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The Original Album
1-1	Space Oddity Arranged By – David Bowie, Paul BuckmasterProducer – Gus Dudgeon	5:14
1-2	Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed	6:51
1-3	Letter To Hermione	2:32
1-4	Cygnet Committee	9:31
1-5	Janine	3:21
1-6	An Occasional Dream	2:54
1-7	The Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud	4:46
1-8	God Knows I'm Good	3:17
1-9	Memory Of A Free Festival	7:09
The Bonus Material
2-1	Space Oddity (Demo) Vocals, Guitar – John 'Hutch' Hutchinson*Vocals, Guitar, Synthesizer [Stylophone] – David Bowie	5:10
2-2	An Occasional Dream (Demo) Vocals, Guitar – John 'Hutch' Hutchinson*Vocals, Guitar, Synthesizer [Stylophone] – David Bowie	2:49
2-3	Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud (Single B-Side) Cello – Paul BuckmasterProducer [Uncredited] – Gus DudgeonVocals, Guitar – David Bowie	4:56
2-4	Let Me Sleep Beside You (BBC Radio Session D.L.T. Show) Backing Band – Junior's EyesBass – John Lodge Drums – John CambridgeEngineer – Pete RitzemaGuitar – Mick WayneProducer – Paul Williams Rhythm Guitar – Tim RenwickVocals, Guitar – David Bowie	4:45
2-5	Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed (BBC Radio Session D.L.T. Show) Backing Band – Junior's EyesBass – John Lodge Drums – John CambridgeEngineer – Pete RitzemaGuitar – Mick WayneProducer – Paul Williams Rhythm Guitar – Tim RenwickVocals, Guitar – David Bowie	4:04
2-6	Janine (BBC Radio Session D.L.T. Show) Backing Band – Junior's EyesBass – John Lodge Drums – John CambridgeEngineer – Pete RitzemaGuitar – Mick WayneProducer – Paul Williams Rhythm Guitar – Tim RenwickVocals, Guitar – David Bowie	3:02
2-7	London, Bye, Ta-Ta (Stereo Version) Backing Vocals – Lesley Duncan, Sue & SunnyBass – Tony ViscontiDrums – Godfrey McLeanGuitar – Unknown ArtistKeyboards – Rick WakemanVocals, Guitar – David Bowie	2:36
2-8	The Prettiest Star (Stereo Version) Bass – Tony ViscontiDrums – Godfrey McLeanGuitar – Marc BolanVocals, Guitar – David Bowie	3:12
2-9	Conversation Piece (Stereo Version) Bass – John Lodge Drums – John CambridgeGuitar – Tim RenwickVocals, Guitar – David Bowie	3:06
2-10	Memory Of A Free Festival, Part 1 (Single A-Side) Bass Guitar [Bass] – Tony ViscontiDrums – John CambridgeGuitar, Backing Vocals – Mick RonsonSynthesizer [Moog] – Ralph MaceVocals, Guitar – David Bowie	4:01
2-11	Memory Of A Free Festival Part 2 (Single B-Side) Bass Guitar [Bass] – Tony ViscontiDrums – John CambridgeGuitar, Backing Vocals – Mick RonsonSynthesizer [Moog] – Ralph MaceVocals, Guitar – David Bowie	3:30
2-12	Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud (Alternate Album Mix)	4:45
2-13	Memory Of A Free Festival (Alternate Album Mix)	9:22
2-14	London, Bye, Ta-Ta (Alternate Stereo Mix) Backing Vocals – Lesley Duncan, Sue & SunnyBass – Tony ViscontiDrums – Godfrey McLeanGuitar – Unknown ArtistKeyboards – Rick WakemanVocals, Guitar – David Bowie	2:34
2-15	Ragazzo Solo, Ragazza Sola (Full Length Stereo Version) Bass – Herbie FlowersDrums – Terry CoxGuitar – Mick WayneLyrics By – Ivan Mogul*Mellotron – Rick WakemanMusic By – David BowieProducer – Claudio Fabi, Gus DudgeonVocals, Guitar, Synthesizer [Stylophone] – David Bowie	5:15

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Co., LLC
• Copyright (c) – Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Co., LLC
• Copyright (c) – EMI Records Ltd.
• Manufactured By – Virgin Records America, Inc.
• Recorded At – Trident Studios
• Recorded At – Aeolian Hall
• Remastered At – Abbey Road Studios
• Pressed By – Sony DADC – DIDX-241170
• Pressed By – Sony DADC – DIDX-241171

Credits

• Acoustic Guitar – Keith Christmas (tracks: 1-1 to 1-9, 2-12, 2-13)
• Arranged By – David Bowie (tracks: 1-2 to 1-9), Tony Visconti (tracks: 1-2 to 1-9)
• Artwork [Front Cover Painting] – Vaserelli*
• Artwork [Special Edition] – Darren Evans
• Bass Guitar [Bass] – Herbie Flowers (tracks: 1-1 to 1-9, 2-12, 2-13), John Lodge (tracks: 1-1 to 1-9, 2-12, 2-13), Tony Visconti (tracks: 1-1 to 1-9, 2-12, 2-13)
• Cello – Paul Buckmaster (tracks: 1-1 to 1-9, 2-12, 2-13)
• Coordinator [Project Co-ordinated By For EMI] – Jo Brooks, Nigel Reeve
• Coordinator [Project Co-ordinated By For RZO Music] – Henry Wrenn-Meleck
• Design [Original Front Cover] – Calvin Mark Lee
• Drums – John Cambridge (tracks: 1-1 to 1-9, 2-12, 2-13), Terry Cox (tracks: 1-1 to 1-9, 2-12, 2-13)
• Engineer – Barry Sheffield (tracks: 1-1 to 1-9, 2-12, 2-13), Ken Scott (tracks: 1-1 to 1-9, 2-12, 2-13), Malcolm Toft (tracks: 1-1 to 1-9, 2-12, 2-13)
• Flute, Recorder – Tim Renwick (tracks: 1-1 to 1-9, 2-12, 2-13)
• Guitar – Mick Wayne (tracks: 1-1 to 1-9, 2-12, 2-13), Tim Renwick (tracks: 1-1 to 1-9, 2-12, 2-13)
• Harmonica – Benny Marshall And Friends* (tracks: 1-1 to 1-9, 2-12, 2-13)
• Liner Notes [Essay] – Kevin Cann
• Liner Notes [Space Oddity 40th Anniversary Chronology] – Kevin Cann
• Mellotron, Electric Harpsichord – Rick Wakeman (tracks: 1-1 to 1-9, 2-12, 2-13)
• Photography By [In Booklet] – David Bebbington, Kenneth Pitt, Vernon Dewhurst
• Photography By [Original Front Cover] – Vernon Dewhurst
• Producer – Tony Visconti (tracks: 1-2 to 1-9, 2-3, 2-7 to 2-14)
• Recorder, Flute – Tony Visconti (tracks: 1-1 to 1-9, 2-12, 2-13)
• Remastered By [Digitally Remastered] – Peter Mew
• Remastered By [With] – Nigel Reeve, Tris Penna*
• Vocals, Keyboards [Stylophone], Kalimba, Organ [Rosedal Electric Chord], Twelve-String Guitar – David Bowie (tracks: 1-1 to 1-9, 2-12, 2-13)
• Written-By – David Bowie (tracks: 1-1 to 2-14)

Notes

40th Anniversary Edition of original LP released in 1969, packaged in 6-panel double Digipak with 32-page booklet.
Remastered at Abbey Road Studios, London.

Track 1-2 ends with the unlisted track Don't Sit Down (0:40).

CD1 Ⓟ 1969 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Co., LLC under exclusive license to EMI Records Ltd. Digital remaster Ⓟ 2009 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Co., LLC under exclusive license to EMI Records Ltd.

Track 2-1: One of the earliest demos of "Space Oddity" recorded around January 1969 with John "Hutch" Hutchinson. Previously unreleased.
Track 2-2: A demo with John "Hutch" Hutchinson in March/April 1969. Sadly, a more exact date is not possible. Previously unreleased.
Track 2-3: Rare, alternate version featuring the Paul Buckmaster introduction recorded at Trident Studio in June, 1969. Released as the B-side to "Space Oddity" in July, 1969.
Tracks 2-4 to 2-6: Recorded at Studio 2, Aeolian Hall, New Bond Street London. Recorded for the D.I.T. (Dave Lee Travis) Show on October 20th, 1969. "Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed" was the only recording from this session broadcast at the time, however it has remained unreleased commercially until now. Whilst not broadcast at the time, both "Let Me Sleep Beside You" and "Janine" were previously released on the Bowie At The Beeb collection in 2000.
Track 2-7: Recorded at the same Trident Studio session as "The Prettiest Star" in January, 1970. Originally scheduled as the follow-up single to "Space Oddity."
This stereo version was previously only available on the Sound + Vision 4 CD box in 2003.
An earlier version was recorded as a possible single B-side at Decca Studios on March 12, 1968.
Track 2-8: The original mono single was released in March 1970 on Mercury Records as the follow-up single to "Space Oddity". This stereo version was previously only available on The Best Of 1969/1974.
Track 2-9: A previously unreleased stereo mix of a track previously featured in mono on the B-side of "The Prettiest Star" in March 1970.
2-10 & 2-11: Parts 1 and 2 of this electric version was re-recorded from the album and released as a single on Mercury Records in June 1970.
Both parts of the single were previously available on the EMI/Ryko reissue of the album Space Oddity in 1990
2-12: A previously unreleased mix of the full band album version.
2-13: A previously unreleased mix of the album version clocks in over two minutes longer than the original mix.
2-14: recording info as per track 2-7. However, this alternate stereo mix is previously unreleased.
2-15: This Italian version of "Space Oddity." translated as "Lonely Boy, Lonely Girl," was recorded at Morgan Studios on December 20th, 1969 and released in Italy in 1970.
The single version previously appeared on Bowie Rare LP on RCA in 1983 [sic; 1982], however this version in previously unreleased.

Ⓟ 2009 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Co., LLC under exclusive license to EMI Records Ltd. © 2009 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Co., LLC. © 2009 EMI Records Ltd.

Manufactured by Virgin Records America, Inc.
Printed in the U.S.A. Made in the U.S.A.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Text): 5 099930 752221
• Barcode (Scanned): 5099930752221
• Matrix / Runout (CD1): DIDX-241170 1 A01
• Mastering SID Code (CD1): IFPI L329
• Mould SID Code (CD1): IFPI 5002
• Other (CD1 Category): 50999-307523-2-0
• Matrix / Runout (CD2): DIDX-241171 1
• Mastering SID Code (CD2): IFPI L327
• Mould SID Code (CD2): IFPI 50ED
• Other (CD2 Category): 50999-307524-2-9

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SBL 7912, SBL.7912, 852 146 BY	David Bowie	David Bowie ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	Philips, Philips, Philips	SBL 7912, SBL.7912, 852 146 BY	UK	1969
218988-PRL2	David Bowie	Space Oddity ‎(CD, Album, Enh, RE, RM)	Parlophone	218988-PRL2	US	2014
461.008	David Bowie	Space Oddity ‎(LP, Album, RE)	RCA Victor	461.008	France	1983
LSP-4813	David Bowie	Space Oddity ‎(LP, Album)	RCA Victor	LSP-4813	Israel	1974
LSP-4813	David Bowie	Space Oddity ‎(LP, Album, Unofficial, Bro)	RCA Victor	LSP-4813	UK	2014

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