The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - The Album

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EMI 1999 reissue - note lack of "To Be Played At Maximum Volume"

Songs (Time)

All songs written by David Bowie except It Ain't Easy written by Ron Davies.

Original Release

1. Five Years (4:42)
2. Soul Love (3:33)
3. Moonage Daydream (4:37)
4. Starman (4:16)
5. It Ain't Easy (2:57)
6. Lady Stardust (3:21)
7. Star (2:47)
8. Hang Onto Yourself (2:38)
9. Ziggy Stardust (3:13)
10. Suffragette City (3:25)
11. Rock 'N' Roll Suicide (2:57)

Release details

Original release by RCA 1972, June 6, 1972

Producer

David Bowie and Ken Scott

Musicians

David Bowie: vocals, guitar, sax

Mick Ronson: guitar, piano and vocals

Trevor Bolder: bass

Mick Woodmansey: drums

Rykodisc Release

All of the tracks from the original release plus the following bonus tracks on the end of the CD.

1. John, I'm Only Dancing (2:43) Previously unreleased mix
2. Velvet Goldmine (3:09) Single B-side
3. Sweet Head (4:14) Previously unreleased track
4. Ziggy Stardust (2:35) Previously unreleased original demo
5. Lady Stardust (3:21) Previously unreleased original demo

Release details

Rerelease on CD by RykoDisc 1990 with bonus tracks

Bonus track details

• Ziggy Stardust (2:35)
• Lady Stardust (3:21)

Musicians

David Bowie: piano, vocals, guitar

30th Anniversary Release

A two CD set released to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the original release. First CD same as original release. The second CD collects together bonus tracks originally found on the EMI/Rykodisc 1990 rereleases but also includes a remix of Moonage Daydream by Alan Moulder.

CD 2

1. Moonage Daydream (Arnold Corns version)
2. Hang Onto Yourself (Arnold Corns version)
3. Lady Stardust (3:21) Demo
4. Ziggy Stardust (2:35) Demo
5. John, I'm Only Dancing (2:43)
6. Velvet Goldmine (3:09)
7. Holy Holy
8. Port Of Amsterdam
9. The Supermen
10. Round and Round
11. Sweet Head (4:14) Outtake Take 5
12. Moonage Daydream New Mix

Release details

Released by EMI, July 1, 2002

Trivia

• The phone box pictured on the album cover was at one time removed. However, it was reported in London's Evening Standard of April 18, 1998 that the phone box has been reinstalled.
• The breakthrough 'glam rock' album. Voted most influential album of the decade by Britain's Melody Maker magazine.
• If you want to see the definitive guide on Ziggy, visit the Ziggy Stardust Companion by Mike Harvey.
• To promote the 1990 reissue, Rykodisc made a promotional facsimile of the original RCA Dyanflex LP with the remastered CD inside. (Information courtesy of Punk Floyd).
• Chart Performance:

  Country	Date	Peak #	# of weeks
  UK	July 1, 1972	5	106
  US	?	75	72
  UK	January 31, 1981	33	62
  UK	23 June, 1990	25	4
  US	Ryko 1990	93	9

This document last updated Thursday, 05-Dec-2002 04:49:42 EST