The latest box set from Godfather will feature David Bowie. C’Est La Vie: The Ultimate Rare Tracks 1964/2013 (G.R. Box 25) is a 6CD set that comes with a 40-page booklet with track by track notes. Always one to include extras, this set also comes with a Davie Jones Decca Promo Photo, a David Bowie Deram Records Promo Postcard, and a Poster with Ziggy Stardust UK “Thank You” press ad.
CD 1 & 2 will feature The Sixties & The Seventies (G.R. Box 25A/B)
CD 1: “THE SIXTIES”
1964:
01. Long Hair Interview
1965:
02. I Pitty The Fool
03. Take My Tip
04. Baby That’s A Promise
05. Silly Boy Blue
06. Over The Wall We Go
1967:
07. The Laughing Gnome (version 1)
08. Little Toy Soldier – Little Sadie (alternate version)
09. Silly Boy Blue (complete intro)
10. I’m Waiting For My Man (false start)
11. Silver Tree Top School For Boys (demo)
12. Everything Is You
13. Social Kind Of Girl
14. Silver Tree Top School For Boys
15. C’est La Vie (backing track)
16. C’est La Vie (with vocals)
1968:
17. Even A Fool Learns To Love
18. Ching-A-Ling
19. April’s Tooth Of Gold
20. When I’m Five
1969:
21. Space Oddity
CD 2: “THE SEVENTIES”
1970:
01. The Supermen
1971:
02. Tired Of My Life
03. Shadow Man
04. How Lucky You Are
05. I’ve Got Lightning (stereo with complete intro)
06. Looking For A Friend
07. Rupert The Riley
08. Rupert The Riley (with sound effects)
09. Bombers
10. Life On Mars (abbey road mix)
1972:
11. Oh, You Pretty Things
12. Five Years
13. All The Young Dudes
1973:
14. The Jean Genie
1974:
15. Young Americans (take 3)
16. Shilling The Rubes (take 1)
17. I’m A Laser
18. After Today
19. Can You Hear Me
20. Win
1977:
21. Heroes / Helden (english-german full-length version)
22. Heroes / Héros (english-french full-length version)
23. Breaking Glass (extended stereo version)
CD 3 & 4 will feature The Eighties & The Nineties (G.R. Box 25C/D)
CD 3: “THE EIGHTIES”
1980:
01. Scary Monsters
02. People Are Turning To Gold
1982:
03. Cat People (extended remix)
04. Cat People (full length version)
1983:
05. Waiata Song
06. Imagine
1985:
07. Dancing In The Street
08. This Is Not America
1986:
09. Dancing In The Street
1987:
10. Al Alba
11. Girls (japanese extended version)
12. Modern Love (The Choice Is Right)
1989:
13. You’ve Been Around
CD 4: “THE NINETIES”
1991:
01. It’s Tough
02. A Big Hurt (BBC studio version)
1993:
03. You’ve Been Around (dangers trance mix)
04. Strangers When We Meet
1995:
05. Nothing To Be Desired
06. I’d Rather Be Chrome (rare extended version)
07. My Death
1997:
08. I Can’t Read
1998:
09. Fun Fade 2 (w/o crowd at top & shorter fade)
10. Trying To Get To Heaven
11. Funhouse #2 Clownboy Mix 3
12. Funhouse #3 Clownboy Mutant Mix
13. Funhouse #5 Clownboy Mix Vocal Up
14. Funhouse #7 Clownboy Instrumental
15. Fun
16. Mother
1999:
17. Omikron
18. Awaken 2 (No One Calls)
CD 5 & 6 will feature The Thousands & The Collaborations (G.R. Box 25E/F). The Collaborations run from 1965 through 2002.
CD 5: “THE THOUSANDS”
2001:
01. Silly Boy Blue
2002:
02. Everyone Says Hi (metro remix)
03. I Took A Trip On A Gemini Spaceship (deepsky’s space cowboy remix)
04. I Feel So Bad
05. One Night
2003:
06. New Killer Star
07. Your Turn To Drive
08. The Man Who Sold The World
09. Suffragette City
10. 5.15 The Angels Have Gone
11. Try Some, Buy Some
12. China Girl
13. The Loneliest Guy
14. New Killer Star
15. Modern Love
16. Starman (metrophonic remix)
2004:
17. Liza Jane
2005:
18. Life On Mars
19. Wake Up
20. Five Years
2006:
21. Little Fat Man
2013:
22. Sound And Vision (2013)
CD 6: “THE COLLABORATIONS”
1965:
01. Kenny Miller – Take My Tip
1967:
02. Oscar – Over The Wall We Go
03. Ronnie Hilton – The Laughing Gnome
04. Dee Dee – Love Is Always
05. Dee Dee – Pancho
06. The Slender Plenty – Silver Tree Top School For Boys
07. The Beatstalkers – Silver Tree Top School For Boys
1968:
08. Billy Fury – Silly Boy Blue
09. The Beatstalkers – Everything Is You
1969:
10. The Beatstalkers – When I’m Five
1970:
11. Computers – Ragazzo Solo, Ragazza Sola
1971:
12. Peter Noone – Oh! You Pretty Thing
13. Peter Noone – Right On Mother
1974:
14. Lulu – The Man Who Sold The World
15. Lulu – Watch That Man
16. Ronnie Wood – I Can Feel The Fire
1976:
17. Mick Ronson – Stone Love
1980:
18. Cuddly Toys – Madman
1982:
19. Queen – Cool Cat
20. Queen – Action This Day
1986:
21. Iggy Pop – Fire Girl
2002:
22. Kristeen Young – Saviour
2 Comments
Not cheap but absolutely one for the collectors – and this time Godfather have done it properly with a care to detail & an overall package that frankly puts the major labels to shame for it’s price point.
Personally the stand-out highlight for me is a previously unheard pre-strings “Abbey Road” mix of “Life On Mars?” that sounds like something knocked up to give the recording people at AR a monitor mix to track to – absolutely fascinating.
Downsides? Tooi nany “extracts” for my liking, and a lot of it sounds sourced from needledrops, MP3 and/or YouTube…….but the highlights are worthwhile because even though a lot of the really interesting stuff has been available previously they are still worth having on one set. Examples:
60’s – The Riot Squad EP (Little Toy Soldier to Silver Tree Top School For Boys”)
70’s – Abbey Road mix of “Life On Mars?”, the Trident Master Tapes (poreviously available though)
80’a – the unreleased version of Cat People.
90’s – Mother (from the “Toy” sessions)
This page has now been updated to include the track listing.