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March 23, 2012

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David Bowie's influential glam-rock concept album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars turns 40 this year, and in honor of the anniversary, EMI will reissue the record on June 4 in the UK and June 5 in the U.S.

The remastered 40th anniversary edition will be available on CD and limited-edition vinyl, the latter accompanied by an audio DVD that includes previously unreleased mixes.

CD Version:

01 ''Five Years''
02 ''Soul Love''
03 ''Moonage Daydream''
04 ''Starman''
05 ''It Ain't Easy''
06 ''Lady Stardust''
07 ''Star''
08 ''Hang on to Yourself''
09 ''Ziggy Stardust''
10 ''Suffragette City''
11 ''Rock 'N' Roll Suicid''e

180-gram vinyl and DVD package:

Side 1:
01 ''Five Years''
02 ''Soul Love''
03 ''Moonage Daydream''
04 ''Starman''
05 ''It Ain't Easy''

Side 2:
01 ''Lady Stardust''
02 '' Star''
03 ''Hang on to Yourself''
04 ''Ziggy Stardust''
05 ''Suffragette City''
06 ''Rock 'N' Roll Suicide''

DVD [audio only]:

01 ''Five Years''
02 ''Soul Love''
03 ''Moonage Daydream''
04 ''Starman''
05 ''It Ain't Easy''
06 ''Lady Stardust''
07 ''Star''
08 ''Hang on to Yourself''
09 ''Ziggy Stardust''
10 ''Suffragette City''
11 ''Rock 'N' Roll Suicide''
12 ''Five Years'' *
13 ''Soul Love'' *
14 ''Moonage Daydream'' *
15 ''Starman'' *
16 ''It Ain't Easy'' *
17 ''Lady Stardust'' *
18 ''Sta''r *
19 ''Hang on to Yourself'' *
20 ''Ziggy Stardust'' *
21 ''Suffragette City'' *
22 ''Rock 'N' Roll Suicide'' *
23 ''Moonage Daydream (Instrumental)'' *^
24 ''The Supermen'' *^
25 ''Velvet Goldmin''e *^
26 ''Sweet Head'' *^

* 5.1 mixes: DTS 48/24 and Dolby Digital / Stereo mixes: 48/24 LPCM stereo
^ Previously unreleased mixes

Mother....

I will own this.

Damn this bish and his reissues! He's just taking the piss now.

How many versions of this do we need? It's great and all but....fucking hell.

[Edited 3/23/12 15:29pm]

so excited for this

Bowie has more resissues than should be allowed

Maybe the dvd of unreleased mixes will be interesting.

This is a classic album. A reissue of it every 10 years doesn't sound too bad to me. The 2002 reissue I have is cool, too! I love collectible vinyl. :3

another reissue of Ziggy?

damn, another one? I already have the 30th Anniversary version...

a Special Edition Reissue of Hunky Dory...THAT'S what I want...

TheDigitalGardener said:

How many versions of this do we need?

The pattern I've noticed is there's reissue of the album every decade.

This looks pretty lame. There are some songs from the last edition that are missing from this one. There was very little of interest on the 2002 version that was not already on the Rykodisc version. It doesn't look like there is the material to warrant yet another reissue.

Looks like Bowie is trying to rival Elvis Costello when it comes to reissuing the same albums over and over again.

I think I owned three copies of Elvis' Imperial Bedroomat one point.

i just want to sit in an empty room with nothing but a surround system

blaring out the 5.1 version of "Five Years" endlessly.

hmm prince doin an all hits gig .. damn .. i was hyped to hear maybe some new or music ive never seen him do in a welcome to america hype surrounding n what do i get .. tired old shit rehashed for who and why and the same for each show i mean snoozeville minus 2 ive never heard him do but overall hits zzzzz .. how many times i gotta hear the same bologne redone .. loves bowie, glad hes gettin music out that maybe hasnt been heard by some inawhile .. prince be singin PR in his 70s askin crowd lemme hear u .. zzzzz .. maybe its not Bowie pullin the strings ... im sure hes tired of it too. As for me im cool with it .. its relevant n will always have staying power just like adore or controversy.

busting up my brains for the words

[Edited 3/26/12 14:35pm]

And he was alright, the band was altogether

Yes he was alright, the song went on forever

IstenSzek said:

i just want to sit in an empty room with nothing but a surround system

blaring out the 5.1 version of "Five Years" endlessly.

Room for two??

SquirrelMeat said:

I'm glad that Bowie is still doing these nice reissues, but I'd rather it was something that hadn't really been explored. We've had all this stuff already. How about a nice 2-disc collection of material from the "Low" and "Heroes" era, or a deluxe edition for "Lodger" or "Scary Monsters". There are albums just as good as Ziggy if not better in his catalogue - - the constant focus on it is rather annoying.

NoVideo said:

I'm glad that Bowie is still doing these nice reissues, but I'd rather it was something that hadn't really been explored. We've had all this stuff already. How about a nice 2-disc collection of material from the "Low" and "Heroes" era, or a deluxe edition for "Lodger" or "Scary Monsters". There are albums just as good as Ziggy if not better in his catalogue - - the constant focus on it is rather annoying.

What about a four disc opus of The Glass Spider!?

SquirrelMeat said:

NoVideo said:

I'm glad that Bowie is still doing these nice reissues, but I'd rather it was something that hadn't really been explored. We've had all this stuff already. How about a nice 2-disc collection of material from the "Low" and "Heroes" era, or a deluxe edition for "Lodger" or "Scary Monsters". There are albums just as good as Ziggy if not better in his catalogue - - the constant focus on it is rather annoying.

What about a four disc opus of The Glass Spider!?

Now that would be required listening.

I will definitely get this. 5.1 audio - 'nuff said.

But what happened to the anniversary edition of Hunky Dory?

Such an amazing record, can't believe it's about to be 40 years old! The reissue might not have anything new but I'm all for new people discovering it.

DAMNIT!! I JUST BOUGHT THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION!!! Now I have to get this. Vinyl here I come...

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