Bowie second and first LP for Philips, like the LP Dram had no name. On the A side was the now famous "Space oddity " full version "Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed", "Letter to Hermione" and extensive "Cygnet Committee". On the back there were five issues, "Janine", "An occasional dream", " The wild eyed boy from freecloud " in a version with orchestra, "God knows I'm good" and the equally lengthy "Memory of a free festival . The ten tracks were composed David Bowie.
During 1969 Bowie wrote and recorded demos of songs, some of them circulated on bootlegs and through the Internet in recent years. Besides the aforementioned demo of "Space oddity " there are previous versions of "Letter to Hermione" (originally titled "I'm not quite"), "Cygnet Committee" (called "Lover to the dawn") and "Janine" . The album achieves an interesting blend of folk, ballads and progressive rock.
way of advancement "Janine" and "Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed "had been interpreted in the BBC, October 20, 1969, with Mick Wayne and Tim Renwick on guitar, John Lodge on bass and John Cambridge on drums, production was conducted by Paul Williams and the show was passed six days after its recording.
The LP is released on November 4, 1969 in England, with all tracks produced by Tony Visconti (except the two that had been developed in single, "Space Oddity" and "The wild eyed boy from freecloud "which were conducted by Gus Dudgeon) and was recorded at Trident Studios in London between June and September. The vinyl cover was double, was opened and revealed the letters on the back, a considerable investment for the time stamp, although some issues, such as Australia, the case was simple.
The musicians involved were: David Bowie on vocals, guitars, electric organ, Stylophone and kalimba, Keith Christmas and guitars Mick Wayne, Tim Renwick on guitar and flute, Tony Visconti on bass and flutes; Herbie Flowers on bass, Rick Wakeman on piano, mellotron and harpsichord, John Cambridge and Terry Cox on drums, Benny Marshall on harmonica, Paul Buckmaster on cello for "The wild eyed boy from freecloud" as well an orchestra of 50 artists.
A few days after the LP was released in U.S. on Mercury label, but this time the album is named "Man of words, man of music" and a different cover. There is also a detail not least, the end of the 2 nd issue, "Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed" in the English version there is a small 40-second jam entitled "Do not sit down", that is not listed in the credits. In the U.S. version of this jam is removed, which over the years led to the choice of English and American versions of "Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed" had a different duration, in fact the song is the same, but the difference is the absence of "Do not sit down", whose duration had been added to "Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed" on the cover English.
Despite the good results of the single and critical acclaim from the press, the LP does not enter the charts in England or the United States, jeopardizing the contract with the Philips / Mercury.
Bowie returns to the BBC on February 5, 1970 and played seven songs from the album, leaving out only to "Space Oddity" and "Letter to Hermione. " The show was broadcast three days later and was Bowie on vocals and guitar, John Cambridge on drums, Tony Visconti on bass, Mick Ronson on guitar and Jeff Griffin in production. Note that the version of "Memory of a free festival is an edited version, soon to be released in single . Unfortunately, the master recording was accidentally deleted, had just come down to us through bootlegs taken from a cassette recorded directly from the radio, with a clearly inferior quality to the original tape. Finally, for the release of "Bowie at the Beeb", the official compilation of the BBC, 2000, Bowie gave his own master recording, saving the situation. On March 25, Bowie will "Sound of the seventies," the show on the BBC Andy Ferris, with the same musicians and production of Bernie Andrews, to play "The wild eyed boy from freecloud" along with three other issues sessions next LP, the show was broadcast on 6 April.
buys rights RCA recordings from the Philips in 1972 and in November, three years after the original release and building on the success of Bowie that year, reviving the LP. This time he has a new name "Space Oddity" a new cover with a picture of Bowie in 1972 and finally eliminating the jam "Do not sit down." The first copies of the album came with a poster of the cover and in Spain the album was titled "Space Odyssey." This time the disk if it was successful in the U.S. rose to number 16 in England at No. 17 and in Australia at number 21. In 1976 and 1978, the LP is reissued in Japan.
During the tour of 1973 Bowie plays (in addition to "Space Oddity" and "The wild eyed boy from freecloud") "Memory of a free festival" in some of the dates.
In October 1984, RCA reissued the LP "Space oddity", but this time throws a CD release, a new format that was entering the market with force . The CD edition for England and Europe was made in Germany and the U.S. edition and the rest of the world was made in Japan.
EMI in 1990 for England and the rest of the world and the U.S. Rykodisc to acquire the Bowie catalog for the RCA and released the LP "Space Oddity." In 2LPs a beautiful edition, the second disc, which was only printed one side, there were three bonus tracks: "Conversation Piece", the B-side single "The Prettiest Star," "Memory of a free festival (part 1 ) "and" Memory of a free festival (part 2) ", both made up another single 1970. The issue remained the face of 1972, the reverse was the picture of" Man of words, man of music "and within was the cover of 1972, this edition also did justice to "Do not sit down" replacing the jam and put it on credit. They are edited version CD with bonus tracks at the end of "Memory of a free festival." This edition did appear in the ranking No 64 English.
LP Some items were incorporated into Bowie tribute album, the first is "Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed" covered by "Bare-Ass Minimums" in tribute "Only Bowie's" 1995, then "Memory of a free festival," covered by "Mercury Rev" in tribute to "Crash course of the ravers" in 1996 and David Fisher in the tribute "Diamond gods", 2001; and "God knows I'm good" in the same tax "Diamond gods" has a version by "Bellatrix."
In September 1999, EMI reissued on LP and CD, restores the original cover and back cover, retains the name "Space oddity", but unfortunately discard bonus tracks. Finally, on January 22, 2007 Japanese EMI released the LP in a CD with a version that mimics the cover art of vinyl
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