To celebrate the reissue of "Stage" and "David Live", David Bowie's web site held a contest in which Bowienet members were asked to identify details from various semi-obscure 7" singles...being that I was cooped up at my mom's house over the weekend and had nothing better to do, I revved up the ol' Google and entered the contest.

And I was one of the ten Bowienet members who won the "Stage" reissue! Pretty nifty, eh? The best part is, I knew I'd be buying both of these albums and now I only have to fork over the dough for one of 'em! Nice!

AND, "Stage" was the album that got me into Bowie in the first place, so it seems strangely fitting that I should win a copy of the reissue on Bowie's site. Crazy.

But if ya go over to Bowienet now and check their news section (free to anyone who visits the site), you'll see "Anxiety" among the list of contest winners. I'm so proud!

Congratulations!

When do these CDs hit the stores?

Congratulations. Stage is great. I'm listening to it now.

you suck

That's great! There's a contest on bowiewonderworld too about winning a 'presentation disc', but I don't think it's the same thing. Maybe you should enter that too. Do you think these'll be readily available in stores or a tougher find like the Outside/Earthling/Hours ones?

that ROCKS!

Congrats, kitty!

GangstaFam said:

i think they should be far easier to find than the outside/earthling/hours discs...they're available on amazon.com, apparently as domestic versions - i'm guessing they'll be in wrecka stows first thing tomorrow morning.

Anxiety said:

I guess I know what I'm buying tomorrow!

endorphin74 said:

"david live" is good, but if you have to choose between the two, i'd recommend "stage" - it still rocks my socks off.

Does it have extra's?

Thirty years ago today, the first taste of David Bowie's latest direction was launched upon a completely unsuspecting European public, in the shape of his first slab of "Plastic Soul", 1975's Young Americans 7" 45 single. An edited version had been released in the US the previous month.

Though a select few US fans knew of Bowie's flirtation with the Philly sound, (having experienced it during the tail end of the Diamond Dogs tour, which come to be known as the Soul Tour or the Philly Dogs Tour) the single was quite a shock to David's European fans (albeit a pleasant one) and indeed to anyone who was expecting something else in the Diamond Dogs vein.

Of course, the previous single, Knock On Wood, had been more than a hint of things to come and David scored another Top 30 hit in the US and a Top 20 hit in the UK with Young Americans.

IMHO, the songwriting (particularly the lyrics) owed as much to David's latest favourite artist, Bruce Springsteen, as it did to the sound of Gamble and Huff. David recorded three Springsteen tracks during the Young Americans sessions.

Radio stations in the UK and the US were furnished with an outrageously butchered 3.11 minute mix, (see demo disc above) almost 2 minutes less than the 5.01 minute full single mix which was the same as the upcoming album version.

Anyway, I'm getting spottery again... The point of this news piece was to inform you of a new 30th Anniversary double disc edition of the Young Americans album due in a few months.

Without the aid of a time machine we certainly have no chance of hitting the exact 30th anniversary date. However, if everything goes to plan, there are going to be some very nice surprises on this one.

I'll post more details, such as release date and tracklisting as I get them.

That means it's only about a year until Station to Station's 30th Anniversary edition comes out, and only two until Low and Heroes.

Can't wait to pick up Stage, either. My vinyl copy has been worn thin over the years, and the promise of all of these extras just puts me over the edge.

I thought that I had read somewhere that these CDs were only going to be released on DVD-A or SACD. Did they end up releasing it on a regular CD, as well?

Just think of all those bonus tracks Prince could put on a Parade re-issue...

...then think of all the word's he'd edit out.

Aw, all those re-issues... they're cool and all but I'd have to trash my EMI CDs and don't have them for THAT long.

calldapplwondery83 said:

the thought of a deluxe reissue of Parade makes me go all faint and stuff...oh my goodness...just to have a version of that album that has good sound. bestill my heart!

calldapplwondery83 said:

i don't mind getting rid of my CDs from his last round of reissues - they were pretty threadbare and the packaging was nice in that it was utilitarian - lyrics, tracklistings, a bit of info on the recording sessions, etc. - but i thought those reissues were adequate at best. so when a new reissue comes out, i give those reissues to my boyfriend to further his bowie education.

i won't part with my ryko reissues, though - too much sentimental value, plus i still think those reissues are cool as hell.

Shapeshifter said:

the version of "heroes" on stage is just incredible....and i love "beauty and the beast" and "blackout". the arrangements are just wonderful to me - i love that album.