Five Years (1969–1973)

Five Years (1969–1973)
Box set by David Bowie
Released	25 September 2015
Recorded	1969–1973
Label	Parlophone Records
Producer	Producer varies from album to album
David Bowie chronology
Nothing Has Changed (2014) Five Years (1969–1973) (2015) ★ (2016)

Five Years (1969–1973) is a box set by David Bowie, released in 2015. The period of Bowie's career from 1969 to 1973 is summarised over twelve discs and thirteen LPs. Exclusive to the box sets is Re:Call 1, a new compilation of non-album singles, single versions and B-sides.

It includes the albums David Bowie (more commonly known as Space Oddity), The Man Who Sold the World, Hunky Dory, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, Aladdin Sane and the last Spiders album with Bowie Pin Ups. The albums cover the 5 years of Bowie's rise to stardom, with the box set also including Live Santa Monica '72 and the last Ziggy Stardust show at the Hammersmith Odeon.

Track listing

All the songs on each of the albums included are written by David Bowie, except where noted.^[1]

David Bowie (1969)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Space Oddity"	5:16
2.	"Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed" (includes "(Don't Sit Down)")	6:53
3.	"Letter to Hermione"	2:36
4.	"Cygnet Committee"	9:35
5.	"Janine"	3:25
6.	"An Occasional Dream"	3:01
7.	"Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud"	4:52
8.	"God Knows I'm Good"	3:21
9.	"Memory of a Free Festival"	7:09

The Man Who Sold the World

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Width of a Circle"	8:05
2.	"All the Madmen"	5:38
3.	"Black Country Rock"	3:32
4.	"After All"	3:52
5.	"Running Gun Blues"	3:11
6.	"Saviour Machine"	4:25
7.	"She Shook Me Cold"	4:13
8.	"The Man Who Sold the World"	3:55
9.	"The Supermen"	3:38

Hunky Dory

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Changes"	3:37
2.	"Oh! You Pretty Things"	3:12
3.	"Eight Line Poem"	2:55
4.	"Life on Mars?"	3:53
5.	"Kooks"	2:53
6.	"Quicksand"	5:08
7.	"Fill Your Heart" (Biff Rose, Paul Williams)	3:07
8.	"Andy Warhol"	3:56
9.	"Song for Bob Dylan"	4:12
10.	"Queen Bitch"	3:18
11.	"The Bewlay Brothers"	5:22

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Five Years"	4:44
2.	"Soul Love"	3:33
3.	"Moonage Daydream"	4:35
4.	"Starman"	4:13
5.	"It Ain't Easy" (Ron Davies)	3:00
6.	"Lady Stardust"	3:20
7.	"Star"	2:50
8.	"Hang On to Yourself"	2:40
9.	"Ziggy Stardust"	3:13
10.	"Suffragette City"	3:25
11.	"Rock 'n' Roll Suicide"	3:00

Aladdin Sane

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Watch That Man"	4:30
2.	"Aladdin Sane (1913-1938-197?)"	5:06
3.	"Drive-In Saturday"	4:33
4.	"Panic in Detroit"	4:25
5.	"Cracked Actor"	3:01
6.	"Time"	5:15
7.	"The Prettiest Star"	3:31
8.	"Let's Spend the Night Together" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards)	3:10
9.	"The Jean Genie"	4:07
10.	"Lady Grinning Soul"	3:54

Pin Ups

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Rosalyn" (Originally recorded by The Pretty Things)	Jimmy Duncan, Bill Farley	2:27
2.	"Here Comes the Night" (Notably recorded by Them)	Bert Berns	3:09
3.	"I Wish You Would" (Notably recorded by The Yardbirds)	Billy Boy Arnold	2:40
4.	"See Emily Play" (Originally recorded by Pink Floyd)	Syd Barrett	4:03
5.	"Everything's Alright" (Originally recorded by The Mojos)	Nicky Crouch, John Konrad, Simon Stavely, Stuart James, Keith Karlson	2:26
6.	"I Can't Explain" (Originally recorded by The Who)	Pete Townshend	2:07
7.	"Friday on My Mind" (Originally recorded by The Easybeats)	George Young, Harry Vanda	3:18
8.	"Sorrow" (Notably recorded by The Merseys)	Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein, Richard Gottehrer	2:48
9.	"Don't Bring Me Down" (Originally recorded by The Pretty Things)	Johnnie Dee	2:01
10.	"Shapes of Things" (Originally recorded by The Yardbirds)	Paul Samwell-Smith, Jim McCarty, Keith Relf	2:47
11.	"Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere" (Originally recorded by The Who)	Roger Daltrey, Townshend	3:04
12.	"Where Have All the Good Times Gone" (Originally recorded by The Kinks)	Ray Davies	2:35

Live Santa Monica '72

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Introduction"	0:13
2.	"Hang On to Yourself"	2:46
3.	"Ziggy Stardust"	3:23
4.	"Changes"	3:27
5.	"The Supermen"	2:55
6.	"Life on Mars?"	3:28
7.	"Five Years"	4:32
8.	"Space Oddity"	5:05
9.	"Andy Warhol"	3:50
10.	"My Death" (Eric Blau, Mort Shuman, Jacques Brel)	5:51
11.	"The Width of a Circle"	10:44
12.	"Queen Bitch"	3:00
13.	"Moonage Daydream"	4:53
14.	"John, I'm Only Dancing"	3:16
15.	"I'm Waiting for the Man" (Lou Reed)	5:45
16.	"The Jean Genie"	4:07
17.	"Suffragette City"	4:12
18.	"Rock 'n' Roll Suicide"	3:01

Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Intro" (incorporating Beethoven's Ninth Symphony arranged and performed by Wendy Carlos) (Ludwig van Beethoven)	1:05
2.	"Hang On to Yourself"	2:55
3.	"Ziggy Stardust"	3:19
4.	"Watch That Man"	4:14
5.	"Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud"	3:15
6.	"All the Young Dudes"	1:38
7.	"Oh! You Pretty Things"	1:46
8.	"Moonage Daydream"	6:25
9.	"Changes"	3:36
10.	"Space Oddity"	5:05
11.	"My Death" (Blau, Shuman, Brel)	7:20
12.	"Intro" (incorporating the William Tell Overture) (Gioacchino Rossini)	1:01
13.	"Cracked Actor"	3:03
14.	"Time"	5:31
15.	"The Width of a Circle"	15:45
16.	"Let's Spend the Night Together" (Jagger, Richards)	3:02
17.	"Suffragette City"	4:32
18.	"White Light/White Heat" (Reed)	4:01
19.	"Farewell Speech"	0:39
20.	"Rock 'n' Roll Suicide"	5:17

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (2003 Ken Scott mix)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Five Years"	4:42
2.	"Soul Love"	3:33
3.	"Moonage Daydream"	4:38
4.	"Starman"	4:13
5.	"It Ain't Easy" (Ron Davies)	2:57
6.	"Lady Stardust"	3:20
7.	"Star"	2:46
8.	"Hang On to Yourself"	2:38
9.	"Ziggy Stardust"	3:12
10.	"Suffragette City"	3:24
11.	"Rock 'n' Roll Suicide"	3:00

Re:Call 1

CD 1
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Space Oddity" (Original UK mono single edit)	4:33
2.	"Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud" (Original UK mono single version)	4:42
3.	"Ragazzo solo, ragazza sola" (Bowie, Mogol; Italian version of "Space Oddity")	5:15
4.	"The Prettiest Star" (Original mono single version (with Marc Bolan on guitar))	3:09
5.	"Conversation Piece" (B-side to "The Prettiest Star")	3:05
6.	"Memory of a Free Festival (Part 1)"	3:59
7.	"Memory of a Free Festival (Part 2)"	3:31
8.	"All the Madmen" (Mono single edit; previously unreleased)	3:15
9.	"Janine" (Mono version)	3:25
10.	"Holy Holy" (Original mono single version; only ever issued on original ‘71 Mercury single)	3:13
11.	"Moonage Daydream" (Arnold Corns single version)	3:52
12.	"Hang On to Yourself" (Arnold Corns single version)	2:51

CD 2
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Changes" (Mono single version)	2:32
2.	"Andy Warhol" (Mono single version)	3:03
3.	"Starman" (Original single mix)	4:12
4.	"John, I'm Only Dancing" (Original single version)	2:49
5.	"The Jean Genie" (Original single mix)	4:05
6.	"Drive-In Saturday" (German single edit)	3:59
7.	"Round and Round" (Chuck Berry)	2:39
8.	"John, I'm Only Dancing" (Sax version)	2:43
9.	"Time" (U.S. single edit)	3:38
10.	"Port of Amsterdam" (Brel)	2:39
11.	"Holy Holy" (Spiders version)	2:20
12.	"Velvet Goldmine" (B-side to the 1975 single reissue of "Space Oddity")	3:09

Charts

Chart (2015–16)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[2]	54
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[3]	84
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[4]	68
French Albums (SNEP)[5]	156
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[6]	63
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[7]	24
UK Albums (OCC)[8]	45

References

1. David Bowie. Hunky Dory (RCA Records, 1971).
2. "Ultratop.be – David Bowie – Five Years 1969-1973" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
3. "Ultratop.be – David Bowie – Five Years 1969-1973" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
4. "Dutchcharts.nl – David Bowie – Five Years 1969-1973" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
5. "Lescharts.com – David Bowie – Five Years 1969-1973". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
6. "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
7. "Top 40 album DVD és válogatáslemez-lista – 2016. 2. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
8. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 October 2015.