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A selection of digital only releases from David Bowie including EPs, video downloads and a digitised version of the Never Let Me Down vinyl album are due for release by EMI on June 11th.
Many of the tracks, taken from 12″ singles and the like between 1984 and 1990, (original US Magic Dance 12″ and Time Will Crawl Dance Crew Mix UK 12″ above) have not been available in the digital format until now, and both the Spanish version of Day-In, Day-Out, (Al Alba) and the 12″ mix of Shining Star (Makin’ My Love) are previously unreleased.
Here’s the tracklisting for all seventeen EPs:
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01 Blue Jean EP
1. Blue Jean (3.10)
2. Dancing With The Big Boys (1999 Digital Remaster) (3.34)
3. Blue Jean (Extended Dance Mix) (5.18)
4. Dancing With The Big Boys (Extended Vocal Mix) (7.28)
5. Dancing With The Big Boys (Extended Dub Mix) (7.15)
02 Tonight EP
1. Tonight (1999 Digital Remaster) (3.45)
2. Tumble And Twirl (1999 Digital Remaster) (4.58)
3. Tonight (Vocal Dance Mix) (4.29)
4. Tumble And Twirl (Extended Dance Mix) (5.03)
5. Tonight (Dub Mix) (4.18)
03 Loving The Alien EP
1. Loving The Alien (Single Version) (2002 Digital Remaster) (4.45)
2. Don’t Look Down (Remix) (4.04)
3. Loving The Alien (Extended Dance Mix) (7.27)
4. Loving The Alien (Extended Dub Mix) (7.13)
5. Don’t Look Down (Extended Dance Mix) (4.50)
04 David Bowie & Mick Jagger – Dancing In The Street EP
1. Dancing In The Street (2002 Digital Remaster) (3.24)
2. Dancing In The Street (Steve Thompson Mix) (4.42)
3. Dancing In The Street (Dub) (4.43)
05 Absolute Beginners EP
1. Absolute Beginners (Single Version) (2002 Digital Remaster) (5.36)
2. Absolute Beginners (Full Length Version) (8.03)
3. Absolute Beginners (Dub Mix) (5.39)
4. That’s Motivation (4.14)
5. Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu) (3.13)
06 Underground EP
1. Underground (Single Version) (4.25)
2. Underground (Extended Dance Mix) (7.51)
3. Underground (Instrumental) (5.53)
4. Underground (Dub) (5.59)
07 When The Wind Blows EP
1. When The Wind Blows (2002 Digital Remaster) (3.32)
2. When The Wind Blows (Extended Mix) (5.35)
3. When The Wind Blows (Instrumental) (3.46)
08 Magic Dance EP
1. Magic Dance (Single Version) (2002 Digital Remaster) (4.00)
2. Magic Dance (12″ Version) (7.16)
3. Magic Dance (Dub) (5.31)
4. Magic Dance (7″ Version) (4.40)
09 Day-In Day-Out EP
1. Day-In Day-Out (Single Version) (2002 Digital Remaster) (4.14)
2. Julie (3.42)
3. Day-In Day-Out (Extended Dance Mix) (7.18)
4. Day-In Day-Out (Extended Dub Mix) (7.17)
5. Day-In Day-Out (12″ Groucho Mix) (6.30)
10 Day-In Day-Out EP (Spanish Version)
1. Day-In Day-Out (Al Alba) (Previously Unreleased Spanish Version) (5.37)
2. Julie (3.42)
3. Day-In Day-Out (Extended Dance Mix) (7.18)
4. Day-In Day-Out (Extended Dub Mix) (7.17)
5. Day-In Day-Out (12″ Groucho Mix) (6.30)
11 Time Will Crawl EP
1. Time Will Crawl (Single Edit) (4.03)
2. Girls (7″ Version) (4.16)
3. Time Will Crawl (Extended Dance Mix) (6.09)
4. Time Will Crawl (Dub) (5.18)
5. Girls (Extended Edit) (5.35)
12 Time Will Crawl EP (Japanese version)
1. Time Will Crawl (Single Edit) (4.03)
2. Girls (Japanese Version) (5.33)
3. Time Will Crawl (Dance Crew Mix) (5.38)
4. Time Will Crawl (Dub) (5.18)
5. Girls (Extended Edit) (5.35)
13 Never Let Me Down EP
1. Never Let Me Down (3.58)
2. ’87 And Cry (Edit) (3.53)
3. Never Let Me Down (Extended Dance Mix) (7.02)
4. Never Let Me Down (Dub/Acapella Mix) (5.56)
5. Shining Star (Makin’ My Love) (Previously Unreleased 12″ Mix) (6.26)
14 Tin Machine – Under The God EP
1. Under The God (1999 Digital Remaster) (4.06)
2. Sacrifice Yourself (1999 Digital Remaster) (2.11)
3. The Interview (12.23)
15 Tin Machine – Tin Machine EP
1. Tin Machine (1999 Digital Remaster) (3.34)
2. Maggie’s Farm (Live) (4.29)
3. I Can’t Read (Live) (6.14)
4. Bus Stop (Live Country Version) (1.59)
16 Tin Machine – Prisoner Of Love EP
1. Prisoner Of Love (Edit) (4.09)
2. Baby Can Dance (Live) (6.17)
3. Crack City (Live) (5.16)
17 Fame ’90 EP
1. Fame 90 (Gass Mix) (3.36)
2. Fame 90 (Queen Latifah’s Rap Version) (3.10)
3. Fame 90 (House Mix) (5.58)
4. Fame 90 (Hip Hop Mix) (5.58)
5. Fame 90 (Bonus Beat Mix) (4.45)
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That’s pretty impressive, particularly when one considers that all of the tracks are available to purchase individually as well as in the EP format.
Also available at the same time will be four individual Tin Machine videos and the ultra-rare Tin Machine Nine Track Video Medley, directed by Julien Temple, as listed below.
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Tin Machine Videos
1.Tin Machine
2.Heaven’s In Here
3.Prisoner Of Love
4.Under The God
Tin Machine – Nine Track Video Medley – total running time is 12.37
1. Pretty Thing
2. Tin Machine
3. Prisoner Of Love
4. Crack City
5. Bus Stop
6. Video Crime
7. I Can?t Read
8. Working Class Hero
9. Under The God
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Finally, as I’m sure many of you are already aware, some of the tracks on the CD version of the Never Let Me Down album had different mixes to the vinyl release.
Now EMI are releasing the original vinyl mixes as a digital only version of Never Let Me Down. The vinyl mixes that differ to the CD are marked thus*.
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Never Let Me Down – Vinyl Version
1. Day-In Day-Out (4.38) * (CD version is 5.35)
2. Time Will Crawl (4.18)
3. Beat Of Your Drum (4.32)* (CD version is 5.03)
4. Never Let Me Down (4.04)
5. Zeroes (5.46)
6. Glass Spider (4.56) * (CD version is 5.30)
7. Shining Star (Makin? My Love) (4.05)* (CD version is 5.04)
8. New York?s In Love (3.57) * (CD version is 4.32)
9. ?87 and Cry (3.53) * (CD version is 4.18)
10. Bang Bang (4.02) * (CD version is 4.29)
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So there you have it, your scratchy old vinyl releases can be respectfully retired to make way for nice clean versions of a gazillion eighties Bowie tracks.
Stay tuned for an exciting contest regarding these releases.
FOOTNOTE: For the first week the downloads will only be available via i-Tunes. After that they will be with all dsps.