David Bowie - Five Years 1969-1973 [12 CD, 2015] (FLAC + 320)



 Five Years (1969–1973) is a box set by English singer-songwriter David Bowie, released in September 2015. The period of Bowie's career from 1969 to 1973 is summarised over twelve discs and thirteen LPs. Exclusive to the box sets is Re:Call 1, a new compilation of non-album singles, single versions and B-sides.


It includes the albums David Bowie (more commonly known as Space Oddity), The Man Who Sold the World, Hunky Dory, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, Aladdin Sane and the last Spiders album with Bowie Pin Ups. The albums cover the 5 years of Bowie's rise to stardom, with the box set also including Live Santa Monica '72, the soundtrack album of the last Ziggy Stardust show at the Hammersmith Odeon, and a 2003 Ken Scott stereo remix of Ziggy Stardust (previously available on the 2003 SACD edition and 2012 vinyl-and-DVD-Audio edition of the album). 






1969 - David Bowie (a.k.a. Space Oddity)


01. Space Oddity 05:17
02. Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed 06:53
03. Letter To Hermione 02:37
04. Cygnet Committee 09:39
05. Janine 03:26
06. An Occasional Dream 03:01
07. Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud 04:53
08. God Knows I'm Good 03:22
09. Memory Of A Free Festival 07:11


1970 - The Man Who Sold The World 

01. The Width Of A Circle 08:10
02. All The Madmen 05:43
03. Black Country Rock 03:37
04. After All 04:00
05. Running Gun Blues 03:15
06. Saviour Machine 04:30
07. She Shook Me Cold 04:17
08. The Man Who Sold The World 04:01
09. The Supermen 03:41




1971 - Hunky Dory 

01. Changes 03:37
02. Oh! You Pretty Things 03:12
03. Eight Line Poem 02:55
04. Life On Mars? 03:56
05. Kooks 02:54
06. Quicksand 05:06
07. Fill Your Heart 03:10
08. Andy Warhol 03:55
09. Song For Bob Dylan 04:13
10. Queen Bitch 03:21
11. The Bewlay Brothers 05:30


1972 - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars

01. Five Years 04:44
02. Soul Love 03:34
03. Moonage Daydream 04:41
04. Starman 04:14
05. It Ain't Easy 02:58
06. Lady Stardust 03:21
07. Star 02:48
08. Hang On To Yourself 02:40
09. Ziggy Stardust 03:14
10. Suffragette City 03:26
11. Rock 'n' Roll Suicide 02:58


1973 - Aladdin Sane

01. Watch That Man (New York) 04:30
02. Aladdin Sane (1913-1938-197?) (R.H.M.S. "Ellinis") 05:09
03. Drive-In Saturday (Seattle - Phoenix) 04:37
04. Panic In Detroit (Detroit) 04:29
05. Cracked Actor (Los Angeles) 03:02
06. Time (New Orleans) 05:16
07. The Prettiest Star (Gloucester Road) 03:32
08. Let’s Spend The Night Together 03:11
09. The Jean Genie (Detroit and New York) 04:07
10. Lady Grinning Soul (London) 03:55


1973 - Pinups

01. Rosalyn (The Pretty Things cover) 02:21
02. Here Comes The Night (Them cover) 03:10
03. I Wish You Would (Billy Boy Arnold, Yardbirds cover) 02:48
04. See Emily Play (Pink Floyd cover) 04:13
05. Everything’s Alright (The Mojos cover) 02:29
06. I Can't Explain (The Who cover) 02:15
07. Friday On My Mind (The Easybeats cover) 02:57
08. Sorrow (The Merseybeats cover) 02:53
09. Don’t Bring Me Down (Johnnie Dee, Pretty Things cover) 02:06
10. Shapes Of Things (The Yardbirds cover) 02:54
11. Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere (The Who cover) 03:14
12. Where Have All The Good Times Gone (The Kinks cover) 02:41


1994 - Live Santa Monica '72 

01. Introduction 00:13
02. Hang On To Yourself 02:46
03. Ziggy Stardust 03:23
04. Changes 03:27
05. The Supermen 02:55
06. Life On Mars? 03:28
07. Five Years 04:32
08. Space Oddity 05:05
09. Andy Warhol 03:50
10. My Death 05:51
11. The Width Of A Circle 10:44
12. Queen Bitch 03:00
13. Moonage Daydream 04:53
14. John, I'm Only Dancing 03:16
15. Waiting For The Man 05:45
16. The Jean Genie 04:00
17. Suffragette City 04:12
18. Rock 'n' Roll Suicide 03:01

Live in Santa Monica ’72 is a bootleg that became canonical in 1995.


1983 - Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture Soundtrack (2CD) 

Part 1 

01. Introduction 01:07
02. Hang On To Yourself 02:56
03. Ziggy Stardust 03:19
04. Watch That Man 04:14
05. Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud 03:15
06. All The Young Dudes 01:38
07. Oh! You Pretty Things 01:47
08. Moonage Daydream 06:25
09. Changes 03:36
10. Space Oddity 05:06
11. My Death 07:21


Part 2 

01. Introduction 01:02
02. Cracked Actor 03:04
03. Time 05:32
04. The Width Of A Circle 15:45
05. Let’s Spend The Night Together 03:02
06. Suffragette City 04:33
07. White Light / White Heat 04:01
08. Farewell Speech 00:39
09. Rock 'n' Roll Suicide 05:18


1972 - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (2003 Mix) 

01. Five Years 04:43
02. Soul Love 03:33
03. Moonage Daydream 04:40
04. Starman 04:10
05. It Ain’t Easy 02:59
06. Lady Stardust (Side 2) 03:21
07. Star 02:47
08. Hang On To Yourself 02:38
09. Ziggy Stardust 03:13
10. Suffragette City 03:25
11. Rock 'n' Roll Suicide 02:58

Tracks 1 to 11 first released 29 September 2003 in 5.1 on the SACD of "Ziggy Stardust" on EMI 521 9002. A further release followed 4 June 2012 on the EMI 40th Anniversary DVD/LP Edition of "Ziggy Stardust" - this time in Stereo at 48Hz/24bit. This is the first issue of that 2003 Remix on 'CD' outside of those two previous versions.


2015 - Re:Call 1 (2CD) 

Disc 1 

01. Space Oddity (Original UK Mono Single Edit) 04:43
02. Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud (Original UK Mono Single Version) 04:52
03. Ragazzo Solo, Ragazza Sola (An Italian Version of "Space Oddity") 05:07
04. The Prettiest Star (Original Mono Single Version) 03:14
05. Conversation Piece (Non-album B-side to "The Prettiest Star") 03:07
06. Memory Of A Free Festival (Part 1) 04:04
07. Memory Of A Free Festival (Part 2) 03:35
08. All The Madmen (Mono Single Edit) 03:15
09. Janine 03:24
10. Holy Holy (Original Mono Single Version, non-album single) 03:13
11. Moonage Daydream (The Arnold Corns Single Version) 03:53
12. Hang On To Yourself (The Arnold Corns Single Version) 02:52


Disc 2 

01. Changes (Mono Single Version) 03:39
02. Andy Warhol (Mono Single Version) 03:07
03. Starman (Original Single Mix) 04:17
04. John, I'm Only Dancing (Original Single Version) 02:47
05. The Jean Genie (Original Single Mix) 04:08
06. Drive-In Saturday (German Single Edit) 04:04
07. Round And Round 02:43
08. John, I'm Only Dancing (Sax Version) 02:46
09. Time (U.S. Single Edit) 03:43
10. Amsterdam 03:28
11. Holy Holy (Spiders Version) 02:18
12. Velvet Goldmine 03:10