Album · 2019
Conversation Piece
Tracklist
Disc 1
1
April’s Tooth of Gold
Conversation Piece
2:29
2
The Reverend Raymond Brown (Attends the Garden Fête on Thatchwick Green)
Conversation Piece
2:17
3
When I’m Five
Conversation Piece
3:17
4
Mother Grey
Conversation Piece
3:01
5
In the Heat of the Morning
Conversation Piece
2:59
6
Goodbye 3d (Threepenny) Joe
Conversation Piece
3:20
7
Love All Around
Conversation Piece
2:50
8
London Bye, Ta‐Ta
Conversation Piece
3:30
9
Angel Angel Grubby Face (version 1)
Conversation Piece
2:32
10
Angel Angel Grubby Face (version 2)
Conversation Piece
2:38
11
Animal Farm
Conversation Piece
2:22
12
Space Oddity (solo demo fragment)
Conversation Piece
2:39
13
Space Oddity (version 1)
Conversation Piece
4:02
14
Space Oddity (version 2)
Conversation Piece
5:01
15
Space Oddity (version 3)
Conversation Piece
5:10
16
Lover to the Dawn
Conversation Piece
3:51
17
Ching‐A‐Ling
Conversation Piece
2:59
18
An Occasional Dream
Conversation Piece
2:50
19
Let Me Sleep Beside You
Conversation Piece
2:55
20
Life Is a Circus
Conversation Piece
4:50
21
Conversation Piece
Conversation Piece
3:50
22
Jerusalem
Conversation Piece
4:20
23
Hole in the Ground
Conversation Piece
3:29
Disc 2
1
Space Oddity
Conversation Piece
5:28
2
Janine
Conversation Piece
3:54
3
An Occasional Dream
Conversation Piece
3:19
4
Conversation Piece
Conversation Piece
3:32
5
Ching‐A‐Ling
Conversation Piece
3:35
6
I’m Not Quite (aka Letter to Hermione)
Conversation Piece
4:04
7
Lover to the Dawn
Conversation Piece
5:02
8
Love Song
Conversation Piece
4:09
9
When I’m Five
Conversation Piece
3:14
10
Life Is a Circus
Conversation Piece
5:34
Disc 3
1
In the Heat of the Morning (Decca mono version)
Conversation Piece
2:52
2
London Bye, Ta‐Ta (Decca alternative version)
Conversation Piece
2:37
3
In the Heat of the Morning (BBC Top Gear radio session with the Tony Visconti Orchestra, recorded 13th May, 1968)
Conversation Piece
3:01
4
London Bye, Ta‐Ta (BBC Top Gear radio session with the Tony Visconti Orchestra, recorded 13th May, 1968)
Conversation Piece
2:38
5
Karma Man (BBC Top Gear radio session with the Tony Visconti Orchestra, recorded 13th May, 1968)
Conversation Piece
3:08
6
When I’m Five (BBC Top Gear radio session with the Tony Visconti Orchestra, recorded 13th May, 1968)
Conversation Piece
3:15
7
Silly Boy Blue (BBC Top Gear radio session with the Tony Visconti Orchestra, recorded 13th May, 1968)
Conversation Piece
4:32
8
Ching‐A‐Ling (BBC Top Gear radio session with the Tony Visconti Orchestra, recorded 13th May, 1968)
Conversation Piece
2:52
9
Space Oddity (Morgan Studios version – alternative take)
Conversation Piece
4:22
10
Space Oddity (U.K. single edit)
Conversation Piece
4:43
11
Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud (single B‐side – mono mix)
Conversation Piece
4:54
12
Janine (mono mix)
Conversation Piece
3:23
13
Conversation Piece
Conversation Piece
3:08
14
Let Me Sleep Beside You (BBC Dave Lee Travis Show radio session, recorded 20th October, 1969)
Conversation Piece
3:20
15
Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed (BBC Dave Lee Travis Show radio session, recorded 20th October, 1969)
Conversation Piece
4:04
16
Janine (BBC Dave Lee Travis Show radio session, recorded 20th October, 1969)
Conversation Piece
3:03
Disc 4
1
Space Oddity
Conversation Piece
5:17
2
Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed (inc. Don’t Sit Down)
Conversation Piece
6:53
3
Letter to Hermione
Conversation Piece
2:37
4
Cygnet Committee
Conversation Piece
9:34
5
Janine
Conversation Piece
3:24
6
An Occasional Dream
Conversation Piece
3:03
7
Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud
Conversation Piece
4:52
8
God Knows I’m Good
Conversation Piece
3:22
9
Memory of a Free Festival
Conversation Piece
7:13
10
Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud (single B‐side stereo mix)
Conversation Piece
4:59
11
Letter to Hermione (early mix)
Conversation Piece
2:33
12
Janine (early mix)
Conversation Piece
3:24
13
An Occasional Dream (early mix)
Conversation Piece
2:56
14
Ragazzo solo, ragazza sola (full length version)
Conversation Piece
5:07
Disc 5
1
Space Oddity
Conversation Piece
5:21
2
Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed
Conversation Piece
6:19
3
Letter to Hermione
Conversation Piece
2:34
4
Cygnet Committee
Conversation Piece
9:38
5
Janine
Conversation Piece
3:21
6
An Occasional Dream
Conversation Piece
2:57
7
Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud
Conversation Piece
4:51
8
Conversation Piece
Conversation Piece
3:11
9
God Knows I’m Good
Conversation Piece
3:17
10
Memory of a Free Festival
Conversation Piece
7:21
11
Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud (single version)
Conversation Piece
4:54
12
Ragazzo solo, ragazza sola
Conversation Piece
5:19
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First pressed 2019 — 4 pressings across 3 countries.
Credits
Paul Buckmaster
Arranger
Scott Minshall
Design
Allen Harris (3)
Engineer
Barry Sheffield
Engineer
Gus Dudgeon
Engineer
Malcolm Toft
Engineer
Pete Ritzema
Engineer
Alan Hawkshaw
Instrument · keyboards
Andy White
Instrument · drums
Barry Morgan
Instrument · drums
Benny Marshall and Friends
Instrument · harmonica
Chris Karan
Instrument · drums
Colin Wood
Instrument · flute
Dave Clague
Instrument · bass
Herbie Flowers
Instrument · bass
Hermione Farthingale
Instrument · guitar
John Cambridge
Instrument · drums
John Lodge (2)
Instrument · bass
John McLaughlin
Instrument · guitar
Keith Christmas
Instrument · acoustic guitar
Mick Wayne
Instrument · guitar
Tat Meager
Instrument · drums
Terry Cox
Instrument · drums
Tim Renwick
Instrument · guitar, flute, recorder
David Bowie
Liner Notes
George Underwood
Liner Notes
John Hutchinson
Liner Notes
Junichi Yamada
Liner Notes
Kevin Cann
Liner Notes
Mark Adams
Liner Notes
Mark Adams
Liner Notes
Tristram Penna
Liner Notes
北沢杏里
Liner Notes
大鷹俊一
Liner Notes
石川真男
Liner Notes
若月眞人
Liner Notes
Mogol
Lyricist
Cicely Balston
Mastering
Peter Mew
Mastering
Ray Staff
Mastering
The Tony Visconti Orchestra
Performing Orchestra
Alec Byrne
Photography
David Bebbington
Photography
Harry Goodwin (2)
Photography
Jojanneke Claasen
Photography
Kenneth Pitt
Photography
Rainer Schelling
Photography
Ray Stevenson
Photography
RTÉ Archive
Photography
Tony Visconti
Photography
Vernon Dewhurst
Photography
Aisha Cohen
Producer · reissue producer [rzo music]
Bernie Andrews
Producer
Claudio Fabi
Producer
John Weston
Producer
Jonathan Weston
Producer
Nigel Reeve
Producer · reissue producer [warner music]
Paul Williams
Producer
Ken Scott
Recording
Bob Harris
Vocal · backing vocals
Marc Bolan
Vocal · backing vocals
Steve Peregrine Took
Vocal · backing vocals
Sue Harris
Vocal · backing vocals
Tony Woollcott
Vocal · backing vocals
Lesley Duncan
Writer
Roger Bunn
Writer
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