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homebrewPosted at 2025-06-11 13:39:00(8 wks ago) (Bowie General / where are the box sets?)


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Is Tony Defries still entitled to half of everything created in the '70's?


""I don't begrudge any artist for finding an audience"
- David Bowie abt. 1987
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professormouseDonatedPosted at 2025-06-12 12:07:55(8 wks ago) (Bowie General / where are the box sets?)


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no
this says Warner Chappell Music own the publishing rights
from 2022

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-59860096  

Through Bowie Bonds,
Pullman and Bowie were able to raise $55 million;
a good chunk of which Bowie used to buy back the rest of his masters from his old business manager.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-david-bowie-bought-back-his-masters-cole-schafer-oup8c


"in 1997 Pullman helped Bowie create "Bowie Bonds."
https://www.forbes.com/sites/trialandheirs/2016/01/14/the-legacy-of-david-bowie-features-more-than-his-music/

De Fries stopped getting any money in 1996
Mr. Google tells me
:-@

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PortlandbillPosted at 2025-06-12 21:06:34(8 wks ago) (Bowie General / where are the box sets?)


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OOOOOOH! Lady Grinning Soul what a track probably his best tune.


I don't know where I'm going from here, but I promise it won't be boring.
   
I'm not a prophet or a stone aged man, just a mortal with potential of a superman. I'm living on.
 
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professormouseDonatedPosted at 2025-06-15 14:22:52(7 wks ago) (Bowie General / where are the box sets?)


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Portlandbill wrote:

OOOOOOH! Lady Grinning Soul what a track probably his best tune.

is there anything troubling you ?

i don't do bests or lists

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seinprisPosted at 2025-07-09 05:57:48(4 wks ago) (Bowie General / where are the box sets?)


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https://www.davidbowie.com/blog/2025/7/8/david-bowie-6-i-cant-give-everything-away-2002-2016-press-release

DAVID BOWIE 6. I CAN’T GIVE EVERYTHING AWAY (2002 – 2016) PRESS RELEASE

"DAVID BOWIE 6. I CAN’T GIVE EVERYTHING AWAY (2002 – 2016)
THE SIXTH IN A SERIES OF DAVID BOWIE BOX SETS - RELEASED 12th SEPTEMBER, 2025
13-CD, DIGITAL AND AUDIOPHILE 18-PIECE VINYL BOX SETS INCLUDING...
HEATHEN, REALITY, A REALITY TOUR, THE NEXT DAY, THE NEXT DAY EXTRA, ★ (BLACKSTAR), PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED 31-TRACK LIVE SET FROM THE MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL AND RE:CALL 6 FEATURING 41 RARE NON-ALBUM TRACKS

NEW KILLER STAR (SESSIONS @ AOL LIVER VERSION, 23/09/03) AVAILABLE NOW AS A DIGITAL SINGLE

STAY TUNED FOR PRE-ORDER LINKS TO DAVID BOWIE 6. I CAN’T GIVE EVERYTHING AWAY (2002 – 2016)

09 JULY, 2025 London-Parlophone Records proudly announce DAVID BOWIE  6. I CAN’T GIVE EVERYTHING AWAY (2002 – 2016), the sixth in a series of box sets spanning Bowie’s career from 1969.
The new set is the latest instalment in the award-winning and critically acclaimed series that includes DAVID BOWIE 1. FIVE YEARS (1969 – 1973), DAVID BOWIE 2. WHO CAN I BE NOW? (1974 – 1976), DAVID BOWIE 3. A NEW CAREER IN A NEW TOWN (1977 – 1982), DAVID BOWIE 4. LOVING THE ALIEN (1983-1988) and DAVID BOWIE 5. BRILLIANT ADVENTURE (1992-2001) and will be released on 12th September.

DAVID BOWIE  6. I CAN’T GIVE EVERYTHING AWAY (2002 – 2016) is a twelve-CD, eighteen-piece vinyl and standard digital download/streaming box set named after the closing track on ★ (BLACKSTAR), Bowie’s final studio album. The box sets include newly remastered versions (except ★ and No Plan), with input from David’s co-producer Tony Visconti.

2002’s HEATHEN was the first album Bowie and Visconti had worked on together in twenty-two years. Recorded in a residential studio in upstate New York, it reminded Visconti of his time with David in Berlin in the 1970s, “There was no control room. The console was at one end of the studio and the band was placed at the other end. The acoustics were quite live and from my experience of making “Heroes” at Hansa Studios in Berlin, in the huge Grand Hall (known as Meistersaal recording hall), I wanted to make these acoustics work for us.”
For the follow-up REALITY, released in 2003, Visconti recalls, “David said he wanted to write for his new touring band, who would also record the album”, giving the record a more “Thrusty” sound as Bowie put it at the time. That band then took to the road for A REALITY TOUR, one of the best-loved tours of David’s career, it is represented here for the first time in its re-sequenced order to better reflect the set lists of the Dublin shows. The vinyl version of the album is pressed in transparent blue, echoing its initial release.

After a decade away from the studio, the sessions for THE NEXT DAY happened in secret; Visconti says of that time, “We vowed not to tell a soul that David and we were making a new album – and that even included our domestic partners. His two-fold purpose was to write and create without pressure from the outside, plus he wanted its release to be a complete surprise. It all worked out great, except when he was spotted a few times walking to and from The Magic Shop studio in Noho, Manhattan, raising quizzical eyebrows. I was stopped once by a fan who recognised me and asked, “Is David Bowie making a new album?” I said, “Absolutely not!” Later, when we had rough mixes of our efforts, I was walking around Manhattan with a big smile on my face. No one could possibly know that I was listening to new Bowie songs on my earbuds.” Those sessions produced so many songs that those additional tracks along with two remixes were included on THE NEXT DAY EXTRA.

★ (BLACKSTAR), David’s final studio album, was released on 8th January, 2016. Bowie and Visconti went to Donny McCaslin’s jazz quartet playing live in New York after working with him on the track ‘Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)’. Tony Visconti: “Donny’s quartet was no ordinary jazz band, they were super musicians at the same level as classical musicians in top symphony orchestras. David told me that this band, with Mark Guiliana – drums, Tim Lefebvre – bass, and Jason Lindner – keyboards, will be the band for the recording of ★.”  Every one of the tracks for ★ (BLACKSTAR) were each recorded in one day; Visconti recalls, “The first song for the album began with “’Tis a Pity She Was a Whore,” on 7th January. With a couple of rehearsals with David singing in the isolation booth, we were ready to go. Take one was perfect. We told Donny the take was fabulous. He thanked us and asked, “What’s the next song?” I forgot that jazz musicians are one-take experts. This was not a normal thing for people who make Rock and Pop music. It usually takes many hours to get that great take. Just to play it safe we asked for another take and Donny complied.”

On Bowie’s birthday in 2017, the NO PLAN EP brought together the original songs written for Bowie's Off-Broadway play, LAZARUS, including the titular ‘Lazarus’, ‘No Plan’, ‘Killing A Little Time’, and ‘When I Met You’, all recorded during the sessions for ★ (BLACKSTAR).

Exclusive to each of the box sets are MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL and RE:CALL 6. The former was recorded on the 18th of July 2002 at the prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival and among the 31 tracks features a full performance bar one song of one of Bowie’s most revered albums, LOW. RE:CALL 6 features 41 non-album / alternative versions / b-sides and soundtrack songs, including tracks never previously available on CD or vinyl over 3CDs and 4LPs.

The physical box sets accompanying book, 128 pages in the CD box and 84 in the vinyl set, feature previously unseen notes, drawings and handwritten lyrics from Bowie and photos by Sukita (who took the set’s cover shot), Jimmy King, Frank W. Ockenfels 3, Markus Klinko, Mark ‘Blammo’ Adams and more as well as memorabilia, technical notes about the albums from co-producer Tony Visconti and design notes from Jonathan Barnbrook.

The CD box set will include faithfully reproduced mini-vinyl versions of the original albums where applicable, and the CDs will be gold-coloured rather than the usual silver. The vinyl box set has the same content as the CD set and is pressed on audiophile quality 180g vinyl.

DAVID BOWIE 6. I CAN’T GIVE EVERYTHING AWAY (2002 – 2016)

LP Box Set:
84 page hardback book
Heathen (Remastered) (1LP)
Montreux Jazz Festival (4LP) (Previously unreleased)*
Reality (Remastered) (1LP)
A Reality Tour (Remastered & Re-sequenced) (3LP)
The Next Day (Remastered) (2LP)
The Next Day Extra (Remastered) (1LP)
★ (Blackstar) (1LP)
No Plan (1LP)
Re:Call 6 (Non-album singles, edits, single versions, b-sides and soundtrack music) (Remastered) (4LP)*
* Exclusive to I CAN’T GIVE EVERYTHING AWAY LP box

CD Box Set:
128 page hardback book
Heathen (Remastered) (1CD)
Montreux Jazz Festival (2CD) (Previously unreleased)*
Reality (Remastered) (1CD)
A Reality Tour (Remastered & Re-sequenced) (2CD)
The Next Day (Remastered) (1CD)
The Next Day Extra (Remastered) (1CD)
★ (Blackstar) (1CD)
No Plan (1CD)
Re:Call 6 (Non-album singles, edits, single versions, b-sides and soundtrack music) (Remastered) (3CD)*
*Exclusive to I CAN’T GIVE EVERYTHING AWAY CD box

DAVID BOWIE 6. I CAN’T GIVE EVERYTHING AWAY (2002 – 2016)
CD & DIGITAL TRACKLISTING

HEATHEN
1. Sunday
2. Cactus
3. Slip Away
4. Slow Burn
5. Afraid
6. Iʼve Been Waiting For You
7. I Would Be Your Slave
8. I Took A Trip On A Gemini Spaceship
9. 5:15 The Angels Have Gone
10. Everyone Says ʻHiʼ
11. A Better Future
12. Heathen (The Rays)

MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL
CD1
1. Sunday
2. Life On Mars?
3. Ashes To Ashes
4. Cactus
5. Slip Away
6. China Girl
7. Starman
8. I Would Be Your Slave
9. Ive Been Waiting For You
10. Stay
11. Changes
12. Fashion
13. Fame
14. Im Afraid Of Americans
15. 5:15 The Angels Have Gone
CD2
1. ‟Heroes”
2. Heathen (The Rays)
3. Everyone Says ‟Hi”
4. Hallo Spaceboy
5. Let’s Dance
6. Ziggy Stardust
7. Warszawa
8. Speed Of Life
9. Breaking Glass10. What In The World
11. Sound And Vision
12. Art Decade
13. Always Crashing In The Same Car
14. Be My Wife
15. A New Career In A New Town
16. Subterraneans

REALITY
1. New Killer Star
2. Pablo Picasso
3. Never Get Old
4. The Loneliest Guy
5. Looking For Water
6. She’ll Drive The Big Car
7. Days
8. Fall Dog Bombs The Moon
9. Try Some, Buy Some
10. Reality
11. Bring Me The Disco King

A REALITY TOUR
CD1
1. Rebel Rebel
2. New Killer Star
3. Reality
4. Fame
5. Cactus
6. Sister Midnight
7. Afraid
8. All The Young Dudes
9. Be My Wife
10. China Girl
11. The Loneliest Guy
12. The Man Who Sold The World
13. Fantastic Voyage
14. Hallo Spaceboy
15. Sunday
16. Under Pressure
17. Life On Mars?
18. Battle For Britain (The Letter)
CD2
1. Fall Dog Bombs The Moon
2. Ashes To Ashes
3. The Motel
4. Loving The Alien
5. Breaking Glass
6. Never Get Old
7. Changes
8. I’m Afraid Of Americans
9. ‟Heroes”
10. Bring Me The Disco King
11. Slip Away
12. Heathen (The Rays)
13. Five Years
14. Hang On To Yourself
15. Ziggy Stardust

THE NEXT DAY
1. The Next Day
2. Dirty Boys
3. The Stars (Are Out Tonight)
4. Love Is Lost
5. Where Are We Now?
6. Valentine’s Day
7. If You Can See Me
8. I’d Rather Be High
9. Boss Of Me
10. Dancing Out In Space
11. How Does The Grass Grow?
12. (You Will) Set The World On Fire
13. You Feel So Lonely You Could Die
14. Heat

THE NEXT DAY EXTRA E.P.
1. Atomica
2. Love Is Lost (Hello Steve Reich Mix By James Murphy For The DFA)
3. Plan
4. The Informer
5. I’d Rather Be High (Venetian Mix)
6. Like A Rocket Man
7. Born In A UFO
8. I’ll Take You There
9. God Bless The Girl
10. So She

★ (BLACKSTAR)
1. ★
2. ’Tis A Pity She Was A Whore
3. Lazarus
4. Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)
5. Girl Loves Me
6. Dollar Days
7. I Can’t Give Everything Away
NO PLAN E.P.
1. Lazarus
2. No Plan
3. Killing A Little Time
4. When I Met You

RE:CALL 6
CD1
1. Slow Burn (Single Edit)
2. Wood Jackson
3. When The Boys Come Marching Home
4. Safe
5. Sunday (Moby Remix)
6. A Better Future (Remix By Air)
7. Slip Away (SACD Mix)
8. Slow Burn (SACD Mix)
9. I’ve Been Waiting For You (SACD Mix)
10. 5:15 The Angels Have Gone (SACD Mix)
11. A Better Future (SACD Mix)
12. Safe (SACD Mix)
13. Everyone Says ‘Hi’ (Radio Edit)
CD2
1. Sunday (Tony Visconti Mix)
2. Everyone Says ‘Hi’ (Metro Remix Radio Edit)
3. Heathen (The Rays) (Live In Berlin, 22/09/02)
4. Hop Frog — Lou Reed Featuring David Bowie
5. Saviour — Kristeen Young Featuring David Bowie
6. Isn’t It Evening (The Revolutionary) — Earl Slick Featuring David Bowie
7. Bring Me The Disco King (Loner Mix) — David Bowie Featuring Maynard James Keenan And John Frusciante (Taken From The Underworld Motion Picture Soundtrack)
8. New Killer Star (Radio Edit)
9. Love Missile F1-11
10. Fly
11. Queen Of All The Tarts (Overture)
12. Never Get Old (Single Edit)
13. Waterloo Sunset
14. Rebel Rebel (2003 Re-Record) (Taken From The Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle Motion Picture Soundtrack)
15. New Killer Star (Sessions @ AOL Live Version, 23/09/03)
CD3
1. Days (Live)
2. 5:15 The Angels Have Gone (Live)
3. Rebel Never Gets Old (Radio Mix)
4. (She Can) Do That — David Bowie With BT (Taken From The Stealth Motion Picture Soundtrack)
5. Life On Mars? (Live At Fashion Rocks, 08/09/05)
6. Wake Up (Live At Fashion Rocks, 08/09/05) — David Bowie With Arcade Fire
7. Five Years (Live At Fashion Rocks, 08/09/05) — David Bowie With Arcade Fire
8. Arnold Layne (Live At The Royal Albert Hall, 29/05/06) — David Gilmour Featuring David Bowie
9. Love Is Lost (Hello Steve Reich Mix By James Murphy For The DFA Edit)
10. Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) (2014 Version)
11. ’Tis A Pity She Was A Whore (2014 Version)
12. Lazarus (Radio Edit)
13. I Can’t Give Everything Away (Radio Edit)

DAVID BOWIE 6. I CAN’T GIVE EVERYTHING AWAY (2002 – 2016)
LP TRACKLISTING

HEATHEN
Side 1
1. Sunday
2. Cactus
3. Slip Away
4. Slow Burn
5. Afraid
6. I’ve Been Waiting For You
Side 2
1. I Would Be Your Slave
2. I Took A Trip On A Gemini Spaceship
3. 5:15 The Angels Have Gone
4. Everyone Says ʻHiʼ
5. A Better Future
6. Heathen (The Rays)

MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL
Side 1
1. Sunday
2. Life On Mars?
3. Ashes To Ashes
4. Cactus
Side 2
1. Slip Away
2. China Girl
3. Starman
4. I Would Be Your Slave
Side 3
1. I’ve Been Waiting For You
2. Stay
3. Changes
4. Fashion
Side 4
1. Fame
2. I’m Afraid Of Americans
3. 5:15 The Angels Have Gone
4. ‟Heroes”
Side 5
1. Heathen (The Rays)
2. Everyone Says ‟Hi”
3. Hallo Spaceboy
Side 6
1. Letʼs Dance
2. Ziggy Stardust
3. Warszawa
Side 7
1. Speed Of Life
2. Breaking Glass
3. What In The World
4. Sound And Vision
5. Art Decade
Side 8
1. Always Crashing In The Same Car
2. Be My Wife
3. A New Career In A New Town
4. Subterraneans

REALITY
Side 1
1. New Killer Star
2. Pablo Picasso
3. Never Get Old
4. The Loneliest Guy
5. Looking For Water
6. She’ll Drive The Big Car
Side 2
1. Days
2. Fall Dog Bombs The Moon
3. Try Some, Buy Some
4. Reality
5. Bring Me The Disco King

A REALITY TOUR
Side 1
1. Rebel Rebel
2. New Killer Star
3. Reality
4. Fame
5. Cactus
6. Sister Midnight
Side 2
1. Afraid
2. All The Young Dudes
3. Be My Wife
4. China Girl
5. The Loneliest Guy
6. The Man Who Sold The World
7. Fantastic Voyage
Side 3
1. Hallo Spaceboy
2. Sunday
3. Under Pressure
4. Life On Mars?
5. Battle For Britain (The Letter)
Side 4
1. Fall Dog Bombs The Moon
2. Ashes To Ashes
3. The Motel
4. Loving The Alien
5. Breaking Glass
6. Never Get Old
Side 5
1. Changes
2. I’m Afraid Of Americans
3. ‟Heroes”
4. Bring Me The Disco King
Side 6
1. Slip Away
2. Heathen (The Rays)
3. Five Years
4. Hang On To Yourself
5. Ziggy Stardust

THE NEXT DAY
Side 1
1. The Next Day
2. Dirty Boys
3. The Stars (Are Out Tonight)
4. Love Is Lost
Side 2
1. Where Are We Now?
2. Valentine’s Day
3. If You Can See Me
4. I’d Rather Be High
Side 3
1. Boss Of Me
2. Dancing Out In Space
3. How Does The Grass Grow?
4. (You Will) Set The World On Fire
Side 4
1. You Feel So Lonely You Could Die
2. Heat
3. So She
4. Plan
5. I’ll Take You There

THE NEXT DAY EXTRA E.P.
Side 1
1. Atomica
2. Love Is Lost (Hello Steve Reich Mix By James Murphy For The DFA)
3. The Informer
Side 2
1. I’d Rather Be High (Venetian Mix)
2. Like A Rocket Man
3. Born In A UFO
4. God Bless The Girl

★ BLACKSTAR
Side 1
1. ★
2. ’Tis A Pity She Was A Whore
3. Lazarus
Side 2
1. Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)
2. Girl Loves Me
3. Dollar Days
4. I Can’t Give Everything Away

NO PLAN E.P.
Side 1
1. Lazarus
2. No Plan
3. Killing A Little Time
4. When I Met You
Side 2
Etching

RE:CALL 6
Side 1
1. Slow Burn (Single Edit)
2. Wood Jackson
3. When The Boys Come Marching Home
4. Safe
5. Sunday (Moby Remix)
Side 2
1. A Better Future (Remix By Air)
2. Slip Away (SACDMix)
3. Slow Burn (SACD Mix)
4. I’ve Been Waiting For You (SACD Mix)
5. 5:15 The Angels Have Gone (SACD Mix)
Side 3
1. A Better Future (SACD Mix)
2. Safe (SACD Mix)
3. Everyone Says ‘Hi’ (Radio Edit)
4. Sunday (Tony Visconti Mix)
5. Everyone Says ‘Hi’ (Metro Remix Radio Edit)
Side 4
1. Heathen (The Rays) (Live In Berlin, 22/09/02)
2. Hop Frog — Lou Reed Featuring David Bowie
3. Saviour — Kristeen Young Featuring David Bowie
4. Isn’t It Evening (The Revolutionary) — Earl Slick Featuring David Bowie
5. Bring Me The Disco King (Loner Mix) — David Bowie Featuring Maynard James Keenan And John Frusciante (Taken From The Underworld Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Side 5
1. New Killer Star (Radio Edit)
2. Love Missile F1-11
3. Fly
4. Queen Of All The Tarts (Overture)
5. Never Get Old (Single Edit)
6. Waterloo Sunset
Side 6
1. Rebel Rebel (2003 Re-Record) (Taken From The Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2. New Killer Star (Sessions @ AOL Live Version, 23/09/03)
3. Days (Live)
4. 5:15 The Angels Have Gone (Live)
5. Rebel Never Gets Old (Radio Mix)
6. (She Can) Do That — David Bowie With BT (Taken From The Stealth Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Side 7
1. Life On Mars? (Live At Fashion Rocks, 08/09/05)
2. Wake Up (Live At Fashion Rocks, 08/09/05) — David Bowie With Arcade Fire
3. Five Years (Live At Fashion Rocks, 08/09/05) — David Bowie With Arcade Fire
4. Arnold Layne (Live At The Royal Albert Hall, 29/05/06) — David Gilmour Featuring David Bowie
5. Love Is Lost (Hello Steve Reich Mix By James Murphy For The DFA Edit)
Side 8
1. Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) (2014 Version)
2. ’Tis A Pity She Was A Whore (2014 Version)
3. Lazarus (Radio Edit)
4. I Can’t Give Everything Away (Radio Edit)

DAVID BOWIE 6. I CAN’T GIVE EVERYTHING AWAY (2002 – 2016)
THE SIXTH IN A SERIES OF DAVID BOWIE BOX SETS
RELEASED 12th SEPTEMBER, 2025
Stay tuned for pre-order links."

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interplayDonatedPosted at 2025-07-09 15:02:07(4 wks ago) (Bowie General / where are the box sets?)


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Well then!

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imperialPosted at 2025-07-09 20:30:52(4 wks ago) (Bowie General / where are the box sets?)


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ayres wrote:

You're right and anyone who knows even a little bit about Bowie's career knows that, apart Lets Dance,he never sold a damn thing and it wouldn't be now that he would

what? TRAFOZSATSFM alone has sold 8-10 million (depending on who you believe).

Even NLMD sold almost 3 million

He's sold over 100 million records, one of the best selling artists of all time.

The  man sold a lot of records.

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imperialPosted at 2025-07-09 20:33:35(4 wks ago) (Bowie General / where are the box sets?)


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what do people think of this release?

These career boxes were not for me (I have everything, or have heard everything, I don't need it collected in a box that will never be opened).

I've much preferred the album boxes Divine Symmetry, Rock N Roll Star etc. for the unreleased and unheard stuff on them, some of which has truly seem to come out of nowhere.

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interplayDonatedPosted at 2025-07-09 22:23:17(4 wks ago) (Bowie General / where are the box sets?)


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imperial wrote:

what do people think of this release?These career boxes were not for me (I have everything, or have heard everything, I don't need it collected in a box that will never be opened).I've much preferred the album boxes Divine Symmetry, Rock N Roll Star etc. for the unreleased and unheard stuff on them, some of which has truly seem to come out of nowhere.

While I agree with you on the box sets, I just want to say I'm now so old that I don't want to play vinyl but the CD boxes have such small print that I'd have to buy the vinyl box for the blurb.

but when done right, I love the blurb.

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I guess we all start out having to buy stuff because we need to hear the music.  For some the collecting bug takes hold and there is a need to have the complete set of recordings in as many formats as possible and for others there is the appeal of a shiny new box with all the blurb and extras that comes with it. I get that but my problem is that it's still all about the music for me and there is nothing new in this box set that I haven't already heard and have in my collection - so I won't be buying it. The inclusion of even a few Blackstar outtakes (if they exist) would have made it tempting but the Montreux gig that most of us already have through the torrents on this great site (and which probably won't be in any better sound quality on this release) just isn't enough to warrant a purchase.

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I put together my own imagined version of this box set following the release of the Brilliant Adventure box and even called it “I Can’t Give Everything Away”.  The only difference between my version and this scheduled release is that I opted for the Riverside gig instead of Montreux because I felt that the inclusion of the whole ‘Low’ album (great as it is) skewed things away from an overview of 2002-2016.  If a mere fan like me can second guess a future release that easily you have to ask what added value the record company are bringing other than the production of glossy peripherals.  BTW - I also put a Tin Machine box together at the same time and it will be interesting to see how that stacks up against an official release if and when it comes.

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homebrewPosted at 2025-07-10 13:31:45(4 wks ago) (Bowie General / where are the box sets?)


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imperial wrote:

ayres wrote:

You're right and anyone who knows even a little bit about Bowie's career knows that, apart Lets Dance,he never sold a damn thing and it wouldn't be now that he would

what? TRAFOZSATSFM alone has sold 8-10 million (depending on who you believe). Even NLMD sold almost 3 millionHe's sold over 100 million records, one of the best selling artists of all time.The  man sold a lot of records.

I have been posting a series of articles called "Images" in the Bowie General section of the forum. If you go back and read them from the beginning you will discover that David's career was nothing but smoke and mirrors in those early days... all through the '70's. He had star power in England but basically nowhere else. Those Ziggy tours in '72 and '73 for the most part lost money to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Album sales were quite dismal in the US and while good, not spectacular in England. The ziggy album topped out at #5 in the UK in 1972 but it took an entire year to crack the US top 100 (at #75).

Manager Tony Defries made it LOOK like Bowie was the biggest star on the planet but in the early '70's David was perpetually in debt and playing to venues that weren't even half full.

Comparing Ziggy to a 1987 release is apples to oranges. Bowies commercial success did not occur until 1982's Let's Dance and while he was hitting somewhat of a low period by the time Never Let Me Down was released his awareness had certainly grown tremendously when compared to the early 1970's.

Yes, Bowie has sold a LOT of albums... over time. But when you step back and examine things in real time there were moments when his career in music was seriously in doubt.


""I don't begrudge any artist for finding an audience"
- David Bowie abt. 1987
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homebrewPosted at 2025-07-10 13:34:24(4 wks ago) (Bowie General / where are the box sets?)


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what do people think of this release?These career boxes were not for me (I have everything, or have heard everything, I don't need it collected in a box that will never be opened).I've much preferred the album boxes Divine Symmetry, Rock N Roll Star etc. for the unreleased and unheard stuff on them, some of which has truly seem to come out of nowhere.

I've got them all and just pre-ordered this new one. That's on top of having them all individually already.


""I don't begrudge any artist for finding an audience"
- David Bowie abt. 1987
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MythicalkingDonatedPosted at 2025-07-10 13:48:19(4 wks ago) (Bowie General / where are the box sets?)


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I guess everything hinges on whether you measure an artist’s success on purely sales or on their wider artistic endeavour and influence.  For me the thing that set Bowie apart was his dogged determination to do whatever he wanted to do artistically almost irrespective of commercial success – hence seismic gear shifts like the Berlin trilogy, the Tin Machine era and the short-lived industrial Outside/Earthling period.  Great music doesn’t always sell well on release but often gains a sustained interest and support over the years and Bowie (like the Velvet Underground) is a prime example an artist who's music achieved that.

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Stranger09DonatedPosted at 2025-07-10 14:52:41(4 wks ago) (Bowie General / where are the box sets?)


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imperial wrote:

ayres wrote:

You're right and anyone who knows even a little bit about Bowie's career knows that, apart Lets Dance,he never sold a damn thing and it wouldn't be now that he would

what? TRAFOZSATSFM alone has sold 8-10 million (depending on who you believe). Even NLMD sold almost 3 millionHe's sold over 100 million records, one of the best selling artists of all time.The  man sold a lot of records.

I think he was being sarcastic after our post 'exchange' that started in my mooting there may not more box sets at this point, or at least not a continuation of the 1970s album round-up sets that they started, for a while.

Depending on how you see it, we've been both proved wrong by this latest announcement. Sort of.

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professormouseDonatedPosted at 2025-07-10 17:23:13(4 wks ago) (Bowie General / where are the box sets?)


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what do people think of this release?

"we're glad it's all over" ??

one thought was
YAH BOO HA HA HA I'll give you 'flat' !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQk7B8-91Gc

i can 'see' a stand-alone release happening yet

a Bowie only version ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrPRAVB1_KM

Any chance for a lossless source of this???
jonah-someone asks
the new EP - i said
unless anyone here has it ?

i just bought the 'blue one'
let me know when the cheapest of this pops up
i wonder if this will have any
"Oops !"
i guess it is a New Mix track/s
by 'mistake'
?

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ayresPosted at 2025-07-11 00:26:18(4 wks ago) (Bowie General / where are the box sets?)


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I liked the announcement but was disappointed by the lack of rare studio material, which would have helped sales and pleased fans like me.

On the other hand, it's good to have several songs that were previously out of streaming back in the libraries.

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homebrewPosted at 2025-07-11 00:47:10(4 wks ago) (Bowie General / where are the box sets?)


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With Bowie's penchant for laying down a vocal in just one or two takes there just isn't as much rare studio material as with other artists.


""I don't begrudge any artist for finding an audience"
- David Bowie abt. 1987
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ayresPosted at 2025-07-11 01:22:35(4 wks ago) (Bowie General / where are the box sets?)


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This is a controversial subject.
I know a collector who listened to a tape with an hour of different takes of Hang Onto Yourself.
I'm talking about those songs that appeared in Nicholas Pegg's book.

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professormouseDonatedPosted at 2025-07-11 02:35:18(4 wks ago) (Bowie General / where are the box sets?)


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Jeff Rougvie said there's another 'better take' of God Only Knows
on a shelf in a tin somewhere
ie - he'd heard it

he only did one take
is like the berlin trilogy
it's made up
but it sounds good  

there's tons more they will carry on drip feeding
that will magically turn up for the next
box set

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