Rock'N'Roll Star!

David Bowie's "Rock'N'Roll Star!", containing 29 unreleased tracks, covers early songwriting demos, recordings from David’s band, The Arnold Corns, rehearsals at Bowie’s then home, Haddon Hall, BBC sessions, singles, live performances, plus outtakes and alternative versions from the original album recording sessions, which have been newly mixed by original album producer, Ken Scott.

Unreleased highlights include an alternative version of "Lady Stardust", an unheard version of the deep cut classic "Shadow Man" and an up tempo take of The Who’s "I Can’t Explain", which he would later slow down and cover for the "Pin Ups" album.

The audio only BluRay disc features the definitive 2012 remaster of the original "Ziggy Stardust" album, plus the album and additional mixes from 2003, as well as singles, outtakes and alternative versions.

The BluRay also includes a version of the "Ziggy Stardust" album called "Waiting In The Sky (Before The Starman Came To Earth)" taken from Trident Studio tapes dated December 15th, 1971, which features an alternative running order and 4 songs that didn’t make the final album.

In addition, there is a 1 LP version of "Rock'N'Roll Star!" compiling the alternative takes and mixes.

"Rock'N'Roll Star!" also contains 2 books. The 1st is an extensive 112 page book with detailed liner notes, memorabilia, contemporary reviews and articles, rare photographs from Barrie Wentzel, Michael Putland, Mick Rock, Sukita and Alec Byrne, as well as brand new notes and interviews with Ken Scott, Mark Carr Pritchett and David’s plugger from the time, Anya Wilson. Accompanying the main book is a 36 page compiled reproduction of David’s personal Ziggy Stardust era notebooks.

Parlophone Label Group and Warner Music, June 14th, 2024.