''The World of David Bowie'' is a compilation album by English singer-songwriter

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 ...

, released on 6March 1970 by Decca Records as part of their ''The World of...'' series following Bowie's success with the "

Space Oddity "Space Oddity" is a song by English singer-songwriter David Bowie. It was first released on 11 July 1969 by Philips Records as a 7-inch single, then as the opening track of his second studio album ''David Bowie''. After the commercial f ...

" single. It primarily consists of material he recorded in 1967 for Decca subsidiary Deram, including all but four tracks from his debut album ''

'', as well as three previously unreleased songs — " Karma Man", " Let Me Sleep Beside You" and "In the Heat of the Morning" — and the 1966 B-side "

The London Boys "The London Boys" is a song by English musician David Bowie. It was first released as the B-side of the single " Rubber Band" in the United Kingdom on 2 December 1966. It was originally written and demoed in 1965 with the Lower Third for potenti ...

". The tracklisting was approved by Bowie himself, while the sleeve photo was provided by David Bebbington. The album was reissued in April 1973 with a Ziggy Stardust-era sleeve photo.

Track listing

All songs were written by

. Tracks 1, 3, and 6 on side two were previously unreleased. Side one # "Uncle Arthur" – 2:07 # " Love You till Tuesday" – 3:09 # "There Is a Happy Land" – 3:11 # "Little Bombardier" – 3:24 # "Sell Me a Coat" – 2:58 # "

Silly Boy Blue "Silly Boy Blue" is a song written and recorded by English singer-songwriter David Bowie. Originally demoed in 1965 as a mod-influenced track about a teenage runaway, it was revised in 1966 with new lyrics and released on Bowie's self-titled ...

" – 3:48 # "

" – 3:20 Side two # " Karma Man" – 2:58 # "

Rubber Band A rubber band (also known as an elastic band, gum band or lacky band) is a loop of rubber, usually ring or oval shaped, and commonly used to hold multiple objects together. The rubber band was patented in England on March 17, 1845 by Stephen P ...

" – 2:17 # " Let Me Sleep Beside You" – 3:24 # "Come and Buy My Toys" – 2:07 # "She's Got Medals" – 2:23 # "In the Heat of the Morning" – 2:55 # "When I Live My Dream" – 3:22

Personnel

*David Bowie – vocals, guitar *

John McLaughlin John or Jon McLaughlin may refer to: Arts and entertainment * John McLaughlin (musician) (born 1942), English jazz fusion guitarist, member of Mahavishnu Orchestra * Jon McLaughlin (musician) (born 1982), American singer-songwriter * John McLaug ...

– guitar (on Side 2, Tracks 1 and 3) *

Herbie Flowers Brian Keith "Herbie" Flowers (born 19 May 1938) is an English musician specialising in electric bass, double bass and tuba. He is noted as a member of Blue Mink, T. Rex and Sky. Flowers has contributed to recordings by Elton John (''Tumblewe ...

– bass *

Tony Visconti Anthony Edward Visconti (born April 24, 1944) is an American record producer, musician and singer. Since the late 1960s, he has worked with an array of performers. His first hit single was T. Rex's " Ride a White Swan" in 1970, the first of man ...

– bass, background vocals * Barry Morgan or Andy White – drums * Steve Peregrin-Took – pixiephone *unidentified strings

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:World of David Bowie, The David Bowie compilation albums 1970 compilation albums Decca Records compilation albums Albums produced by Mike Vernon (record producer) Albums produced by Tony Visconti