EMI are repackaging the late 90's comps Best of 69/74 with a new disc covering his 80's work. I think those are probably the best David Bowie collections yet released, although none are perfect (but my own). The set is scheduled for release on November 7th.

Disc One: 69/74

1. Jean Genie, The
2. Space Oddity
3. Starman
4. Ziggy Stardust
5. John, I'm Only Dancing - (saxophone version)
6. Rebel Rebel
7. Let's Spend The Night Together
8. Suffragette City
9. Oh! You Pretty Things
10. Velvet Goldmine - (B-Side)
11. Drive-In Saturday
12. Diamond Dogs
13. Changes
14. Sorrow
15. Prettiest Star, The - (previously unreleased, Bolan Stereo version)
16. Life On Mars?
17. Aladdin Sane
18. Man Who Sold The World, The
19. Rock 'N' Roll Suicide
20. All The Young Dudes - (previously unreleased, studio version)

Disc Two: 74/79

. Sound And Vision
2. Golden Years (single edit)
3. Fame
4. Young Americans (single version)
5. John, I'm Only Dancing (Again)
6. Can You Hear Me
7. Wild Is The Wind
8. Knock On Wood (live)
9. TVC 15 (single version)
10. 1984
11. It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City
12. Look Back In Anger
13. Secret Life Of Arabia, The
14. DJ
15. Beauty And The Beast
16. Breaking Glass
17. Boys Keep Swinging
18. Heroes (single version)

Disc Three: 80/87

1. Let's Dance (single version)
2. Ashes To Ashes (single version)
3. Under Pressure (Queen w/ David Bowie)
4. Fashion (single version)
5. Modern Love (single version)
6. China Girl (single version)
7. Scary Monsters (single version)
8. Up the Hill Backwards
9. Alabama Song
10. Drowned Girl
11. Cat People (film version single edit)
12. This is Not America (w/ the Pat Methany Group)
13. Loving the Alien
14. Absolute Beginners (single version)
15. When the Wind Blows
16. Blue Jean
17. Day-In Day-Out (single version)
18. Time Will Crawl
19. Underground (single version)

Let the obligatory personalized tracklists begin!
[Edited 9/1/05 14:22pm]

In other new release news, apparently the Young Americans 30th Anniversary edition is being postponed to spring of 2006. I wonder how they'll justify the name. I don't get it. The material's all ready to go! Just put it out already.

And apparently there's been some talk of 'Toy' finally getting a release.

Bassman said:

i wish bowie would just release the damn toy album already, i'm tired of hearing about it.

i'll probably pick up the 80s edition of those EMI discs - i really wish i could get all of 'baal' on CD, but at least i can get a decent copy of 'drowned girl', and i can finally have 'underground' without having to get the 'labyrinth' soundtrack (which, i know, i should own...i just can't bring myself to spend the money).

as for my own bowie tracklist, well, that's something i can show ya better than i can tell ya. i've made a bunch of homemade 'sound+visions' for people over the year - and like francis l. said so well, they're all different, ya know...

Anxiety said:

Show us! Post a pic.

nice...


but what is Drowned Girl?????

GangstaFam said:

i'm like those tibetan monks with the sand paintings - once i make one for somebody, i erase all the evidence from my hard drive and start from scratch for the next person. keeps it interesting.

seriously!

JonSnow said:

From Baal's Hymn

Anxiety said:

Don't you have a personalized one for yourself? Show us that one.

GangstaFam said:

oh, right... i never got around to getting that

JonSnow said:

It's odd. Think "Port of Amsterdam" and "My Death", only much more so.

GangstaFam said:

seriously, i don't! when i get in a bowie mood, i usually want to listen to whole albums. when i make a comp for someone, i'll listen to it for a while before i give it to them, then i'll go back to listening to albums.

sometimes at work i like to select bowie on my mp3 player and do a random jukebox thingie - that's as close as i have to a personalized compilation.

i don't have any personal comps of anyone that i keep for very long. i don't know why that is.

Anxiety said:

Cop out!

j/k

I guess I believe you.

GangstaFam said:

i finally got around to buying a copy of 'baal' on vinyl a year or two ago. i found a nifty little 7" version of the e.p. with a fun gatefold sleeve. believe it or not, i listened to it for the first time - EVER - this week.

i like it...it's pretty much what i expected it to be, but i like it.

then again, i've been hooked on his version of 'alabama song' recently, so i'm in an odd state of mind...

Anxiety said:

I'll say!

For some reason I thought you bought Baal when we were schlepping around Chicago in May.

GangstaFam said:

you know, it very well could have been! and i haven't listened to it until now!

Anxiety said:

I remember being there as you were looking through it. You got it for a great price too, didn't ya?

There were a ton of cool 45's there I would've liked to buy, just for decorative purposes. I was at a record show a few years back where they had like 50 of his 45's w/ picture sleeve in this jumbo plastic carrying case, all in perfect condition. Of course it was $500, but I sure did want it.

GangstaFam said:

i think i got it for something like 6.99. toad bargain party.

JonSnow said:

Speaking of never getting around to things...I never did post my 80's/90's/00's Bowie comp results in your last thread.

Workin' on it.

Anxiety said:

Reckless, right? I've found such great vinyl there.

GangstaFam said:

yes indeedy. i ought to go back and see if they have other bowie vinyl stuff that i can frame. my mama cass is getting lonely!

Anxiety said:

They had lots at the time. I couldn't remember what 45's I owned of his, so I didn't get any that day. I should type out a list and then compare next time I'm in Chicago. I still say you need to hack your Grace down into a lovely Warhol 4-some.

GangstaFam said:

i may not hack it up - i can't bring myself to do it! - but it certainly needs a frame. i love the album cover for 'portfolio' - it's so decadent and studio 54-ish.

The only Bowie song I'm totally sick of is John I'm Only Dancing. It seems like every Bowie cd I have has this song. I see it's on this compilation twice, too.

Anxiety said:

I'ma buy you a cheap copy at this great vinyl shop I go to. Then you can hack away.

This place is a goldmine. It's where I finally found my

andyman91 said:

The regular and the "Again" version are almost entirely different songs.

GangstaFam said:

and i STILL love the "again" version...the sax version of the original is pretty sweet, too.

Anxiety said:

I love 'em all. That video is one of his best too. The faces he makes are priceless.

GangstaFam said:

i'd luuuv to find a copy of changestwo to frame...i love that photo of bowie.

Anxiety said:

I have that. And I've seen a few more at that store I'm talking about. Next time I'm down there, I'll see if I can snag you a copy.