''Clareville Grove Demos'' is a box set EP by English musician

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, released posthumously in May 2019. The set includes three 7"

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containing six songs performed by Bowie with his friend John Hutchinson in early 1969. All songs in the collection are presented in

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form. In November, all songs were released on CD on the ''

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'', the box set was released to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Bowie's 1969 album ''

''. Two of the six demos, "Space Oddity" and "An Occasional Dream", had already been released in 2009 on the 40th anniversary reissue of that album. The material was recorded in January 1969 to promote Bowie & Hutch to potential record labels, as David had just been dropped by Deram.

With John 'Hutch' Hutchinson - Clareville Grove Demos Liner Notes, 2019,

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Track listing

References

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