Do you recognize the title "Conversation Piece," Bowie fans? That’s a song that was removed from Bowie’s "Space Oddity" album due to the time constraints of vinyl. Well, not only do the CD and vinyl "Space Oddity’ reissues here boast a new Tony Visconti mix of the "Space Oddity" album, but they include "Conversation Piece," restored to its originally intended spot in the track list. Visconti points out that, originally, Bowie’s label only gave Tony a week to mix the album; now, he got to take his time and let 22-year-old Bowie shine along with Marc Bolan (in the group choir) and previously overlooked winsome musical maneuvers by guitar, trombone and more. If you go for the 5-CD box here, you’ll get the new album mix and a 120-page hardback book packed with notes, photos and memorabilia—and that’s just the start. You’ll also find 4 CDs of alternate mixes and tracks that trace Bowie’s development through ’68 and ’69. Along with the original 1969 "Space Oddity" (the original mix and sequence), you get "Ragazzo Solo, Ragazzo Sola" (full-length version), "Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud" (B-side stereo mix), early mixes of "Letter to Hermione," "Janine," "An Occasional Dream," a 1969 BBC Dave Lee Travis Show radio session, a 1968 BBC Top Gear radio session with the Tony Visconti Orchestra ("Conversation Piece," "Space Oddity," "In the Heat of the Morning," "Silly Boy Blue," "Karma Man"), Mercury demos of "Space Oddity," "Janine," "When I’m Five," "Life Is a Circus," "Love Song," home demos of "Space Oddity," "Mother Grey," "Love All Around," "Ching-A-Ling," "Animal Farm," "Jerusalem" and more. Rare and unreleased tracks abound…this, in itself, is a fascinating conversation piece for all us forever-obsessed Bowie fans! Rhino/Parlophone.
2 The Reverend Raymond Brown (Attends the Garden Fête on Thatchwick Green) [Home Demo]
3 When I'm Five (Home Demo)
4 Mother Grey (Home Demo)
5 In the Heat of the Morning (Home Demo)
6 Goodbye 3D (Threepenny) Joe [Home Demo]
7 Love All Around (Home Demo)
8 London Bye, Ta-Ta (Home Demo)
9 Angel, Angel, Grubby Face (Home Demo Version 1)
10 Angel, Angel, Grubby Face (Home Demo Version 2)
11 Animal Farm (Home Demo)
12 Space Oddity (Solo Home Demo Fragment)
13 Space Oddity (Home Demo Version 1)
14 Space Oddity (Home Demo Version 2)
15 Space Oddity (Home Demo Version 3) [2019 Remaster]
16 Lover to the Dawn (Home Demo)
17 Ching-A-Ling (Home Demo)
18 An Occasional Dream (Home Demo) [2019 Remaster]
19 Let Me Sleep Beside You (Home Demo)
20 Life Is a Circus (Home Demo)
21 Conversation Piece (Home Demo)
22 Jerusalem (Home Demo)
23 Hole in the Ground (Home Demo)
- Disc 2 -
1 Space Oddity (With John 'Hutch' Hutchinson) ['Mercury' Demo]
2 Janine (With John 'Hutch' Hutchinson) ['Mercury' Demo]
3 An Occasional Dream (With John 'Hutch' Hutchinson) ['Mercury' Demo]
4 Conversation Piece (With John 'Hutch' Hutchinson) ['Mercury' Demo]
5 Ching-A-Ling (With John 'Hutch' Hutchinson) ['Mercury' Demo]
6 I'm Not Quite (Aka Letter to Hermione) [With John 'Hutch' Hutchinson] ['Mercury' Demo]
7 Lover to the Dawn (With John 'Hutch' Hutchinson) ['Mercury' Demo]
8 Love Song (With John 'Hutch' Hutchinson) ['Mercury' Demo]
9 When I'm Five (With John 'Hutch' Hutchinson) ['Mercury' Demo]
10 Life Is a Circus (With John 'Hutch' Hutchinson) ['Mercury' Demo]
- Disc 3 -
1 In the Heat of the Morning (Decca Mono Version)
2 London Bye, Ta-Ta (Decca Alternative Version)
3 In the Heat of the Morning (John Peel - Top Gear) [Recorded 13.5.68]
4 London Bye, Ta-Ta (John Peel - Top Gear) [Recorded 13.5.68]
5 Karma Man (John Peel - Top Gear) [Recorded 13.5.68]
6 When I'm Five (John Peel - Top Gear) [Recorded 13.5.68]
7 Silly Boy Blue (John Peel - Top Gear) [Recorded 13.5.68]
8 Ching-A-Ling (Mono)
9 Space Oddity (Morgan Studios) [Alternative Take]
10 Space Oddity (UK Mono Single Edit) [2015 Remaster]
11 Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud (Mono) [Single B-Side] [2015 Remaster]
12 Janine (Mono) [2015 Remaster]
13 Conversation Piece (2015 Remaster)
14 Let Me Sleep Beside You (BBC Radio Session D.L.T Show)
15 Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed (BBC Radio Session D.L.T. Show)
16 Janine (BBC Radio Session D.L.T Show)
- Disc 4 -
1 Space Oddity (2009 Remaster)
2 Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed (Inc. Don't Sit Down) [2009 Remaster]
3 Letter to Hermione (2009 Remaster)
4 Cygnet Committee (2009 Remaster)
5 Janine (2009 Remaster)
6 An Occasional Dream (2009 Remaster)
7 Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud (2009 Remaster)
8 God Knows I'm Good (2009 Remaster)
9 Memory of a Free Festival (2009 Remaster)
10 Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud (Single B-Side Stereo Mix) [2019 Remaster]
11 Letter to Hermione (Early Mix)
12 Janine (Early Mix)
13 An Occasional Dream (Early Mix)
14 Ragazzo Solo, Ragazza Sola (2015 Remaster)
- Disc 5 -
1 Space Oddity (2019 Mix)
2 Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed (2019 Mix)
3 Letter to Hermione (2019 Mix)
4 Cygnet Committee (2019 Mix)
5 Janine (2019 Mix)
6 An Occasional Dream (2019 Mix)
7 Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud (2019 Mix)
8 Conversation Piece (2019 Mix)
9 God Knows I'm Good (2019 Mix)
10 Memory of a Free Festival (2019 Mix)
11 Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud (Single Version) [2019 Mix]
12 Ragazzo Solo, Ragazza Sola (2019 Mix)
Do you recognize the title "Conversation Piece," Bowie fans? That’s a song that was removed from Bowie’s "Space Oddity" album due to the time constraints of vinyl. Well, not only do the CD and vinyl "Space Oddity’ reissues here boast a new Tony Visconti mix of the "Space Oddity" album, but they include "Conversation Piece," restored to its originally intended spot in the track list. Visconti points out that, originally, Bowie’s label only gave Tony a week to mix the album; now, he got to take his time and let 22-year-old Bowie shine along with Marc Bolan (in the group choir) and previously overlooked winsome musical maneuvers by guitar, trombone and more. If you go for the 5-CD box here, you’ll get the new album mix and a 120-page hardback book packed with notes, photos and memorabilia—and that’s just the start. You’ll also find 4 CDs of alternate mixes and tracks that trace Bowie’s development through ’68 and ’69. Along with the original 1969 "Space Oddity" (the original mix and sequence), you get "Ragazzo Solo, Ragazzo Sola" (full-length version), "Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud" (B-side stereo mix), early mixes of "Letter to Hermione," "Janine," "An Occasional Dream," a 1969 BBC Dave Lee Travis Show radio session, a 1968 BBC Top Gear radio session with the Tony Visconti Orchestra ("Conversation Piece," "Space Oddity," "In the Heat of the Morning," "Silly Boy Blue," "Karma Man"), Mercury demos of "Space Oddity," "Janine," "When I’m Five," "Life Is a Circus," "Love Song," home demos of "Space Oddity," "Mother Grey," "Love All Around," "Ching-A-Ling," "Animal Farm," "Jerusalem" and more. Rare and unreleased tracks abound…this, in itself, is a fascinating conversation piece for all us forever-obsessed Bowie fans! Rhino/Parlophone.
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