David Bowie’s Space Oddity A Redux, Station to Station Albums To Be Reissued

“This is Bowie to Bowie” is a line from a Flight of the Conchords song in which they paid tribute to the superstar.

Well, now all David Bowie fans can celebrate the the musician with reissues of Space Oddity and Station to Station!

It’s been 40 years since the release of the mishmash of folk and progressive rock called Space Oddity and it makes perfect sense for Virgin/EMI to release it as a deluxe reissue. According to P4k, this redux includes: a two-disc version of the record, complete with unreleased demos, radio sessions, and several alternative album mixes. The glorious collection will be available on  2-CD set, 180-gram limited edition vinyl, and as a download starting November 3rd.

As if THAT weren’t enough for Bowie fans to get deliriously giddy, there is also news of a Station to Station reissue. The album is known for its development of Bowie’s taste for funk and soul. This trend can also be heard later during the “Berlin-trilogy” era with Brian Eno. Station to Station will become a 4-CD reissue next year making it 34 years since its original release. Although we’re not sure why it’s only on CD and not on vinyl as well, The Thin White Duke’s website states that it is “Due in the first half of 2010.”

The first CD will be the original record now in stereo sound, the second CD will be the original record in 5.1 DVD surround sound, and the spanning across the third and fourth CDs will be the recording of the March 23, 1976 Bowie show at Long Island’s Nassau Coliseum (which was already popular on the internet to begin with). Harry Maslin is responsible for the mixing on these last two CDS, and it’s definitely worth to hear the famed 15-song set in a higher quality.

So, all you freaks who love the freakiest of them all, check out the tracklists for both the Space Oddity Redux and Station to Station Reissue below!

Space Oddity: 40th Anniversary Special Edition:

CD 1

1. Space Oddity
2. Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed
3. Letter to Hermione
4. Cygnet Committee
5. Janine
6. An Occasional Dream
7. Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud
8. God Knows I’m Good
9. Memory of a Free Festival

CD 2

1. Space Oddity (demo) *
2. An Occasional Dream (demo) *
3. Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud (alternate version)
4. Let Me Sleep Beside You (BBC Radio session)
5. Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed (BBC Radio session) *
6. Janine (BBC Radio session)
7. London Bye Ta-Ta (stereo version)
8. The Prettiest Star (stereo version)
9. Conversation Piece (stereo version) *
10. Memory of a Free Festival (Part 1)
11. Memory of a Free Festival (Part 2)
12. Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud (alternate album mix) *
13. Memory of a Free Festival (alternate album mix) *
14. London Bye Ta-Ta (alternate stereo mix) *
15. Ragazzo Solo, Ragazza Sola (full-length stereo version) *

* previously unreleased

Station to Station Special Edition:

CD 1

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

CD 2: DVD (5.1 surround sound)

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

CD 3 and CD 4: (Live Nassau 1976)

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