Never saw in all my life a more shining jewel case…
Speaking of Mick Ronson, (see yesterday’s news) … EMI will be releasing a standard jewel case version of David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars – The Motion Picture Soundtrack on September 6th to ensure it remains available on catalogue, as supplies of the limited edition box version have long since been exhausted.
This version will most likely contain an eight-page booklet with none of the extras that came with the limited edition box.
All of the Bowie live albums originally released by EMI in special packaging are now available in the standard jewel case format and prices for the original limited versions of the Bowie back-catalogue special packaging CDs are constantly on the rise…particularly the 30th Anniversary editions of the studio albums: Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane and Diamond Dogs which are selling for two to three times their original RRP on