Conversation Piece

Tracklist

• Digital Media 1: Home Demos
• 1
  April’s Tooth of Gold (home demo)
  2:29
  3.0 ★
• 2
  The Reverend Raymond Brown (Attends the Garden Fête on Thatchwick Green) (home demo)
  2:17
  2.0 ★
• 3
  When I’m Five (home demo)
  3:17
  2.0 ★
• 4
  Mother Grey (home demo)
  3:00
  2.0 ★
• 5
  In the Heat of the Morning (home demo)
  2:59
  2.0 ★
• 6
  Goodbye 3d (Threepenny) Joe (home demo)
  3:19
  2.0 ★
• 7
  Love All Around (home demo)
  2:49
  3.0 ★
• 8
  London Bye, Ta‐Ta (home demo)
  3:30
  2.0 ★
• 9
  Angel, Angel, Grubby Face (home demo version 1)
  2:31
  3.0 ★
• 10
  Angel, Angel, Grubby Face (home demo version 2)
  2:37
  2.0 ★
• 11
  Animal Farm (home demo)
  2:22
  2.0 ★
• 12
  Space Oddity (solo home demo fragment)
  2:39
  1.5 ★
• 13
  Space Oddity (home demo version 1)
  4:02
  3.0 ★
• 14
  Space Oddity (home demo version 2)
  5:01
  2.0 ★
• 15
  Space Oddity (home demo version 3)
  5:09
  2.5 ★
• 16
  Lover to the Dawn (home demo)
  3:51
  3.0 ★
• 17
  Ching‐A‐Ling (home demo)
  2:58
  2.0 ★
• 18
  An Occasional Dream (home demo)
  2:50
  3.0 ★
• 19
  Let Me Sleep Beside You (home demo)
  2:54
  4.0 ★
• 20
  Life Is a Circus (home demo)
  4:50
  4.0 ★
• 21
  Conversation Piece (home demo)
  3:49
  4.0 ★
• 22
  Jerusalem (home demo)
  4:20
  3.0 ★
• 23
  Hole in the Ground (home demo)
  3:29
  2.0 ★
• Digital Media 2: The ‘Mercury’ Demos
• 1
  Space Oddity (‘Mercury’ demo)

  David Bowie with John ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson
  5:28
  4.0 ★
• 2
  Janine (‘Mercury’ demo)

  David Bowie with John ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson
  3:53
  3.0 ★
• 3
  An Occasional Dream (‘Mercury’ demo)

  David Bowie with John ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson
  3:18
  4.0 ★
• 4
  Conversation Piece (‘Mercury’ demo)

  David Bowie with John ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson
  3:31
  5.0 ★
• 5
  Ching‐A‐Ling (‘Mercury’ demo)

  David Bowie with John ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson
  3:35
  3.0 ★
• 6
  I’m Not Quite (aka Letter to Hermione) (‘Mercury’ demo)

  David Bowie with John ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson
  4:04
  5.0 ★
• 7
  Lover to the Dawn (‘Mercury’ demo)

  David Bowie with John ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson
  5:01
  2.0 ★
• 8
  Love Song (‘Mercury’ demo)

  David Bowie with John ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson
  4:08
  3.0 ★
• 9
  When I’m Five (‘Mercury’ demo)

  David Bowie with John ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson
  3:13
  3.0 ★
• 10
  Life Is a Circus (‘Mercury’ demo)

  David Bowie with John ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson
  5:33
  2.0 ★
• Digital Media 3: Conversation Pieces
• 1
  In the Heat of the Morning (Decca mono version)
  2:52
  4.0 ★
• 2
  London Bye, Ta‐Ta (Decca alternative version)
  2:36
  3.0 ★
• 3
  In the Heat of the Morning (John Peel – Top Gear, recorded 13.5.68)
  3:01
  2.0 ★
• 4
  London Bye, Ta‐Ta (John Peel – Top Gear, recorded 13.5.68)
  2:37
  2.0 ★
• 5
  Karma Man (John Peel – Top Gear, recorded 13.5.68)
  3:07
  1.5 ★
• 6
  When I’m Five (John Peel – Top Gear, recorded 13.5.68)
  3:14
  1.5 ★
• 7
  Silly Boy Blue (John Peel – Top Gear, recorded 13.5.68)
  4:32
  2.0 ★
• 8
  Ching‐A‐ling (mono)
  2:51
  2.0 ★
• 9
  Space Oddity (Morgan Studios, alternative take)
  4:22
  3.0 ★
• 10
  Space Oddity (UK mono single edit)
  4:42
  4.5 ★
• 11
  Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud (mono, single B‐side)
  4:54
  4.0 ★
• 12
  Janine (mono version)
  3:22
  4.0 ★
• 13
  Conversation Piece (mono version)
  3:07
  4.5 ★
• 14
  Let Me Sleep Beside You (BBC Radio session D.L.T. Show)
  3:20
  5.0 ★
• 15
  Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed (BBC Radio session D.L.T. Show)
  4:04
  4.0 ★
• 16
  Janine (BBC Radio session D.L.T. Show)
  3:03
  5.0 ★
• Digital Media 4: 1969 Stereo Mixes
• 1
  Space Oddity
  5:16
  4.2 ★
• 2
  Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed (inc. Don’t Sit Down)
  6:53
  3.6 ★
• 3
  Letter to Hermione
  2:36
  3.5 ★
• 4
  Cygnet Committee
  9:34
  4.0 ★
• 5
  Janine
  3:23
  2.8 ★
• 6
  An Occasional Dream
  3:02
  3.6 ★
• 7
  Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud
  4:51
  3.6 ★
• 8
  God Knows I’m Good
  3:21
  3.2 ★
• 9
  Memory of a Free Festival
  7:13
  4.0 ★
• 10
  Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud (single B‐side stereo mix)
  4:59
  4.0 ★
• 11
  Letter to Hermione (early mix)
  2:33
  5.0 ★
• 12
  Janine (early mix)
  3:24
  3.0 ★
• 13
  An Occasional Dream (early mix)
  2:56
  4.0 ★
• 14
  Ragazzo Solo, Ragazza Sola
  5:06
  3.5 ★
• Digital Media 5: 2019 Mixes
• 1
  Space Oddity (2019 mix)
  5:20
  4.0 ★
• 2
  Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed (2019 mix)
  6:19
  4.0 ★
• 3
  Letter to Hermione (2019 mix)
  2:33
  5.0 ★
• 4
  Cygnet Committee (2019 mix)
  9:37
  5.0 ★
• 5
  Janine (2019 mix)
  3:21
  3.0 ★
• 6
  An Occasional Dream (2019 mix)
  2:57
  4.0 ★
• 7
  Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud (2019 mix)
  4:50
  3.0 ★
• 8
  Conversation Piece (2019 mix)
  3:11
  5.0 ★
• 9
  God Knows I’m Good (2019 mix)
  3:17
  4.0 ★
• 10
  Memory of a Free Festival (2019 mix)
  7:20
  3.0 ★
• 11
  Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud (single version, 2019 mix)
  4:54
  4.0 ★
• 12
  Ragazzo Solo, Ragazza Sola (2019 mix)
  5:19
  2.0 ★

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Release credits

• Alan Harris
  engineer [3-7]
• Alan Hawkshaw
  Hammond organ [1-2], keyboard [3-7]
• Andy White
  drums (drum set) [1-2]
• Barry Morgan
  drums (drum set) [3-7]
• Barry Sheffield
  engineer [4.2-10, 5.2-11, 3.10-13]
• Bernie Andrews
  producer [3-7]
• Bob Harris
  background vocals [9]
• Chris Karan
  drums (drum set) [8]
• Claudio Fabi
  producer [5.12, 4.14]
• Colin Wood
  Hammond organ [9], flute [9], mellotron [9]
• Dave Clague
  bass [9]
• David Bowie
  12 string guitar [1, 7], Dubreq Stylophone [1.13-15, 4.1, 3.9], acoustic guitar [5, 7, 10, 12], arranger [3.10-13, 4.1-14, 5.1-12], background vocals [1, 9], guitar [1.4, 1.13-23, 2.1-10, 3.1-9, 3.13-16], handclaps [1], harmonica [4], instrument [1-12], lead vocals [1-3, 5-6], vocal [1.1-23, 3.1-9, 3.13-16, 2.1-10, 4.4, 4.7-9]
• George Underwood
  instrument [23], vocal [23]
• Gus Dudgeon
  engineer [1-2], producer [3.10-11, 5.1, 5.11-12, 4.1, 4.10, 4.14]
• Herbie Flowers
  bass [3.3-7, 4.1]
• Hermione Farthingale
  guitar [8], vocal [8]
• John Cambridge
  drums (drum set) [3.13-16, 4.4, 4.7], percussion [7]
• John Hutchinson
  guitar [2.1-10, 3.8-9, 1.13-20], vocal [1.13-20, 2.1-10, 3.8-9]
• John Lodge
  bass [13-16], bass guitar [4]
• John McLaughlin
  guitar [3-7]
• Jonathan Weston
  producer [9]
• Keith Christmas
  12 string guitar [4]
• Malcolm Toft
  engineer [4.2-9, 4.11-14, 5.2-10, 5.12, 3.8, 3.12-13]
• Marc Bolan
  background vocals [9]
• Mick Wayne
  electric guitar [1], guitar [4.4, 3.1-2, 3.13-16]
• Paul Buckmaster
  arranger [5.1, 5.11-12, 3.10-11, 4.1, 4.10, 4.14], cello [1]
• Paul Williams
  producer [14-16]
• Pete Ritzema
  engineer [3-7, 14-16]
• Rick Wakeman
  harpsichord [4], mellotron [1]
• Steve Peregrine Took
  background vocals [3-7]
• Tat Meager
  drums (drum set) [9]
• Terry Cox
  drums (drum set) [1]
• Tim Renwick
  guitar [4.4, 3.14-16]
• Tony Visconti
  arranger [3.1-2, 3.8, 3.12-13, 4.2-9, 4.11-13, 5.2-10], background vocals [3-7], bass [1-2, 8], bass guitar [7], mix [1-12], producer [3.1-2, 3.8, 3.12-13, 4.2-9, 4.11-13, 5.2-10]
• Tony Woollcott
  background vocals [9]
• Tristram Penna
  mix [14]
• Show all credits (36)

Issues

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  Conversation Piece

  5x CD
  15 November 2019
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  Conversation Piece

  Digital Media
  15 November 2019
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  Conversation Piece

  5x Digital Media
  15 November 2019
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  Conversation Piece

  5x Digital Media (QQ/Joox)
  15 November 2019
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  Conversation Piece

  5x Digital Media (“2019 mixes” cover)
  15 November 2019