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Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars

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Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars

 
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Label: Virgin Records
Rating: 4.5
 
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Description: David Bowie's final concert as his most famous alter ego is one of the more legendary shows in the rock canon, but aficionados have frequently held this audio document, as recorded by Dylan/Monterey Pop documentary director D. A. Pennebaker, in somewhat low regard. Of course, the wonderful Ziggy Stardust album was such a pristine production that any live reproduction suffers in comparison, but fans may notice a significant improvement three decades later. Whether time has made the closer-to-garage-rock ethos of the live Spiders from Mars play better or whether it just sounds better is hard to say. But this 30th anniversary version does sound a whole lot better than all previous versions. Producer Terry Visconti has remastered what was once murk into something that sounds crisp and clear. The new packaging is lovely and the entire concert--incidental intro music and all--is documented for the first time. Pity the rights couldn’t be re-secured to include Jeff Beck’s long-deleted appearance on "Jean Genie," and Jacque Brel's "My Death" is still a tad melodramatic. But you also get most of the great Ziggy tunes, a few earlier classics, several from the then-unreleased Aladdin Sane, a terrific "All the Young Dudes," and perhaps the best cover ever of the Velvet Underground's "White Light/White Heat." --Bill Holdship
 
 

 
Tracklist of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars

Disc 1
1 Intro: (Ninth Symphony, Fourth Movement-Abridged) {March from a Clockwo - Wendy Carlos  1:02 no lyrics yet - submit it
2 Hang on to Yourself  2:47 view lyrics
3 Ziggy Stardust  3:17 view lyrics
4 Watch That Man  4:30 no lyrics yet - submit it
5 Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud  4:52 view lyrics
6 All the Young Dudes  4:10 view lyrics
7 Oh! You Pretty Things  3:15 view lyrics
8 Moonage Daydream  4:40 view lyrics
9 Changes  3:34 view lyrics
10 Space Oddity  5:14 view lyrics
11 My Death  5:49 no lyrics yet - submit it
13 Cracked Actor  3:02 view lyrics
14 Time  5:15 view lyrics
15 Width of a Circle  5:21 view lyrics
16 Let's Spend the Night Together  3:10 view lyrics
17 Suffragette City  3:28 view lyrics
18 White Light/White Heat  4:06 no lyrics yet - submit it
19 Farewell Speech (Spoken Word)  0:39 no lyrics yet - submit it
20 Rock & Roll Suicide  2:60 view lyrics

Reviews:

Finally! A mix of the concert I didn't know was possible.

I owned the LP, the original CD, the VHS, and even an earlier version of the DVD and could never understand why the sound was so shoddy. It always sounded as if someone simply placed a mike in front of the speakers and recorded the show.

NOW, with the Visconti mix, it's as if it was literally recorded yesterday. THANKS to Bowie and Visconti for finally creating a version of this performance that justifies yet another "version" of the concert for us fans and followers to purchase.

The sound this time around is simply breathtaking compared to previous versions. It's interesting to note the differences and how little things like the echoes in "Moonage Daydream" or the high note in "Wild Eyed Boy" are striking in their absence. Nonetheless, this is a mandatory purchase for Bowie fans, this truly is a remix worthy of the purchase price.

Spectacular sound, great performance

This new mix of Bowie's legendary "farewell" concert in 1973 is in every way an improvement on the Rykodisc release. I originally owned the album on a two-record vinyl LP set, and for the first time, it sounds like a concert rather than a live recording. The balance between the ambient noise of the crowd and the performance is much more realistic, the bass and piano have more punch, the guitar is jackhammer solid, and Bowie's vocals sound better than ever.

In contrast to previous audio releases on vinyl and CD, this contains the soundtrack as presented in the film. The original 2-disc vinyl release, and subsequent CD reissues, not only have a mix that's markedly different from what you hear in the movie, but some of the performances are different. For example:

In the older issues, on "Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud" Bowie hits a spectacular high note on the last word ("free") and holds it for several seconds as the band segues into "All the Young Dudes". It's a spine tingling moment, one of the high points of the recording... but it's not here --- and it's not in the movie. Bowie sings an ordinary low note at the transition.

I saw the movie in a theater and again on VHS and laserdisc, and recently watched the new DVD release. I'd forgotten how strong these differences were! Some of them can be attributed to the difference in the mix, but others must have been taken from a previous performance.

This new mix is a dramatic improvement in every way; but I'm going to hang on to my old Ryko CD; I miss that high note. It
really makes a difference!

Vastly improved Visconti mix

If you are putting off buying this because you have heard previous versions (on vinyl or CD), wait no longer. This release features incredible sound in comparison to earlier versions. Thanks to Tony Visconti for cleaning things up so nicely.

This disc is worth having for The wild-Eyed Boy From Freecloud/All the Young Dudes Medley alone.

A must for any Bowie fan! Only the continued absence of The Jean Genie featuring Jeff Beck keeps this from being a perfect Five.