Promo CD single
Promotional single from Rykodisc for the first Bowie box set, Sound + Vision, containing one "rare track" and a "CD Press Release." What was a press release in 1989 is nothing more than a curiosity 35 years later, but I simply couldn't pass it up.
Tracks: The first track is a glam-rock cover of a 1958 Chuck Berry tune which was originally the B-side of Bowie's 1973 single Drive-In Saturday, recorded in 1971 during the Ziggy Stardust sessions. The second track is a 3 minute press release for the box set, read by Kurt Loder, then the face of MTV News:
Personal Memory Associated with this CD: I didn't opt for the full Sound + Vision box back in 1989, instead picking up the Changesbowie release around 1991 or 1992. In 1989, I was a newlywed with a wife in grad school and we only had my teacher income. In other words, I couldn't afford the CD box set, especially at a $59.98 price point (over $150 in 2024 dollars, adjusted for inflation). The LP version was listed at $69.98 and cassette at $49.98. But even at those prices, the set sold well and peaked at #97 on the Billboard 200.
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Previously revisited for the blog:
| ★ (2016) | Black Tie White Noise (1993) |
| The Next Day (2013) | Changesbowie (1990) |
| Zeit! 77-79 (2013) | Tonight (1984) |
| Reality (2003) | Let's Dance (1983) |
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