Yes the audio part does play but you need a laser disc or summat for the video which won't play in anything I've tried.
As far as I know, you need a special Laser Disc player so, no, it's not going to work on anything else. My point was, though, that the CD isn't completely pointless.
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Later versions of the box set had a CD rom which is more useful I think!
Indeed, though if you have the Best Of Bowie DVD, the video track is redundant.
It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it