Waiting in the Sky (Before the Starman Came to Earth) (RSD 2024)

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RECORD STORE DAY 2024 RELEASE – SATURDAY 20/04/2024

LP – Limited to4000 Copies

This Record Store Day item will beavailable to purchase in store on Saturday 20th April from 8amand will beavailable online on Monday 22nd April from 8pm.

Strictly one per customer / no pre-orders.

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The tracklisting for Waiting In The Sky (Before The Starman Came To Earth)runs differently from the Ziggy Stardust album and features four songs that didnt make the final album.

On Side 1, in the place of Starman, one of the last three tracks recorded for the album in February 1972, isRound and Round, aChuck Berry cover. The trackwas finally released on a singleas the B-side to Drive-In Saturdayon 6th April, 1973. Initially, closing Side 1 of the album was Bowie’s version of Jacques Brels Amsterdam,which would later appear as the B-side of Sorrowon 12th October, 1973.

Side 2 of the 15th December, 1971 tracklisting features two long-time non-LP fan favourites,Holy Holy and Velvet Goldmine. The former is a re-recording with The Spiders of Davids 1971 single. Again, this version of the track had to wait several years before surfacingas the B-side of Diamond Dogs on 14th June, 1974.

The cover of Waiting In The Sky (Before The Starman Came To Earth) features a photoof David taken at an early Ziggy Stardust period session by BrianWard, and thetwo sides of the inner bags are the fronts of the two Trident Studios tape boxes.The albums title comes from the lyrics of Starman, which, along withRock N Roll Suicideand Suffragette City,had not yet been recorded when this variation of the album was compiled.

Waiting In The Sky (Before The Starman Came To Earth)was cut on a customised late Neumann VMS80 lathe with fully recapped electronics from 192kHz restored masters of the original Trident Studios master tapes, with no additional processing on transfer. The half-speed vinyl cut was by engineer John Webber at AIR Studios, London.

Track List

Side 1

Five Years

Soul Love

Moonage Daydream

Round And Round

Amsterdam

Side 2

Hang On To Yourself

Ziggy Stardust

Velvet Goldmine

Holy Holy

Star

Lady Stardust