David Bowie Space Oddity(Jun 19, 2020) Picture Disc/vinyl
Label: Parlophone – 0190295468743, Parlophone – DBSOPD 1972
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Picture Disc, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
Released: Jun 19, 2020
Country: Worldwide
Note 1: Die cut sleeve with poster
Note 2: Original release date was to be 17 April 2020 (the day before the then but subsequently scheduled RSD 2020 which was also postponed) but was held back due to the Corona virus crisis.
David Bowie Space Oddity(Jun 19, 2020) Picture Disc/vinyl
A1. Space Oddity
A2. Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed
A3. Letter To Hermione
A4. Cygnet Committee
B1. Janine
B2. An Occasional Dream
B3. The Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud
B4. God Knows I’m Good
B5. Memory Of A Free Festival
A limited edition picture disc replicating the 1972 RCA edition of Space Oddity.
The disc features the Mick Rock shots that were used on the front and back of the original sleeve, albeit in much better quality due to him supplying new scans of the negatives.
The pictures were taken at Bowie’s then home, Haddon Hall, in the spring of 1972.
The album also comes with a replica of the cover image poster which was part of the package at the time.
The back sleeve image was taken in Zowie Bowie's (Duncan Jones) pink bedroom.
Along with The Man Who Sold The World, the November 1972 edition of Space Oddity was repackaged for the new Bowie audience to make available the increasingly hard to find Philips and Mercury originals.
This picture disc features the 2009 40th anniversary remaster of the album, which was undertaken to match as closely as possible to the original vinyl issue.
Arranged By – David Bowie (tracks: A2 to A4, B1 to B5), Tony Visconti (tracks: A2 to A4, B1 to B5)
Bass Guitar – Herbie Flowers, Honk (3), Tony Visconti
Cello – Paul Buckmaster
Drums – John Cambridge, Terry Cox
Engineer – Barry Sheffield, Ken Scott, Malcolm Toft
Flute, Recorder – Tim Renwick, Tony Visconti
Guitar – Keith Christmas, Mick Wayne, Tim Renwick
Harmonica – Benny Marshall And Friends
Mellotron, Electric Harpsichord – Rick Wakeman
Photography By – Mick Rock
Producer – Tony Visconti
Vocals, 12-String Acoustic Guitar [12-String Guitar], Stylophone, Kalimba, Electric Organ [Rosendale Electric Chord Organ] – David Bowie
Written-By – David Bowie
