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Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Space Oddity
2. Unwashed And Somewhat Slighlty Dazed
3. Letter To Hermione
4. Cygnet Committee
5. Janine
6. Occasional Dream, An
7. Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud
8. God Knows I'm Good
9. Memory Of A Free Festival
DISC 2:
1. Space Oddity - (previously unreleased)
2. Occasional Dream, An - (previously unreleased)
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] - (previously unreleased)
6. Janine [BBC Radio Session D.L.T. Show]
7. London, Bye, Ta-Ta [Stereo Version]
8. Prettiest Star [Stereo Version], The
9. Conversation Piece [Stereo Version] - (previously unreleased)
10. Memory Of A Free Festival [Part 1] [Single A-Side]
11. Memory Of A Free Festival [Part 2] [Single B-Side]
12. Wiled Eyed Boy From Freecloud [Alternate Album Mix] - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
13. Memory Of A Free Festival [Alternate Album Mix] - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
14. London, Bye, Ta-Ta [Alternate Stereo Mix] - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
15. Ragazzo Solo, Ragazza Sola [Full Length Stereo Version] - (previously unreleased)
| Details | | Contributing artists: | John Lodge, Rick Wakeman | | Distributor: | EMI Music Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
SPACE ODDITY was originally released as MAN OF WORDS, MAN OF MUSIC on Mercury in 1969.
SPACE ODDITY is an Enhanced audio CD which contains regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.
Personnel: David Bowie (vocals, 12-string guitar, organ, stylophone, kalimba); Keith Christmas (acoustic guitar); Tim Renwick, Mick Wayne (guitar); Paul Buckmaster (cello); Tony Visconti (flute, recorder, bass); Benny Marshall and Friends (harmonica); Rick Wakeman (electric harpsichord, Mellotron); John Lodge, Herbie Flowers (bass); Terry Cox, John Cambridge (drums).
Producers: Gus Dudgeon, Tony Visconti.
Engineers: Ken Scott, Malcolm Toft, Barry Sheffield.
Digitally remastered by Peter Mew & Nigel Reeve (1999, Abbey Road Studios, London, England).
Personnel: David Bowie (vocals, 12-string guitar, kalimba); Tim Renwick (guitar, flute, recorder); Mick Wayne (guitar); Keith Christmas (acoustic guitar); Paul Buckmaster (cello); Tony Visconti (flute, recorder); Rick Wakeman (electric harpsichord, Mellotron); Terry Cox, John Cambridge (drums).
Recording information: Studio 2, Aeolian Hall, New Bond Street Longon; Trident Studio (06/1969); Morgan Studios (12/20/1969); Trident Studio (1970).
Arrangers: David Bowie; Tony Visconti.
SPACE ODDITY was the first record on which David Bowie looked and sounded like the Bowie whom the world has come to know. One glance at the spooky, androgynous face that adorns the record was enough to signal that the Anthony Newley-influenced, light-pop singer who sang the novelty number "The Laughing Gnome" a few years earlier was a thing of the past. Leaving behind the mannered, English music hall-isms of his initial recordings, Bowie roughened up the sound, creating a ragged, eclectic mix of folk and rock tinged with electronic sounds. The record yielded his first American hit, and began the singer's soon-to-be meteoric rise to international rock icon-hood.
The title track, a sci-fi mini-epic, is an enduring classic in which Bowie squeezes every bit of drama from both his dour low range and the soaring upper reaches of his voice. Even after decades of continued airplay, "Space Oddity" is surprising for its intricate arrangement, nifty guitar playing, and palpable sense of interplanetary estrangement. Other fine and lesser-known musical moments include the sublimely subdued "Letter to Hermione," and the sprawling and strange "Memory of a Free Festival."
Industry Reviews
Bowie's second album, the one on which he finally ditched all iontentions of becoming a second Anthony Newley... n
Mojo (03/01/2000)
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