Recorded live on October 20, 1972 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium during the critically acclaimed Ziggy Stardust tour, this show features 18 Bowie classics including "Ziggy Stardust," "Life on Mars?" "Space Oddity," and "Suffragette City." The first bootlegs of this show surfaced in 1973, but on July 8, 2008, the officially titled David Bowie - Live Santa Monica '72 will be released for the first time. This version is the final chapter in the life of the original Santa Monica bootleg that had many different titles and was released in various formats.
"I can tell that I’m totally into being Ziggy by this stage of our touring. It’s no longer an act; I am him. This would be around the tenth American show for us and you can hear that we are all pretty high on ourselves. We train wreck a couple of things, I miss some words and sometimes you wouldn’t know that pianist Mike Garson was onstage with us. But overall I really treasure this bootleg. Mick Ronson is at his blistering best." - David Bowie, 2008
Track Listing:
1. Introduction
2. Hang On To Yourself
3. Ziggy Stardust
4. Changes
5. The Supermen
6. Life On Mars?
7. Five Years
8. Space Oddity
9. Andy Warhol
10. My Death
11. The Width Of A Circle
12. Queen Bitch
13. Moonage Daydream
14. John, I'm Only Dancing
15. Waiting For The Man
16. The Jean Genie
17. Suffragette City
18. Rock 'N' Roll Suicide
This limited edition box set contains many original David Bowie recordings as well as new remixes. With the help of such artists including Trent Reznor (NIN), Moby, Beck, and others, this 10 disc box set is filled with enough Bowie to keep you on your feet throughout the year.
The Best Of Bowie is the first time David Bowie's hits and best-loved songs have been available together. An authoritative collection for fans old and new. The Best Of Bowie is a career-encompassing helicopter ride over one of the most prolific and perennially avant-garde artists of our times.
Track List: Disc 1 1. Space Oddity 2. The Man Who Sold The World 3. Changes 4. Life On Mars? 5. Moonage Daydream 6. Suffragette City 7. Ziggy Stardust 8. All The Young Dudes 9. The Jean Genie 10. Panic In Detroit 11. Rebel Rebel 12. Diamond Dogs 13. Young Americans 14. Fame 15. Golden Years 16. TVC15 17. Sound & Vision 18. "Heroes" 19. DJ
Disc 2 1. Ashes To Ashes 2. Fashion 3. Scary Monsters 4. Under Pressure 5. Cat People 6. Let's Dance 7. China Girl 8. Modern Love 9. Blue Jean 10. This Is Not America 11. Dancing In the Street 12. Absolute Beginners 13. Time Will Crawl 14. Under The God 15. Jump They Say 16. The Heart's Filthy Lesson 17. I'm Afraid Of Americans (V1) 18. Thursday's Child 19. Slow Burn
Heaven's In Here Tin Machine Prisoner Of Love Crack City I Can't Read Under The God Amazing Working Class Hero Bus Stop Pretty Thing Video Crime Run Sacrifice Yourself Baby Can Dance
Track List: 1. Beauty And The Beast 2. Joe The Lion 3. "Heroes" 4. Sons Of The Silent Age 5. Blackout 6. V-2 Schneider 7. Sense Of Doubt 8. Moss Garden 9. Neuköln 10. The Secret Life Of Arabia
Track List: 1. Speed Of Life 2. Breaking Glass 3. What In The World 4. Sound And Vision 5. Always Crashing In The Same Car 6. Be My Wife 7. A New Career In A New Town 8. Warszawa 9. Art Decade 10. Weeping Wall 11. Subterraneans
Diamond Dogs was another famous and controversial sleeve for Bowie. 'Rebel Rebel' (UK # 5) and 'Diamond Dogs' (UK #21) were both singles released from it in the UK and the US, and '1984' was released as a third single for the US.
Track List: 1. Future Legend 2. Diamond Dogs 3. Sweet Thing 4. Candidate 5. Sweet Thing (reprise) 6. Rebel Rebel 7. Rock 'N' Roll With Me 8. We Are The Dead 9. 1984 10. Big Brother 11. Chant Of The Ever Circling Skeletal Family
Perhaps the most instantly recognisable of all the Bowie album covers, Aladdin Sane spawned four singles. 'The Jean Genie' (UK # 2) was released in both the UK and the US, followed up in the UK with 'Drive-In Saturday' (UK #3) and by 'Time' in the US. A final single from the album, 'Let's Spend The Night Together', was also released in the US.