David Bowie‘s Hunky Dory album will probably be launched as a deluxe reissue that can embrace unreleased residence demos, stay recordings and different rarities from that period.
Divine Symmetry (An Alternate Journey By means of Hunky Dory) is ready to reach on November 25 by way of Parlophone and can, throughout 4 CDs, characteristic 48 beforehand unreleased tracks and demos taken from the 12 months main as much as the discharge of Hunky Dory in 1971.
The primary CD of the gathering accommodates residence and resort room demos of songs that might find yourself on Hunky Dory, together with unreleased songs like “King Of The Metropolis“, “Proper On Mom“, “How Fortunate You Are (Miss Peculiar)” and “Drained Of My Life“.
Different discs embrace Bowie’s 1971 John Peel stay session, BBC radio recordings, stay cuts, the BOWPROMO EP, B-sides, alternate variations of Hunky Dory tracks and extra. Coinciding with the reissue’s announcement, Parlophone have shared Bowie’s beforehand unreleased model of “Kooks“, taken from BBC’s Sounds of the 70s with Bob Harris radio present. Hearken to that beneath:
Additionally included as a part of the field set is a Blu-ray disc that options the 2015 remastered version of Hunky Dory, and the titular “alternate journey by ‘Hunky Dory” which reimagines the album by changing every track on the album’s tracklist with a previously-unreleased model. That can even be obtainable as a standalone vinyl version in February subsequent yr.
Moreover, the deluxe reissue accommodates a 100-page hardcover e book with unique photographs and memorabilia, in addition to a 60-page duplicate of Bowie’s notes from that period, akin to handwritten lyrics, costume drawings, and different notes. The gathering additionally accommodates liner notes contributed by Hunky Dory co-producer Ken Scott and others near Bowie. Pre-order it right here by Bowie’s web site, the place you may also discover the total tracklist.
