What did you do with your early twenties? If you’re David Bowie, you put together one of the strongest five-year runs in the history of rock ‘n’ roll, spanning from Space Oddity and The Man Who Sold the World to Hunky Dory, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, Aladdin Sane, and PinUps. The rest of us? Made nachos, mostly.
The Thin White Duke announced Five Years: 1969–1973 yesterday. It’s the first in a series of boxed sets collecting Bowie’s studio albums, live performances, and period-appropriate b-sides, outtakes, and lost tracks. 1969–1973 includes the classic albums listed above, a 2003 mix of Ziggy Stardust, and the live albums Live Santa Monica ’72 and Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture Soundtrack. Re:Call 1, the set’s collection of rarities, spans two discs. See the tracklist below.
Re:Call 1 track list
CD1
“Space Oddity” (original UK mono single edit)
“Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud” (original UK mono single version)
“Ragazzo Solo, Ragazza Sola”
“The Prettiest Star” (original mono single version)
“Conversation Piece”
“Memory Of A Free Festival (Part 1)”
“Memory Of A Free Festival (Part 2)”
“All The Madmen” (mono single edit)
“Janine”
“Holy Holy” (original mono single version)
“Moonage Daydream” (The Arnold Corns single version)
“Hang On To Yourself” (The Arnold Corns single version)
CD 2
“Changes” (mono single version)
“Andy Warhol” (mono single version)
“Starman” (original single mix)
“John, I’m Only Dancing” (original single version)
“The Jean Genie” (original single mix)
“Drive-In Saturday” (German single edit)
“Round And Round”
“John, I’m Only Dancing” (sax version)
“Time” (U.S. single edit)
“Amsterdam”
“Holy Holy” (Spiders version)
“Velvet Goldmine”
Five Years: 1969–1973 is out September 25 on Parlophone
(via Pitchfork)
