I  Space Oddity (demo)/The Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud (Acoustic)/The Prettiest Star (1970)/London Bye Ta-Ta (1970)/Black Country Rock/The Man Who Sold The World/The Bewlay Brothers/Changes/Round And Round/Moonage Daydream/John I'm Only Dancing (Sax)/Drive-In Saturday/Panic In Detroit/Ziggy Stardust (live¹)/White Light-White Heat (live¹)/Rock 'N' Roll Suicide (live¹).
II  Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere/Sorrow/Don't Bring Me Down/1984-Dodo/Big Brother/Rebel Rebel (US)/Suffragette City (live²)/Watch That Man (live²)/Cracked Actor (live²)/Young Americans/Fascination/After Today/It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City/TVC 15/Wild Is The Wind.
III  Sound And Vision/Be My Wife/Speed Of Life/"Helden" (1989)/Joe The Lion/Sons Of The Silent Age/Station To Station (live³)/Warszawa (live³)/Breaking Glass (live³)/Red Sails/Look Back In Anger/Boys Keep Swinging/Up The Hill Backwards/Kingdom Come/Ashes To Ashes.
Plus  John I'm Only Dancing (live)/Changes (live)/The Supermen (live)/Ashes To Ashes (Video).

Released in grammy-winning art box. Live tracks are from the regular albums (¹ Ziggy Stardust - The Motion Picture, ² David Live and ³ Stage) except the tracks on Sound + Vision Plus, which are from Boston, Music Hall, 01-10-72.

A total of four editions has been released. The first edition has three audio CDs, a Video CD (Sound + Vision Plus) and a 72-page booklet. This edition also was available on 6 LPs or cassettes, in a similar art box. The second edition—in a basswood and birch box—was limited to 350 copies and came with a certificate of authenticity (signed by Bowie himself); it contains the same CDs as the first edition. The third edition, released in 1995, basically is identical to the first, but Sound + Vision Plus now comes on a CD-ROM (which additionally features a demo of the 'Jump' CD-ROM). The fourth edition (RYKO RCD 90130/31/32), from 1996, comes in a simple slipcase and drops the Sound + Vision Plus bonus CD.

The entire set was reissued again in 2003, in a stylish 4CD box containing four inlay cards plus a poster. The tracklisting of this edition is updated and slightly modified:

1  Space Oddity (demo)/The Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud (Acoustic)/The Prettiest Star (1970)/London Bye Ta-Ta (1970)/Black Country Rock/The Man Who Sold The World/The Bewlay Brothers/Changes/Round And Round/Moonage Daydream/John I'm Only Dancing (Sax)/Drive-In Saturday/Panic In Detroit/Ziggy Stardust (live¹)/White Light-White Heat (live¹)/Rock 'N' Roll Suicide (live¹)/Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere/Sorrow/Don't Bring Me Down.
2  1984-Dodo/Big Brother/Rebel Rebel (US)/Suffragette City (live²)/Watch That Man (live²)/Cracked Actor (live²)/Young Americans/Fascination/After Today/It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City/TVC 15/Wild Is The Wind/Sound And Vision/Be My Wife/Speed Of Life/"Helden" (1989)/Joe The Lion/Sons Of The Silent Age.
3  Station To Station (live³)/Warszawa (live³)/Breaking Glass (live³)/Red Sails/Look Back In Anger/Boys Keep Swinging/Up The Hill Backwards/Kingdom Come/Ashes To Ashes/Baal's Hymn/The Drowned Girl/Cat People (Puttin' Out The Fire)/China Girl/Ricochet/Modern Love (live⁴)/Loving The Alien/Dancing With The Big Boys.
4  Blue Jean/Time Will Crawl/Baby Can Dance/Amazing/I Can't Read/Shopping For Girls/Goodbye Mr. Ed/Amlapura/You've Been Around/Nite Flights (Moodswings Back To Basics Remix Radio Edit)/Pallas Athena (Gone Midnight Mix)/Jump They Say/Buddha Of Suburbia/Dead Against It/South Horizon/Pallas Athena (live⁵)

'The Wild-Eyed Boy From Freecloud' includes the spoken intro as on the Dutch 'Space Oddity' single, 'London Bye Ta-Ta' is a previously unreleased stereo mix, 'Round And Round' is an alternate vocal take, ⁴ Montreal, Forum, 13-07-83 (B-side 'Modern Love' single) and ⁵ Amsterdam, Paradiso, 10-06-97 (Tao Jones Index 12").

Space Oddity/John I'm Only Dancing/Changes/Ziggy Stardust/Suffragette City/The Jean Genie/Diamond Dogs/Rebel Rebel/Young Americans/Fame 90/Golden Years/"Heroes"/Ashes To Ashes/Fashion/Let's Dance/China Girl/Modern Love/Blue Jean.

The Gass Mix of 'Fame 90' replaces the original version; "Heroes"/Let's Dance/China Girl/Modern Love are included as single edits. RYKO RCD 80171 is an AU20 release. The UK EMI 2LP and cassette additionally feature Life On Mars/Starman/Sound And Vision.

Liza Jane/Louie Louie Go Home/I Pity The Fool/Take My Tip/That's Where My Heart Is/I Want My Baby Back/Bars Of The County Jail/You've Got A Habit Of Leaving/Baby Loves That Way/I'll Follow You/Glad I've Got Nobody/Can't Help Thinking About Me/And I Say To Myself/Do Anything You Say/Good Morning Girl/I Dig Everything/I'm Not Losing Sleep.

The definite early Bowie collection, with five previously unreleased 1965 demo's. This CD is also released on vinyl, but without 'Liza Jane', 'Louie Louie Go Home' and 'Good Morning Girl'.

Baby Universal/Stateside/If There Is Something/Heaven's In Here.

This Japanese CD covers the Tin Machine session recorded at the BBC on 13-08-91. Unfortunately it lacks 'A Big Hurt', which appeared on the 'Baby Universal' 12" (London/Victory LONX 310).

Space Oddity/Changes/Starman/Ziggy Stardust/Suffragette City/John I'm Only Dancing/The Jean Genie/Drive-In Saturday/Life On Mars/Sorrow/Rebel Rebel/Rock 'N' Roll Suicide/Diamond Dogs/Knock On Wood (live)/Young Americans/Fame/Golden Years/TVC 15/Sound And Vision/"Heroes"/Beauty And The Beast/Boys Keep Swinging/DJ/Alabama Song/Ashes To Ashes/Fashion/Scary Monsters/Under Pressure/Wild Is The Wind/Let's Dance/China Girl/Modern Love/Blue Jean/This Is Not America/Dancing In The Street/Absolute Beginners/Day-In Day-Out.

This 2CD has the single edits of "Heroes"/Let's Dance/China Girl/Modern Love/Absolute Beginners/Day-In Day-Out. Released on two separate discs in Australia, as The Singles Collection 1 (EMI 8281002; red cover) and The Singles Collection 2 (EMI 8281012; green cover). Three reissues came in a custom cardboard slipcase: from Belgium (EMI 7432 8575242 0; third) and Spain (as The Bowie Collection, EMI 7243 8 56214 2 0; fourth) in 1997 and France (EMI 7432 523284 2 0; bottom) in 1999.

Also see the US edition (The Singles 1969 To 1993), which has a different tracklisting.

Space Oddity/Changes/Oh! You Pretty Things/Life On Mars/Ziggy Stardust/Starman/John I'm Only Dancing/Suffragette City/The Jean Genie/Sorrow/Drive-In Saturday/Diamond Dogs/Rebel Rebel/Young Americans/Fame/Golden Years/TVC 15/Be My Wife/Sound And Vision/Beauty And The Beast/"Heroes"/Boys Keep Swinging/DJ/Look Back In Anger/Ashes To Ashes/Fashion/Scary Monsters/Under Pressure/Cat People/Let's Dance/China Girl/Modern Love/Blue Jean/Loving The Alien/Dancing In The Street/Absolute Beginners/Day-In Day-Out/Never Let Me Down/Jump They Say.

The US edition of The Singles has the 7" versions of "Heroes"/DJ/Ashes To Ashes/Fashion/Let's Dance/China Girl/Modern Love/Absolute Beginners/Jump They Say and a unique edits of Space Oddity/TVC 15/Loving The Alien/Day-In Day-Out. The first 40.000 pressings came with a bonus CD-single containing 'Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy' (duet with Bing Crosby).

Issued as The Singles (Featuring His Greatest Hits) to members of the American music club Timelife. This special 33-track edition (RYKO RTL 90218/19; bottom) drops Sorrow/Drive-In Saturday/Be My Wife/Beauty And The Beast/Look Back In Anger/Under Pressure/Cat People/Jump They Say but adds Rock 'N' Roll Suicide/All The Young Dudes (live). The latter, from David Live, is unique for this Timelife edition.

All The Young Dudes/Queen Bitch (live¹)/Sound And Vision (live²)/Time (live³)/Be My Wife (live²)/Footstompin' (live⁴)/Ziggy Stardust (live⁵)/My Death (live⁶)/I Feel Free (live⁷).

¹ Uniondale, Nassau Coliseum, 23-03-76; ² London, Earl's Court, 01-07-78; ³ 1980 Floor Show, 18-20-10-73; ⁴ Dick Cavett Show, 04-12-74; ⁵ Santa Monica, Civic Auditorium, 20-10-72; ⁶ New York, Carnegie Hall, 28-09-72 and ⁷ Kingston, Polytechnic, 06-05-72. The CD features a Pin Ups ad as bonus track.

A 1998 Japanese edition (Dolphin BLCK-86008; middle) drops the hidden Pin Ups ad, but adds Hang On To Yourself/Waiting For The Man/The Jean Genie/Suffragette City/Rock 'N' Roll Suicide from Santa Monica '72. This CD was reissued in 2001 (MF BLCY-1019) with different artwork (bottom).

Also see the UK compilation Rarest Series below.

Hang On To Yourself ¹/Ziggy Stardust ²/Space Oddity ³/Andy Warhol ⁴/Waiting For The Man ⁵/Interview-Let Me Sleep Beside You ⁶.

¹ Sound Of The Seventies: Bob Harris (18-01-72), ² Sound Of The Seventies: John Peel (16-05-72), ³ Johnnie Walker Lunchtime Show (22-05-72), ⁴ Sound Of The Seventies: Bob Harris (21-09-71), ⁵ Sound Of The Seventies: Andy Ferris (25-03-70) and ⁶ Dave Lee Travis Show (20-10-69).

This CD was released for one week and then withdrawn in the UK in 1995, but eventually appeared in most stores in mid-1996. The complete 3CD set, for which this album was supposed to be a teaser, has never materialized. Only in 2000, a different 2CD set, Bowie At The Beeb, saw the light of day. Note that this sampler has two tracks ('Andy Warhol' and 'Waiting For The Man') that are not included on Bowie At The Beeb.

Additional information can be found under Bowie At The Beeb and BBC Sessions.

Rubber Band (7" version)/The London Boys/The Laughing Gnome/The Gospel According To Tony Day/Uncle Arthur/Sell Me A Coat/Rubber Band/Love You Till Tuesday/There Is A Happy Land/We Are Hungry Men/When I Live My Dream/Little Bombardier/Silly Boy Blue/Come And Buy My Toys/Join The Gang/She's Got Medals/Maid Of Bond Street/Please Mr. Gravedigger/Love You Till Tuesday (7" version)/Did You Ever Have A Dream/Karma Man/Let Me Sleep Beside You/In The Heat Of The Morning/Ching-A-Ling/Sell Me A Coat/When I Live My Dream/Space Oddity.

Nothing new, but this is the first CD with all Bowie's pre-Space Oddity songs in a chronological running order. The last four tracks are taken from Love You Till Tuesday, so 'Ching-A-Ling' and 'Space Oddity' unfortunately are edited, 'Sell Me A Coat' has extra backing vocals, and 'When I Live My Dream' is the second version that was intended for single release.

The Jean Genie/Space Oddity/Starman/Ziggy Stardust/John I'm Only Dancing/Rebel Rebel/Let's Spend The Night Together/Suffragette City/Oh! You Pretty Things/Velvet Goldmine/Drive-In Saturday/Diamond Dogs/Changes/Sorrow/The Prettiest Star/Life On Mars/Aladdin Sane/The Man Who Sold The World/Rock 'N' Roll Suicide/All The Young Dudes.

Includes the sax version of 'John I'm Only Dancing', a previously unavailable stereo version the 1970 'The Prettiest Star' single and the studio version of 'All The Young Dudes'. The US edition (EMI/Capitol 72438-21320-2-8) (bottom) was released in a digipack with a different cover and highly incorrect liner notes. The word goes that for this particular reason it was withdrawn rather quickly. The Japanese edition (EMI M033647), with a cover identical to the UK issue, drops 'Suffragette City' but adds 'Lady Stardust' as a bonus track.

Sound And Vision/Golden Years/Fame/Young Americans/John I'm Only Dancing (Again)/Can You Hear Me/Wild Is The Wind/Knock On Wood (live)/TVC 15/1984/It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City/Look Back In Anger/The Secret Life Of Arabia/DJ/Beauty And The Beast/Breaking Glass/Boys Keep Swinging/"Heroes".

Includes the single versions of Golden Years/Young Americans/TVC 15/"Heroes". Also see this Advance Listening CD.

Same as RarestOneBowie, plus The Jean Genie/John I'm Only Dancing/Suffragette City from Santa Monica '72 as a bonus.

Ragazzo Solo, Ragazzo Sola.

Actually this section is limited to Bowie-only albums, but this particular Italian compilation of 60s and 70s music is the only official CD that has the Italian version of 'Space Oddity'. Unfortunately the track has been taken from an LP instead of the master tape...