Conversation Piece

~ Release by David Bowie (see all versions of this release, 5 available)

Annotation

Box Set
CD, Compilation, Remastered, Mono
CD, Compilation, Remastered, Mono
CD, Compilation, Remastered, Mono
CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
CD, Album, Stereo, 2019 Mix

Annotation last modified on 2019-12-04 17:40 UTC.

Tracklist

1CD: Home Demos
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1April’s Tooth of Gold
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1968)
instruments and vocals:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) (in 1968)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC (in 2019)
recording of:
April’s Tooth of Gold (in 1968)
writer:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter)
publisher:
Westminster Music Ltd.
David Bowie32:29
2The Reverend Raymond Brown (Attends the Garden Fête on Thatchwick Green)
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1968)
instruments and vocals:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) (in 1968)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC (in 2019)
recording of:
The Reverend Raymond Brown (Attends the Garden Fête on Thatchwick Green) (in 1968)
writer:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter)
publisher:
Onward Music Ltd., RZO Music Ltd, Tintoretto Music and TRO Essex Music International, Inc.
David Bowie22:17
3When I’m Five
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1968)
instruments and vocals:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) (in 1968)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC (in 2019)
recording of:
When I’m Five (in 1968)
lyricist and composer:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter)
publisher:
Onward Music Ltd., The Richmond Organization Éditions Essex (TRO), TRO Essex Music Ltd., Westminster Music Ltd. and ティー・アール・オー・エセックス・ジャパン A事業部 (TRO Essex Japan, A-Division)
David Bowie23:17
4Mother Grey
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1968)
guitar and harmonica:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) (in 1968)
instruments and vocals:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) (in 1968)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC (in 2018)
recording of:
Mother Grey (in 1968)
lyricist and composer:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter)
publisher:
Westminster Music Ltd.
David Bowie23:01
5In the Heat of the Morning
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1968)
acoustic guitar:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) (in 1968)
instruments and vocals:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) (in 1968)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC (in 2018)
recording of:
In the Heat of the Morning (in 1968)
lyricist and composer:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter)
publisher:
Onward Music Ltd., The Richmond Organization Éditions Essex (TRO) and Westminster Music Ltd.
David Bowie22:59
6Goodbye 3d (Threepenny) Joe
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1968)
instruments and vocals:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) (in 1968)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC (in 2018)
recording of:
Goodbye Threepenny Joe (in 1968)
lyricist and composer:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter)
publisher:
Onward Music Ltd.
David Bowie23:20
7Love All Around
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1968)
acoustic guitar:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) (in 1968)
instruments and vocals:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) (in 1968)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC (in 2018)
recording of:
Love All Around (in 1968)
lyricist and composer:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter)
publisher:
Onward Music Ltd., RZO Music Ltd, Tintoretto Music and TRO Essex Music International, Inc.
David Bowie32:50
8London Bye, Ta‐Ta
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1968)
instruments and vocals:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) (in 1968)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC (in 2018)
recording of:
London Bye Ta‐Ta (in 1968)
lyricist and composer:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter)
publisher:
Onward Music Ltd. and TRO-Essex Music International, Inc.
David Bowie23:30
9Angel Angel Grubby Face (version 1)
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1968)
instruments and vocals:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) (in 1968)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC (in 2018)
recording of:
Angel, Angel, Grubby Face (in 1968)
lyricist and composer:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter)
publisher:
Onward Music Ltd. and TRO-Essex Music International, Inc.
David Bowie32:32
10Angel Angel Grubby Face (version 2)
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1968)
acoustic guitar:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) (in 1968)
instruments and vocals:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) (in 1968)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC (in 2018)
recording of:
Angel, Angel, Grubby Face (in 1968)
lyricist and composer:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter)
publisher:
Onward Music Ltd. and TRO-Essex Music International, Inc.
David Bowie22:38
11Animal Farm
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1968)
instruments and vocals:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) (in 1968)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC (in 2019)
recording of:
Animal Farm (in 1968)
writer:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter)
publisher:
Onward Music Ltd., RZO Music Ltd, Tintoretto Music and TRO Essex Music International, Inc.
David Bowie22:22
12Space Oddity (solo demo fragment)
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1968)
acoustic guitar:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) (in 1968)
instruments and vocals:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) (in 1968)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC (in 2018)
partial recording of:
Space Oddity (from 1968 until 1969)
lyricist and composer:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter)
publisher:
Onward Music Ltd., TRO Essex Music International, Inc., Tro-Cromwell Music, Inc. and Westminster Music Ltd.
David Bowie1.52:39
13Space Oddity (version 1)
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1968 until 1969)
Dubreq Stylophone:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) (from 1968 until 1969)
guitar:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) (from 1968 until 1969) and John Hutchinson (guitarist) (from 1968 until 1969)
vocals:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) (from 1968 until 1969) and John Hutchinson (guitarist) (from 1968 until 1969)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC (in 2018)
recording of:
Space Oddity (from 1968 until 1969)
lyricist and composer:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter)
publisher:
Onward Music Ltd., TRO Essex Music International, Inc., Tro-Cromwell Music, Inc. and Westminster Music Ltd.
David Bowie with John ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson34:02
14Space Oddity (version 2)
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1968 until 1969)
Dubreq Stylophone:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) (from 1968 until 1969)
guitar:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) (from 1968 until 1969) and John Hutchinson (guitarist) (from 1968 until 1969)
vocals:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) (from 1968 until 1969) and John Hutchinson (guitarist) (from 1968 until 1969)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC (in 2019)
recording of:
Space Oddity (from 1968 until 1969)
lyricist and composer:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter)
publisher:
Onward Music Ltd., TRO Essex Music International, Inc., Tro-Cromwell Music, Inc. and Westminster Music Ltd.
David Bowie with John ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson25:01
15Space Oddity (version 3)
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1968 until 1969)
Dubreq Stylophone:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) (from 1968 until 1969)
guitar:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) (from 1968 until 1969) and John Hutchinson (guitarist) (from 1968 until 1969)
vocals:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) (from 1968 until 1969) and John Hutchinson (guitarist) (from 1968 until 1969)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC (in 2009, in 2019)
recording of:
Space Oddity (from 1968 until 1969)
lyricist and composer:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter)
publisher:
Onward Music Ltd., TRO Essex Music International, Inc., Tro-Cromwell Music, Inc. and Westminster Music Ltd.
David Bowie with John ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson2.55:10
16Lover to the Dawn
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1969)
guitar:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) (in 1969) and John Hutchinson (guitarist) (in 1969)
vocals:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) (in 1969) and John Hutchinson (guitarist) (in 1969)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC (in 2019)
recording of:
Lover to the Dawn (precursor to “Cygnet Committee”) (in 1969)
publisher:
Chrysalis Music Ltd. (music publisher, affiliated with PRS), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI) and Tintoretto Music
David Bowie with John ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson33:51
17Ching‐A‐Ling
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1969)
guitar:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) (in 1969) and John Hutchinson (guitarist) (in 1969)
vocals:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) (in 1969) and John Hutchinson (guitarist) (in 1969)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC (in 2019)
recording of:
Ching‐A‐Ling (in 1969)
lyricist and composer:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter)
publisher:
The Richmond Organization Éditions Essex (TRO), TRO Essex Music International, Inc., TRO Essex Music Ltd., Westminster Music Ltd. and ティー・アール・オー・エセックス・ジャパン A事業部 (TRO Essex Japan, A-Division)
David Bowie with John ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson22:59
18An Occasional Dream
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1969)
guitar:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) (in 1969) and John Hutchinson (guitarist) (in 1969)
vocals:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) (in 1969) and John Hutchinson (guitarist) (in 1969)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC (in 2009, in 2019)
recording of:
An Occasional Dream (in 1969)
lyricist and composer:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter)
publisher:
Chrysalis Music Ltd. (music publisher, affiliated with PRS), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI) and Tintoretto Music
David Bowie with John ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson32:50
19Let Me Sleep Beside You
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1969)
guitar:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) (in 1969) and John Hutchinson (guitarist) (in 1969)
vocals:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) (in 1969) and John Hutchinson (guitarist) (in 1969)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC (in 2019)
recording of:
Let Me Sleep Beside You (in 1969)
lyricist and composer:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter)
publisher:
Essex Music International, Inc., Onward Music Ltd. and TRO Essex Music International, Inc.
David Bowie with John ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson42:55
20Life Is a Circus
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1969)
guitar:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) (in 1969) and John Hutchinson (guitarist) (in 1969)
vocals:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) (in 1969) and John Hutchinson (guitarist) (in 1969)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC (in 2019)
recording of:
Life Is a Circus (in 1969)
writer:
Roger Bunn
publisher:
Bunnoven Publishing
David Bowie with John ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson44:50
21Conversation Piece
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1969)
guitar:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) (in 1969)
vocals:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) (in 1969)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC (in 2019)
recording of:
Conversation Piece (in 1969)
lyricist and composer:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter)
publisher:
Carbert Music Inc., Carlin Music Corporation, Design Music Ltd., EMHA, ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
David Bowie43:50
22Jerusalem
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1969)
guitar:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) (in 1969)
vocals:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) (in 1969)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC (in 2019)
recording of:
Jerusalem (in 1969)
writer:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter)
publisher:
Onward Music Ltd., RZO Music Ltd, Tintoretto Music and TRO Essex Music International, Inc.
David Bowie34:20
23Hole in the Ground
recorded in:
Beckenham, Bromley (London Borough of Bromley), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1969)
guitar:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) (in 1969)
instruments:
George Underwood (British visual artist and musician) (in 1969)
vocals:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) (in 1969) and George Underwood (British visual artist and musician) (in 1969)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC (in 2019)
recording of:
Hole in the Ground (in 1969)
writer:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Onward Music Ltd., RZO Music Ltd, Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI) and Tintoretto Music
David Bowie with George Underwood23:29
2CD: The ‘Mercury’ Demos
3CD: Conversation Pieces
4CD: 1969 Stereo Mixes – The Original David Bowie (aka Space Oddity) Album
5CD: 2019 Mixes – The Space Oddity Album

Credits

Release

photography:David Bebbington (photographer)
Alec Byrne (photographer)
Jojanneke Claasen
Vernon Dewhurst
Harry Goodwin
Kenneth Pitt
Rainer Schelling
Ray Stevenson (UK photographer)
Tony Visconti
liner notes:Mark Adams (designer, photographer, involved with BowieNet)
Tris Penna
producer:Aisha Cohen
Nigel Reeve
mastering:Peter Mew (senior sound engineer at Abbey Road Studios)
Tristram Penna
Ray Staff (British mastering engineer)
design:Scott Minshall (in 2019)
copyrighted (©) by:Parlophone Records Ltd. (not for release label use! a Warner Music Group company) (in 2019)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC (in 2019)
licensed to:Parlophone Records Ltd. (not for release label use! a Warner Music Group company)
produced for:Warner Music (global imprint of Warner Music Group, ‘W’ logo either with “Warner Music” or no text)
mastered at:Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
AIR Studio 2 (mixing/mastering studio of AIR Studios) in Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/14398980 [info]
ASIN:UK: B07XBZRXFK [info]
other databases:https://rateyourmusic.com/release/comp/david-bowie/conversation-piece.p/ [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/mr0005120006 [info]