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Fame and Fashion (David Bowie’s All Time Greatest Hits)
Fame and Fashion (David Bowie's All Time Greatest Hits) is a compilation issued by RCA in 1984, on LP, cassette and CD. It gathers songs recorded between 1969's David Bowie and 1980's Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps), with the subtitle printed on the labels, CD face and inserts.
It belongs to an awkward chapter in Bowie's story. He had left RCA in 1983, and the label kept cashing in on his popularity with compilations he had no say in. Most of the tracks had already appeared on Changesonebowie and Changestwobowie, the exceptions being "'Heroes'" and "TVC 15", while "Golden Years", "Fashion" and "Ashes to Ashes" had turned up on Golden Years less than a year earlier. The stereo channels are swapped on side two and its CD equivalents. Bowie soon reclaimed his catalogue, and this unauthorised set has never been reissued, which makes the original discs a collectors' curiosity today.
Fame and Fashion (David Bowie’s All Time Greatest Hits): tracklist and credits
12 tracks · 55:02Tracklist
- 1Space OddityDavid Bowie5:15
- 2ChangesDavid Bowie and Daniel Licht3:37
- 3StarmanDavid Bowie4:15
- 41984David Bowie3:28
- 5Young AmericansDavid Bowie5:10
- 6FameAlomar, Bowie, Lennon4:17
- 7Golden YearsDavid Bowie4:00
- 8TVC 15David Bowie5:32
- 9“Heroes”David Bowie and Brian Eno6:09
- 10D.J.Alomar, Bowie, Eno4:02
- 11FashionDavid Bowie4:50
- 12Ashes to AshesDavid Bowie4:26
- Produced by
- Gus Dudgeon, David Bowie, Ken Scott, Tony Visconti, Harry Maslin, Harry Maslin, Producer varies from track to track
- Recorded at
- Trident Studios, Basing Street Studios, Ludolph Studios, Olympic Studios, Hansa Studios, Mountain Studios, The Record Plant, Power Station at BerkleeNYC, Good Earth Studios
- Recorded
- 1969–1980
- Mixed by
- David Bowie, Tony Visconti, Harry Maslin, Rod O’Brien
- Mixed at
- Trident Studios, Mountain Studios, The Record Plant
- Engineered by
- Ken Scott, Keith Harwood, Colin Thurston, Tony Visconti, Rod O’Brien, David Richards, David Bowie
- Labels
- RCA, RCA Victor
- Length
- 55:02
Line-up
- David Bowie · 12 string guitar, handclaps, Dubreq Stylophone, lead vocals, background vocals, saxophone, percussion, guitar, vocals, chamberlin, piano, string synthesizer
- Paul Buckmaster · cello · guest
- Terry Cox · drums (drum set) · guest
- Herbie Flowers · bass · guest
- Rick Wakeman · mellotron, piano · guest
- Mick Wayne · electric guitar · guest
- Trevor Bolder · bass guitar · guest
- Mick Ronson · electric guitar, background vocals, piano, acoustic guitar · guest
- Mick Woodmansey · drums (drum set) · guest
- Aynsley Dunbar · drums (drum set) · guest
- Mike Garson · harpsichord, mellotron, piano, Moog · guest
- Tony Newman · drums (drum set) · guest
- Alan Parker · guitar · guest
- Andy Newmark · drums (drum set) · guest
- Pablo Rosario · percussion · guest
- David Sanborn · saxophone · guest
- Larry Washington · congas · guest
- Willie Weeks · bass · guest
- Ava Cherry · background vocals · guest
- Robin Clark · background vocals · guest
- Luther Vandross · background vocals · guest
- John Lennon · background vocals · guest
- Carlos Alomar · guitar
- Roy Bittan · drums (drum set), piano · guest
- Dennis Davis · drums (drum set)
- George Murray · bass, electric bass guitar
- Earl Slick · guitar · guest
- Brian Eno · analog synthesizer · guest
- Robert Fripp · guitar · guest
- Tony Visconti · percussion, background vocals, shakers · guest
- Adrian Belew · guitar · guest
- Simon House · violin · guest
- Andy Clark · analog synthesizer, Minimoog · guest
- Chuck Hammer · guitar synthesizer · guest
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How we know the release date only month precision available
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 1984 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | April 1984 | |
| Wikidata | 1984 | |
| US release | 1984 | earliest US date |
6 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | JP | RCA | original | |
| 1984 | US | RCA | 078635491920 | original |
| 1984 | DE | RCA | original | |
| 1984 | AU | RCA | original | |
| 1984 | — | RCA | original | |
| 1984 | US | RCA | 078635491913 | original |
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