David Bowie - Rock 'n' Roll Star! - 5 CDs and Blu-ray Audio Box Set

2024

DAVID BOWIE'S ROCK 'N' ROLL STAR! Is a 5CD and 1 Blu-ray Audio set that explores David Bowie's journey from February 1971 through the creation of the Ziggy Stardust character, the recording of the iconic THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS album, and captures the international mania that surrounded the Ziggy phenomenon the form of UK radio sessions and TV performances, as well as live tracks from Ziggy and the Spiders' October 1, 1972 show at the Boston Music Hall.

ROCK 'N' ROLL STAR! #contains 29 unreleased tracks, coversearly songwriting demos, recordings from David's band, The Arnold Corns, rehearsals at Bowie's then-home, Haddon Hall, BBCsessions, singles, liveperformances, plus outtakes and alternative versions from the original album recording sessions, which have been newly mixed by original album producer, Ken Scott.

Ultimately, that handful of genuine rarities function as attractive accents on what's a familiar story - namely, how the conception of the Ziggy Stardust character helped focus Bowie, letting him lean into the roar of guitarist Mick Ronson, drummer Mick Woodmansey, and bassist Trevor Bolder. All three were present in the Arnold Corns but as the Spiders from Mars they sounded seductive, sinewy, and sometimes sinister, a chemistry that's as palpable on Rock 'n' Roll Star! as it is on the proper Ziggy Stardust album itself. That energy, undiminished by either the passage of time or repetition, is reason enough for an immersion into this box set.