Our Starman will keep burning brightly with a new CD/vinyl LP boxed set, which features all of the material officially released by David Bowie during what’s been called the “American” phase of his career.
David Bowie Who Can I Be Now? (1974-1976) will be released, in association with Parlophone Records, on September 23, 2016 as the second in a series of boxed sets spanning his career from 1969. The followup to the award-winning, critically acclaimed David Bowie Five Years 1969-1973 will also contain the previously unreleased album from 1974 called The Gouster.
The collection includes such studio favorites as “Young Americans,” “Diamond Dogs,” “Rebel Rebel,” “Fame.” (See track listing below.)
The 12-CD box, 13-LP vinyl set, and digital download, whose namesake is a track originally recorded in 1974, includes Diamond Dogs, David Live (in original and 2005 mixes), Young Americans and Station to Station (in original and 2010 mixes), as well as The Gouster, Live Nassau Coliseum ’76 and a new compilation entitled Re:Call 2, a collection of single versions and non-album B-sides. The vinyl boxed set has the same content as the CD set and is pressed on audiophile-quality 180 gram vinyl. The sets’ accompanying book, 128 pages in the CD box and 84 in the vinyl set, features rarely seen and previously unpublished photos. ”Rock ‘n’ Roll With Me” from Re:Call 2 will also be offered as a bonus track with all digital pre-orders.
Previously unreleased as a complete album, The Gouster, which is exclusive to the boxed set, was recorded at Sigma Sound in Philadelphia in 1974, and produced by Tony Visconti. The Gouster contains three previously unreleased mixes: “Right,” “Can You Hear Me” and “Somebody Up There Likes Me.” The album was mixed and mastered before Bowie came to New York and worked with John Lennon and Harry Maslin on what would become the Young Americans album.
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Re:Call 2 features the original single mix of “Rebel Rebel,” which has only been featured on a 40th anniversary picture disc in 2014 since its original release on a single in 1974, and a previously-unreleased-on-CD Australian single edit of “Diamond Dogs,” as well as the single edit of the live version of “Rock ‘n’ Roll With Me,” which was issued to radio stations in the U.S. to help promote the David Live album. Re:Call 2 also features new artwork with 1975 in-studio images from the Station to Station recording sessions by Bowie’s friend and backing vocalist Geoff MacCormack, aka Warren Peace.
Bowie’s longtime producer and friend, Visconti, has overseen the mastering from all the original tapes for this 2016 release along with a photo sleeve, which falls in line with Bowie’s original concept for the album. Also exclusive to the CD, vinyl, standard digital and MFiT boxed sets will be the remastered David Live (Original Mix) and the 2010 Harry Maslin mix of Station to Station (previously only available on an audio-only DVD.)
DAVID BOWIE WHO CAN I BE NOW? (1974-1976) Boxed Set Lineup:
LP Boxed Set
84 Page hardback book
Diamond Dogs (Remastered) (1 LP)
David Live (Original Mix) (Remastered) (2 LP) *
David Live (2005 mix) (Remastered) (3 LP)
The Gouster (Previously Unreleased As An Album) (1 LP) *
Young Americans (Remastered) (1 LP)
Station to Station (Remastered) (1 LP)
Station to Station (Harry Maslin 2010 mix) (1 LP) *
Live Nassau Coliseum ’76 (2 LP)
Re:Call 2 (Single Versions and Non Album B-sides) (Remastered) (1 LP) *
* Exclusive to WHO CAN I BE NOW? (1974-1976)
CD Boxed Set
128 Page hardback book
Diamond Dogs (Remastered) (1 CD)
David Live (Original Mix) (Remastered) (2 CD) *
David Live (2005 mix) (Remastered) (2 CD)
The Gouster (Previously Unreleased As An Album) (1 CD) *
Young Americans (Remastered) (1 CD)
Station to Station (Remastered) (1 CD)
Station to Station (Harry Maslin 2010 mix) (1 CD) *
Live Nassau Coliseum ’76 (2 CD)
Re:Call 2 (Single Versions and Non Album B-sides) (Remastered) (1 CD) *
* Exclusive to WHO CAN I BE NOW? (1974-1976)
WHO CAN I BE NOW? (1974-1976)
CD & Vinyl Track Listings
Diamond Dogs
Released On RCA APLI 0576 (U.K.) / CPLI 0576 (U.S.) On May 31, 1974
Side 1
“Future Legend”
“Diamond Dogs”
“Sweet Thing”
“Candidate”
“Sweet Thing (Reprise)”
“Rebel Rebel”
Side 2
“Rock ‘n’ Roll With Me”
“We Are The Dead”
“1984”
“Big Brother”
“Chant Of The Ever Circling Skeletal Family”
David Live (Original Mix)
Released On RCA APL2 0771 (U.K.) / CPL2-0771 (U.S.) On October 29, 1974.
David Live was culled from performances on July 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, 1974 at the Tower
Theater, Philadelphia.
Side 1
“1984”
“Rebel Rebel”
“Moonage Daydream”
“Sweet Thing/Candidate/Sweet Thing (Reprise)”
Side 2
“Changes”
“Suffragette City”
“Aladdin Sane”
“All The Young Dudes”
“Cracked Actor”
Side 3
“Rock ‘n’ Roll With Me”
“Watch That Man”
“Knock On Wood”
“Diamond Dogs”
Side 4
“Big Brother”
“The Width Of A Circle”
“The Jean Genie”
“Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide”
The Gouster
Side 1
1. “John, I’m Only Dancing (Again)” – not on Young Americans, first released as a single in 1979 to promote the Changestwobowie compilation.
2. “Somebody Up There Likes Me” – alternative early previously unreleased mix.
3. “It’s Gonna Be Me” – not on Young Americans, first released as a bonus track on the EMI/Ryko edition of Young Americans in 1990. An alternative mix with strings was released on the 2007 EMI edition of Young Americans.
Side 2
1. “Who Can I Be Now?” – not on Young Americans, first released as a bonus track on the EMI/Ryko edition of Young Americans in 1990.
2. “Can You Hear Me” – alternative early previously unreleased version.
3. “Young Americans” – same version that ended up on Young Americans.
4. “Right” – alternative early previously unreleased version.
Young Americans
Released On RCA RS 1006 (U.K.) / AQL1-0998 (U.S.) On March 7, 1975
Side 1
1. “Young Americans”
2. “Win”
3. “Fascination”
4. “Right”
Side 2
1. “Somebody Up There Likes Me”
2. “Across The Universe”
3. “Can You Hear Me”
4. “Fame”
Station To Station
Released On RCA APL1 1327 On January 23, 1976.
Station to Station (2010 Harry Maslin Mix)
First Released On EMI BOWSTSD 2010 In 5.1 And In Stereo At 48kHz/24bit On The DVD Format Within The Station To Station Deluxe Set On September 20 , 2010
Side 1
1. “Station to Station”
2. “Golden Years”
3. “Word On A Wing”
Side 2
1. “TVC 15”
2. “Stay”
3. “Wild Is The Wind”
Live Nassau Coliseum ’76
Recorded Live At The Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, U.S.A., March 23, 1976 And Released Pm EMI BOWSTSD 2010 Within The Station To Station Deluxe Set On September 20, 2010
Side 1
1. “Station to Station”
2. “Suffragette City”
3. “Fame”
4. “Word On A Wing”
Side 2
1. “Stay”
2. “Waiting For The Man”
3. “Queen Bitch”
Side 3
1. “Life on Mars?”
2. “Five Years”
3. “Panic In Detroit”
4. “Changes”
5. “TVC 15”
Side 4
1. “Diamond Dogs”
2. “Rebel Rebel”
3. “The Jean Genie”
Re:Call 2
Non Album Singles, Single Versions and B-Sides
Side 1
1. “Rebel Rebel” (Original Single Mix)
2. “Diamond Dogs” (Australian Single Edit)
3. “Rebel Rebel” (U.S. Single Version)
4. “Rock ‘n’ Roll With Me” (Live – Promotional Single Edit)
5. “Panic In Detroit” (Live)
6. “Young Americans” (Original Single Edit)
Side 2
1. “Fame” (Original Single Edit)
2. “Golden Years” (Original Single Edit)
3. “Station to Station” (Original Single Edit)
4. “TVC 15” (Original Single Edit)
5. “Stay” (Original Single Edit)
6. “Word On A Wing” (Original Single Edit)
7. “John, I’m Only Dancing (Again)” (1975) (Single Version)
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