''Changesonebowie'' is a compilation album by English musician

David Bowie David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known as David Bowie ( ), was an English singer, songwriter and actor. Regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Bowie was acclaimed by critics and musicians, pa ...

, issued through

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in 1976. It collected songs from the 1969–1976 period, including the first LP appearance of " John, I'm Only Dancing". A " sax version" of this song, cut during the '' Aladdin Sane'' sessions in 1973, appeared on the first 1000 copies of the UK pressing (identified by the lack of the RCA logo in the upper-right corner of the cover). Later pressings of ''Changesonebowie'' featured the original version of the single that had been recorded and released in 1972. All US pressings of the LP contain this original version as well. Two of the tracks, " Ziggy Stardust" and " Suffragette City", had never been released as singles when ''Changesonebowie'' was issued, though the former had been the B-side of " The Jean Genie" in November 1972 and the latter would be released as an A-side in July 1976 to help promote the compilation. The album was followed up by a companion compilation, '' Changestwobowie'', in 1981.

Album history

RCA Records reissued ''Changesonebowie'' on CD in 1984, but it was withdrawn shortly afterwards, along with the rest of Bowie's RCA catalogue, due to a conflict between Bowie and RCA. The RCA CD contains the original single version of " John, I'm Only Dancing". When the Bowie catalogue was reissued by Rykodisc beginning in 1990, ''Changesonebowie'' was replaced by a new compilation, '' Changesbowie'', on which "Fame" was superseded by the "Gass Mix" of " Fame 90" (produced and remixed by Jon Gass) and " 'Heroes'", " Ashes to Ashes", " Fashion", " Let's Dance", " China Girl", " Modern Love", and " Blue Jean" were added. In addition to the above, Rykodisc added the songs " Starman" (following "Space Oddity"), " Life on Mars?" (following "The Jean Genie"), and " Sound and Vision" (following "Golden Years") to the double-LP editions of the album. A remastered edition of the original ''Changesonebowie'' compilation was released on 20 May 2016, on vinyl and CD, to mark its 40th anniversary. On 13 April 2018, ''Changesonebowie'' was released in digital/streaming formats, along with a newly remastered edition of its follow-up, ''Changestwobowie'', on vinyl, CD and digital/streaming. The cover provided the inspiration for the 2009 expanded edition of the

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album '' Southpaw Grammar''.

Acclaim

In 1987, as part of their 20th anniversary, ''

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'' magazine ranked it number 96 on "The Top 100 Albums of the Last Twenty Years." In 2003, the album was ranked number 425 on ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's list of

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Track listing

Personnel

– vocals, guitars, keyboards, saxophone, harmonica, stylophone, Moog, Mellotron, backing vocals * Tim Renwick – guitar (side one-1) * Mick Wayne – guitar (side one-1) * Rick Wakeman – mellotron (side one-1) * Herbie Flowers – bass (side one-1, side two 1,2) * Terry Cox – drums (side one-1) * Mick Ronson – guitars, piano, moog, backing vocals (side one 2–6) * Trevor Bolder – bass (side one 2–6) * Mick Woodmansey – drums (side one 2–6) * Tony Newmark – drums (side two 1) * Aynsley Dunbar – drums (side two 2) * Carlos Alomar – guitars (side two 3,4,5) * Earl Slick – guitars (side two 4,5) *

John Lennon John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer-songwriter, musician and activist. He gained global fame as the founder, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles. Lennon's ...

– guitar, backing vocals (side two 4) * Mike Garson – Piano, keyboards (side one 2–6, side two 1–4) * Roy Bittan – piano (side two 5) * Willy Weeks – bass (side two 9) * Emir Ksasan – bass (side two 10) * George Murray – bass (side two 5) * Andy Newmark – drums (side two 3) * Dennis Davis – drums (side two 4,5) * David Sanborn – saxophone (side two 3) * Pablo Rosario – percussion (side two 3) * Larry Washington – percussion (side two 3) * Ralph Mcdonald – percussion (side two 4) * Ava Cherry, Robin Clark, Anthony Hinton, Diane Sumler,

Luther Vandross Luther Ronzoni Vandross Jr. (April 20, 1951 – July 1, 2005) was an American Soul music, soul and Contemporary R&B, R&B singer, songwriter, and record producer. Over his career, he achieved eleven consecutive RIAA certification, RIAA-certified ...

– backing vocals (side two 3) * Warren Peace – backing vocals (side two 3,5) * Jean Millington, Jean Fineberg – backing vocals (side two 4) * Harry Maslin, Editing, Assembling, and Mastering

Charts

Weekly charts

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Changesonebowie David Bowie compilation albums 1976 compilation albums RCA Records compilation albums