This reflected what was to come, as Rykodisc reissued Bowie’s catalog in stages, from 1990 to 1992, with most (but not all) albums containing previously unreleased outtakes and demos. What is significant is that amongst the well known tracks such as Young Americans and Changes, Sound+Vision also included eight previously unreleased tracks and some rare single mixes. After Today Issued on the Sound+Vision box set and never issued on any Young Americans CD, including the 1991 Ryko and the most recent EMI deluxe reissue from 2007, this is a classic slice of Bowie’s ‘plastic’ soul which by all accounts would have made the album were it not for Bowie writing Fame with John Lennon and Carlos Alomar and then deciding to.Īs well as three CDs, it also featured an additional CDV (CD Video – now obsolete) containing a further 3 audio tracks along with the video to Ashes to Ashes. As a teaser for this campaign, Rykodisc issued a lavish 50-track Box Set called Sound+Vision which contained around three or four tracks from each Bowie album from the reissue campaign.ĭavid Bowie - Bowie at the Beeb - The Best of the BBC Radio Sessions 68-72 + Bonus Disc (BBC Radio Theatre, 27 June 2000) - 2000, 3CD, Size 1.2 GB. The whole reissue campaign would go on to win widespread acclaim for the quality of the packaging and the care and thought that went into the track listings and remastering. The label’s presence wasn’t strong outside North America so EMI handled the rest of the world –Rykodisc would send them the art and the masters and EMI would simply add their logos. Everything from 1969’s Space Oddity to 1980’s Scary Monsters would be reissued, with Rykodisc responsible for producing all the new packaging and artwork and remastering the entire catalog. It was early 1989, and small US label Rykodisc had stunned industry competition by securing the rights to reissue the RCA-era David Bowie catalog.

If that wasn’t enough, it also contained original artwork, including the hand painted photo used on the cover of Ziggy Stardust. For inside this bunker was David Bowie’s tape library (masters, multi-tracks etc) from the 1970s. They had wandered around a jail-like New Jersey storage facility (without climate control) anticipating this moment.

Despite multiple reissue campaigns, some David Bowie gems remain out of print – here’s ten of the best A group of men walked past stacks of dusty master tapes gathering in hallways, and found the concrete cell they were looking for.

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