David Bowie - Rock 'n' Roll Star! (5CD, Blu-Ray Audio Disc & Book Box Set)

David Bowie - Rock 'n' Roll Star!

• 5CD + Blu-Ray Audio Disc Box Set
• Includes Book with Unseen Photos, Brand-New Notes & Interviews
• Reproduction of David's Notebook
• Early Home Demos | Radio Sessions & Live Performances | Session Recordings, Outtakes & Alternative Versions| Previously Unreleased Tracks

RELEASE DATE: 6/14/2024

DESCRIPTION 

Rock 'n' Roll Star! charts Bowie's journey to Ziggy Stardust. Starting with early home demos, through radio sessions and live performances, to session recordings, outtakes and alternative versions from the recording of The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust album.

The book will feature unseen photos, brand-new notes and interviews with Ken Scott, Woody Woodmansy and members of David's Arnold Corns band. The set will also include another of David's notebooks reproduced.

Blu-Ray Audio Contents:

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars
Original album mix (96khz/24bit Stereo)

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust & 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)

TRACKLIST

CD1

CD2

Sounds of the 70s: John Peel (Session recorded on 11th January, 1972 and broadcast on 28th January, 1972)

Sounds of the 70s: Bob Harris (Session recorded on 18th January, 1972 and broadcast on 7th February, 1972)

Hang On to Yourself
Ziggy Stardust
Queen Bitch
Waiting for the Man
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)

Oh! You Pretty Things (take 1)
Queen Bitch
Five Years

CD3

Sounds of the 70s: John Peel (Session recorded on 16th May, 1972 and broadcast on 23rd May, 1972)

White Light/White Heat
Moonage Daydream
Hang On to Yourself
Suffragette City
Ziggy Stardust

Johnnie Walker Lunchtime Show (Session recorded on 22nd May, 1972 and broadcast from 5th – 9th June, 1972)

Starman
Space Oddity
Changes
Oh! You Pretty Things

Sounds of the 70s: Bob Harris (Session recorded on 23rd May, 1972 and broadcast on 19th June, 1972)

Lady Stardust
White Light/White Heat
Rock 'n' Roll Suicide

Top of the Pops Performance (Filmed on 5th July, 1972 and broadcast on 6th July, 1972)

Starman

CD4

Round and Round
The Supermen (Ziggy session version)
Holy Holy (Ziggy session version)
Velvet Goldmine (Ziggy session outtake)
Starman (original single mix)
John, I'm Only Dancing (original single version)

Recorded Live at the Music Hall, Boston. (Recorded on 1st October, 1972)

The Supermen
Changes
Life on Mars?
My Death *
John, I'm Only Dancing

CD5
Looking for a Friend (The Arnold Corns version 2022 mix) *
Hang On to Yourself (early Ziggy session take) *
Star (take 5 alternative version) *
Lady Stardust (take 1 alternative version) *
Shadow Man (Ziggy session version) *
The Supermen (Ziggy session version 2023 Mix) *
Holy Holy (Ziggy session version alternative mix) *
Round and Round (alternative mix)
It's Gonna Rain Again (Ziggy session outtake) *
Looking for a Friend (Ziggy session version) *
Velvet Goldmine (Ziggy sessions outtake 2022 mix) *
Sweet Head (Ziggy sessions outtake 2022 mix) *
Starman (Top of the Pops version 2022 mix)
John, I'm Only Dancing (alternative Trident Studios version) *
I Can't Explain (Trident Studios version) *

Bonus Mix

Moonage Daydream (2003 instrumental mix)
*previously unreleased

LABEL: Rhino / Parlophone
UPC: 5054197623509