Description
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The follow-up to the awarding winning and critically acclaimed David Bowie 'FIVE YEARS (1969 - 1973)' and David Bowie 'A NEW CAREER IN A NEW TOWN (1977 - 1982)'. The box contains newly remastered versions of David's most commercially successful period 'LET'S DANCE', 'TONIGHT', 'NEVER LET ME DOWN (ORIGINAL and 2018 VERSIONS)', the live album 'GLASS SPIDER (Live Montreal '87)', the previously unreleased 'SERIOUS MOONLIGHT' live album, a collection of original remixes entitled 'DANCE' and the non-album / alternate version / b-sides and soundtrack music compilation RE: CALL 4. The highlight of this latest box is the brand new production of the 1987 album 'NEVER LET ME DOWN' by Bowie producer / engineer Mario McNulty with new instrumentation by Bowie collaborators Reeves Gabrels (guitar), David Torn (guitar), Sterling Campbell (drums), Tim Lefebvre (bass) as well as string quartet with arrangements by Nico Muhly and a guest cameo by Laurie Anderson on 'Shining Star (Makin' My Love)'. The seeds of this new reimagining of the albums were first sown in 2008 when David asked Mario McNulty to remix the track 'Time Will Crawl' and record new drums by longtime Bowie drummer, Sterling Campbell along with strings. The track was issued on the iSelect compilation to much acclaim, and in the notes, for that record, David remarked 'Oh, to redo the rest of that album'. The new re-workings have revealed 'Never Let Me Down' as a very strong collection of songs with a dark thematic thread running through them. Fans listening to 'NEVER LET ME DOWN (2018)' would be forgiven for thinking that they were listening to a brand new 'lost' Bowie record. Also in each box is the never before released 'SERIOUS MOONLIGHT' live album recorded in Montreal in 1983. Originally mixed at the time by Bob Clearmountain, the double album captures Bowie on what at that time was his most successful tour. The artwork features shots taken by photographer Denis O'Regan. Exclusive to each box is 'RE: CALL 4' and 'DANCE'. The former a new compilation featuring remastered contemporary single versions, non-album singles, album edits, b-sides and songs featured on soundtracks such as Labyrinth, Absolute Beginners and When The Wind Blows. 'DANCE' features 12 contemporaneous remixes some of which are appearing on CD and vinyl for the first time and is named after an unreleased Bowie remix album that was originally slated for release in November 1985. The box set's accompanying 84 page book features rarely seen and previously unpublished photos by photographers including Denis O'Regan, Greg Gorman, Herb Ritts and many others as well as historical press reviews and technical notes about the albums from producers/engineers Nile Rodgers, Hugh Padgham, Mario McNulty and Justin Shirley-Smith.
TracksCredits
- Disc 1 -
1 Modern Love
2 China Girl
3 Let's Dance
4 Without You
5 Ricochet
6 Criminal World
7 Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
8 Shake It
- Disc 2 -
1 Look Back in Anger
2 Heroes
3 What in the World
4 Golden Years
5 Fashion
6 Let's Dance
7 Breaking Glass
8 Life on Mars?
9 Sorrow
10 Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
11 China Girl
12 Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
13 Rebel Rebel
- Disc 3 -
1 White Light / White Heat (Live '83) (2018 Remaster
2 Station to Station (Live '83) (2018 Remastered Ver
3 Cracked Actor (Live '83) (2018 Remastered Version)
4 Ashes to Ashes (Live '83) (2018 Remastered Version
5 Space Oddity / Band Introduction (Live '83) (2018
6 Young Americans (Live '83) (2018 Remastered Versio
7 Fame (Live '83) (2018 Remastered Version)
8 Modern Love (Live '83) (2018 Remastered Version)
9 White Light / White Heat
10 Station to Station
11 Cracked Actor
12 Ashes to Ashes
13 Space Oddity / Band Introduction
14 Young Americans
15 Fame
16 Modern Love
17 Dancing with the Big Boys (2018 Remastered Version
- Disc 4 -
1 Loving the Alien
2 Don't Look Down
3 God Only Knows
4 Tonight
5 Neighborhood Threat
6 Blue Jean
7 Tumble and Twirl
8 I Keep Forgettin'
9 Dancing with the Big Boys
10 Bang Bang (2018 Remastered Version)
- Disc 5 -
1 Day-In Day-Out
2 Time Will Crawl
3 Beat of Your Drum
4 Never Let Me Down
5 Zeroes
6 Glass Spider
7 Shining Star (Makin' My Love)
8 New York's in Love
9 '87 and Cry
10 Bang Bang
- Disc 6 -
1 Day-In Day-Out
2 Time Will Crawl
3 Beat of Your Drum
4 Never Let Me Down
5 Zeroes
6 Glass Spider
7 China Girl (Live Montreal '87) (2018 Remastered Ve
8 Rebel Rebel (Live Montreal '87) (2018 Remastered V
9 Fashion (Live Montreal '87) (2018 Remastered Versi
10 Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) (Live Montreal '
11 All the Madmen (Live Montreal '87) (2018 Remastere
12 Never Let Me Down (Live Montreal '87) (2018 Remast
13 Big Brother (Live Montreal '87) (2018 Remastered V
14 '87 & Cry (Live Montreal '87) (2018 Remastered V
15 Heroes (Live Montreal '87) (2018 Remastered Vers
16 Sons of the Silent Age (Live Montreal '87) (2018 R
17 Time Will Crawl / Band Introduction (Live Montreal '
18 Young Americans (Live Montreal '87) (2018 Remaster
19 Beat of Your Drum (Live Montreal '87) (2018 Remast
20 The Jean Genie (Live Montreal '87) (2018 Remastere
21 Let's Dance (Live Montreal '87) (2018 Remastered V
22 Fame (Live Montreal '87) (2018 Remastered Version)
23 Time (Live Montreal '87) (2018 Remastered Version)
24 Blue Jean (Live Montreal '87) (2018 Remastered Ver
25 Modern Love (Live Montreal '87) (2018 Remastered V
- Disc 7 -
1 Shining Star (Makin' My Love) (FT Laurie Anderson)
2 New York's in Love
3 87 & Cry
4 Bang Bang
5 David Bowie 1987 Logo Etching
6 Loving the Alien (Extended Dub Mix) (2018 Remaster
7 Tumble & Twirl (Extended Dance Mix) (2018 Remast
8 Underground (Extended Dance Mix) (2018 Remastered
9 Day-In Day-Out (Groucho Mix) (2018 Remastered Vers
10 Time Will Crawl (Dance Crew Mix) (2018 Remastered
11 Shining Star (12 Mix) (2018 Remastered Version)
12 Never Let Me Down (Dub / Acapella) (2018 Remastered
- Disc 8 -
1 Up the Hill Backwards
2 Glass Spider
3 Day-In Day-Out
4 Bang Bang
5 Absolute Beginners
6 Loving the Alien
7 China Girl
8 Rebel Rebel
9 That's Motivation (2018 Remastered Version)
10 Volare (2018 Remastered Version)
11 Labyrinth Opening Titles / Underground
12 Magic Dance
13 As the World Falls Down
14 Within You
15 Underground
16 When the Wind Blows (Single Version) (2018 Remaste
17 Day-In Day-Out (Single Version) (2018 Remastered V
18 Julie (2018 Remastered Version)
19 Beat of Your Drum (Vinyl Album Edit) (2018 Remaste
20 Glass Spider (Vinyl Album Edit) (2018 Remastered V
21 Shining Star (Makin' My Love) (Vinyl Album Edit) (
22 New York's in Love (Vinyl Album Edit) (2018 Remast
23 '87 & Cry (Vinyl Album Edit) (2018 Remastered Ve
24 Bang Bang (Vinyl Album Edit) (2018 Remastered Vers
25 Time Will Crawl (Single Version) (2018 Remastered
26 Girls (Extended Edit) (2018 Remastered Version)
27 Never Let Me Down (7 Remix) (2018 Remastered Vers
28 Bang Bang (Live - Promotional Mix) (2018 Remastere
29 Tonight (With David Bowie) (Live) (2018 Remastered
30 Let's Dance (With David Bowie) (Live) (2018 Remas
- Disc 9 -
1 Fashion
2 Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
3 All the Mad Men
4 Never Let Me Down
5 Big Brother
6 '87 and Cry
7 Heroes
8 Sons of the Silent Age
9 Time Will Crawl / Band Introduction
- Disc 10 -
1 Young Americans
2 Beat of Your Drum
3 The Jean Genie
4 Let's Dance
5 Fame
6 Time
7 Blue Jean
8 Modern Love
- Disc 11 -
1 Shake It (Re-Mix Aka Long Version)
2 Blue Jean (Extended Dance Mix)
3 Dancing with the Big Boys (Extended Dance Mix)
4 Tonight (Vocal Dance Mix)
5 Don't Look Down (Extended Dance Mix)
6 Loving the Alien (Extended Dub Mix)
- Disc 12 -
1 Tumble and Twirl (Extended Dance Mix)
2 Underground (Extended Dance Mix)
3 Day-In Day-Out (Groucho Mix)
4 Time Will Crawl (Dance Crew Mix)
5 Shining Star (Makin' My Love) (12" Mix)
6 Never Let Me Down (Dub / Acapella)
- Disc 13 -
1 Let's Dance (Single Version)
2 China Girl (Single Version)
3 Modern Love (Single Version)
4 This Is Not America (Theme from 'The Falcon & the Snowman')
5 Loving the Alien (Re-Mixed Version)
6 Don't Look Down (Re-Mixed Version)
7 Dancing in the Street (Clearmountain Mix) - David Bowie & Mi
8 Absolute Beginners (From Absolute Beginners)
9 That's Motivation (From Absolute Beginners)
10 Volare (From Absolute Beginners)
- Disc 14 -
1 Labyrinth Opening Titles / Underground (From Labyrinth)
2 Magic Dance (From Labyrinth)
3 As the World Falls Down (From Labyrinth)
4 Within You (From Labyrinth)
5 Underground (From Labyrinth)
6 When the Wind Blows (Single Version) (From When the Wind Blo
7 Day-In Day-Out (Single Version)
8 Julie
9 Beat of Your Drum (Vinyl Album Edit)
10 Glass Spider (Vinyl Album Edit)
- Disc 15 -
1 Shining Star (Makin' My Love) (Vinyl Album Edit)
2 New York's in Love (Vinyl Album Edit)
3 '87 and Cry (Vinyl Album Edit)
4 Bang Bang (Vinyl Album Edit)
5 Time Will Crawl (Single Version)
6 Girls (Extended Edit)
7 Never Let Me Down (7" Remix Edit)
8 Bang Bang (Live - Promotional Mix)
9 Tonight (Live) Tina Turner with David Bowie
10 Let's Dance (Live) Tina Turner with David Bowie
