David BowieConversation Piece

Label:

Parlophone – 0190295389291

Format:

Box Set
CD , Compilation, Remastered, Mono
CD , Compilation, Remastered, Mono
CD , Compilation, Remastered, Mono
CD , Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo , 1969 Mixes
CD , Album, Stereo , 2019 Mixes

Country:

Worldwide

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Pop Rock

Tracklist

Home Demos
1-1 April's Tooth Of Gold 2:31
1-2 The Reverend Raymond Brown (Attends The Garden Fête On Thatchwick Green) 2:15
1-3 When I'm Five 3:18
1-4 Mother Grey 3:00
1-5 In The Heat Of The Morning 2:59
1-6 Goodbye 3d (Threepenny) Joe 3:19
1-7 Love All Around 2:49
1-8 London Bye, Ta-Ta 3:30
1-9 Angel Angel Grubby Face (Version 1) 2:31
1-10 Angel Angel Grubby Face (Version 2) 2:37
1-11 Animal Farm 2:22
1-12 Space Oddity (Solo Demo Fragment) 2:39
1-13 Space Oddity (Version 1)
Featuring [With]John 'Hutch' Hutchinson*
4:02
1-14 Space Oddity (Version 2)
Featuring [With]John 'Hutch' Hutchinson*
5:01
1-15 Space Oddity (Version 3)
Featuring [With]John 'Hutch' Hutchinson*
5:10
1-16 Lover To The Dawn
Featuring [With]John 'Hutch' Hutchinson*
3:50
1-17 Ching-a-Ling
Featuring [With]John 'Hutch' Hutchinson*
2:58
1-18 An Occasional Dream
Featuring [With]John 'Hutch' Hutchinson*
2:50
1-19 Let Me Sleep Beside You
Featuring [With]John 'Hutch' Hutchinson*
2:54
1-20 Life Is A Circus
Featuring [With]John 'Hutch' Hutchinson*
4:50
1-21 Conversation Piece 3:49
1-22 Jerusalem 4:20
1-23 Hole In The Ground
Featuring [With]George Underwood
3:29
The 'Mercury' Demos
2-1 Space Oddity
Featuring [With]John 'Hutch' Hutchinson*
5:28
2-2 Janine
Featuring [With]John 'Hutch' Hutchinson*
3:53
2-3 An Occasional Dream
Featuring [With]John 'Hutch' Hutchinson*
3:18
2-4 Conversation Piece
Featuring [With]John 'Hutch' Hutchinson*
3:31
2-5 Ching-a-Ling
Featuring [With]John 'Hutch' Hutchinson*
3:35
2-6 I'm Not Quite (aka Letter To Hermione)
Featuring [With]John 'Hutch' Hutchinson*
4:00
2-7 Lover To The Dawn
Featuring [With]John 'Hutch' Hutchinson*
5:01
2-8 Love Song
Featuring [With]John 'Hutch' Hutchinson*
4:08
2-9 When I'm Five
Featuring [With]John 'Hutch' Hutchinson*
3:13
2-10 Life Is A Circus
Featuring [With]John 'Hutch' Hutchinson*
5:33
Conversation Pieces
3-1 In The Heat Of The Morning (Decca Mono Version) 2:53
3-2 London Bye, Ta-Ta (Decca Alternative Version) 2:36
BBC Top Gear Radio Session, Recorded 13th May, 1968
3-3 In The Heat Of The Morning
Featuring [With]The Tony Visconti Orchestra
3:01
3-4 London Bye, Ta-Ta
Featuring [With]The Tony Visconti Orchestra
2:39
3-5 Karma Man
Featuring [With]The Tony Visconti Orchestra
3:07
3-6 When I'm Five
Featuring [With]The Tony Visconti Orchestra
3:14
3-7 Silly Boy Blue
Featuring [With]The Tony Visconti Orchestra
4:32
Conversation Pieces
3-8 Ching-a-Ling 2:51
3-9 Space Oddity (Morgan Studios Version – Alternative Take)
Featuring [With]John 'Hutch' Hutchinson*
4:22
3-10 Space Oddity (U.K. Single Edit) 4:42
3-11 Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud (Single B-side – Mono Mix) 4:54
3-12 Janine (Mono Mix) 3:22
3-13 Conversation Piece 3:07
BBC Dave Lee Travis Show Radio Session, Recorded 20th October, 1969
3-14 Let Me Sleep Beside You 3:20
3-15 Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed 4:04
3-16 Janine 3:03
The David Bowie (aka Space Oddity) Album
4-1 Space Oddity 5:14
4-2 Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed (Inc. Don't Sit Down) 6:51
4-3 Letter To Hermione 2:32
4-4 Cygnet Committee 9:31
4-5 Janine 3:21
4-6 An Occasional Dream 2:54
4-7 Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud 4:46
4-8 God Knows I'm Good 3:17
4-9 Memory Of A Free Festival 7:09
The Extras
4-10 Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud (Single B-side Stereo Mix) 4:56
4-11 Letter To Hermione (Early Mix) 2:32
4-12 Janine (Early Mix) 3:23
4-13 An Occasional Dream (Early Mix) 2:54
4-14 Ragazzo Solo, Ragazza Sola (Full Length Version) 5:14
The Space Oddity Album
5-1 Space Oddity 5:20
5-2 Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed 6:18
5-3 Letter To Hermione 2:32
5-4 Cygnet Committee 9:28
5-5 Janine 3:21
5-6 An Occasional Dream 2:57
5-7 Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud 4:50
5-8 Conversation Piece 3:11
5-9 God Knows I'm Good 3:16
5-10 Memory Of A Free Festival 7:14
The Extras
5-11 Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud (Single Version) 4:59
5-12 Ragazzo Solo, Ragazza Sola 5:20

Companies, etc.

  • Record CompanyWarner Music Group
  • Licensed ToParlophone Records Ltd.
  • Licensed FromUniversal Music Operations Ltd.
  • Licensed FromBBC Studios
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Co., LLC
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Universal Music Operations Ltd.
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Decca Music Group Limited
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗BBC
  • Copyright ©Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Co., LLC
  • Copyright ©Parlophone Records Ltd.
  • Copyright ©David Bebbington
  • Copyright ©Avalon Licensing
  • Copyright ©Kenneth Pitt Limited
  • Copyright ©Tony Visconti
  • Copyright ©Ray Stevenson
  • Copyright ©The David Bowie Archive
  • Copyright ©Vernon Dewhurst
  • Copyright ©Alec Byrne
  • Copyright ©Eyevine
  • Copyright ©RTÉ Archives
  • Copyright ©Alamy
  • Published ByWestminster Music Ltd.
  • Published ByOnward Music Ltd.
  • Published ByTintoretto Music
  • Published ByRZO Music, Inc.
  • Published ByRZO Music Ltd.
  • Published ByTRO-Essex Music International, Inc.
  • Published ByScreen Gems-EMI Music Inc.
  • Published ByEMI Music Publishing Ltd.
  • Published ByBMG Blue
  • Published ByChrysalis Music Ltd.
  • Published ByBunnoven Publishing
  • Published ByCarbert Music, Inc.
  • Published ByCarlin Music Corp.
  • Published ByConcord Songs Limited
  • Published ByEmbassy Music Corp.
  • Published ByHollis Music, Inc.
  • Published BySparta Florida Music Group Ltd.
  • Recorded AtHaddon Hall, Beckenham
  • Recorded AtDecca Studios
  • Recorded AtPiccadilly Studios
  • Recorded AtTrident Studios
  • Recorded AtMorgan Studios
  • Recorded AtStudio #2, Aeolian Hall
  • Mixed AtTrident Studios
  • Mixed AtHuman Worldwide Studios
  • Mastered AtAIR Mastering
  • Mastered AtAbbey Road Studios
  • Designed AtGas Associates

Credits

  • 12-String Acoustic GuitarDavid Bowie (tracks: 3-10, 3-12, 3-13, 4-1 to 4-9, 4-11 to 5-10, 5-12)
  • Acoustic GuitarKeith Christmas (tracks: 3-12, 3-13, 4-2 to 4-9, 4-11 to 4-13, 5-2 to 5-10)
  • Arco BassPaul Buckmaster (tracks: 3-11, 4-7, 4-10, 5-7, 5-11)
  • Arranged ByTony Visconti (tracks: 3-1, 3-2, 3-8, 3-12, 3-13, 4-2 to 4-9, 4-11 to 4-13, 5-2 to 5-10)
  • Backing VocalsTony Woollcott (tracks: 4-9, 5-10)
  • BassTony Visconti (tracks: 3-1, 3-2, 3-8, 3-12, 3-13, 4-2 to 4-9, 4-11 to 4-13, 5-2 to 5-10)
  • DesignScott Minshall
  • DrumsTerry Cox (tracks: 3-10, 4-1, 4-14, 5-1, 5-12)
  • Electric Organ [Hammond]Alan Hawkshaw (tracks: 3-1, 3-2)
  • Electric Organ [Hammond], Mellotron, FluteColin Wood (2) (tracks: 3-9)
  • EngineerPete Ritzema (tracks: 3-3 to 3-7, 3-14 to 3-16)
  • GuitarMick Wayne (tracks: 3-1, 3-2, 3-10, 3-12 to 4-9, 4-11 to 5-10, 5-12)
  • Guitar, Flute, RecorderTim Renwick (tracks: 3-12, 3-13, 4-2 to 4-9, 4-11 to 4-13, 5-2 to 5-10)
  • HarmonicaBenny Marshall And Friends (tracks: 3-12, 3-13, 4-2 to 4-9, 4-11 to 4-13, 5-2 to 5-10)
  • Image EditorGavin O'Neill (2)
  • Instruments [All]David Bowie (tracks: 1-1 to 1-12)
  • Kalimba, Electric Organ [Rosendale]David Bowie (tracks: 3-10, 3-12, 3-13, 4-2 to 4-9, 4-11 to 4-13, 5-2 to 5-10)
  • KeyboardsAlan Hawkshaw (tracks: 3-3 to 3-7)
  • Liner NotesVernon Dewhurst
  • Liner Notes [Home Demos]Tris Penna*
  • Liner Notes [The 'Mercury' Demos]Mark Adams (10)
  • Lyrics ByMogul* (tracks: 4-14, 5-12)
  • Mastered ByTris Penna* (tracks: 4-1 to 4-14)
  • MellotronRick Wakeman (tracks: 3-10, 4-1, 4-14, 5-1, 5-12)
  • Mixed ByTony Visconti (tracks: 5-1 to 5-12)
  • Mixed By [Stereo]Tris Penna* (tracks: 4-14)
  • Music ByDavid Bowie (tracks: 4-14, 5-12)
  • Photography ByVernon Dewhurst
  • ProducerTony Visconti (tracks: 3-1, 3-2, 3-8, 3-12, 3-13, 4-2 to 4-9, 4-11 to 4-13, 5-2 to 5-10)
  • Recorded ByKen Scott (tracks: 3-12, 3-13, 4-1 to 4-9, 4-11 to 4-13, 5-1 to 5-10)
  • Reissue Producer [RZO Music]Aisha Cohen
  • Reissue Producer [Warner Music]Nigel Reeve
  • Restoration [Audio]Andy Walter* (tracks: 1-1 to 1-23)
  • Rhythm GuitarTim Renwick (tracks: 3-14 to 3-16)
  • StylophoneDavid Bowie (tracks: 1-13 to 1-15, 2-1 to 2-10, 3-9, 3-10, 3-12, 3-13, 4-1, 4-9, 4-11 to 5-10, 5-12)
  • Transferred By [Tape]Sean Brennan (2) (tracks: 1-1 to 2-10)
  • VocalsDavid Bowie
  • Vocals, GuitarJohn 'Hutch' Hutchinson* (tracks: 1-13 to 1-20, 2-1 to 2-10, 3-8, 3-9)
  • Written-ByRoger Bunn (tracks: 1-20)

Notes

The box set includes 12 previously unreleased tracks/demos and is accompanied by a 120 page hardback book.
Disc 5 is 2019 remix carried out by Tony Visconti.

CD1 all tracks ℗ 2019 except tracks 4 – 10, 12 and 13 ℗ 2018 and 15 and 18 originally ℗ 2009, remaster ℗ 2019 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Ltd.

CD2 ℗ 2019 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Ltd.

CD3 track 1 ℗ 1968 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Universal Music Operations Ltd., track 2 ℗ 1968 and track 8 ℗ 1992 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Decca Music Group Ltd., Licensed courtesy of Universal Music Operations Ltd., tracks 3 – 7 ℗ 1968 and tracks 14 – 16 ℗ 1969 BBC, Licensed courtesy of BBC Studios, track 9 ℗ 2019 and tracks 10 – 12 originally ℗ 1969 and track 13 originally ℗ 1970, remaster ℗ 2015 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Ltd.

CD4 tracks 1 – 9 originally ℗ 1969, remaster ℗ 2009, track 10 originally ℗ 1969, remaster ℗ 2019, track 14 ℗ 1970, remaster ℗ 2015 and tracks 11 – 13 ℗ 2019 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Ltd.

CD5 ℗ 2019 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Ltd.

℗ 2019 The copyright in this compilation is owned by Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Ltd.
© 2019 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC.
© 2019 Parlophone Records Ltd.
A Warner Music Group Company.

Made in the EU.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Scanned): 190295389291
  • Label Code: LC0349
  • Rights Society: GEMA/MS
  • Rights Society: BMI
  • Rights Society: ASCAP
  • Other (CD1 catalog number): 0190295389291 – 1
  • Matrix / Runout (CD1): || 0190295389291 CD1 56894 ||
  • Mastering SID Code (CD1): IFPI LN13
  • Mould SID Code (CD1): IFPI 3705
  • Other (CD2 catalog number): 0190295389291 – 2
  • Matrix / Runout (CD2): || 0190295389291 CD2 56895 ||
  • Mastering SID Code (CD2): IFPI LN13
  • Mould SID Code (CD2): IFPI 3722
  • Other (CD3 catalog number): 0190295389291 – 3
  • Matrix / Runout (CD3): || 0190295389291 CD3 56896 ||
  • Mastering SID Code (CD3): IFPI LN13
  • Mould SID Code (CD3): IFPI 3705
  • Other (CD4 catalog number): 0190295389291 – 4
  • Matrix / Runout (CD4): || 0190295389291 CD4 56897 ||
  • Mastering SID Code (CD4): IFPI LN13
  • Mould SID Code (CD4): IFPI 3722
  • Other (CD5 catalog number): 0190295389291 – 5
  • Matrix / Runout (CD5): || 0190295389291 CD5 56898 ||
  • Mastering SID Code (CD5): IFPI LN13
  • Mould SID Code (CD5): IFPI 3722

Other Versions (3)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
New Submission
Conversation Piece (23×File, MP3, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered, 256kbps, 10×File, MP3, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered, 256 kbps, 16×File, MP3, Compilation, Remastered, 256 kbps, 14×File, MP3, Album, Reissue, Remastered, 256 kbps, 12×File, MP3, Album, Remastered, 256 kbps) Parlophone none US 2019
New Submission
Conversation Piece = カンヴァセーション・ピース (Box Set, , CD, Compilation, Remastered, Mono, CD, Compilation, Remastered, Mono, CD, Compilation, Remastered, Mono, CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, CD, Album, Stereo, 2019 Mix) Parlophone WPCR-18294/8, DB 6869, 0190295389291 Japan 2019
New Submission
Conversation Piece (75×File, AIFF, Album) Parlophone none 2019

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  • Ralph.Furley's avatar
    Ralph.Furley
    Must own for any Bowie fan. Was on the fence for it......what the hell was I thinking. GET IT!
    • jai23's avatar
      jai23
      Haven't played it yet, what do people think about the content?

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