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

David Bowie David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie ( ), was an English singer-songwriter and actor. A leading figure in the music industry, he is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the ...

, 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 "Suffragette City" is a song by English singer-songwriter David Bowie. It was originally released in April 1972 as the B-side of the single " Starman" and subsequently appeared on his fifth studio album ''The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust a ...

", had never been released as singles when ''Changesonebowie'' was issued, though the former had been the B-side of "

The Jean Genie "The Jean Genie" is a song by English singer-songwriter David Bowie, originally released in November 1972 as the lead single to his 1973 album ''Aladdin Sane''. Co-produced by Ken Scott, Bowie recorded it with his backing band the Spiders from ...

" 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RCA Records reissued ''Changesonebowie'' on CD in 1984, but it was withdrawn shortly afterwards, along with the rest of Bowie's RCA catalogue, due to a conflict between Bowie and RCA.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

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beginning in 1990, ''Changesonebowie'' was replaced by a new compilation, ''

Changesbowie ''Changesbowie'' is a compilation album by English rock musician David Bowie, released by Rykodisc in the US and by EMI in the UK in 1990. The compilation was part of Rykodisc's remastered Bowie reissue series, replacing the deleted RCA Records ...

'', on which "Fame" was superseded by the "Gass Mix" of " Fame 90" (produced and remixed by Jon Gass) and " 'Heroes'", " Ashes to Ashes", "

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", " Let's Dance", "

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", " 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 "Sound and Vision" is a song by English musician David Bowie. It was released in January 1977 by RCA Records on side one of his 11th studio album '' Low''. RCA later chose it as the first single from the album. Co-produced by Bowie and Tony ...

" (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 Morrissey album ''

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''.

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 Timothy John Pearson Renwick (born 7 August 1949) is an English guitarist. He is best known for his association with Al Stewart in his early career and for his long-standing role as lead guitarist for the Sutherland Brothers & Quiver. His single ...

– 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 Michael Ronson (26 May 1946 – 29 April 1993) was an English musician, songwriter, arranger, and producer. He achieved critical and commercial success working with David Bowie as the guitarist of the Spiders from Mars. He was a session musici ...

– guitars, piano, moog, backing vocals (side one 2–6) * Trevor Bolder – bass (side one 2–6) *

Mick Woodmansey Michael "Woody" Woodmansey (born 4 February 1950) is an English rock drummer best known for his work in the early 1970s as a member of David Bowie's core backing ensemble that became known as the Spiders from Mars in conjunction with the rel ...

– drums (side one 2–6) * Tony Newmark – drums (side two 1) * Aynsley Dunbar – drums (side two 2) *

Carlos Alomar Carlos Alomar (born 7 May 1951) is a Puerto Rican guitarist. He is best known for his work with David Bowie from the mid-1970s to the early 2000s, having played on more Bowie albums than any musician other than pianist Mike Garson. He has als ...

– guitars (side two 3,4,5) *

Earl Slick Earl Slick (born Frank Madeloni in Brooklyn, New York, October 1, 1952) is a guitarist best known for his collaborations with David Bowie, John Lennon, Yoko Ono and Robert Smith. He has also worked with other artists including John Waite, Tim ...

– 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 peace activist who achieved worldwide fame as founder, co-songwriter, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of ...

– guitar, backing vocals (side two 4) *

Mike Garson Michael David Garson (born July 29, 1945) is an American pianist, who has worked with David Bowie, Nine Inch Nails, St. Vincent, Duran Duran, Free Flight and The Smashing Pumpkins. Early career Garson went to Lafayette High School in Brookly ...

– Piano, keyboards (side one 2–6, side two 1–4) *

Roy Bittan Roy J. Bittan (born July 2, 1949) is an American musician best known as a long-time member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band. Nicknamed "The Professor", Bittan joined the E Street Band in 1974. He plays the piano, organ, accordion and synthe ...

– 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 David William Sanborn (born July 30, 1945) is an American alto saxophonist. Though Sanborn has worked in many genres, his solo recordings typically blend jazz with instrumental pop and R&B. He released his first solo album ''Taking Off'' in 19 ...

– 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 – backing vocals (side two 3) * Warren Peace – backing vocals (side two 3,5) * Jean Millington, Jean Fineberg – backing vocals (side two 4) *

Harry Maslin Harry Maslin is an American record producer, recording/mixing engineer, and studio owner/designer. In the mid-1970s, he engineered No. 1 hits for Barry Manilow (" Mandy"), and Dionne Warwick & The Spinners (" Then Came You"). As a producer, his c ...

, Editing, Assembling, and Mastering

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