Conversation Piece

In recent years, I have been digging into the DB vaults of previously unreleased material and 'official' bootlegs. I have also heard many remastered editions of a number of artists, some okay, some great. This collection is no ordinary remaster.The book is beautiful and provides a history of his late sixties career. Included is personal correspondence between DB, his manager and record labels. I was really happy to read the notes by Tony Visconti. The book is a time capsule and dives deeply into his early career.The 5 CDs of music, remastered by Tony Visconti, are simply stunning. He's manages to pull elements out of the original tapes that provide a whole new depth. This is not a remaster where things are added or elements changed, but rather adds clarity that wasn't possible or even imagined in 1968. The collection itself, is a treasure. Yes, there is some repetition, but the newly mined material introduced me to songs and versions that I've never heard. The full album of David Bowie (Space Oddity), now 52 years old, pulled me right in. It just so happened that this purchase coincided with my new Audiolab 6000 CD transport.Conversation Piece was obviously put together with great care. It feels like a gift to his fans.

If you like Bowie...then you'll like this collection. Plenty of songs and versions of songs I've never heard before.

An in-depth peek at Bowie becoming a star. Great liner notes and sound quality.

I'm really happy to have this wonderful boxset, but the first Mercury LP is not my favorite Bowie period. The demos are nifty, as are the album remix. Bowie sure did like "When I'm Five", 'cause he recorded is many times! (Why did they leave off "Don't Sit Down" on the remix?)I hope they do the same job for "Man Who Sold The World", which should been expanded to include demos and the original "Holy Holy" in stereo!

I'm almost sure there was an article that said that Bowie didn't want these box sets.Anyways this is a 5 CD set from Bowie's early day featuring two different versions of the Space Oddity album plus very early demos, alternate versions and appearances at various BBC shows.Some of these were previously released on vinyl only box sets like the "Mercury Demos".What I dislike is the extra "fluff" in these box sets. I would of easily settled for the CDs and a small booklet detailing the tracks. I'm not a fan of pictures and images of the various single releases from who knows where. That and this extra stuff probably doubles the price.

La había escuchado en la red por lo que decidí comprarlo, en verdad me sorprendió el tamaño del libro, coloquenlo en un librero! Y eso hace que tenga el precio alto, aunque opino que tan solo los 3 primeros discos debieron ser suficientes para la compilación siendo los 2 últimos unos buenos extras, pero nada más. Me siento contento con la compra, sobre todo con la oferta que llegó en el momento oportuno, ya solo falta divine simmetry

Pour offrir, personne, très contente de cet achat

Questo cofanetto è la gioia per un fan e collezionista. E' contenuta nei dischetti tutta le genesi e l'evoluzione di Bowie nel 1968 che ha portato poi all'incisione di Space Oddity. I demo sono rivelatori e illuminanti di questo percorso artistico, molti brani assolutamente inediti e mai sentiti prima, alcuni demo davvero belli.Poi c'è la versione remissata da Tony Visconti dell'album "Space Oddity" che secondo me, a livello sonoro, è davvero ben fatto.

Teuer, aber auch hochwertig. Das Material ist ja schon auf Vinyl erschienen, hier jetzt nochmal kompakt auf CD. Besonders gelungen ist aber das eingearbeite Buch mit tollen, auch unbekannten Fotos. Ich war sehr positiv überrascht! Der 2019 er Mix von Tony Visconti ist superb.