The Width Of A Circle (USA-import)
On 10th April 1971 David Bowie’s The Man Who Sold the World album was released in the UK and to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the release we will be releasing The Width of a Circle a 2CD set of additional, rare and live recordings which are complimentary to the album. The set contains two live performances from early 1970 The Sunday Show Introduced by John Peel and Sounds Of The 70’s both performed by David Bowie and The Hype, it also feature five songs by Bowie from The Looking Glass Murders aka Pierrot In Turquoise plus 2020 Mixes of five tracks including The Prettiest Star. The Width of a Circle contains 2CD plus a 48 page booklet all housed in a hard back book style package with have a textured outer wrap with a soft touch lamination CD 1: The Sunday Show Introduced by John Peel Recorded on 5th February, 1970 and broadcast on 8th February, 1970 Amsterdam God Knows I’m Good Buzz The Fuzz Karma Man London Bye, Ta-Ta * An Occasional Dream * The Width Of A Circle + * Janine + * Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed + * Fill Your Heart + * The Prettiest Star + * Cygnet Committee + * Memory Of A Free Festival + * Performed by David Bowie and The Tony Visconti Trio (a.k.a. The Hype) CD 2: The Looking Glass Murders aka Pierrot In Turquoise: When I Live My Dream Columbine The Mirror Threepenny Pierrot When I Live My Dream (Reprise) Singles The Prettiest Star (Alternative Mix) Single mix released on 6th March, 1970 on Mercury Records MF 1135. This is the unreleased alternative mix created for promotion in the US market. London Bye, Ta-Ta Originally recorded and rejected as the follow up single to ‘Space Oddity’ This mono mix was finally release on the Sound & Vision box set in 1989. London Bye, Ta-Ta (1970 Stereo Mix) * This stereo mix of the above remained unreleased until the reformatted reissue of the Sound & Vision box set in 2003, replacing the mono mix. Memory Of A Free Festival (Single Version Part 1) * Memory Of A Free Festival (Single Version Part 2) * The re-recorded electric version of the closing track from the ‘David Bowie’(aka ‘Space Oddity’) album released as a single on Mercury Records 6052 026 on 26th June, 1970. Holy Holy This non-album single A side, backed by the album version of ‘Black Country Rock’ from ‘The Man Who Sold The World’ album, was released on Mercury Records 6052 049 on 15th January, 1971. Sounds Of The 70’s: Andy Ferris Show Recorded on 25th March, 1970 and broadcast on the 6th April, 1970 Waiting For The Man The Width Of A Circle The Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud The Supermen Performed by David Bowie and The Hype 2020 Mixes The Prettiest Star (2020 Mix) * London Bye, Ta-Ta (2020 Mix) * Memory Of A Free Festival (Single Version - 2020 Mix) * All The Madmen (Single Edit 2020 Mix) * Holy Holy (2020 Mix) * All recordings mono except * stereo