Star (David Bowie Song) - Compact Disc Releases

Compact Disc Releases

Ziggy Stardust was first released on CD in November 1984 by RCA. The digital master recording was made from the equalised master tapes used for the LP release.

1990 Rykodisc/EMI

Dr. Toby Mountain at Northeastern Digital Recording|Northeastern Digital, Southborough, Massachusetts, remastered Ziggy from the original master tapes for Rykodisc, who released it with five bonus tracks:

12. "John, I'm Only Dancing" (Previously unreleased mix) – 2:43
13. "Velvet Goldmine" (Single B-side from the 1975 RCA re-release of "Space Oddity; original recording from the The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars sessions, 1971) – 3:09
14. "Sweet Head" (Previously unreleased outtake) – 4:14
15. "Ziggy Stardust" (Demo) – 3:35
16. "Lady Stardust" (Demo) – 3:35

1999 EMI/Virgin

The album was remastered by Peter Mew at Abbey Road Studios and released on 6 September 1999 by EMI without bonus material – the same track listing as the original LP and 1984 CD release.

2002 EMI/Virgin

On 16 July 2002, a 2-disc version was released by EMI/Virgin. The first in a series of 30th Anniversary 2CD Editions, this release included a newly-remastered version as its first CD. The remaster on this edition reverses the left and right stereo channels on the first disc and many of the songs have been edited. Among other things, the three-note bridge between "Ziggy Stardust" and "Suffragette City", and the count-in to "Hang on to Yourself" are missing.

The second disc contains twelve tracks, most of which had been previously released on CD as bonus tracks of the 1990–92 reissues. "Sweet Head" is the same version as on the 1990 reissue, but with extended studio banter in the beginning. The new mix of "Moonage Daydream" was originally done for a 1998 Dunlop television commercial. The bonus tracks:

1. "Moonage Daydream" (Arnold Corns version) – 3:53
2. "Hang on to Yourself" (Arnold Corns version) – 2:55
3. "Lady Stardust" (Demo) – 3:34
4. "Ziggy Stardust" (Demo) – 3:38
5. "John, I'm Only Dancing" – 2:49
6. "Velvet Goldmine" – 3:14
7. "Holy Holy" (1972 re-recording) – 2:26
8. "Amsterdam" (Jacques Brel, Mort Shuman) – 3:25
9. "The Supermen" (Alternate version, recorded for the Glastonbury Fayre in 1971, originally released on Glastonbury Fayre Revelations – A Musical Anthology, 1972 and on CD on 1990's Rykodisc/EMI Hunky Dory) – 2:41
10. "Round and Round" (Chuck Berry) – 2:44
11. "Sweet Head" – 4:53
12. "Moonage Daydream" (New mix) – 4:47

All tracks written by David Bowie, except as noted.

At the same time, a hybrid SACD version was released, which includes high resolution stereo and 5.1 mixes.

Personnel (only on tracks where it differs from album)

• David Bowie – vocals (tracks 1, 2), guitar (tracks 1, 2 and 4,) piano (tracks 1-3)
• Freddi Burretti – vocals (tracks 1, 2)
• Peter De Somogyl – bass guitar (tracks 1, 2)
• Mark Carr Pritchard – guitar (tracks 1, 2)
• Tim Broadbent – drums (tracks 1, 2)
• Lindsay Scott – violin (track 5)

2012 EMI/Virgin

On 4 June 2012, a "40th Anniversary Edition" was released by EMI/Virgin. This edition has been remastered by original Trident Studios' engineer Ray Staff (at London's Air Studios).

It is available on CD and a special, limited edition format of vinyl featuring the new 2012 remaster with a 5.1 mix and high resolution audio on DVD, including previously unreleased 5.1 and stereo bonus 2003 Ken Scott mixes of Moonage Daydream (instrumental), The Supermen, Velvet Goldmine and Sweet Head.