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Summary: The five-disc box set includes the glam rock icon's demos, radio sessions and recordings with John ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson and the Feathers recorded between 1968 and 1969, as well as a new mix by Tony Visconti of Space Oddity that includes the b-sides: Conversation Piece, Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud, and Ragazzo Solo, Ragazza Sola.
Record Label: Warner Records
Genre(s): Contemporary Pop/Rock, Album Rock, Art Rock, British Folk-Rock, British Psychedelia
Name: David Bowie
Credit: Primary Artist
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Track Listings

1-01 April’s Tooth of Gold 3-06 When I’m Five [BBC Top Gear Radio Version, 13th May 1968]
1-02 The Reverend Raymond Brown (Attends the Garden Fête on Thatchwick Green) 3-07 Silly Boy Blue [BBC Top Gear Radio Version, 13th May 1968]
1-03 When I’m Five 3-08 Ching-a-Ling [BBC Top Gear Radio Version, 13th May 1968]
1-04 Mother Grey 3-09 Space Oddity [Morgan Studios Version] [BBC Top Gear Radio Version, 13th May 1968]
1-05 In the Heat of the Morning 3-10 Space Oddity [U.K. Single Edit] [BBC Top Gear Radio Version, 13th May 1968]
1-06 Goodbye 3d (Threepenny) Joe 3-11 Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud [Single B-Side – Mono Mix] [BBC Top Gear Radio Version, 13th May 1968]
1-07 Love All Around 3-12 Janine [Mono Mix] [BBC Top Gear Radio Version, 13th May 1968]
1-08 London Bye, Ta-Ta 3-13 Conversation Piece [BBC Top Gear Radio Version, 13th May 1968]
1-09 Angel Angel Grubby Face [Version 1] 3-14 Let Me Sleep Beside You [BBC Dave Lee Travis Show Version, 20th October 1969]
1-10 Angel Angel Grubby Face [Version 2] 3-15 Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed [BBC Dave Lee Travis Show Version, 20th October 1969]
1-11 Animal Farm 3-16 Janine [BBC Dave Lee Travis Show Version, 20th October 1969]
1-12 Space Oddity [Solo Demo fragment] 4-01 Space Oddity
1-13 Space Oddity [Version 1] 4-02 Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed (inc. Don’t Sit Down)
1-14 Space Oddity [Version 2] 4-03 Letter To Hermione
1-15 Space Oddity [Version 3] 4-04 Cygnet Committee
1-16 Lover To The Dawn 4-05 Janine
1-17 Ching-a-Ling 4-06 An Occasional Dream
1-18 An Occasional Dream 4-07 Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud
1-19 Let Me Sleep Beside You 4-08 God Knows I'm Good
1-20 Life is a Circus 4-09 Memory Of A Free Festival
1-21 Conversation Piece 4-10 Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud [Single B-Side Stereo Mix]
1-22 Jerusalem 4-11 Letter To Hermione [Early Mix]
1-23 Hole in the Ground 4-12 Janine [Early Mix]
2-01 Space Oddity 4-13 An Occasional Dream [Early Mix]
2-02 Janine 4-14 Ragazzo Solo, Ragazza Sola [Full Length Version]
2-03 An Occasional Dream 5-01 Space Oddity
2-04 Conversation Piece 5-02 Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed
2-05 Ching-a-Ling 5-03 Letter To Hermione
2-06 I’m Not Quite (aka Letter To Hermione) 5-04 Cygnet Committee
2-07 Lover To The Dawn 5-05 Janine
2-08 Love Song 5-06 An Occasional Dream
2-09 When I’m Five 5-07 Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud
2-10 Life is a Circus 5-08 Conversation Piece
3-01 In the Heat of the Morning [Decca Mono Version] 5-09 God Knows I'm Good
3-02 London Bye, Ta-Ta [Decca Alternative Version] 5-10 Memory Of A Free Festival
3-03 In The Heat Of The Morning [BBC Top Gear Radio Version, 13th May 1968] 5-11 Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud [Single Version]
3-04 London Bye, Ta-Ta [BBC Top Gear Radio Version, 13th May 1968] 5-12 Ragazzo Solo, Ragazza Sola
3-05 Karma Man [BBC Top Gear Radio Version, 13th May 1968]