Five Years 1969–1973

Tracklist

1. Disc 1
2. 1Space OddityDavid Bowie5:15
3. 2Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly DazedDavid Bowie6:53
4. 3Letter to HermioneDavid Bowie2:36
5. 4Cygnet CommitteeDavid Bowie9:35
6. 5JanineDavid Bowie3:25
7. 6An Occasional DreamDavid Bowie3:01
8. 7The Wild Eyed Boy From FreecloudDavid Bowie4:52
9. 8God Knows I’m GoodDavid Bowie3:21
10. 9Memory of a Free FestivalDavid Bowie7:11
11. Disc 2
12. 1The Width of a CircleDavid Bowie8:09
13. 2All the MadmenDavid Bowie5:41
14. 3Black Country RockDavid Bowie3:36
15. 4After AllDavid Bowie3:55
16. 5Running Gun BluesDavid Bowie3:15
17. 6Saviour MachineDavid Bowie4:29
18. 7She Shook Me ColdDavid Bowie4:17
19. 8The Man Who Sold the WorldDavid Bowie3:58
20. 9The SupermenDavid Bowie3:41
21. Disc 3
22. 1ChangesDavid Bowie and Daniel Licht3:35
23. 2Oh! You Pretty ThingsDavid Bowie3:12
24. 3Eight Line PoemDavid Bowie2:56
25. 4Life on Mars?David Bowie3:52
26. 5KooksDavid Bowie2:53
27. 6QuicksandDavid Bowie5:07
28. 7Fill Your HeartBiff Rose and Paul Williams3:07
29. 8Andy WarholDavid Bowie3:57
30. 9Song for Bob DylanDavid Bowie4:12
31. 10Queen BitchDavid Bowie3:19
32. 11The Bewlay BrothersDavid Bowie5:24
33. Disc 4
34. 1Five YearsDavid Bowie4:43
35. 2Soul LoveDavid Bowie3:34
36. 3Moonage DaydreamDavid Bowie4:40
37. 4StarmanDavid Bowie4:14
38. 5It Ain’t EasyRon Davies2:58
39. 6Lady StardustDavid Bowie3:21
40. 7StarDavid Bowie2:47
41. 8Hang On to YourselfDavid Bowie2:39
42. 9Ziggy StardustDavid Bowie3:13
43. 10Suffragette CityDavid Bowie3:26
44. 11Rock ’n’ Roll SuicideDavid Bowie2:59
45. Disc 5
46. 1Watch That ManDavid Bowie4:30
47. 2Aladdin Sane (1913–1938–197?)David Bowie5:09
48. 3Drive‐In SaturdayDavid Bowie4:31
49. 4Panic in DetroitDavid Bowie4:28
50. 5Cracked ActorDavid Bowie3:02
51. 6TimeDavid Bowie5:15
52. 7The Prettiest StarDavid Bowie3:31
53. 8Let’s Spend the Night TogetherMick Jagger and Keith Richards3:10
54. 9The Jean GenieDavid Bowie4:07
55. 10Lady Grinning SoulDavid Bowie3:53
56. Disc 6
57. 1RosalynJimmy Duncan and Bill Farley2:21
58. 2Here Comes the NightBert Russell Berns3:09
59. 3I Wish You WouldBilly Boy Arnold2:48
60. 4See Emily PlaySyd Barrett4:12
61. 5Everything’s All RightCrouch, James, Karlson, Konrad, Stavely2:28
62. 6I Can’t ExplainPete Townshend2:14
63. 7Friday on My MindYoung, Vanda, Young2:56
64. 8SorrowFeldman, Goldstein, Gottehrer2:53
65. 9Don’t Bring Me DownJohn Christian Dee2:06
66. 10Shapes of ThingsMcCarty, Relf, Samwell-Smith2:53
67. 11Anyway, Anyhow, AnywhereRoger Daltrey and Pete Townshend3:12
68. 12Where Have All the Good Times GoneRay Davies2:45
69. Disc 7
70. 1Introduction0:15
71. 2Hang On to YourselfDavid Bowie2:47
72. 3Ziggy StardustDavid Bowie3:24
73. 4ChangesDavid Bowie and Daniel Licht3:32
74. 5The SupermenDavid Bowie2:57
75. 6Life on Mars?David Bowie3:28
76. 7Five YearsDavid Bowie4:32
77. 8Space OddityDavid Bowie5:22
78. 9Andy WarholDavid Bowie3:58
79. 10My DeathJacques Brel5:57
80. 11The Width of a CircleDavid Bowie10:39
81. 12Queen BitchDavid Bowie3:01
82. 13Moonage DaydreamDavid Bowie4:38
83. 14John, I’m Only DancingDavid Bowie3:36
84. 15Waiting for the ManLou Reed5:45
85. 16The Jean GenieDavid Bowie4:02
86. 17Suffragette CityDavid Bowie4:25
87. 18Rock ’n’ Roll SuicideDavid Bowie3:17
88. Disc 8
89. 1IntroductionLudwig van Beethoven1:07
90. 2Hang On to YourselfDavid Bowie2:56
91. 3Ziggy StardustDavid Bowie3:19
92. 4Watch That ManDavid Bowie4:14
93. 5Wild Eyed Boy From FreecloudDavid Bowie3:15
94. 6All the Young DudesDavid Bowie1:38
95. 7Oh! You Pretty ThingsDavid Bowie1:47
96. 8Moonage DaydreamDavid Bowie6:25
97. 9ChangesDavid Bowie and Daniel Licht3:36
98. 10Space OddityDavid Bowie5:06
99. 11My DeathJacques Brel7:21
100. Disc 9
101. 1Introduction1:02
102. 2Cracked ActorDavid Bowie3:04
103. 3TimeDavid Bowie5:32
104. 4Width of a CircleDavid Bowie15:45
105. 5Let’s Spend the Night TogetherMick Jagger and Keith Richards3:02
106. 6Suffragette CityDavid Bowie4:33
107. 7White Light/White HeatLou Reed4:01
108. 8Farewell Speech0:39
109. 9Rock ’n’ Roll SuicideDavid Bowie5:18
110. Disc 10
111. 1Five YearsDavid Bowie4:43
112. 2Soul LoveDavid Bowie3:33
113. 3Moonage DaydreamDavid Bowie4:40
114. 4StarmanDavid Bowie4:10
115. 5It Ain’t EasyRon Davies2:59
116. 6Lady StardustDavid Bowie3:21
117. 7StarDavid Bowie2:47
118. 8Hang On to YourselfDavid Bowie2:38
119. 9Ziggy StardustDavid Bowie3:13
120. 10Suffragette CityDavid Bowie3:25
121. 11Rock ’n’ Roll SuicideDavid Bowie2:58
122. Disc 11
123. 1Space Oddity (original UK mono single edit)David Bowie4:43
124. 2Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud (original UK mono single version)David Bowie4:52
125. 3Ragazzo solo, ragazza solaDavid Bowie and Mogol5:07
126. 4The Prettiest Star (original mono single version)David Bowie3:14
127. 5Conversation Piece (mono version)David Bowie3:07
128. 6Memory of a Free Festival, Part 1David Bowie4:04
129. 7Memory of a Free Festival, Part 2David Bowie3:35
130. 8All the Madmen (mono single edit)David Bowie3:15
131. 9Janine (mono version)David Bowie3:24
132. 10Holy Holy (original mono single version)David Bowie3:13
133. 11Moonage Daydream (single version)David Bowie3:53
134. 12Hang On to Yourself (single version)David Bowie2:52
135. Disc 12
136. 1Changes (mono single version)David Bowie and Daniel Licht3:39
137. 2Andy Warhol (mono single version)David Bowie3:07
138. 3Starman (original single mix)David Bowie4:17
139. 4John, I’m Only Dancing (original single version)David Bowie2:47
140. 5The Jean Genie (original single mix)David Bowie4:08
141. 6Drive‐In Saturday (German single edit)David Bowie4:04
142. 7Round and RoundChuck Berry2:43
143. 8John, I’m Only Dancing (sax version)David Bowie2:46
144. 9Time (U.S. single edit)David Bowie3:43
145. 10AmsterdamJacques Brel3:28
146. 11Holy Holy (Spiders version)David Bowie2:18
147. 12Velvet GoldmineDavid Bowie3:10

Produced by

Gus Dudgeon, Tony Visconti, David Bowie, Ken Scott, Richard Kimball, Claudio Fabi, Herbie Flowers, Various

Recorded at

Trident Studios, Advision Studios, RCA Victor Studios, RCA Studios, Château d'Hérouville, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Eventim Apollo, Morgan Studios, Basing Street Studios, Radio Luxembourg Studios, Olympic Studios

Recorded

June 1969 – July 1973

Mixed by

Ken Scott, Mick Ronson, Grover Helsley, Tony Visconti, Paul Hicks, Tristram Penna

Mixed at

Trident Studios, Abbey Road Studios, RCA Victor Studios

Engineered by

Barry Sheffield, Malcolm Toft, Ken Scott, Dennis MacKay, Mike Moran, Denis Blackeye, Bill Fure, Bob Griffin, Gerald Chevin

Label

Parlophone

Length

8:46:04

Line-up

• David Bowie · 12 string guitar, handclaps, Dubreq Stylophone, lead vocals, background vocals, vocals, spoken vocals, saxophone, harmonica, piano, recorder, acoustic guitar, guitar, organ
• Paul Buckmaster · cello, double bass · guest
• Terry Cox · drums (drum set) · guest
• Herbie Flowers · bass · guest
• Rick Wakeman · mellotron, harpsichord, piano · guest
• Mick Wayne · electric guitar, guitar · guest
• John Cambridge · drums (drum set), percussion · guest
• Keith Christmas · 12 string guitar · guest
• John Lodge · bass guitar, bass · guest
• Tim Renwick · guitar · guest
• Tony Visconti · bass guitar, electric bass guitar, recorder, piano, bass · guest
• Marc Bolan · background vocals, guitar · guest
• Bob Harris · background vocals · guest
• Tony Woollcott · background vocals · guest
• Mick Ronson · electric guitar, background vocals, handclaps, mellotron, acoustic guitar, percussion, guitar, piano, autoharp, synthesizer
• Mick Woodmansey · drums (drum set), timbales, tambourine, güiro, percussion, shakers
• Ralph Mace · Moog · guest
• Trevor Bolder · bass guitar, trumpet, bass
• Ken Scott · synthesizer, spoken vocals · guest
• Dana Gillespie · background vocals · guest
• Juanita Franklin · background vocals · guest
• Linda Lewis · background vocals · guest
• Warren Peace · background vocals, percussion · guest
• Mike Garson · piano, keyboard · guest
• Ken Fordham · saxophone · guest
• Michel Ripoche · violin · guest
• B. Mitchel Reed · spoken vocals · guest
• Godfrey Mclean · drums (drum set) · guest
• Sue Harris · background vocals · guest
• Barry Morgan · drums (drum set) · guest
• Alan Parker · electric guitar · guest
• Tim Broadbent · drums (drum set), tambourine · guest
• Mark Carr-Pritchard · guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar · guest
• Pete De Somogyl · bass, bass guitar · guest
• Lindsay Scott · violin · guest

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