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Space Oddity. " Space Oddity " is a song by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie. It was first released on 11 July 1969 by Philips and Mercury Records as a 7-inch single, then as the opening track of his second studio album, David Bowie.
Released: 11 July 1969. David Bowie (commonly known as Space Oddity) [a] is the second studio album by the English musician David Bowie, originally released in the United Kingdom on 14 November 1969 through Mercury affiliate Philips Records. Financed by Mercury on the strength of "Space Oddity", the album was recorded from June to October 1969 ...
Released: 2 January 1981. "Up the Hill Backwards". Released: March 1981. Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps), also known simply as Scary Monsters, [a] is the fourteenth studio album by the English musician David Bowie, released on 12 September 1980 through RCA Records. His first album following the Berlin Trilogy (Low, "Heroes" and Lodger), Scary ...
Cann wrote the song was released as a single due to its "strong reception" on the Ziggy Stardust Tour. [46] RCA had reissued "Space Oddity" as a single in the US in December 1972. [48] Shortly before its release as a single, a promotional video for "Life on Mars?"
Conversation Piece is a box set by English musician David Bowie, released in November 2019, which contains five CDs featuring recordings made in 1968–1969.The box set includes home demos and BBC sessions, as well as two mixes of the 1969 album Space Oddity: the original 1969 stereo mix, and a new 2019 mix produced by Tony Visconti specifically for the set.
Professional ratings. Love You till Tuesday is a compilation of 1960s material by David Bowie, issued as a companion to the belated video release of Bowie's 1969 promotional film Love You till Tuesday. Deram, Bowie's record label from 1966 to mid-1969, released the soundtrack to the film. Due to its release when Bowie was a star, this has often ...
None of the songs from the album were released as singles at the time, although a promo version of "All the Madmen" was issued in the US in 1970. Mercury released "All the Madmen" as a single, with Space Oddity 's "Janine" on the B-side, but withdrew it. [60] The same song appeared in Eastern Europe during 1973, as did "The Width of a Circle".
During the 1970s, Bowie covered three songs by singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen (pictured in 2012): "Growin' Up", "It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City" and "Spirit in the Night" (the last of which for the 1973 Astronettes project). All three would later appear on compilations albums.