Album Review: David Bowie, "Space Oddity - 40th Anniversary Edition" (Virgin/EMI)

Add EMI's 40th-anniversary edition of David Bowie [ tickets ]'s "Space Oddity" to the short list of albums significantly enhanced by a bonus disc. New mixes, stereo versions, radio broadcasts and demos combine to limn Bowie's early work with producer Tony Visconti--an alternate version of "Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud" with just Bowie on voice and guitar and Paul Buckmaster on cello, and a nine-and-a-half minute version of "Memory of a Free Festival" being the highlights. A "Space Oddity" dem...

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