David Bowie 6. I can’t give everything away (2002 – 2016) Press release

THE SIXTH IN A SERIES OF DAVID BOWIE BOX SETS – RELEASED 12th SEPTEMBER, 2025

13-CD, DIGITAL AND AUDIOPHILE 18-PIECE VINYL BOX SETS INCLUDING…

HEATHEN, REALITY, A REALITY TOUR, THE NEXT DAY, THE NEXT DAY EXTRA, ★ (BLACKSTAR), PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED 31-TRACK LIVE SET FROM THE MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL AND RE:CALL 6 FEATURING 41 RARE NON-ALBUM TRACKS

NEW KILLER STAR (SESSIONS @ AOL LIVER VERSION, 23/09/03) AVAILABLE NOW AS A DIGITAL SINGLE

STAY TUNED FOR PRE-ORDER LINKS TO DAVID BOWIE 6. I CAN’T GIVE EVERYTHING AWAY (2002 – 2016) 

09 JULY, 2025 London – Parlophone Records proudly announce DAVID BOWIE  6. I CAN’T GIVE EVERYTHING AWAY (2002 – 2016), the sixth in a series of box sets spanning Bowie’s career from 1969.

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The new set is the latest instalment in the award-winning and critically acclaimed series that includes DAVID BOWIE 1. FIVE YEARS (1969 – 1973), DAVID BOWIE 2. WHO CAN I BE NOW? (1974 – 1976), DAVID BOWIE 3. A NEW CAREER IN A NEW TOWN (1977 – 1982), DAVID BOWIE 4. LOVING THE ALIEN (1983-1988) and DAVID BOWIE 5. BRILLIANT ADVENTURE (1992-2001) and will be released on 12th September.

DAVID BOWIE  6. I CAN’T GIVE EVERYTHING AWAY (2002 – 2016) is a twelve-CD, eighteen-piece vinyl and standard digital download/streaming box set named after the closing track on ★ (BLACKSTAR), Bowie’s final studio album. The box sets include newly remastered versions (except ★ and No Plan), with input from David’s co-producer Tony Visconti.

2002’s HEATHEN was the first album Bowie and Visconti had worked on together in twenty-two years. Recorded in a residential studio in upstate New York, it reminded Visconti of his time with David in Berlin in the 1970s, “There was no control room. The console was at one end of the studio and the band was placed at the other end. The acoustics were quite live and from my experience of making “Heroes” at Hansa Studios in Berlin, in the huge Grand Hall (known as Meistersaal recording hall), I wanted to make these acoustics work for us.” For the follow-up REALITY, released in 2003, Visconti recalls, “David said he wanted to write for his new touring band, who would also record the album”, giving the record a more “Thrusty” sound as Bowie put it at the time. That band then took to the road for A REALITY TOUR, one of the best-loved tours of David’s career, it is represented here for the first time in its re-sequenced order to better reflect the set lists of the Dublin shows. The vinyl version of the album is pressed in transparent blue, echoing its initial release.

After a decade away from the studio, the sessions for THE NEXT DAY happened in secret; Visconti says of that time, “We vowed not to tell a soul that David and we were making a new album – and that even included our domestic partners. His two-fold purpose was to write and create without pressure from the outside, plus he wanted its release to be a complete surprise. It all worked out great, except when he was spotted a few times walking to and from The Magic Shop studio in Noho, Manhattan, raising quizzical eyebrows. I was stopped once by a fan who recognised me and asked, “Is David Bowie making a new album?” I said, “Absolutely not!” Later, when we had rough mixes of our efforts, I was walking around Manhattan with a big smile on my face. No one could possibly know that I was listening to new Bowie songs on my earbuds.” Those sessions produced so many songs that those additional tracks along with two remixes were included on THE NEXT DAY EXTRA. 

★ (BLACKSTAR), David’s final studio album, was released on 8th January, 2016. Bowie and Visconti went to Donny McCaslin’s jazz quartet playing live in New York after working with him on the track ‘Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)’. Tony Visconti: “Donny’s quartet was no ordinary jazz band, they were super musicians at the same level as classical musicians in top symphony orchestras. David told me that this band, with Mark Guiliana – drums, Tim Lefebvre – bass, and Jason Lindner – keyboards, will be the band for the recording of ★.”  Every one of the tracks for ★ (BLACKSTAR) were each recorded in one day; Visconti recalls, “The first song for the album began with “’Tis a Pity She Was a Whore,” on 7th January. With a couple of rehearsals with David singing in the isolation booth, we were ready to go. Take one was perfect. We told Donny the take was fabulous. He thanked us and asked, “What’s the next song?” I forgot that jazz musicians are one-take experts. This was not a normal thing for people who make Rock and Pop music. It usually takes many hours to get that great take. Just to play it safe we asked for another take and Donny complied.” 

On Bowie’s birthday in 2017, the NO PLAN EP brought together the original songs written for Bowie’s Off-Broadway play, LAZARUS, including the titular ‘Lazarus’, ‘No Plan’, ‘Killing A Little Time’, and ‘When I Met You’, all recorded during the sessions for ★ (BLACKSTAR).

Exclusive to each of the box sets are MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL and RE:CALL 6. The former was recorded on the 18th of July 2002 at the prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival and among the 31 tracks features a full performance bar one song of one of Bowie’s most revered albums, LOW. RE:CALL 6 features 41 non-album / alternative versions / b-sides and soundtrack songs, including tracks never previously available on CD or vinyl over 3CDs and 4LPs. 

The physical box sets accompanying book, 128 pages in the CD box and 84 in the vinyl set, feature previously unseen notes, drawings and handwritten lyrics from Bowie and photos by Sukita (who took the set’s cover shot), Jimmy King, Frank W. Ockenfels 3, Markus Klinko, Mark ‘Blammo’ Adams and more as well as memorabilia, technical notes about the albums from co-producer Tony Visconti and design notes from Jonathan Barnbrook.

The CD box set will include faithfully reproduced mini-vinyl versions of the original albums where applicable, and the CDs will be gold-coloured rather than the usual silver. The vinyl box set has the same content as the CD set and is pressed on audiophile quality 180g vinyl. 

DAVID BOWIE 6. I CAN’T GIVE EVERYTHING AWAY (2002 – 2016)

LP Box Set:

84 page hardback book 

Heathen (Remastered) (1LP)

Montreux Jazz Festival (4LP) (Previously unreleased)* 

Reality (Remastered) (1LP)

A Reality Tour (Remastered & Re-sequenced) (3LP)

The Next Day (Remastered) (2LP)

The Next Day Extra (Remastered) (1LP)

★ (Blackstar) (1LP) 

No Plan (1LP)

Re:Call 6 (Non-album singles, edits, single versions, b-sides and soundtrack music) (Remastered) (4LP)*

* Exclusive to I CAN’T GIVE EVERYTHING AWAY LP box

CD Box Set: 

128 page hardback book 

Heathen (Remastered) (1CD)

Montreux Jazz Festival (2CD) (Previously unreleased)* 

Reality (Remastered) (1CD)

A Reality Tour (Remastered & Re-sequenced) (2CD)

The Next Day (Remastered) (1CD)

The Next Day Extra (Remastered) (1CD)

★ (Blackstar) (1CD) 

No Plan (1CD)

Re:Call 6 (Non-album singles, edits, single versions, b-sides and soundtrack music) (Remastered) (3CD)*

*Exclusive to I CAN’T GIVE EVERYTHING AWAY CD box

DAVID BOWIE 6. I CAN’T GIVE EVERYTHING AWAY (2002 – 2016)

CD & DIGITAL TRACKLISTING 

HEATHEN

01. Sunday

02. Cactus

03. Slip Away

04. Slow Burn

05. Afraid

06. Iʼve Been Waiting For You

07. I Would Be Your Slave

08. I Took A Trip On A Gemini Spaceship

09. 5:15 The Angels Have Gone

10. Everyone Says ʻHiʼ

11. A Better Future

12. Heathen (The Rays)

MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL

CD1

01. Sunday

02. Life On Mars?

03. Ashes To Ashes

04. Cactus

05. Slip Away

06. China Girl

07. Starman

08. I Would Be Your Slave

09. Ive Been Waiting For You

10. Stay

11. Changes

12. Fashion

13. Fame

14. Im Afraid Of Americans

15. 5:15 The Angels Have Gone

CD2

01. ‟Heroes”

02. Heathen (The Rays)

03. Everyone Says ‟Hi”

04. Hallo Spaceboy

05. Let’s Dance

06. Ziggy Stardust

07. Warszawa

08. Speed Of Life

09. Breaking Glass10. What In The World

11. Sound And Vision

12. Art Decade

13. Always Crashing In The Same Car

14. Be My Wife

15. A New Career In A New Town

16. Subterraneans

REALITY

01. New Killer Star

02. Pablo Picasso

03. Never Get Old

04. The Loneliest Guy

05. Looking For Water

06. She’ll Drive The Big Car

07. Days

08. Fall Dog Bombs The Moon

09. Try Some, Buy Some

10. Reality

11. Bring Me The Disco King

A REALITY TOUR

CD1

01. Rebel Rebel

02. New Killer Star

03. Reality

04. Fame

05. Cactus

06. Sister Midnight

07. Afraid

08. All The Young Dudes

09. Be My Wife

10. China Girl

11. The Loneliest Guy

12. The Man Who Sold The World

13. Fantastic Voyage

14. Hallo Spaceboy

15. Sunday

16. Under Pressure

17. Life On Mars?

18. Battle For Britain (The Letter)

CD2

01. Fall Dog Bombs The Moon

02. Ashes To Ashes

03. The Motel

04. Loving The Alien

05. Breaking Glass

06. Never Get Old

07. Changes

08. I’m Afraid Of Americans

09. ‟Heroes”

10. Bring Me The Disco King

11. Slip Away

12. Heathen (The Rays)

13. Five Years

14. Hang On To Yourself

15. Ziggy Stardust

THE NEXT DAY

01. The Next Day

02. Dirty Boys

03. The Stars (Are Out Tonight)

04. Love Is Lost

05. Where Are We Now?

06. Valentine’s Day

07. If You Can See Me

08. I’d Rather Be High

09. Boss Of Me

10. Dancing Out In Space

11. How Does The Grass Grow?

12. (You Will) Set The World On Fire

13. You Feel So Lonely You Could Die

14. Heat

THE NEXT DAY EXTRA E.P.

01. Atomica

02. Love Is Lost (Hello Steve Reich Mix By James Murphy For The DFA)3. Plan

04. The Informer

05. I’d Rather Be High (Venetian Mix)

06. Like A Rocket Man

07. Born In A UFO

08. I’ll Take You There

09. God Bless The Girl

10. So She

★ (BLACKSTAR)

01. ★

02. ’Tis A Pity She Was A Whore

03. Lazarus

04. Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)

05. Girl Loves Me

06. Dollar Days

07. I Can’t Give Everything Away

NO PLAN E.P.

01. Lazarus

02. No Plan

03. Killing A Little Time

04. When I Met You

RE:CALL 6

CD1

01. Slow Burn (Single Edit) 

02. Wood Jackson 

03. When The Boys Come Marching Home 

04. Safe 

05. Sunday (Moby Remix) 

06. A Better Future (Remix By Air) 

07. Slip Away (SACD Mix) 

08. Slow Burn (SACD Mix) 

09. I’ve Been Waiting For You (SACD Mix) 

10. 5:15 The Angels Have Gone (SACD Mix)

11. A Better Future (SACD Mix) 

12. Safe (SACD Mix) 

13. Everyone Says ‘Hi’ (Radio Edit) 

CD2

01. Sunday (Tony Visconti Mix) 

02. Everyone Says ‘Hi’ (Metro Remix Radio Edit) 

03. Heathen (The Rays) (Live In Berlin, 22/09/02) 

04. Hop Frog — Lou Reed Featuring David Bowie 

05. Saviour — Kristeen Young Featuring David Bowie 

06. Isn’t It Evening (The Revolutionary) — Earl Slick Featuring David Bowie 

07. Bring Me The Disco King (Loner Mix) — David Bowie Featuring Maynard James Keenan And John Frusciante (Taken From The Underworld Motion Picture Soundtrack) 

08. New Killer Star (Radio Edit) 

09. Love Missile F1-11 

10. Fly 

11. Queen Of All The Tarts (Overture) 

12. Never Get Old (Single Edit) 

13. Waterloo Sunset 

14. Rebel Rebel (2003 Re-Record) (Taken From The Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle Motion Picture Soundtrack) 

15. New Killer Star (Sessions @ AOL Live Version, 23/09/03) 

CD3

01. Days (Live) 

02. 5:15 The Angels Have Gone (Live) 

03. Rebel Never Gets Old (Radio Mix) 

04. (She Can) Do That — David Bowie With BT (Taken From The Stealth Motion Picture Soundtrack) 

05. Life On Mars? (Live At Fashion Rocks, 08/09/05) 

06. Wake Up (Live At Fashion Rocks, 08/09/05) — David Bowie With Arcade Fire 

07. Five Years (Live At Fashion Rocks, 08/09/05) — David Bowie With Arcade Fire 

08. Arnold Layne (Live At The Royal Albert Hall, 29/05/06) — David Gilmour Featuring David Bowie 

09. Love Is Lost (Hello Steve Reich Mix By James Murphy For The DFA Edit) 

10. Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) (2014 Version) 

11. ’Tis A Pity She Was A Whore (2014 Version) 

12. Lazarus (Radio Edit) 

13. I Can’t Give Everything Away (Radio Edit)

DAVID BOWIE 6. I CAN’T GIVE EVERYTHING AWAY (2002 – 2016) 

LP TRACKLISTING

HEATHEN

Side 1

1. Sunday

2. Cactus

3. Slip Away

4. Slow Burn

5. Afraid

6. I’ve Been Waiting For You

Side 2

1. I Would Be Your Slave

2. I Took A Trip On A Gemini Spaceship

3. 5:15 The Angels Have Gone

4. Everyone Says ʻHiʼ

5. A Better Future

6. Heathen (The Rays)

MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL

Side 1

1. Sunday

2. Life On Mars?

3. Ashes To Ashes

4. Cactus

Side 2

1. Slip Away

2. China Girl

3. Starman

4. I Would Be Your Slave

Side 3

1. I’ve Been Waiting For You

2. Stay

3. Changes

4. Fashion

Side 4

1. Fame

2. I’m Afraid Of Americans

3. 5:15 The Angels Have Gone

4. ‟Heroes”

Side 5

1. Heathen (The Rays)

2. Everyone Says ‟Hi”

3. Hallo Spaceboy

Side 6

1. Letʼs Dance

2. Ziggy Stardust

3. Warszawa

Side 7

1. Speed Of Life

2. Breaking Glass

3. What In The World

4. Sound And Vision

5. Art Decade

Side 8

1. Always Crashing In The Same Car

2. Be My Wife

3. A New Career In A New Town

4. Subterraneans

REALITY

Side 1

1. New Killer Star

2. Pablo Picasso

3. Never Get Old

4. The Loneliest Guy

5. Looking For Water

6. She’ll Drive The Big Car

Side 2

1. Days

2. Fall Dog Bombs The Moon

3. Try Some, Buy Some

4. Reality

5. Bring Me The Disco King

A REALITY TOUR

Side 1

1. Rebel Rebel

2. New Killer Star

3. Reality

4. Fame

5. Cactus

6. Sister Midnight

Side 2

1. Afraid

2. All The Young Dudes

3. Be My Wife

4. China Girl

5. The Loneliest Guy

6. The Man Who Sold The World

7. Fantastic Voyage

Side 3

1. Hallo Spaceboy

2. Sunday

3. Under Pressure

4. Life On Mars?

5. Battle For Britain (The Letter)

Side 4

1. Fall Dog Bombs The Moon

2. Ashes To Ashes

3. The Motel

4. Loving The Alien

5. Breaking Glass

6. Never Get Old

Side 5

1. Changes

2. I’m Afraid Of Americans

3. ‟Heroes”

4. Bring Me The Disco King

Side 6

1. Slip Away

2. Heathen (The Rays)

3. Five Years

4. Hang On To Yourself

5. Ziggy Stardust

THE NEXT DAY

Side 1

1. The Next Day

2. Dirty Boys

3. The Stars (Are Out Tonight)

4. Love Is Lost

Side 2

1. Where Are We Now?

2. Valentine’s Day

3. If You Can See Me

4. I’d Rather Be High

Side 3

1. Boss Of Me

2. Dancing Out In Space

3. How Does The Grass Grow?

4. (You Will) Set The World On Fire

Side 4

1. You Feel So Lonely You Could Die

2. Heat

3. So She

4. Plan

5. I’ll Take You There

THE NEXT DAY EXTRA E.P.

Side 1

1. Atomica

2. Love Is Lost (Hello Steve Reich Mix By James Murphy For The DFA)

3. The Informer

Side 2

1. I’d Rather Be High (Venetian Mix)

2. Like A Rocket Man

3. Born In A UFO

4. God Bless The Girl

★ BLACKSTAR

Side 1

1. ★

2. ’Tis A Pity She Was A Whore

3. Lazarus

Side 2

1. Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)

2. Girl Loves Me

3. Dollar Days

4. I Can’t Give Everything Away

NO PLAN E.P.

Side 1

1. Lazarus

2. No Plan

3. Killing A Little Time

4. When I Met You

Side 2

Etching

RE:CALL 6

Side 1 

1. Slow Burn (Single Edit) 

2. Wood Jackson 

3. When The Boys Come Marching Home 

4. Safe 

5. Sunday (Moby Remix) 

Side 2 

1. A Better Future (Remix By Air) 

2. Slip Away (SACDMix) 

3. Slow Burn (SACD Mix) 

4. I’ve Been Waiting For You (SACD Mix) 

5. 5:15 The Angels Have Gone (SACD Mix)

Side 3 

1. A Better Future (SACD Mix) 

2. Safe (SACD Mix) 

3. Everyone Says ‘Hi’ (Radio Edit) 

4. Sunday (Tony Visconti Mix) 

5. Everyone Says ‘Hi’ (Metro Remix Radio Edit) 

Side 4 

1. Heathen (The Rays) (Live In Berlin, 22/09/02) 

2. Hop Frog — Lou Reed Featuring David Bowie 

3. Saviour — Kristeen Young Featuring David Bowie 

4. Isn’t It Evening (The Revolutionary) — Earl Slick Featuring David Bowie 

5. Bring Me The Disco King (Loner Mix) — David Bowie Featuring Maynard James Keenan And John Frusciante (Taken From The Underworld Motion Picture Soundtrack) 

Side 5 

1. New Killer Star (Radio Edit) 

2. Love Missile F1-11 

3. Fly 

4. Queen Of All The Tarts (Overture) 

5. Never Get Old (Single Edit) 

6. Waterloo Sunset 

Side 6 

1. Rebel Rebel (2003 Re-Record) (Taken From The Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle Motion Picture Soundtrack) 

2. New Killer Star (Sessions @ AOL Live Version, 23/09/03) 

3. Days (Live) 

4. 5:15 The Angels Have Gone (Live) 

5. Rebel Never Gets Old (Radio Mix) 

6. (She Can) Do That — David Bowie With BT (Taken From The Stealth Motion Picture Soundtrack) 

Side 7 

1. Life On Mars? (Live At Fashion Rocks, 08/09/05) 

2. Wake Up (Live At Fashion Rocks, 08/09/05) — David Bowie With Arcade Fire 

3. Five Years (Live At Fashion Rocks, 08/09/05) — David Bowie With Arcade Fire 

4. Arnold Layne (Live At The Royal Albert Hall, 29/05/06) — David Gilmour Featuring David Bowie 

5. Love Is Lost (Hello Steve Reich Mix By James Murphy For The DFA Edit) 

Side 8 

1. Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) (2014 Version) 

2. ’Tis A Pity She Was A Whore (2014 Version) 

3. Lazarus (Radio Edit) 

4. I Can’t Give Everything Away (Radio Edit)

DAVID BOWIE 6. I CAN’T GIVE EVERYTHING AWAY (2002 – 2016)

THE SIXTH IN A SERIES OF DAVID BOWIE BOX SETS 

RELEASED 12th SEPTEMBER, 2025

Stay tuned for pre-order links.

Main images (c) Sukita – The David Bowie Archvie

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