David Bowie - Rock 'n' Roll Star! (2024)

The next in the series of David Bowie CD-based deluxe sets will be called Rock ‘n’ Roll Star! and charts Bowie’s journey from February 1971 through to the creation of Ziggy Stardust and the recording of 1972’s The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars album.

The 5CD+blu-ray set features demos, BBC radio sessions, singles, live tracks, outtakes and more and offers 29 unreleased tracks. Unreleased highlights include an alternative version of ‘Lady Stardust’, an unheard version of ‘Shadow Man’ and an up-tempo take of The Who’s ‘I Can’t Explain’, which Bowie would later slow down for the Pin Ups album.

The blu-ray includes the 2003 5.1 mix, a 96/24 stereo version, Waiting in the Sky (Before the Starman Came to Earth) (which is being issued on vinyl for Record Store Day) along with a selection of singles and outtakes.

Rock ‘n’ Roll Star! also contains two books. The first, an extensive 112-page tome with detailed sleeve notes, memorabilia, contemporary reviews and articles, rare photographs from Barrie Wentzel, Michael Putland, Mick Rock, Sukita and Alec Byrne, as well as new notes and interviews with Ken Scott, Mark Carr Pritchett and David’s plugger from the time, Anya Wilson. Accompanying the main book is a 36-page compiled reproduction of David’s personal Ziggy Stardust era notebooks.

There’s also a single LP black vinyl version of Rock ‘n’ Roll Star! that has been mastered at half-speed and features 14 alternates/session tracks. These are all on the 5CD+blu-ray version, in case you are wondering.

Rock ‘n’ Roll Star! will be released on 14 June 2024, via Parlophone.
TRACKLIST

CD1
01. So Long 60s (San Francisco Hotel Recording)
02. Hang On To Yourself (Demo)
03. Lady Stardust (Demo, 2024 Remaster)
04. Ziggy Stardust (Demo, 2024 Remaster)
05. Star (aka 'Stars') (Demo)
06. Soul Love (Demo and DB Spoken Notes)
07. Starman (Demo 1 Excerpt)
08. Starman (Demo 2)
09. Moonage Daydream (Arnold Corns Version, 2024 Remaster)
10. Hang On To Yourself (Arnold Corns Version, 2024 Remaster)
11. Looking For A Friend (Arnold Corns Version - Rough Mix)
12. Haddon Hall Rehearsals Segue: Ziggy Stardust / Holy Holy / Soul Love
13. Star (aka 'Stars') (Haddon Hall Rehearsal)
14. Sweet Head (Haddon Hall Rehearsal)

CD2
01. Ziggy Stardust (Sounds Of The 70s: John Peel - recorded 11th January 1972)
02. Queen Bitch (Sounds Of The 70s: John Peel - recorded 11th January 1972)
03. Waiting For The Man (Sounds Of The 70s: John Peel - recorded 11th January 1972)
04. Lady Stardust (Sounds Of The 70s: John Peel - recorded 11th January 1972)
05. Hang On To Yourself (Sounds Of The 70s: Bob Harris - recorded 18th January 1972)
06. Ziggy Stardust (Sounds Of The 70s: Bob Harris - recorded 18th January 1972)
07. Queen Bitch (Sounds Of The 70s: Bob Harris - recorded 18th January 1972)
08. Waiting For The Man (Sounds Of The 70s: Bob Harris - recorded 18th January 1972)
09. Five Years (Sounds Of The 70s: Bob Harris - recorded 18th January 1972)
10. Oh! You Pretty Things (Take 1) (Old Grey Whistle Test – broadcast 1982)
11. Queen Bitch (Old Grey Whistle Test – broadcast 8th February 1972)
12. Five Years (Old Grey Whistle Test – broadcast 8th February 1972)

CD3
01. White Light / White Heat (Sounds Of The 70s: John Peel - recorded 16th May 1972)
02. Moonage Daydream (Sounds Of The 70s: John Peel - recorded 16th May 1972)
03. Hang On To Yourselft (Sounds Of The 70s: John Peel - recorded 16th May 1972)
04. Suffragette City (Sounds Of The 70s: John Peel - recorded 16th May 1972)
05. Ziggy Stardust (Sounds Of The 70s: John Peel - recorded 16th May 1972)
06. Starman (Johnnie Walker Lunchtime Show - recorded 22nd May 1972)
07. Space Oddity (Johnnie Walker Lunchtime Show - recorded 22nd May 1972)
08. Changes (Johnnie Walker Lunchtime Show - recorded 22nd May 1972)
09. Oh! You Pretty Things (Johnnie Walker Lunchtime Show - recorded 22nd May 1972)
10. Andy Warhol (Sounds Of The 70s: Bob Harris - recorded 23rd May 1972)
11. Lady Stardust (Sounds Of The 70s: Bob Harris - recorded 23rd May 1972)
12. White Light / White Heat (Sounds Of The 70s: Bob Harris - recorded 23rd May 1972)
13. Rock 'n' Roll Suicide (Sounds Of The 70s: Bob Harris - recorded 23rd May 1972)
14. Starman (Top Of The Pops performance - broadcast 6th July 1972)

CD4
01. Round And Round (2024 Remaster)
02. The Supermen (Ziggy Session Version) (2024 Remaster)
03. Holy Holy (Ziggy Session Version) (2024 Remaster)
04. Velvet Goldmine (Ziggy Session Outtake) (2024 Remaster)
05. Starman (Original Single Mix) (2024 Remaster)
06. John, I'm Only Dancing (Original Single Version) (2024 Remaster)
07. The Supermen (Recorded live at the Music Hall, Boston 1st October 1972)
08. Changes (Recorded live at the Music Hall, Boston 1st October 1972)
09. Life On Mars? (Recorded live at the Music Hall, Boston 1st October 1972)
10. My Death (Recorded live at the Music Hall, Boston 1st October 1972)
11. John, I'm Only Dancing (Recorded live at the Music Hall, Boston 1st October 1972)

CD5
01. Looking For A Friend (Arnold Corns Version - 2022 Mix)
02. Hang On To Yourself (Early Ziggy Session Take)
03. Star (aka 'Stars') (Alternative Version - Take 5)
04. Lady Stardust (Alternative Version - Take 1)
05. Shadow Man (Ziggy Session Version)
06. The Supermen (Ziggy Session Version - 2023 Mix)
07. Holy Holy (Ziggy Session Version - Alternative Mix)
08. Round And Round (Alternative Mix, 2024 Remaster)
09. It's Gonna Rain Again (Ziggy Sessions Outtake)
10. Looking For A Friend (Ziggy Session Version)
11. Velvet Goldmine (Ziggy Sessions Outtake - 2022 Mix)
12. Sweet Head (Ziggy Session Outtake - 2022 Mix)
13. Starman (Top Of The Pops Version - 2022 Mix)
14. John, I'm Only Dancing (Alternative Trident Studios Version)
15. I Can't Explain (Trident Studios Version)
16. Moonage Daydream (2003 Instrumental Mix, 2024 Remaster)