version
5:37 dub mix
8:01 full lenght version
Across the Universe 4:30
African Night Flight 2:54
After All 3:51
After Today 3:47
Alabama Song 3:50
Aladdin Sane 5:06
Algeria Touchshriek 2:03
All Saints 3:35
All the Madmen 5:38
Always Crashing in the Same Car 3:26
Amazing 3:03
Amlapura 3:46
Amsterdam 3:19
An Occasional Dream 2:56
And I Say to Myself 2:29
Andy Warhol 3:03 single version
3:53
Anyway Anyhow Anywhere 3:04
Art Decade 3:43
As the World Falls Down 4:51
Ashes to Ashes 3:35 single version
4:21
Baal's Hymn 4:02
Baby Can Dance 4:57
Baby Grace 1:39
Baby Universal 3:09 single version
3:18
Baby Loves That Way 2:59
Ballad of the Adventurers 1:54
Bang Bang 4:29
Bars of the County Jail 2:07
Be My Wife 2:55
Beat of Your Drum 5:03
Beauty and the Beast 3:32
Because You're Young 4:57
Betty Wrong 3:48
Big Brother 3:21
Black Country Rock 3:32
Black Tie White Noise 3:43 3rd floor mix / CHR mix 1
3:45 Churban mix
4:03 Al B.Sure! mix / urban mix
4:10 radio edit / album edit
4:12 Waddell's mix / CHR mix 2
4:52
5:32 extended urban remix
5:44 digi funky's lush mix
6:36 supa pump mix
7:15 trance mix
7:33 club mix
8:12 extended remix
Dangers trance mix
DaJazz mix
Blackout 3:50
Bleed Like a Craze, Dad 5:22
Blue Jean 3:10
5:16 extended dance mix
Bombers 2:38
Boys Keep Swinging 3:17
Breaking Glass 1:42
Buddha of Suburbia 4:19 (featuring Lenny Kravitz)
4:21 (rock mix)
4:28
Bus Stop 1:41
live country version
Can You Hear Me 5:04
Can't Help Thinking about Me 2:47
Candidate 2:40
5:05 demo version
Cat People 4:08 original single version
5:09
6:41 original version
Changes 3:33
Chant of the Ever Circling 2:00
Chilly Down 3:45
China Girl 4:14 single version
5:32
Ching-a-Ling 2:02
Chrystal Japan 3:10
Come and Buy My Toys 2:09
Conversation Piece 3:05
Crack City 4:36
Cracked Actor 2:56
Criminal World 4:25
Cygnet Committee 9:30
Dancing in the Street 3:07 Clearmountain mix
3:17 instrumental
3:24 edit
4:40 Steve Thompson mix
4:41 dub version
Dancing with the Big Boys 3:34
7:16 extended dub mix
7:27 extended dance mix
Day-In Day-Out 4:10 single version
4:35
6:30 remix
7:16 extended dub mix
7:17 extended dance mix
Dead Against It 5:48
Diamond Dogs 5:56
Did You Ever Have a Dream 2:08
D.J. 3:20 single version
3:59
Do Anything You Say 2:32
Dodo 2:55
Don't Bring Me Down 2:01
Don't Let Me Down & Down 4:55
Don't Look Down 4:04 re-mixed version
4:09
4:50 extended dance mix
Don't Sit Down 0:39
Drive-In Saturday 3:59 single version
4:29
Eight Line Poem 2:53
Everythings Alright 2:26
Fame 3:30 single version
4:12
Fame 90 3:10 with Queen Latifah
3:38 Gass mix
4:06 Acapulco Rap
4:39 bonus beat mix
5:58 house mix
5:58 hip hop mix
14:26 absolutely nothing premeditated/epic
Fantastic Voyage 2:55
Fascination 5:43
Fashion 3:23 single version
4:48
Fill Your Heart 3:07
Five Years 4:42
Friday on My Mind 3:18
Future Legend 1:05
Get Real 2:51
Girls 4:00 japanese version
4:17 single edit
5:34 extended edit
Glad I've Got Nobody 2:32
Glass Spider 5:30
God Knows I'm Good 3:16
God Only Knows 3:06
Golden Years 3:27 single version
3:58
Good Morning Girl 2:14
Goodbye Mr.Ed 3:24
Growin' Up 3:26
Hallo Spaceboy 4:10 remix
5:14
Hang Onto Yourself 2:38
2:51 Arnold Corns
Heavens in Here 4:21 edited version
6:01
Here Comes the Night 3:09
"Heroes" 3:32 single version
3:32 german single version
3:32 french single version
3:37 german 1989 remix
6:07
6:09 german version
6:09 french version
Holy Holy 2:20
I Am with Name 4:06
I Can't Explain 2:07
I Can't Read 4:54
I Dig Everything 2:40
I Feel Free 4:52
I Have Not Been to Oxford Town 3:47
I Keep Forgetting 2:34
I Know It's Gonna Happen Somed 4:14
I Pity the Fool 2:13
I Pray Ole 3:59
I Want My Baby Back 2:39
I Wish You Would 2:40
I'll Follow You 2:02
I'm Deranged 4:31
I'm Not Losing Sleep 2:52
Ian Fish, U.K. Heir 6:27
If There Is Something 4:45
In the Heat of the Morning 2:59
It Ain't Easy 2:57
It's Gonna Be Me 6:27
It's Hard to Be a Saint in the 3:46
It's No Game (part 1) 4:18
It's No Game (part 2) 4:25
Janine 3:19
Joe the Lion 3:05
5:18 remixed version 1991
Join the Gang 2:16
John I'm Only Dancing 2:41 sax version
2:43 previously unreleased mix
2:46 single version 1972
3:26 (again) single version
6:57 (again)
Julie 3:40
Jump They Say 3:53 radio edit / 7" version / album edit
3:58 JAE-E edit / single version
4:22
4:48 JAE-E dub
5:05 club hart remix
5:32 JAE-E remix
5:40 album version
5:40 hard hands mix
6:13 dub oddity mix
6:25 Brothers in rhythm instrumental
7:41 Leftfield remix / Leftfield 12" vocal
8:28 Brothers in rhythm mix
Karma Man 3:03
Kooks 2:49
Kingdom Come 3:45
Lady Grinning Soul 3:46
Lady Stardust 3:21
3:35 original demo
Leon Takes Us Outside 1:25
Let Me Sleep Beside You 3:25
Let's Dance 4:08 single version
7:38
Let's Spend the Night Together 3:03
Letter to Hermione 2:30
Life on Mars ? 3:48
Lightning Frightening 3:38
Little Bombardier 3:26
Liza Jane 2:14
London Bye Ta-Ta 2:33
Look Back in Anger 3:08
6:59 new version 1988
Looking for Lester 5:36
Louie Louie Go Home 2:09
Love You till Tuesday 2:40 single remix
3:00 single version
3:10
Loving the Alien 4:43 re-mixed version
7:10
7:14 extended dub mix
7:27 extended dance mix
Lucy Can't Dance 5:45
Magic Dance 5:11
dance mix
dub mix
Maid of Bond Street 1:44
Man in the Middle 4:04
Memory of a Free Festival 3:31 part 2
3:59 part 1
7:07
Miracle Goodnight 4:14
6:22 12" 2 chord philly mix
7:40 Maserati blunted dub
blunted 2
make believe mix
dance dub
Modern Love 3:43 live version
3:56 single version
4:46
Moonage Daydream 3:52 Arnold Corns
4:37
5:28 live
Moss Garden 5:03
Move On 3:16
Nathan Adler 0:28
1:00
Neighborhood Threat 3:11
Neukoln 4:34
Never Let Me Down 2:03 a cappella
3:57 dub mix
3:58 single version
3:58 7" remix edit / edit
4:02 instrumental
4:04
7:03 extended dance mix
New York's in Love 4:32
Nite Flights 4:30
No Control 4:33
Nothing to be desired 2:15
Oh! You Pretty Things 3:12
One Shot 5:11
Outside 4:04
Pallas Athena 4:40
5:36 don't stop praying
Panic in Detroit 4:25
Peace on Earth/little Drummer 2:32
4:24 long version
Please Mr.Gravedigger 2:34
Pretty Pink Rose 4:07 edit
4:43
Pretty Thing 4:39
Prisoner of Love 4:50
Queen Bitch 3:13
Quicksand 4:43 demo version
5:03
Ramona A.Stone / I Am with Name 4:01
Real Cool World 4:16 album edit
4:24 radio remix
4:29 instrumental
5:25
5:30 12" club mix
6:56 cool dub thing #2
7:29 cool dub thing #1
9:12 cool dub overture
Rebel Rebel 2:58 orig.us single version
4:30
Red Money 4:17
Red Sails 3:43
Remembering Marie A. 2:04
Repetition 2:59
Ricochet 5:13
Right 4:13
Rock'n' Roll Suicide 2:57
Rock'n' Roll with Me 4:00
Rosalyn 2:27
Round and Round 2:39
Rubber Band 2:16
Run 3:20
Running Gun Blues 3:11
Sacrifice Yourself 2:08
Saviour Machine 4:25
Scary Monsters 3:29 single version
5:10
Scream Like a Baby 3:35
See Emily Play 4:03
Sell Me a Coat 2:53 remix
3:00
Sense of Doubt 3:57
Sex And the Church 6:25
Shake It 3:49
5:20 remix
Shapes of Things 2:47
She Shook Me Cold 4:13
She's Got Medals 2:36
Shining Star (Makin' My Love) 5:04
Shopping for Girls 3:44
Silly Boy Blue 3:49
Some Are 3:24
Somebody Up There Likes Me 6:30
Song for Bob Dylan 4:12
Sons of the Silent Age 3:15
Sorrow 2:48
Sorry 3:29
Soul Love 3:33
Sound and Vision 3:02
3:58 808 gift mix
4:07 808 'lectric blue mix
4:43 David Richards remix 1991
South Horizon 5:26
Space Oddity 3:31 the singles 1969-1993 version
3:45 original version
4:50 1980 single version
5:02 italian version
5:07 original demo
5:14
Speed of Life 2:45
Star 2:47
Starman 3:58 single version
4:16
Stateside 5:38
Station to Station 10:04
Stay 3:21 single version
6:09
Strangers When We Meet 4:21 edit
4:58 Buddha
5:07 Outside
Subterraneans 5:37
Suffragette City 3:25
Sweet Head 4:14
Sweet Thing 2:31 reprise
3:39
Take My Tip 2:14
Teenage Wildlife 6:56
That's Motivation 4:14
That's Where My Heart Is 2:29
The Bewley Brothers 5:19 alternate mix
5:21
The Dirty Song 0:37
The Drowned Girl 2:24
The Gospel According to Tony 2:50
The Hearts Filthy Lesson 3:32 radio edit
4:56 Bowie mix
4:57
5:01 Simenon mix
5:19 Alt.Mix
5:51 Filthy mix
6:38 Simple text mix
7:41 Rubber mix
The Jean Genie 4:02
The Laughing Gnome 3:03
The London Boys 3:18
The Man Who Sold the World 3:35 live
3:55
The Motel 6:49
The Mysteries 7:12
The Prettiest Star 3:09 single version
3:26
The Secret Life of Arabia 3:46
The Supermen 2:41 alternate version 1971
3:38
The Voyeur of Utter Destruction 4:21
The Wedding 5:04
The Wedding Song 4:29
There Is a Happy Land 3:11
This Is Not America 3:51
3:51 instrumental
Thru' These Architects Eyes 4:22
Time 5:09
Time will crawl 4:03 single version
4:18
5:09 dub mix
5:29 dance crew mix
6:03 extended dance mix
Tin Machine 3:34
Tonight 3:43
4:18 dub mix
4:29 vocal dance mix
Too Dizzy 3:59
Tumble and Twirl 4:58
5:03 extended dance mix
TVC15 3:43 single version
5:28
Uncle Arthur 2:09
Under Pressure 4:07 live
4:08
Under the god 4:06
Underground 4:25 edited version
5:40 instrumental
5:57
5:59 dub
7:51 extended dance mix
Untitled No.1 5:01
Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly 6:10
Up the Hill Backwards 3:14
V-2 Schneider 3:10
Velvet Goldmine 3:09
Video Crime 3:52
Volare 3:12
Warszawa 6:17
Watch That Man 4:25
We Are Hungry Men 2:58
We Are the Dead 4:58
We Prick You 4:33
Weeping Wall 3:25
What in the World 2:20
When I Live My Dream 3:22
3:55 single remix
When I'm Five 2:07
When the Wind Blows 3:32
3:36 instrumental
5:35 extended mix
Where Have All the Good Times 2:35
Who Can I Be Now 4:36
Width of a Circle 8:05
Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud 4:47
4:48 original single version
Wild Is the Wind 5:58
Win 4:44
Wishful Beginnings 5:08
Within You 3:29
Without You 3:09
Word on a Wing 3:10 single version
5:57
Working Class Hero 4:38
Yassassin 4:10
You Belong in Rock'n' Roll 4:07
You Can't Talk 3:09
You've Been Around 4:24 dangers remix
4:45
You've Got the Habit of Leaving 2:29
Young Americans 3:10 single version
5:10
Zeroes 5:44
Ziggy Stardust 2:35 original demo
3:13
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