SONGS: SPACE ODDITY / RUPERT THE RILEY / CHANGES / KOOKS
/ AMSTERDAM / STARMAN / THE JEAN GENIE / A LADD IN VAIN / ALL THE YOUNG
DUDES / TIRED OF MY LIFE / WHO CAN I BE NOW / LONDON BYE TA TA / THE CHING
A LING SONG / LOVER TO THE DAWN / THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD / BOYS KEEP
SWINGING / ASHES TO ASHES / TVC 15.
COMMENTS: One
of the best compilation discs ever! The most interesting song on this CD
is LOVER TO THE DAWN, which is a blue-print for CYGNET COMMITTEE! It is
recorded off an acetate disc so it crackles a lot, and the sound quality
is so-so. It sounds like it could have been a part of the Beckenham Art's
Lab 1968 tape? Most of the other songs are previously available, but here
they are in superior sound quality. The other odd songs are: AMSTERDAM,
which is the same version as on the LP USED UP AND EMPTY (1983), but recorded at the correct speed. STARMAN
is mostly instrumental, only the chorus has lyrics. THE JEAN GENIE is the
official version but in a very strange mix. Who CAN I BE NOW has a few extra
seconds in the intro compared to other bootleg releases. The four last songs
are from Saturday Night Live 15.12.79, except for ASHES TO ASHES which comes
from Tonight TV Show 05.09.80. The only mistake on the cover is that TVC
15 is called SPACE ODDITY. A TRUE MUST! |
