ASHES TO ASHES
FUNK TO FUNKY
WE ALL KNOW
MAJOR TOM'S A JUNKIE
STRUNG OUT IN HEAVEN'S HIGH
HITTING AN
ALL TIME LOW
Sound + Vision
is the first
box set by
English musician
released by Rykodisc
in 1989.
By the end of the 1980s,
the rights to Bowie's
pre-1983 catalogue
originally issued by
Phillips/Mercury Records
and RCA Records
reverted to Bowie
and his former
management company,
MainMan.
Rykodisc
had approached Bowie
in 1988
to re-release his albums
on CD
and Bowie agreed,
and in September 1989
the Sound + Vision box set
was released in
1990,
the box set
had sold over 200,000 copies,
which, for a set costing
$50–$60
(or about $140 today),
was considered
"phenomenal".
Set Contents
Sound + Vision
was originally conceived in
January 1988
as a career retrospective,
modeled on
Bob Dylan's
Biograph
and
Eric Clapton's
Crossroads,
that launched the
then-upcoming
Rykodisc CD
reissue campaign
covering Bowie's
output from
1969 to 1980.
Primarily based on
the Serious Moonlight Tour setlist,
it contains few of
Bowie's greatest hits
in their original form,
instead frequently
opting for demos,
live versions
and even a
German
vocal version of
"Heroes"
("Helden").
The
"rarities"
originally included on
the 1989 edition of
Sound + Vision
rare single versions of
"Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud"
and
"Rebel Rebel",
and previously
unreleased studio outtakes
"London Bye Ta-Ta", "
1984/Dodo",
"After Today"
and
"It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City"
were exclusive to this
box set.
Awards and Reception
The set won the
1990 Grammy Award
for Best Album Package.
Rolling Stone
said the boxset
"stood above the rest
[of the 1989 boxset releases]"
and called the release a
"promising harbinger"
for the then-upcoming
re-release of Bowie's
RCA back catalogue on
CD by Rykodisc,
for which Bowie
launched a
worldwide supporting tour
TRACKLIST
CD 1
Space Oddity
(Original Demo 1969)
The Wild-Eyed Boy from Freecloud
(Rare B-Side Version 1969)
The Prettiest Star
(Single Version 1970)
London Bye Ta-Ta
(Stereo Mix Recorded 1970)
Black Country Rock
(From the Man Who Sold the World)
The Man Who Sold the World
(From the Man Who Sold the World)
The Bewlay Brothers
(From Hunky Dory)
Changes
(From Hunky Dory)
Round and Round
(Alternate Vocal Take 1971)
Moonage Daydream
(From the Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars)
John I'm Only Dancing
(Aladdin Sane Outtake 1973)
Drive-In Saturday
(From Aladdin Sane 1973)
Panic in Detroit
(From Aladdin Sane 1973)
Ziggy Stardust
(Live from Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture 1973)
White Light/White Heat
(Live from Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture 1973)
Rock 'N Roll Suicide
(Live from Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture 1973)
Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
(From Pinups 1973)
Sorrow
(From Pinups 1973)
Don't Bring Me Down
(From Pinups 1973)
CD 2
1984/Dodo
(Recorded 1973)
Big Brother
(From Diamond Dogs 1974)
Rebel Rebel
(Rare Single Version 1974)
Suffragette City
(From David Live 1974)
Watch That Man
(From David Live 1974)
Cracked Actor
(From David Live 1974)
Young Americans
(From Young Americans 1975)
Fascination
(From Young Americans 1975)
After Today
(Young Americans Outtake 1975)
It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City
(Recorded 1975)
TVC15
(From Station to Station 1976)
Wild Is the Wind
(From Station to Station 1976)
Sound and Vision
(From Low 1977)
Be My Wife
(From Low 1977)
Speed of Life
(From Low 1977)
Helden
(German Version of Heroes - 1989 Remix)
Joe the Lion
(From Heroes 1977)
Sons of the Silent Age
(From Heroes 1977)
CD 3
Station to Station
(From Stage 1978)
Warszawa
(From Stage 1978)
Breaking Glass
(From Stage 1978)
Red Sails
(From Lodger 1979)
Look Back in Anger
(From Lodger 1979)
Boys Keep Swinging
(From Lodger 1979)
Up the Hill Backwards
(From Scary Monsters 1980)
Kingdom Come
(From Scary Monsters 1980)
Ashes to Ashes
(From Scary Monsters 1980)
Baal S Hymn
(From Baal E.P.)
Drowned Girl
(From Baal E.P.)
Cat People
(Putting Out Fire)
(Soundtrack Album Version)
China Girl
(From Let's Dance)
Ricochet
(From Let's Dance)
Modern Love
(Live)
(B-Side)
Loving the Alien
(From Tonight)
Dancing with the Big Boys
(From Tonight)
CD 4
Blue Jean
(From Tonight)
Time Will Crawl
(From Never Let Me Down)
Baby Can Dance
(From Tin Machine)
Amazing
(From Tin Machine)
I Can't Read
(From Tin Machine)
Shopping for Girls
(From Tin Machine II)
Goodbye Mr. Ed
(From Tin Machine II)
Amlapura
(From Tin Machine II)
You've Been Around
(From Black Tie White Noise)
Nite Flights
(Moodswings Back to Basics Remix Radio Edit)
Pallas Athena
(Gone Midnight Mix)
Jump They Say
(From Black Tie White Noise)
Buddha of Suburbia
(From the Buddha of Suburbia)
Dead Against It
(From the Buddha of Suburbia)
South Horizon
(From the Buddha of Suburbia)
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