David Bowie - Space Oddity [40th Anniversary Special Edition]

Title: Space Oddity [40th Anniversary Special Edition] Artist: David Bowie Release Date: 1972 Re-Released On: 11/17/2009 Label: Virgin, VCT UPC: 5099930752221 Genre: Rock Styles: Singer/Songwriter, Psychedelic, Folk-Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Album Rock, British Folk-Rock, British Psychedelia, Art Rock Moods: Brooding, Clinical, Eccentric, Eerie, Stylish, Bravado, Cerebral, Complex, Detached, Dramatic, Elegant, Enigmatic, Exciting, Literate, Lush, Nocturnal, Playful, Provocative, Quirky, Rebellious, Sophisticated, Swaggering, Tense/Anxious, Theatrical, Urgent, Wry, Campy, Hypnotic, Intense, Ironic, Sexy, Yearning, Outrageous, Austere, Elaborate, Refined/Mannered Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 5 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 2

1. Space Oddity
2. Unwashed and Somewhat Slighlty Dazed
3. Letter to Hermione
4. Cygnet Committee
5. Janine
6. An Occasional Dream
7. Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud
8. God Knows I'm Good
9. Memory of a Free Festival

1. Space Oddity [#][Demo Version]
2. An Occasional Dream [Edit][#]
3. Wiled Eyed Boy from Freecloud [Single B-Side]
4. Let Me Sleep Beside You [BBC Radio Session D.L.T. Show]
5. Unwashed and Somewhat Slighty Dazed [BBC Radio Session D.L.T. Show]
6. Janine [BBC Radio Session D.L.T. Show]
7. London, Bye, Ta-Ta [Stereo Version]
8. The Prettiest Star [Stereo Version]
9. Conversation Piece [Stereo Version][#]
10. Memory of a Free Festival (Pt. 1) [Single A-Side]
11. Memory of a Free Festival (Pt. 2) [Single B-Side]
12. Wiled Eyed Boy from Freecloud [Alternate Album Mix][Alternate Take][#]
13. Memory of a Free Festival [Alternate Album Mix][Alternate Take][#]
14. London, Bye, Ta-Ta [Alternate Stereo Mix][#]
15. Ragazzo Solo, Ragazza Sola [Full Length Stereo Version]

Year Type Label Catalog # 2009 CD Virgin 07522 2009 CD VCT 075222

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The expanded double-disc 40th Anniversary reissue of David Bowie's Space Oddity -- for all intents and purposes, his first true album, originally appearing in 1969 as Man of Words, Man of Music and following a largely forgotten 1967 debut for Deram -- contains 15 bonus tracks, all gathered on a second dsic. Eight of these tracks are previously unreleased, highlighted by a pair of demos -- billed as never bootlegged -- that open the disc: one of the first versions of "Space Oddity," followed by "An Occasional Dream." The other unreleased cuts are largely different mixes: an unreleased stereo mix of "Conversation Piece," alternate album mixes of "Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud" and "Memory of a Free Festival," an alternate stereo mix of "London Bye Ta Ta," and a full-length Italian version of "Space Oddity." There's also a BBC session of "Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed" that somehow escaped compilers of 2002's Bowie at the Beeb and that, along with the other two BBC sessions, are a highlight here. Like the proper album, this bonus disc is a little bit of a hodge-podge but enjoyably so, as the formative moments and alternate-take repetitions are goosed along by several true gems: those kinetic BBC sessions, the glamtastic "London Bye Ta-Ta," the alternate "Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud" with a Paul Buckmaster intro, and a longer version of "Memory of a Free Festival." [A Special Edition of the 40th Anniverary version was also released.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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