Conversation Piece

Tracklist

1. Disc 1
2. 1April’s Tooth of Gold (home demo)David Bowie2:29
3. 2The Reverend Raymond Brown (Attends the Garden Fête on Thatchwick Green) (home demo)David Bowie2:17
4. 3When I’m Five (home demo)David Bowie3:17
5. 4Mother Grey (home demo)David Bowie3:00
6. 5In the Heat of the Morning (home demo)David Bowie2:59
7. 6Goodbye 3d (Threepenny) Joe (home demo)David Bowie3:19
8. 7Love All Around (home demo)David Bowie2:49
9. 8London Bye, Ta‐Ta (home demo)David Bowie3:30
10. 9Angel, Angel, Grubby Face (home demo version 1)David Bowie2:31
11. 10Angel, Angel, Grubby Face (home demo version 2)David Bowie2:37
12. 11Animal Farm (home demo)David Bowie2:22
13. 12Space Oddity (solo home demo fragment)David Bowie2:39
14. 13Space Oddity (home demo version 1)David Bowie4:02
15. 14Space Oddity (home demo version 2)David Bowie5:01
16. 15Space Oddity (home demo version 3)David Bowie5:09
17. 16Lover to the Dawn (home demo)3:51
18. 17Ching‐A‐Ling (home demo)David Bowie2:58
19. 18An Occasional Dream (home demo)David Bowie2:50
20. 19Let Me Sleep Beside You (home demo)David Bowie2:54
21. 20Life Is a Circus (home demo)Roger Bunn4:50
22. 21Conversation Piece (home demo)David Bowie3:49
23. 22Jerusalem (home demo)David Bowie4:20
24. 23Hole in the Ground (home demo)David Bowie3:29
25. Disc 2
26. 1Space Oddity (‘Mercury’ demo)David Bowie5:28
27. 2Janine (‘Mercury’ demo)David Bowie3:53
28. 3An Occasional Dream (‘Mercury’ demo)David Bowie3:18
29. 4Conversation Piece (‘Mercury’ demo)David Bowie3:31
30. 5Ching‐A‐Ling (‘Mercury’ demo)David Bowie3:35
31. 6I’m Not Quite (aka Letter to Hermione) (‘Mercury’ demo)David Bowie4:04
32. 7Lover to the Dawn (‘Mercury’ demo)5:01
33. 8Love Song (‘Mercury’ demo)Lesley Duncan4:08
34. 9When I’m Five (‘Mercury’ demo)David Bowie3:13
35. 10Life Is a Circus (‘Mercury’ demo)Roger Bunn5:33
36. Disc 3
37. 1In the Heat of the Morning (Decca mono version)David Bowie2:52
38. 2London Bye, Ta‐Ta (Decca alternative version)David Bowie2:36
39. 3In the Heat of the Morning (John Peel – Top Gear, recorded 13.5.68)David Bowie3:01
40. 4London Bye, Ta‐Ta (John Peel – Top Gear, recorded 13.5.68)David Bowie2:37
41. 5Karma Man (John Peel – Top Gear, recorded 13.5.68)David Bowie3:07
42. 6When I’m Five (John Peel – Top Gear, recorded 13.5.68)David Bowie3:14
43. 7Silly Boy Blue (John Peel – Top Gear, recorded 13.5.68)David Bowie4:32
44. 8Ching‐A‐ling (mono)David Bowie2:51
45. 9Space Oddity (Morgan Studios, alternative take)David Bowie4:22
46. 10Space Oddity (UK mono single edit)David Bowie4:42
47. 11Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud (mono, single B‐side)David Bowie4:54
48. 12Janine (mono version)David Bowie3:22
49. 13Conversation Piece (mono version)David Bowie3:07
50. 14Let Me Sleep Beside You (BBC Radio session D.L.T. Show)David Bowie3:20
51. 15Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed (BBC Radio session D.L.T. Show)David Bowie4:04
52. 16Janine (BBC Radio session D.L.T. Show)David Bowie3:03
53. Disc 4
54. 1Space OddityDavid Bowie5:16
55. 2Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed (inc. Don’t Sit Down)David Bowie6:53
56. 3Letter to HermioneDavid Bowie2:36
57. 4Cygnet CommitteeDavid Bowie9:34
58. 5JanineDavid Bowie3:23
59. 6An Occasional DreamDavid Bowie3:02
60. 7Wild Eyed Boy From FreecloudDavid Bowie4:51
61. 8God Knows I’m GoodDavid Bowie3:21
62. 9Memory of a Free FestivalDavid Bowie7:13
63. 10Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud (single B‐side stereo mix)David Bowie4:59
64. 11Letter to Hermione (early mix)David Bowie2:33
65. 12Janine (early mix)David Bowie3:24
66. 13An Occasional Dream (early mix)David Bowie2:56
67. 14Ragazzo Solo, Ragazza SolaDavid Bowie and Mogol5:06
68. Disc 5
69. 1Space Oddity (2019 mix)David Bowie5:20
70. 2Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed (2019 mix)David Bowie6:19
71. 3Letter to Hermione (2019 mix)David Bowie2:33
72. 4Cygnet Committee (2019 mix)David Bowie9:37
73. 5Janine (2019 mix)David Bowie3:21
74. 6An Occasional Dream (2019 mix)David Bowie2:57
75. 7Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud (2019 mix)David Bowie4:50
76. 8Conversation Piece (2019 mix)David Bowie3:11
77. 9God Knows I’m Good (2019 mix)David Bowie3:17
78. 10Memory of a Free Festival (2019 mix)David Bowie7:20
79. 11Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud (single version, 2019 mix)David Bowie4:54
80. 12Ragazzo Solo, Ragazza Sola (2019 mix)David Bowie and Mogol5:19

Produced by

Tony Visconti, Bernie Andrews, Jonathan Weston, Gus Dudgeon, Paul Williams, Claudio Fabi

Recorded at

Decca Studios: Studio 2, BBC 201 Piccadilly, Studio 1, Trident Studios, Morgan Studios, Aeolian Hall

Recorded

January 1968 – October 1969

Mixed by

Tristram Penna, Tony Visconti

Mixed at

Trident Studios, Human Worldwide

Engineered by

Gus Dudgeon, Alan Harris, Pete Ritzema, Malcolm Toft, Barry Sheffield

Labels

华纳PLG, Parlophone

Length

4:58:35

Line-up

• David Bowie · vocals, guitar, harmonica, acoustic guitar, Dubreq Stylophone, 12 string guitar, handclaps, lead vocals, background vocals
• John Hutchinson · guitar, vocals
• George Underwood · vocals · guest
• Alan Hawkshaw · Hammond organ, keyboard · guest
• Tony Visconti · bass, background vocals, bass guitar · guest
• Mick Wayne · guitar, electric guitar · guest
• Andy White · drums (drum set) · guest
• Herbie Flowers · bass · guest
• John McLaughlin · guitar · guest
• Barry Morgan · drums (drum set) · guest
• Steve Peregrine Took · background vocals · guest
• Hermione Farthingale · guitar, vocals · guest
• Chris Karan · drums (drum set) · guest
• Dave Clague · bass · guest
• Tat Meager · drums (drum set) · guest
• Colin Wood · mellotron, Hammond organ, flute · guest
• John Cambridge · drums (drum set), percussion · guest
• John Lodge · bass, bass guitar · guest
• Tim Renwick · guitar · guest
• Paul Buckmaster · cello · guest
• Terry Cox · drums (drum set) · guest
• Rick Wakeman · mellotron, harpsichord · guest
• Keith Christmas · 12 string guitar · guest
• Marc Bolan · background vocals · guest
• Bob Harris · background vocals · guest
• Tony Woollcott · background vocals · guest

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