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Hear the Creation of David Bowie’s Iconic ‘Ziggy Stardust,’ Step by Step, in New 5-CD ‘Rock and Roll Star’ Boxed Set: Album Review
The new 5-CD 'Rock and Roll Star' boxed set traces the history of David Bowie's iconic 'Ziggy Stardust' album, from demos and outtakes to live tracks.
And for die-hards, there are several dreams-come-true in the set’s 67 tracks (with even more on a Blu-Ray disc), which continue the high standards of previous releases from the estate — beautifully remixed or remastered sound, great packaging and best of all, a gorgeous 112-page book filled with photos, liner notes, and new and old articles that amounts to the definitive record of the making of the album. Much of the material here has been released officially or bootlegged over the decades, but a lot of it hasn’t — so we’ll get right to the most exciting tracks, which don’t appear until disc 5, billed “Outtakes and Alternative Versions,” and were newly remixed and otherwise tidied-up by Bowie’s co-producer of the original album, veteran Beatles engineer Ken Scott. There are some lyric variations (“If we look groovy he may land tonight”… “Feel the cosmic people, let the astral in,” are a couple of funny alternates from “Starman”), and the demo of “Soul Love” is followed by a spoken segment from Bowie to Ronson with notes about the song’s arrangement.
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