OMG! Gotta get this!

Posted by: Kevin-W on 05 July 2010

Station To Station Deluxe Edition
ICPN 50999-647601-2-4 / UK Catalogue no. BOWSTSD 2010

The Deluxe Edition of Station To Station (above) is an album sized box with lift off lid housed in a foam-packed box, 325 x 325 x 50mm and contains the following...

~ CD 1: 2010 transfer of Station To Station from the original stereo analogue master

~ CD 2: Station To Station 1985 CD master

~ CD 3: Station To Station single edits five track EP containing Golden Years, TVC15, Stay, Word On A Wing and Station To Station

~ CDs 4 & 5: Live Nassau Coliseum '76

~ DVD containing the following...

Station To Station (original analogue master, 96kHz/24bit LPCM stereo)
Station To Station (new Harry Maslin 5.1 surround sound mix in DTS 96/24 and Dolby Digital)
Station To Station (original analogue master, LPCM stereo)
Station To Station (new Harry Maslin stereo mix, 48kHz/24bit LPCM stereo)

~ 12" heavyweight vinyl of Station To Station from the original stereo analogue master in replica sleeve

~ 2 x 12" heavyweight vinyl of Live Nassau Coliseum '76 in gatefold sleeve

Aside from all of this marvellous audio content, here's what else you get in the Deluxe Edition box...

24-page booklet with sleevenotes by Cameron Crowe and chronology by Kevin Cann and also including...

~ Previously unpublished Steve Shapiro photo
~ Geoff MacCormack photos
~ Andrew Kent live Nassau photos

Both the 16 and 24-page booklets will be illustrated with record sleeves and extensive memorabilia from the BowieNet archives.

Finally, the deluxe box also contains facsimile copies of two very collectable folders with most of the original content reproduced...

Replica David Bowie On Stage 1976 press kit folder containing the following...

~ Replica Nassau ticket from night of the show
~ Replica backstage pass
~ Replica A4 biog
~ Replica band line-up
~ 3 x 10x8" press shots

~ Replica 1976 Fan Club Folder containing the following...

~ Replica fan club membership card
~ Fan club certificate
~ 2 small collector cards
~ 2 A4 photo cards
~ Replica 4-page biography
~ 2 badges
~ 6 panel folded Steve Shapiro photo poster of Bowie kneeling

After "Low", "STS" is Bowie's best album, and the 76 tour was an absolute stonker. Out September 20th, price about £90 I believe.

Posted on: 05 July 2010 by Kevin-W

And here's the full tracklist for the EP and the Nassau gig...

LP 1: Station To Station (original analogue master)

Side 1:
1. Station To Station (10.11)
2. Golden Years (4.02)
3. Word On A Wing (6.01)

Side 2:
1. TVC15 (5.31)
2. Stay (6.12)
3. Wild Is The Wind (6.02)

LP 2: Live Nassau Coliseum '76 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED (Recorded live at the Nassau Coliseum Uniondale, NY, USA March 23, 1976)
Side 1:

1. Station To Station (11.53)
2. Suffragette City (3.31)
3. Fame (4.02)

Side 2:
1. Word On A Wing (6.06)
2. Stay (7.25)
3. Waiting For The Man (6.20)
4. Queen Bitch (3.12)

LP 3: Nassau Coliseum concert continued... PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
Side 3:

1. Life On Mars? (2.13)
2. Five Years (5.03)
3. Panic In Detroit (6.03)
4. Changes (4.11)
5. TVC15 (4.58)
Side 4:

1. Diamond Dogs (6.38)
2. Rebel Rebel (4.07)
3. The Jean Genie (7.28)

*CD 3: Singles Versions E.P.
1. Golden Years - The first single released from the album Station To Station, it was released in edited form in November 1975 (RCA 2640), appearing the following year in full-length on the album.

2. TVC15 - Released in edited form as the second single from Station To Station (RCA 2682) in April 1976. The single peaked on the singles charts at number 33 in the UK and number 64 in the U.S

3. Stay - This edit was released as the third single from Station To Station in the US (RCA PB 10736) in July 1976 and several other countries outside the UK.

4. Word On A Wing - Appearing on the reverse of the original Stay single (RCA PB 10736) in July 1976, this particular edit is making its official debut here on CD.

5. Station To Station - This is an extremely edited version (down from 10 minutes 13 seconds) appeared on a very rare French factory single sample (RCA 42549) in 1976. This edit eliminates the entire first part of the song. This makes its first official release!

Posted on: 06 July 2010 by JamieL_v2

Thanks for the the info.

I have been hoping that the Nassau 1976 concert would get a proper release for years, it is possibly the best live performance I have heard by Bowie. Personally I think it is far better then the two official live albums from the 70's that came from the tours two years either side of the 'Thin White Duke' tour.

Two tracks 'Word On A Wing' and 'Stay' were released on the original RKO CD release of the album in the 1990's. 'Stay' is a blistering performance driven by Stacey Hayden's guitar solo. I have the rest of the show, broadcast in the US on FM Radio on a not too brilliant recording. 'Station to Station' is also a highlight of the live performances that year.

Earl Slick was the guitarist on the studio album, but was sacked before the tour and replaced by Stacey Hayden, who sadly I have never heard of again. For Yes fans Tony Kaye was on keyboard for that tour too, plus Bowie's usual rhythm section of George Murray, Dennis Davis and Carlos Alomar, and it doesn't get much better than that.

A little more information is also on the Wikidepia page. The download version has an extra track of 'Panic in Detroit' with the full unedited drum solo (not that tempting personally).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Station_to_Station

Posted on: 06 July 2010 by Tarquin Maynard - Portly

Wow; if Mr. Jones did this for Ziggy, Diamond Dogs and Aladdin, I'd be a very, very happy old rocker.

Posted on: 06 July 2010 by Jono 13

Now listening to my original vinyl ripped into iTunes.

A great album, along with Low and Heros. The best period Bowie for me.

Jono