Down in space it’s always 1982… (or thereabouts)
Those of you that have been waiting to buy The Best Of David Bowie 1980/1987 as a single CD since its inclusion in the triple CD Platinum Collection box set, (06.11.05 NEWS: TRIPLE CD PLATINUM COLLECTION TRACKLISTING) can now breathe a collective sigh of relief.
Bowie The Best Of 1980/1987 – Sight and Sound CD/DVD is scheduled to be released through EMI on March 19th. Despite my earlier version of this news item, the CD is the same as the original Platinum Collection version, except that the digital download version of this disc will feature a live version of Cat People from Serious Moonlight as there were licensing issues with the studio version for download.
The second disc in this package, a 15 track DVD, includes the previously unavailable The Drowned Girl and When The Wind Blows videos.
Here’s the tracklisting:
CD
01 Let’s Dance (Single Version)
02 Ashes To Ashes (Single Version)
03 Under Pressure
04 Fashion (Single Version)
05 Modern Love (Single Version)
06 China Girl (Single Version)
07 Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) (Single Version)
08 Up The Hill Backwards (1999 Digital Remaster)
09 Alabama Song
10 The Drowned Girl
11 Cat People (Putting Out Fire) (Film Version Single Edit)
12 This Is Not America (David Bowie and The Pat Metheny Group)
13 Loving The Alien
14 Absolute Beginners (Single Version)
15 When The Wind Blows
16 Blue Jean
17 Day In Day Out (Single Version)
18 Time Will Crawl
19 Underground (Single Version)
DVD
01 Ashes To Ashes
02 Fashion
03 Under Pressure
04 The Drowned Girl
05 Let’s Dance
06 China Girl
07 Modern Love
08 Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
09 Blue Jean
10 Loving The Alien
11 Absolute Beginners
12 Underground
13 When The Wind Blows
14 Day-In Day-Out
15 Time Will Crawl
Knowing us, and the generosity of EMI, we’ll probably be running a contest to win copies nearer the release date.