Quintessential David Bowie in High-Grade Analog: Five Years 1969-1973 Box Set Includes Six Studio Albums, Two Live Sets, Exclusive Compilation, and 84-Page Book

Celebrate the legacy of one of music’s most restless innovators with the quintessential Five Years 1969-1973 10 album/13-piece 180g vinyl set, the first in a planned series of box sets spanning David Bowie’s career. Featuring all of the material officially released during the nascent stage of his career from 1969 to 1973, it includes: David Bowie AKA Space Oddity,The Man Who Sold the World, Hunky Dory, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, Aladdin Sane, PinUps, Live Santa Monica ‘72 and Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture Soundtrack. A new two-disc compilation of non-album singles, single versions, and B-sides called Re:Call 1 is exclusive to the box. It features a previously unreleased single edit of “All The Madmen,” which was originally set for a U.S. release but was never actually released. Also included is the original version of “Holy Holy,” only released on the original 1971 Mercury single and unavailable on any release since.

Also exclusive to all versions of Five Years 1969–1973 is a 2003 stereo remix of The Rise and Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars by the album’s original co-producer Ken Scott, previously only available on DVD with the LP/DVD format of the 40th anniversary edition of the album. The box set’s accompanying 84-page book features rarely seen photos as well as technical notes about each album from producers Tony Visconti and Ken Scott, an original press review for each album, and a short foreword by legendary Kinks front man Ray Davies.

An alternate cover has been created for the 2003 mix of Ziggy Stardust by Ken Scott, which features an outtake from the original Heddon Street photo session. There is also newly originated artwork for Re:Call 1 featuring a 1973 in-studio image from renowned photographer Mick Rock.