Conversation Piece

Album by David Bowie

"Conversation Piece" is a box set by David Bowie that includes a collection of home demos, BBC radio sessions, and studio recordings from 1968-1969, showcasing his transition from folk to rock music. The release provides insight into Bowie's creative process during the period leading up to his breakthrough with "Space Oddity."
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Disc 1

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

Disc 2

  1. 1.
    Space Oddity
    5:28
  2. 2.
    Janine
    3:53
  3. 3.
    An Occasional Dream
    3:18
  4. 4.
    Conversation Piece
    3:31
  5. 5.
    Ching‐A‐Ling
    3:35
  6. 6.
    I’m Not Quite (aka Letter to Hermione)
    4:04
  7. 7.
    Lover to the Dawn
    5:01
  8. 8.
    Love Song
    4:08
  9. 9.
    When I’m Five
    3:13
  10. 10.
    Life Is a Circus
    5:33

Disc 3

  1. 1.
    In the Heat of the Morning (Decca mono version)
    2:52
  2. 2.
    London Bye, Ta‐Ta (Decca alternative version)
    2:36
  3. 3.
    In the Heat of the Morning (BBC Top Gear radio session with the Tony Visconti Orchestra, recorded 13th May, 1968)
    3:01
  4. 4.
    London Bye, Ta‐Ta (BBC Top Gear radio session with the Tony Visconti Orchestra, recorded 13th May, 1968)
    2:37
  5. 5.
    Karma Man (BBC Top Gear radio session with the Tony Visconti Orchestra, recorded 13th May, 1968)
    3:07
  6. 6.
    When I’m Five (BBC Top Gear radio session with the Tony Visconti Orchestra, recorded 13th May, 1968)
    3:14
  7. 7.
    Silly Boy Blue (BBC Top Gear radio session with the Tony Visconti Orchestra, recorded 13th May, 1968)
    4:32
  8. 8.
    Ching‐A‐Ling (BBC Top Gear radio session with the Tony Visconti Orchestra, recorded 13th May, 1968)
    2:51
  9. 9.
    Space Oddity (Morgan Studios version – alternative take)
    4:22
  10. 10.
    Space Oddity (U.K. single edit)
    4:42
  11. 11.
    Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud (single B‐side – mono mix)
    4:54
  12. 12.
    Janine (mono mix)
    3:22
  13. 13.
    Conversation Piece
    3:07
  14. 14.
    Let Me Sleep Beside You (BBC Dave Lee Travis Show radio session, recorded 20th October, 1969)
    3:20
  15. 15.
    Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed (BBC Dave Lee Travis Show radio session, recorded 20th October, 1969)
    4:04
  16. 16.
    Janine (BBC Dave Lee Travis Show radio session, recorded 20th October, 1969)
    3:03

Disc 4

  1. 1.
    Space Oddity
    5:16
  2. 2.
    Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed (inc. Don’t Sit Down)
    6:53
  3. 3.
    Letter to Hermione
    2:36
  4. 4.
    Cygnet Committee
    9:34
  5. 5.
    Janine
    3:23
  6. 6.
    An Occasional Dream
    3:02
  7. 7.
    Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud
    4:51
  8. 8.
    God Knows I’m Good
    3:21
  9. 9.
    Memory of a Free Festival
    7:13
  10. 10.
    Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud (single B‐side stereo mix)
    4:59
  11. 11.
    Letter to Hermione (early mix)
    2:33
  12. 12.
    Janine (early mix)
    3:24
  13. 13.
    An Occasional Dream (early mix)
    2:56
  14. 14.
    Ragazzo solo, ragazza sola (full length version)
    5:06

Disc 5

  1. 1.
    Space Oddity
    5:20
  2. 2.
    Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed
    6:19
  3. 3.
    Letter to Hermione
    2:33
  4. 4.
    Cygnet Committee
    9:37
  5. 5.
    Janine
    3:21
  6. 6.
    An Occasional Dream
    2:57
  7. 7.
    Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud
    4:50
  8. 8.
    Conversation Piece
    3:11
  9. 9.
    God Knows I’m Good
    3:17
  10. 10.
    Memory of a Free Festival
    7:20
  11. 11.
    Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud (single version)
    4:54
  12. 12.
    Ragazzo solo, ragazza sola
    5:19

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