David Bowie : The World of David Bowie

LOCK AWAY YOUR CHILDHOOD

AND THROW AWAY THE KEY

NOW STREETS AND CITY SIGHTS

WILL BURN YOUR EYES AS COALS

WE SHALL DRINK THE OLDEST WINE

VELVET SKIES WILL LINGER

CHILD, YOU'RE A WOMAN

AND YOUR HEART

AND SOUL ARE FREE

 The World of David Bowie 

is a 

compilation album

 by the 

English singer-songwriter

 David Bowie, 

released on

 March,6th 1970

 by Decca Records

 as part of their 

The World of... series

 following Bowie's

 success with the

 "Space Oddity" single.

 It primarily consists 

of material he 

recorded in 1967 

for Decca subsidiary 

Deram, 

including all 

but four tracks

 from his debut

 album

 David Bowie, 

as well as

 three previously 

unreleased songs

"Karma Man",

 "Let Me Sleep Beside You"

 and

 "In the Heat of the Morning"

and the 1966 B-side 

"The London Boys". 

The track listing was

 approved by Bowie himself, 

while the sleeve photo

 was provided by

 David Bebbington.

* The album was reissued in 

April 1973

 with a 

Ziggy Stardust-era sleeve photo.

* (I Used That Cover For The Back of This To Show Tracklist)

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