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Let's Go Out Tonight: David Bowie's "Who Can I Be Now" Box Set Arrives In September

July 25, 2016 By Randy Fairman 4 Comments

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Hot on the heels of last Friday's announcement that the next David Bowie box would include the unreleased album The Gouster, the details of what will be in the box have been released from Parolphone.  Coming on September 23 in CD, vinyl and digital download editions, David Bowie - Who Can I Be Now? (1974-1976) will contain the following albums:

  • Diamond Dogs (Remastered) 1-CD
  • David Live (Original Mix) (Remastered) 2-CD
  • David Live (2005 Mix) (Remastered) 2-CD
  • The Gouster (Previously Unreleased as an album) 1-CD
  • Young Americans (Remastered) 1-CD
  • Station to Station (Remastered) 1-CD
  • Station to Station (Harry Maslin 2010 Mix) 1-CD
  • Live Nassau Coliseum '76 2-CD
  • Re:Call 2 (Single Versions and non-album b-sides) 1-CD

These albums are from what is considered Bowie's "American" period.  As with last year's Five Years box set, several of the albums are presented in multiple mixes.  The David Live 2005 Mix is from the expanded reissue of that album from that year and the remix of Station to Station as well as the Live Nassau Coliseum '76 release are from the Super Deluxe Station to Station from 2010.  (The remix was only available on the DVD-Audio in that Super Deluxe edition while the Nassau concert was available also in the 3-CD edition.)

The Re:Call bonus disc also follows the format from the extra disc in the previous box.  It promises some new-to-CD tracks such as the original single mix of "Rebel Rebel," the Australian single edit of "Diamond Dogs" and the single edit of the live version of "Rock 'n' Roll With Me."

The design of Who Can I Be Now? also keeps up the tradition of Five Years.  Each album in the CD set will be housed in a mini-vinyl replica LP sleeve and the CDs themselves will be gold instead of the traditional silver.  The 128-page booklet (84 pages in the vinyl edition) will contain "rarely seen and previously unpublished photos by photographers including Eric Stephen Jacobs, Tom Kelley, Geoff MacCormack, Terry O'Neill, Steve Schapiro, and many others as well as historical press reviews and technical notes about the albums from producers Tony Visconti and Harry Maslin."  A replica of a handwritten note from Bowie concerning the running order of The Gouster will also be included.  The vinyl edition will be pressed on 180-gram vinyl.

Please also note that there are several versions of the digital editions available.  There are two hi-res editions:  192kHz/24 bit and 96kHz/24 bit.  Neither of these editions will contain the alternate mix versions of David Live or Station to Station or the Nassau concert or Re:Call album.  The regular digital download edition contains all of the audio content and is apparently also available in a Mastered for iTunes edition (although the Nassau concert and Re:Call album will contain the same mastering in both editions).

If you would like to keep your collection of these box sets going, we've got the full tracklisting and pre-order links below!

David Bowie. Who Can I Be Now? (1974-1976) (Parlophone, 2016)

12-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
13-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada

Disc 1: Diamond Dogs (RCA APL1-0576 (U.K.)/CPL1-0576 (U.S.), 1974)

  1. Future Legend
  2. Diamond Dogs
  3. Sweet Thing
  4. Candidate
  5. Sweet Thing (Reprise)
  6. Rebel Rebel
  7. Rock 'N' Roll with Me
  8. We Are the Dead
  9. 1984
  10. Big Brother
  11. Chant of the Ever Circling Skeletal Family

Discs 2-3: David Live (RCA APL2-0771 (U.K.)/CPL2-0771 (U.S.), 1974)

  1. 1984
  2. Rebel Rebel
  3. Moonage Daydream
  4. Sweet Thing/Candidate/Sweet Thing (Reprise)
  5. Changes
  6. Suffragette City
  7. Aladdin Sane
  8. All the Young Dudes
  9. Cracked Actor
  1. Rock 'N' Roll with Me
  2. Watch That Man
  3. Knock On Wood
  4. Diamond Dogs
  5. Big Brother
  6. The Width of a Circle
  7. The Jean Genie
  8. Rock 'N' Roll Suicide

Discs 4-5: David Live (Tony Visconti Mix) (Virgin/EMI 72438 74304 2 6, 2005)

  1. 1984
  2. Rebel Rebel
  3. Moonage Daydream
  4. Sweet Thing/Candidate/Sweet Thing (Reprise)
  5. Changes
  6. Suffragette City
  7. Aladdin Sane
  8. All the Young Dudes
  9. Cracked Actor
  10. Rock 'N' Roll with Me
  11. Watch That Man
  1. Knock On Wood
  2. Here Today, Gone Tomorrow *
  3. Space Oddity *
  4. Diamond Dogs
  5. Panic in Detroit *
  6. Big Brother
  7. Time *
  8. The Width of a Circle
  9. The Jean Genie
  10. Rock 'N' Roll Suicide

All tracks on Discs 2-5 recorded live at The Tower Theater, Philadelphia - July 8-12, 1974

Disc 6: The Gouster *

  1. John, I'm Only Dancing (Again) (12" A-side - RCA Victor BOW12 4 (U.K.), 1979)
  2. Somebody Up There Likes Me (Alternative Mix) *
  3. It's Gonna Be Me (from Rykodisc RCD 10140, 1990)
  4. Who Can I Be Now? (from Rykodisc RCD 10140, 1990)
  5. Can You Hear Me (Alternative Early Version)
  6. Young Americans
  7. Right (Alternative Early Version) *

Disc 7: Young Americans (RCA RS-1006 (U.K.)/AQL1-0998 (U.S.), 1975)

  1. Young Americans
  2. Win
  3. Fascination
  4. Right
  5. Somebody Up There Likes Me
  6. Across the Universe
  7. Can You Hear Me
  8. Fame

Disc 8: Station to Station (RCA APL1-1327 (U.K./U.S.), 1976)

  1. Station to Station
  2. Golden Years
  3. Word on a Wing
  4. TVC 15
  5. Stay
  6. Wild is the Wind

Disc 9: Station to Station (Harry Maslin Remix) (from EMI BOWSTSD (U.K.), 2010)

  1. Station to Station
  2. Golden Years
  3. Word on a Wing
  4. TVC 15
  5. Stay
  6. Wild is the Wind

Discs 10-11: Live Nassau Coliseum '76 (from EMI BOWSTSD (U.K.), 2010)

  1. Station to Station
  2. Suffragette City
  3. Fame
  4. Word on a Wing
  5. Stay
  6. I'm Waiting for the Man
  7. Queen Bitch
  1. Life on Mars?
  2. Five Years
  3. Panic in Detroit
  4. Changes
  5. TVC 15
  6. Diamond Dogs
  7. Rebel Rebel
  8. The Jean Genie

Disc 12: Re:Call 2

  1. Rebel Rebel (Original Single Mix) (RCA Victor LPBO-5009 (U.K.), 1974)
  2. Diamond Dogs (Australian Single Edit) (RCA Victor 102462 (AUS), 1974)
  3. Rebel Rebel (U.S. Single Version) (RCA Victor ABP0-0287 (U.S.), 1974)
  4. Rock 'N' Roll with Me (Live - Promotional Single Edit) (RCA JB-10105-A (U.S.), 1974)
  5. Panic in Detroit (Live) (RCA JB-10105-B (U.S.), 1974)
  6. Young Americans (Original Single Edit) (RCA Victor 2523-DJ (U.K.), 1975)
  7. Fame (Original Single Edit) (RCA Victor 2579 (U.K.), 1975)
  8. Golden Years (Original Single Version) (RCA Victor 2640 (U.K.), 1975)
  9. Station to Station (Original Single Edit) (RCA Victor 42549 (FR), 1976)
  10. TVC 15 (Original Single Edit) (RCA Victor 2682 (U.K.), 1976)
  11. Stay (Original Single Edit) (RCA Victor PB-10736-A (U.S.), 1976)
  12. Word on a Wing (Original Single Edit) (RCA Victor PB-10736-B (U.S.), 1976)
  13. John, I'm Only Dancing (Again) 1975 (Single Version) (RCA BOW 4 (U.K.), 1979)

Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: David Bowie

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Entertainment historian and writer Randy Fairman is a graduate of Northwestern University. Randy has written for publications including University Reporter Chicago and co-authored the graphic novel Love Bytes. A native of Indiana, he currently resides in New Jersey.

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Comments

  1. Eric Levy says

    July 25, 2016 at 11:35 am

    And for those of us who already have all of the regular albums and no interest in re-purchasing them, will THE GOUSTER be made available separately?

    Reply
  2. Andrea says

    July 26, 2016 at 7:59 am

    I read the press release on Bowie's site as well, and I must admit I'm a bit confused.
    For instance:
    "David Live (2005 Mix) (Remastered) 2-CD" - does the "remastered" in brackets mean that the 2005 mix has been newly remastered for this release?
    Consequently, "Station to Station (Harry Maslin 2010 Mix)", with no mention of a remastering, might imply it's exactly the version released in 2010, right?

    And, more important, the titles that are being remastered, exactly are being remastered from *what*? From the original tapes? "Remastered" doesn't mean much if the source is not stated. Can anyone shed some light on this? Which is actually the only info of some substance when talking about reissue. Thanks!

    Reply
  3. David Olstein says

    July 30, 2016 at 9:40 am

    They should have included the three "spares" on The Gouster.

    Reply
  4. Moo says

    August 2, 2016 at 2:52 pm

    Why are they leaving the important stuff out of the hi-res version (Nassau, David Live Expanded, Rebel Rebel single mix & Diamond Dogs bonus tracks). GRRRRR.

    Reply

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