ボックスセットのトレーラー映像が公開されています。また、このボックスセットからの先行シングルとして「Kooks (Sounds Of The 70s: Bob Harris)」がリリースされています。YouTubeほかで聴けます。ボウイとミック・ロンソン(Mick Ronson)が英BBCの番組『Sounds Of The 70s presented by Bob Harris』のために、1971年9月21日に英ロンドンにあるBBCラジオのスタジオT1で録音した「Kooks」のパフォーマンス音源です。
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「Kooks (Sounds Of The 70s: Bob Harris)」
■『Divine Symmetry』
* PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
●CD 1: THE SONGWRITING DEMOS PLUS
1 Tired Of My Life (demo) * 2 How Lucky You Are (aka Miss Peculiar) (demo) * 3 Shadow Man (demo) 4 Looking For A Friend (demo) * 5 Waiting For The Man (San Francisco hotel recording) * 6 Quicksand (San Francisco hotel recording) * 7 King Of The City (demo) * 8 Song For Bob Dylan (demo) * 9 Right On Mother (demo) * 10 Quicksand (demo) 11 Queen Bitch (demo) * 12 Kooks (demo) * 13 Amsterdam (demo) * 14 Life On Mars? (demo) *
David Bowie and Friends (mono) 1 Queen Bitch * 2 Bombers 3 The Supermen * 4 Looking For A Friend 5 Almost Grown 6 Kooks 7 Song For Bob Dylan * 8 Andy Warhol * 9 It Ain't Easy
David Bowie and Friends (stereo) 10 Queen Bitch * 11 The Supermen * 12 Looking For A Friend * 13 Kooks * 14 Song For Bob Dylan * 15 Andy Warhol * 16 It Ain't Easy *
Recorded 3rd June, 1971 and broadcast 20th June, 1971 Paris Cinema Studio, Regent Street, London
Musicians: David Bowie – lead vocals (except as below) George Underwood – lead vocals on ‘Song For Bob Dylan’ & ‘It Ain’t Easy’ (3rd verse) & backing vocals Dana Gillespie – lead vocals on ‘Andy Warhol’, backing vocals Geoff MacCormack (aka Alexander) – lead vocals ‘It Ain’t Easy’ (2nd verse), backing vocals Mark Pritchett (aka Carr-Pritchard) – guitars, backing vocals Mick Ronson – guitars, backing vocals Trevor Bolder – bass Woody Woodmansey – drums
●CD 3: BBC RADIO SESSION AND LIVE
1 The Supermen 2 Oh! You Pretty Things 3 Eight Line Poem 4 Kooks * 5 Fill Your Heart * 6 Amsterdam * 7 Andy Warhol *
Musicians: David Bowie – vocals, acoustic guitar, piano Mick Ronson – guitars, bass, vocals
Session recorded at Kensington House Studio T1 for BBC Radio on 21st September, 1971 and broadcast 4th October, 1971
Live Friars, Aylesbury, 25th September, 1971 8 Introduction* 9 Fill Your Heart* 10 Buzz The Fuzz* 11 Space Oddity* 12 Amsterdam* 13 The Supermen* 14 Oh! You Pretty Things* 15 Eight Line Poem* 16 Changes* 17 Song For Bob Dylan* 18 Andy Warhol* 19 Looking For A Friend* 20 Round And Round* 21 Waiting For The Man*
Recorded live to 2 track tape.
David Bowie – vocals, acoustic guitar, piano Mick Ronson – guitars, backing vocals Trevor Bolder – bass guitar Woody Woodmansey – drums Tom Parker – piano
●CD 4: ALTERNATIVE MIXES, SINGLES AND VERSIONS
BOWPROMO mixes
1 Oh! You Pretty Things 2 Eight Line Poem 3 Kooks 4 Queen Bitch 5 Quicksand 6 Bombers – Andy Warhol intro.
Produced by Ken Scott (assisted by The Actor) Recorded by Ken Scott at Trident Studios, London
7 Lightning Frightening (aka The Man)*
Produced by David Bowie. Engineered by Ken Scott Recorded on 23rd April, 1971, Trident Studios, London
8 Amsterdam (early mix)
Produced by David Bowie and Ken Scott Recorded and engineered by Ken Scott at Trident Studios, London
Produced by Ken Scott (assisted by The Actor) Recorded by Ken Scott at Trident Studios, London
11 Amsterdam (single b-side mix)
Produced by David Bowie and Ken Scott Recorded and engineered by Ken Scott at Trident Studios, London
12 Life On Mars? (2016 mix)
Produced by David Bowie and Ken Scott Recorded and engineered by Ken Scott at Trident Studios, London Mixed by Ken Scott at Abbey Road Studios, London on 12th April, 2016
2021 mixes 13 Changes (2021 alternative mix) 14 Life On Mars? (original ending version)* 15 Quicksand (2021 mix – early version)* 16 Fill Your Heart (2021 alternative mix)* 17 Bombers (2021 alternative mix)* 18 Song For Bob Dylan (2021 alternative mix)* 19 The Bewlay Brothers (2021 alternative mix)*
Produced by David Bowie and Ken Scott Recorded and engineered by Ken Scott at Trident Studios, London Mixed by Ken Scott, October/November 2021
●BLU-RAY AUDIO All PCM Stereo 96kHz/24bit except ‘Life On Mars?’ (2016 mix): DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and PCM Stereo 96kHz/24bit
HUNKY DORY 2015 REMASTER 1 Changes 2 Oh! You Pretty Things 3 Eight Line Poem 4 Life On Mars? 5 Kooks 6 Quicksand 7 Fill Your Heart 8 Andy Warhol 9 Song For Bob Dylan 10 Queen Bitch 11 The Bewlay Brothers
Produced by Ken Scott (assisted by The Actor) Recorded by Ken Scott at Trident Studios, London
A DIVINE SYMMETRY (AN ALTERNATIVE JOURNEY THROUGH HUNKY DORY)
1 Changes (2021 alternative mix) 2 Oh! You Pretty Things (BOWPROMO mix) 3 Eight Line Poem (BOWPROMO mix) 4 Life On Mars? (original ending version)* 5 Kooks (BOWPROMO mix) 6 Quicksand (2021 mix – early version) 7 Fill Your Heart (2021 alternative mix)* 8 Bombers (2021 alternative mix)* 9 Andy Warhol (original mix)* 10 Song For Bob Dylan (2021 alternative mix)* 11 Queen Bitch (BOWPROMO mix) 12 The Bewlay Brothers (2021 alternative mix)*
2, 3, 5, 9 and 11 Produced by Ken Scott (assisted by The Actor) Recorded, engineered, and mixed by Ken Scott at Trident Studios, London
1, 4, 6–8, 10 and 12 Produced by David Bowie and Ken Scott Recorded and engineered by Ken Scott at Trident Studios, London Mixed by Ken Scott, October/November, 2021 Bonus mix
13 Life On Mars? (2016 mix)
Produced by David Bowie and Ken Scott Recorded and engineered by Ken Scott at Trident Studios, London Mixed by Ken Scott at Abbey Road Studios, London on 12th April, 2016
SOUNDS OF THE 70S: BOB HARRIS 14 The Supermen 15 Oh! You Pretty Things 16 Eight Line Poem 17 Kooks* 18 Fill Your Heart* 19 Amsterdam* 20 Andy Warhol*
Session recorded at Kensington House, Shepherds Bush, London, Studio T1 for BBC Radio on 21st September 1971 and broadcast 4th October, 1971
■A DIVINE SYMMETRY (AN ALTERNATIVE JOURNEY THROUGH HUNKY DORY) VINYL LP
Side 1 1 Changes (2021 alternative mix) (3.38) 2 Oh! You Pretty Things (BOWPROMO mix) (3.12) 3 Eight Line Poem (BOWPROMO mix) (2.52) 4 Life On Mars? (original ending version) (4.01) 5 Kooks (BOWPROMO mix) (2.53) 6 Quicksand (2021 mix – early version) (5.01)
Side 2 7 Fill Your Heart (2021 alternative mix) (3.12) 8 Bombers (2021 alternative mix) (2.42) 9 Andy Warhol (original mix) 10 Song For Bob Dylan (2021 alternative mix) (4.22) 11 Queen Bitch (BOWPROMO mix) (3.16) 12 The Bewlay Brothers (2021 alternative mix) (5.26)
2, 3, 5, 9 and 11 Produced by Ken Scott (assisted by The Actor) Recorded, engineered, and mixed by Ken Scott at Trident Studios, London
1, 4, 6 – 8, 10 and 12 Produced by David Bowie and Ken Scott Recorded and engineered by Ken Scott at Trident Studios, London Mixed by Ken Scott, October/November, 2021