Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture

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Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture
Soundtrack by David Bowie

Publication
(s)

1973

admission

1973

Label (s) RCA

Format (s)

CD, LP

Genre (s)

Glam rock , hard rock , artrock , proto punk

Title (number)

  • 15 (1983 version)
  • 20 (2003 re-release)

running time

  • 69:31
  • 83:33 (as 2003 re-release)
occupation
  • Ken Fordham - alto, tenor, baritone saxophone
  • John Hutchinson - rhythm guitar, vocals
  • Brian Wilshaw - tenor saxophone, flute
  • Geoffrey MacCormack - vocals, percussion

production

Studio (s)

RCA

chronology
Let's Dance
(1983) 		Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture Tonight
(1984)
Single release
November 1983 White light / white heat

Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture Soundtrack , is a live album by the English musician David Bowie , which was released in October 1983 at the same time as the film of the same name Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars . The music was recorded during the Ziggy Stardust Tour at Hammersmith Odeon in London Chiswick on July 3, 1973, although the album was only released by RCA Records in 1983 . Before that, it had existed in the form of a bootleg . Entitled: Bowie and the Spiders From Mars - Last Stand: His Masters Voice .

The album documents the last show that David Bowie performed in his alter ego as Ziggy Stardust . Shortly before the last piece he announced: “Of all the shows on this tour, this particular show will stay with us the longest, because it's not only the last show on the tour, but also the last we'll ever do. Thanks. ”Many in the audience believed that Bowie was withdrawing himself from music.

Production and publication

DA Pennebaker filmed the concert. It was recorded by RCA Records with the intention of releasing a live album. However, the project was suspended for a variety of reasons, including Bowie's desire to leave Ziggy behind and the poor quality of the recordings. On the grounds that sooner or later RCA would release the material anyway, Bowie and producer Tony Visconti mixed the recordings in 1981. This mixture has been heavily criticized, although Visconti describes it as "more of a salvage operation than an artistic endeavor" given the condition of the source material.

The album was finally released in October 1983 as a double album , LP and soundtrack to Pennebaker's documentary. Due to the limitations of the LP record format, several songs from the original tapes were omitted, shortened, or rearranged when they were released. White Light / White Heat was released as a single in November.

Publications

"Ziggy Stardust": The Motion Picture has appeared twice on CD; the first time on 1992 by Rykodisc . In April 2003 the 30th Anniversary 2CD set by EMI / Virgin was released. Remixed by Visconti, it was seen as a significant improvement over the original. It contains additional material including introductions, spoken passages, and the full version of Width of a Circle. Changes was also put in the correct place in the order of the original concert, according to Moonage Daydream . The encore of The Jean Genie / Love Me Do and Round and Round with Jeff Beck is still missing. The lack of Beck's sequence has been attributed in a number of ways, to a royalty issue or to the feeling of the guitarist who, as Tony Visconti said, "didn't fit into the movie."

Title list

All titles are written by David Bowie unless otherwise noted.

Original 2LP (1983) title list

Disc 1

  1. " Hang on to Yourself " - 2:55
  2. " Ziggy Stardust " - 3:09
  3. " Watch That Man " - 4:10
  4. " Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud / All the Young Dudes / Oh! You Pretty Things " - 6:37
  5. " Moonage Daydream " - 6:17
  6. " Space Oddity " - 4:49
  7. "My Death" ( Jacques Brel , Mort Shuman ) - 5:45

Disc 2

  1. " Cracked Actor " - 2:52
  2. " Time " - 5:12
  3. " Width of a Circle " - 9:35
  4. " Changes " - 3:35
  5. " Let's Spend the Night Together " ( Mick Jagger , Keith Richards ) - 3:09
  6. " Suffragette City " - 3:02
  7. " White Light / White Heat " ( Lou Reed ) - 4:06
  8. " Rock 'n' Roll Suicide " - 4:20

30th Anniversary 2CD Set (2003) Title List

Disc 1

  1. "Intro" (incorporating Beethoven's Ninth Symphony , arranged and performed by Wendy Carlos ) ( Ludwig van Beethoven ) - 1:05
  2. "Hang on to Yourself" - 2:55
  3. "Ziggy Stardust" - 3:19
  4. "Watch That Man" - 4:14
  5. "Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud" - 3:15
  6. "All the Young Dudes" - 1:38
  7. "Oh! You Pretty Things" - 1:46
  8. "Moonage Daydream" - 6:25
  9. "Changes" - 3:36
  10. "Space Oddity" - 5:05
  11. "My Death" (Brel, Shuman) - 7:20

Disc 2

  1. "Intro" (incorporating William Tell Overture (Abridged) , arranged and performed by Wendy Carlos) ( Gioacchino Rossini ) - 1:01
  2. "Cracked Actor" - 3:03
  3. "Time" - 5:31
  4. "The Width of a Circle" - 3:45 pm
  5. "Let's Spend the Night Together" (Jagger, Richards) - 3:02
  6. "Suffragette City" - 4:32
  7. "White Light / White Heat" (Reed) - 4:01
  8. "Farewell Speech" - 0:39
  9. "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide" - 5:17

Publications and chart successes

Year Chart Peak
position
1983 UK albums chart 17th
1983 Billboard Pop Albums 89

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Roy Carr & Charles Shaar Murray (1981). "Bowie": An Illustrated Record : p.116
  2. ^ David Buckley (1999). Strange Fascination - David Bowie: The Definitive Story : p. 191
  3. ^ Roy Carr & Charles Shaar Murray (1981). Op Cit: p. 65
  4. ↑ "FAQ: David Bowie" at TonyVisconti.com ( Memento from October 24, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ a b Nicholas Pegg . (2000). The Complete David Bowie : p. 320
  6. ↑ UK Top 40 Hit Database . Archived from the original on March 19, 2008. Retrieved July 15, 2008.
  7. ^ Allmusic (Ziggy Stardust - The Motion Picture> Charts & Awards> Billboard Albums) .