David Bowie – Space Oddity
Tracklist
| A1 | Space Oddity | 5:15 | |
| A2 | Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed | 6:09 | |
| A3 | Letter To Hermione | 2:28 | |
| A4 | Cygnet Committee | 9:33 | |
| B1 | Janine | 3:18 | |
| B2 | An Occasional Dream | 2:51 | |
| B3 | The Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud | 4:45 | |
| B4 | God Knows I'm Good | 3:13 | |
| B5 | Memory Of A Free Festival | 7:05 |
Companies, etc.
- Record Company – RCA Corporation
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – RCA Records
- Copyright © – RCA Records
- Recorded At – Trident Studios
- Pressed By – RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis
- Published By – Essex Music International Ltd.
- Copyright © – Essex Music International Ltd.
- Published By – Tro-Andover Music, Inc.
- Copyright © – Tro-Andover Music, Inc.
- Published By – Vaudeville Music, Ltd.
- Copyright © – Vaudeville Music, Ltd.
Credits
- Arranged By – David Bowie (tracks: A2 to B5), Tony Visconti (tracks: A2 to B5)
- Bass Guitar – Herbie Flowers, Honk (3), Tony Visconti
- Cello – Paul Buckmaster
- Drums – John Cambridge, Terry Cox
- Engineer – Barry Sheffield, Ken Scott, Malcolm Toft
- Flute, Recorder – Tim Renwick, Tony Visconti
- Guitar – Keith Christmas, Mick Wayne, Tim Renwick
- Harmonica – Benny Marshall And Friends
- Mellotron, Electric Harpsichord – Rick Wakeman
- Producer – Tony Visconti (tracks: A2 to B5)
- Twelve-String Guitar, Stylophone, Kalimba, Organ [Rosedale Electric Chord] – David Bowie
- Written-By [All Selections] – David Bowie
Notes
RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis, first pressing, identified by a serifed "I" stamped in runouts. Remainder of runouts stamped.
Orange RCA Victor "dynaflex" labels. RCA logo on jacket.
Issued with a magenta-colored printed inner sleeve with lyrics and photo.
Initial copies came with a full-color poster and a white-on-black sticker on the front stating "David Bowie Poster Enclosed".
Promotional copies have a rectangular approximately 4"×6" sticker marked "PROMOTIONAL ALBUM - NOT FOR SALE" with titles and song timings.
Back sleeve shows the timing for track A2 as 6:55, but the RCA reissues used a shortened 6:09 version (without the "Yeah yeah baby yeah..." coda). The promo sticker timing is shown correctly as 6:09.
Some copies of this release were imported to the UK with a sticker on the back cover:
"Specially imported by RCA RECORDS LTD.
Under licence from and on payment of royalty to the British copyright owners concerned"
On back cover:
Recorded in 1969
On front cover:
Previously released as "Man of Words, Man of Music" on Mercury SR61246
℗ 1972 RCA Records
© 1972 RCA Records
Produced Courtesy of Straight Ahead Productions
Recorded at Trident Studios, London, England
David Bowie - A Mainman Artist
Track publishers from inner sleeve:
A1, A2, B3: © Copyright 1969 Essex Music International Ltd., London and Tro-Andover Music Inc., New York.
A3, A4, B1, B2, B4: © Copyright 1972 Vaudeville Music Ltd.
B5: © Copyright 1970 Essex Music International Ltd., London and Tro-Andover Music Inc., New York.
Orange RCA Victor "dynaflex" labels. RCA logo on jacket.
Issued with a magenta-colored printed inner sleeve with lyrics and photo.
Initial copies came with a full-color poster and a white-on-black sticker on the front stating "David Bowie Poster Enclosed".
Promotional copies have a rectangular approximately 4"×6" sticker marked "PROMOTIONAL ALBUM - NOT FOR SALE" with titles and song timings.
Back sleeve shows the timing for track A2 as 6:55, but the RCA reissues used a shortened 6:09 version (without the "Yeah yeah baby yeah..." coda). The promo sticker timing is shown correctly as 6:09.
Some copies of this release were imported to the UK with a sticker on the back cover:
"Specially imported by RCA RECORDS LTD.
Under licence from and on payment of royalty to the British copyright owners concerned"
On back cover:
Recorded in 1969
On front cover:
Previously released as "Man of Words, Man of Music" on Mercury SR61246
℗ 1972 RCA Records
© 1972 RCA Records
Produced Courtesy of Straight Ahead Productions
Recorded at Trident Studios, London, England
David Bowie - A Mainman Artist
Track publishers from inner sleeve:
A1, A2, B3: © Copyright 1969 Essex Music International Ltd., London and Tro-Andover Music Inc., New York.
A3, A4, B1, B2, B4: © Copyright 1972 Vaudeville Music Ltd.
B5: © Copyright 1970 Essex Music International Ltd., London and Tro-Andover Music Inc., New York.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Pressing Plant ID (Stamped in runouts): I
- Rights Society (A1, A2, B3, B5): ASCAP
- Rights Society (A3 to B2, B4): BMI
- Price Code (On spine): 0598
- Matrix / Runout (Side A label): BPRS-4501
- Matrix / Runout (Side B label): BPRS-4502
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 1): BPRS 4501 2S I A2
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 1): BPRS 4502 2S A2 I
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 2): BPRS 4501 4S I A1
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 2): BPRS 4502 2S A2 I
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 3): BPRS 4501 4S I A6
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 3): BPRS 4502 2S I B3
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 4): BPRS 4501 4S I - A1
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 4): BPRS 4502 2S A5 I -
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 5): BPRS 4501 4S I C5
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 5): BPRS 4502 2S 5B - I
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 6): BPRS 4501 4S I - A1
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 6): BPRS 4502 2S I - A3
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 7): BPRS 4501 4S A4 I
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 7): BPRS 4502 2S I B1
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