Product Details

* Audio CD (April 1, 2003)
* Original Release Date: 1973
* Number of Discs: 2
* Format: Limited Edition, Live, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
* Label: Virgin Records
* ASIN: B00007MF8Y
* Average Customer Review: based on 7 reviews. (Write a review.)
* Amazon.com Sales Rank: #64,474 in Music (See Top Sellers in Music)
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Disc: 1 Windows Media RealOne Player
1. Intro Listen Listen
2. Hang On To Yourself Listen Listen
3. Ziggy Stardust Listen Listen
4. Watch THat Man Listen Listen
5. Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud Listen Listen
6. All The young Dudes Listen Listen
7. Oh! You Pretty Things Listen Listen
8. Moonage Daydream Listen Listen
9. Changes Listen Listen
10. Space Oddity Listen Listen
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Disc: 2 Windows Media RealOne Player
1. Intro Listen Listen
2. Cracked Actor Listen Listen
3. Time Listen Listen
4. The Width Of A Circle Listen Listen
5. Let's Spend The Night Together Listen Listen
6. Suffragette City Listen Listen
7. White Light/White Heat Listen Listen
8. Farewell Speech Listen Listen
9. Rock 'N' Roll Suicide Listen Listen
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
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

Product Description
30th anniversary 2 CD special edition! Digitally remastered glam-rock classic features David Bowie as his gender-bending alter-ego Ziggy Stardust, in this final performance given at London's Hammersmith Odeon in 1973. Limited edition digi-box packaging includes a silkscreen printed clear O-card (slipcase) as well as a pull out poster & mock ticket. Virgin. 2003.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
Spectacular sound, great performance, April 13, 2003
Reviewer: C. S. Junker "soul_survivor" (Burien, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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!

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WOW, October 28, 2005
Reviewer: Kubrickz "Kubrickz" (Dearborn Heights, MI United States) - See all my reviews
Great CD

Possibly one of the best Live recordings ever.

Both discs are fantastic.

Worth the money ( )