David Bowie Rock ‘n’ Roll Star! – 5CD+blu-ray – Ziggy Stardust era deluxe set (release 2024)
Rock ‘n’ Roll Star! -box Set- 5CD+blu-ray
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Release-datum: 14 June 2024
Label: Parlophone
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The next in the series of David Bowie CD-based deluxe sets will be called Rock ‘n’ Roll Star! and charts Bowie’s journey from February 1971 through to the creation of Ziggy Stardust and the recording of 1972’s The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars album.
David Bowie’s ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Star!’ is a 5CD and 1 Blu-Ray Audio set that explores David Bowie’s journey from February 1971 through the creation of the Ziggy Stardust character, the recording of the iconic ‘The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars’ (1972) album, and captures the international mania that surrounded the Ziggy phenomenon in the form of UK radio sessions and TV performances, as well as live tracks from Ziggy and the Spiders’ 1st October 1972 show at the Boston Music Hall.
Features demos, BBC radio sessions, singles, live tracks, outtakes and more and offers 29 unreleased tracks. Unreleased highlights include an alternative version of ‘Lady Stardust’, an unheard version of ‘Shadow Man’ and an up-tempo take of The Who’s ‘I Can’t Explain’, which Bowie would later slow down for the Pin Ups album.
The blu-ray includes the 2003 5.1 mix, a 96/24 stereo version, Waiting in the Sky (Before the Starman Came to Earth) (which is being issued on vinyl for Record Store Day) along with a selection of singles and outtakes.
Rock ‘n’ Roll Star! also contains two books. The first, an extensive 112-page tome with detailed sleeve notes, memorabilia, contemporary reviews and articles, rare photographs from Barrie Wentzel, Michael Putland, Mick Rock, Sukita and Alec Byrne, as well as new notes and interviews with Ken Scott, Mark Carr Pritchett and David’s plugger from the time, Anya Wilson. Accompanying the main book is a 36-page compiled reproduction of David’s personal Ziggy Stardust era notebooks.
There’s also a single LP black vinyl version of Rock ‘n’ Roll Star! that has been mastered at half-speed and features 14 alternates/session tracks. These are all on the 5CD+blu-ray version, in case you are wondering.
Rock ‘n’ Roll Star! will be released on 14 June 2024, via Parlophone.
David Bowie / Rock ‘n’ Roll Star! 5CD+blu-ray deluxe set 5CD+blu-ray
Track List * Previously unreleased
CD 1 –
101. So Long 60s (San Francisco Hotel recording) *
102. Hang On To Yourself (early demo) *
103. Lady Stardust (demo)
104. Ziggy Stardust (demo)
105. Star (Aka Stars) (demo) *
106. Soul Love (demo and DB spoken notes) *
107. Starman (demo 1 excerpt) *
108. Starman (demo 2) *
109. Moonage Daydream (The Arnold Corns version)
110. Hang On To Yourself (The Arnold Corns version)
111. Looking For A Friend (The Arnold Corns version – rough mix) *
112. Haddon Hall Rehearsals Segue: Ziggy Stardust / Holy Holy / Soul Love *
113. Star (Aka Stars) (Haddon Hall rehearsal) *
114. Sweet Head (Haddon Hall rehearsal) *
CD 2 – Sounds Of The 70s: John Peel Session recorded on 11th January, 1972 and broadcast on 28th January, 1972
201. Ziggy Stardust *
202. Queen Bitch *
203. Waiting For The Man *
204. Lady Stardust * – Sounds Of The 70s: Bob Harris – Session recorded on 18th January, 1972 and broadcast on 7th February, 1972
205. Hang On To Yourself
206. Ziggy Stardust
207. Queen Bitch
208. Waiting For The Man
209. Five Years – Old Grey Whistle Test Performance
Filmed on 7th February, 1972 and broadcast on 8th February, 1972 except ‘Oh! You Pretty Things’ which was not broadcast until 1982.
210. Oh! You Pretty Things (take 1)
211. Queen Bitch
212. Five Years
*Previously unreleased
CD 3 – Sounds Of The 70s: John Peel Session recorded on 16th May, 1972 and broadcast on 23rd May, 1972
301. White Light/White Heat
302. Moonage Daydream
303. Hang On To Yourself
304. Suffragette City
305. Ziggy Stardust – Johnnie Walker Lunchtime Show – Session recorded on 22nd May, 1972 and broadcast from 5th – 9th June, 1972
306. Starman
307. Space Oddity
308. Changes
309. Oh! You Pretty Things – Sounds Of The 70s: Bob Harris – Session recorded on 23rd May, 1972 and broadcast On 19th June, 1972
310. Andy Warhol
311. Lady Stardust
312. White Light/White Heat
313. Rock ‘N’ Roll Suicide – Top Of The Pops Performance – Filmed on 5th July, 1972 and broadcast on 6th July, 1972
314. Starman
*Previously unreleased
CD 4
401. Round And Round
402. The Supermen (Ziggy session version)
403. Holy Holy (Ziggy session version)
404. Velvet Goldmine (Ziggy session outtake)
405. Starman (original single mix)
406. John, I’m Only Dancing (original single version) – Recorded Live At The Music Hall, Boston. Recorded on 1st October, 1972
407. The Supermen
408. Changes
409. Life On Mars?
410. My Death *
411. John, I’m Only Dancing
*Previously unreleased
CD 5
501. Looking For A Friend (The Arnold Corns version 2022 mix) *
502. Hang On To Yourself (early Ziggy session take) *
503. Star (take 5 alternative version) *
504. Lady Stardust (take 1 alternative version) *
505. Shadow Man (Ziggy session version) *
506. The Supermen (Ziggy session version 2023 Mix) *
507. Holy Holy (Ziggy session version alternative mix) *
508. Round And Round (alternative mix)
509. It’s Gonna Rain Again (Ziggy session outtake) *
510. Looking For A Friend (Ziggy session version) *
511. Velvet Goldmine (Ziggy sessions outtake 2022 mix) *
512. Sweet Head (Ziggy sessions outtake 2022 mix) *
513. Starman (Top Of The Pops version 2022 mix)
514. John, I’m Only Dancing (alternative Trident Studios version) *
515. I Can’t Explain (Trident Studios version) * Bonus Mix
516. Moonage Daydream (2003 instrumental mix)
*Previously unreleased
Blu-ray Audio
THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS
Original album mix (96khz/24bit Stereo)
THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS AND EXTRAS
2003 5.1 Mixes (DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 – 96khz/24bit)
WAITING IN THE SKY (BEFORE THE STARMAN CAME TO EARTH)
Early Ziggy Stardust album tracklisting – December 1971 (96khz/24bit PCM stereo)
THE SINGLES (96khz/24bit PCM stereo)
OUTTAKES AND ALTERNATIVE VERSIONS (96khz/24bit PCM stereo)
