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David Bowie

Rock 'n' Roll Star

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Parlophone Records is proud to announce the release of ROCK'N'ROLL STAR!, a 5CD/Blu-ray audio box set exploring David Bowie’s creative period beginning in February 1971, with the creation of the Ziggy Stardust character, continuing through the recording of the essential album 'THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS' (and capturing the international Ziggymania with British radio sessions, TV performances and live tracks from the Ziggy and the Spiders concert at Boston Music-Hall on October 1, 1972. ROCK 'N' ROLL STAR!), contains 29 previously unreleased tracks, with demos, recordings with his band The Arnold Corns, rehearsals at Haddon Hall, Bowie’s home, BBC sessions, singles, live performances, studio outtakes and alternate versions taken from the recording sessions mixed by Ken Scott, producer of the original album + 2 books. The highlights among these rarities include an alternate version of 'Lady Stardust', an unreleased take of the sought-after 'Shadow Man' and an uptempo reworking of 'I Can't Explain' by The Who, which would later appear in a slowed-down version on the album PIN-UPS. ROCK 'N' ROLL STAR! also contains two books. The first book contains 112 pages of detailed notes, memorabilia, chronicles and period articles, rare photos by Barrie Wentzel, Michael Putland, Mick Rock, Sukita and Alec Byrne, as well as new essays and interviews with Ken Scott, Mark Carr Pritchett and Anya Wilson, who was in charge of David Bowie’s promotion during this period. A 36-page reproduction of Bowie’s personal notebooks during the Ziggy Stardust period also accompanies this book.

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Disc 1

  1. So Long 60s (San Francisco Hotel recording)
  2. Hang On To Yourself (early demo)
  3. Lady Stardust (demo)
  4. Ziggy Stardust (demo)
  5. Star (Aka Stars) (demo)
  6. Soul Love (demo and DB spoken notes)
  7. Starman (demo 1 excerpt)
  8. Starman (demo 2)
  9. Moonage Daydream (The Arnold Corns version)
  10. Hang On To Yourself (The Arnold Corns version)
  11. Looking For A Friend (The Arnold Corns version - rough mix)
  12. Haddon Hall Rehearsals Segue: Ziggy Stardust / Holy Holy / Soul Love
  13. Star (Aka Stars) (Haddon Hall rehearsal)
  14. Sweet Head (Haddon Hall rehearsal)

Disc 2

  1. Ziggy Stardust - CD2 : Sounds Of The 70s: John Peel, session jan. 1972
  2. Queen Bitch
  3. Waiting For The Man
  4. Lady Stardust
  5. Hang On To Yourself (Sounds Of The 70s: Bob Harris, Session recorded 18.01.1972)
  6. Ziggy Stardust (Sounds Of The 70s: Bob Harris, Session recorded 18.01.1972)
  7. Queen Bitch (Sounds Of The 70s: Bob Harris, Session recorded 18.01.1972)
  8. Waiting For The Man (Sounds Of The 70s: Bob Harris, Session recorded 18.01.1972)
  9. Five Years (Sounds Of The 70s: Bob Harris, Session recorded 18.01.1972)
  10. Oh! You Pretty Things (take 1) - Old Grey Whistle Test Performance
  11. Queen Bitch
  12. Five Years

Disc 3

  1. White Light/White Heat (Sounds Of The 70s: John Peel, session 16.05.1972)
  2. Moonage Daydream
  3. Hang On To Yourself
  4. Suffragette City
  5. Ziggy Stardust (Johnnie Walker Lunchtime Show - session recorded 22.05.1972)
  6. Starman (Johnnie Walker Lunchtime Show - session recorded 22.05.1972)
  7. Space Oddity
  8. Changes
  9. Oh! You Pretty Things (Sounds Of The 70s: Bob Harris- Session on 23.05.1972)
  10. Andy Warhol (Sounds Of The 70s: Bob Harris - Session recorded on 23.05.1972)
  11. Lady Stardust
  12. White Light/White Heat
  13. Rock 'N' Roll Suicide
  14. Starman (Top Of The Pops Performance - Filmed and broadcast on July, 1972)

Disc 4

  1. Round And Round
  2. The Supermen (Ziggy session version)
  3. Holy Holy (Ziggy session version)
  4. Velvet Goldmine (Ziggy session outtake)
  5. Starman (original single mix)
  6. John, I'm Only Dancing (original single version).
  7. The Supermen (Recorded Live At The Music Hall, Boston on 01.10.1972)
  8. Changes (Recorded Live At The Music Hall, Boston on 01.10.1972)
  9. Life On Mars? (Recorded Live At The Music Hall, Boston on 01.10.1972)
  10. My Death (Recorded Live At The Music Hall, Boston on 01.10.1972)
  11. John, I'm Only Dancing (Recorded Live At The Music Hall, Boston on 01.10.1972)

Disc 5

  1. Looking For A Friend (The Arnold Corns version 2022 mix)
  2. Hang On To Yourself (early Ziggy session take)
  3. Star (take 5 alternative version)
  4. Lady Stardust (take 1 alternative version)
  5. Shadow Man (Ziggy session version)
  6. The Supermen (Ziggy session version 2023 Mix)
  7. Holy Holy (Ziggy session version alternative mix)
  8. Round And Round (alternative mix)
  9. It's Gonna Rain Again (Ziggy session outtake)
  10. Looking For A Friend (Ziggy session version)
  11. Velvet Goldmine (Ziggy sessions outtake 2022 mix)
  12. Sweet Head (Ziggy sessions outtake 2022 mix)
  13. Starman (Top Of The Pops version 2022 mix)
  14. John, I'm Only Dancing (alternative Trident Studios version)
  15. I Can't Explain (Trident Studios version)
  16. Moonage Daydream (2003 instrumental mix) (Bonus Mix)

Disc 6

  1. Blu Ray Audio THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST & THE SPIDERS FROM MARS
  2. THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS AND EXTRAS
  3. WAITING IN THE SKY (BEFORE THE STARMAN CAME TO EARTH)
  4. Early Ziggy Stardust album tracklisting - December 1971 (96khz/24bit PCM stereo)
  5. THE SINGLES
  6. OUTTAKES AND ALTERNATIVE VERSIONS (96khz/24bit PCM stereo)

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