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180g Vinyl 15LP Box Set!
Three Remastered Studio Albums!
Remastered Live Album - First Time On Vinyl!
Two New Compilation Albums!
Previously Unreleased Live Album!
Mario McNulty 2018 Production of Never Let Me Down With Etched 4th Side!

Parlophone Records proudly releases David Bowie's Loving the Alien (1983-1988), the fourth in a series of box sets spanning his career from 1969, following the award winning and critically acclaimed Five Years (1969-1973), Who Can I Be Now? (1974-1976) and A New Career In A New Town (1977-1982). Along with the studio and live albums from the era, Loving the Alien also contains a new production of the 1987 LP Never Let Me Down.

NEVER LET ME DOWN (2018), is a new production of Bowie's final 'solo' album of the '80s. Producer Mario McNulty worked on the tracks at Electric Lady Studios in New York with longtime Bowie musicians Sterling Campbell (Black Tie White Noise, Outside, 'hours…', Heathen, Reality and The Next Day) on drums, Reeves Gabrels (Tin Machine, Black Tie White Noise, Outside, Earthling and 'hours...') & David Torn (Heathen, Reality and The Next Day) on guitars and Tim Lefebvre (Blackstar) on bass., as well as a string quartet with arrangements by Nico Muhly and a guest cameo by Laurie Anderson on "Shining Star (Makin' My Love)".

The fifteen-piece vinyl box set is named after the opening track from the Tonight album and includes newly remastered versions of David's most commercially successful period LET'S DANCE, TONIGHT, NEVER LET ME DOWN (ORIGINAL and 2018 VERSIONS), the live album GLASS SPIDER (Live Montreal '87), the previously unreleased SERIOUS MOONLIGHT live album, a collection of original remixes entitled DANCE and the non-album/alternate version/B-sides and soundtrack music compilation RE:CALL 4.

Exclusive to the box set is NEVER LET ME DOWN (2018), a new production of the 1987 album. The seeds of this reimagining of the album were first sown in 2008 when David asked Mario McNulty to remix the track "Time Will Crawl" and record new drums by longtime Bowie drummer, Sterling Campbell, along with strings. The track was issued on the iSelect compilation to much acclaim, and in the notes for that record David remarked, "Oh, to redo the rest of that album". Fast-forward to early 2018, McNulty entered Electric Lady Studios in New York with Sterling, Tim Lefebvre on bass, who was in the Blackstar band, and Reeves Gabrels and David Torn on guitars. All of the musicians had a history with David, so were a perfect fit for what now sound like brand new songs. Nico Muhly, whom Mario first met when they were both interns working for Philip Glass in 2001, has handled the string arrangements. The re-workings have revealed Never Let Me Down as a very strong collection of songs with a dark thematic thread running through them. Fans listening to NEVER LET ME DOWN (2018) would be forgiven for thinking that they were listening to a brand new "lost" Bowie record. This 2018 version of the album will also feature newly 'remixed' artwork reflecting the album's subject matter and features unseen images from the original cover photographic session from the archive of Greg Gorman.

Also in each box is the never before released SERIOUS MOONLIGHT live album recorded in Vancouver in 1983. Originally mixed at the time by Bob Clearmountain, the double album captures Bowie on what at that time was his most successful tour. The artwork features shots taken by photographer Denis O'Regan.

Also included is the 3LP GLASS SPIDER (LIVE MONTREAL '87) album, making its debut on vinyl (which is exclusive to the LP box). The tour's innovative set and marriage of music and theatre has been cited as a big inspiration to acts in the 2000's. Speaking in 1991 about Glass Spider Bowie said, "It was the first time I'd had the opportunity to spend that kind of money and do shows like that! The first time since Diamond Dogs, anyway...I thought, right! Let's really spend some money! I had all these thwarted dreams of what I'd tried to do with rock 'n roll in the early '70s".

Exclusive to the box is RE:CALL 4 and DANCE. The former a new compilation featuring remastered contemporary single versions, non-album singles, album edits, B-sides and songs featured on soundtracks such as Labyrinth, Absolute Beginners and When The Wind Blows. DANCE features 12 contemporaneous remixes some of which are appearing on vinyl for the first time and is named after an unreleased Bowie remix album that was originally slated for release in November 1985.

The box set's accompanying 84-page book will feature rarely seen and previously unpublished photos by photographers including Denis O'Regan, Greg Gorman, Herb Ritts and many others as well as historical press reviews and technical notes about the albums from producers/engineers Nile Rodgers, Hugh Padgham, Mario McNulty and Justin Shirley-Smith.

The vinyl box set will include faithfully reproduced versions of the original albums with newly "remixed" artwork for the 2018 version of Never Let Me Down, and is pressed on audiophile quality 180g vinyl.

Features:
• 15LP Box Set
• 180g Vinyl
• 84-page hardback book containing unseen photos, original press reviews, technical notes and much more
• 3 original studio albums remastered: Let's Dance (1LP); Tonight (1LP); Never Let Me Down (1LP)
• 2 live albums: Serious Moonlight (Live '83) - previously unreleased (2LP); Glass Spider (Live Montreal '87) - first time on vinyl (3LP)
• Brand new 2018 Mario McNulty production of Never Let Me Down - previously unreleased (2LP - side 4 is etched)
• 2 new compilations: Dance (2LP); Re:Call 4 (remastered 3LP)

Selections:
Let's Dance
Side 1:
1. Modern Love
2. China Girl
3. Let's Dance
4. Without You
Side 2:
1. Ricochet
2. Criminal World
3. Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
4. Shake It

Serious Moonlight (Live '83)*
Side 1:
1. Look Back In Anger
2. "Heroes"
3. What In The World
4. Golden Years
5. Fashion
6. Let's Dance
Side 2:
1. Breaking Glass
2. Life On Mars?
3. Sorrow
4. Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
5. China Girl
6. Scary Monsters
7. Rebel Rebel
Side 3:
1. White Light / White Heat
2. Station To Station
3. Cracked Actor
4. Ashes To Ashes
Side 4:
1. Space Oddity / Band Introduction
2. Young Americans
3. Fame
4. Modern Love

Tonight
Side 1:
1. Loving The Alien
2. Don't Look Down
3. God Only Knows
4. Tonight
Side 2:
1. Neighborhood Threat
2. Blue Jean
3. Tumble And Twirl
4. I Keep Forgettin'
5. Dancing With The Big Boys

Never Let Me Down
Side 1:
1. Day-In Day-Out
2. Time Will Crawl
3. Beat Of Your Drum
4. Never Let Me Down
5. Zeroes
Side 2:
1. Glass Spider
2. Shining Star (Makin' My Love)
3. New York's In Love
4. '87 And Cry
5. Bang Bang

Never Let Me Down (2018)*
Side 1:
1. Day-In Day-Out
2. Time Will Crawl
3. Beat Of Your Drum
Side 2:
1. Never Let Me Down
2. Zeroes
3. Glass Spider
Side 3:
1. Shining Star (Makin' My Love) (feat. Laurie Anderson)
2. New York's In Love
3. '87 & Cry
4. Bang Bang
Side 4:
David Bowie 1987 Logo Etching

Glass Spider (Live Montreal '87)*
Side 1:
1. Up The Hill Backwards
2. Glass Spider
3. Day-In Day-Out
4. Bang Bang
Side 2:
1. Absolute Beginners
2. Loving The Alien
3. China Girl
4. Rebel Rebel
Side 3:
1. Fashion
2. Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
3. All The Madmen
4. Never Let Me Down
Side 4:
1. Big Brother
2. '87 And Cry
3. "Heroes"
4. Sons Oof The Silent Age
9. Time Will Crawl / Band Introduction
Side 5:
1. Young Americans
2. Beat Of Your Drum
3. The Jean Genie
4. Let's Dance
Side 6:
1. Fame
2. Time
3. Blue Jean
4. Modern Love

Dance*
Side 1:
1. Shake It (Re-mix aka Long Version) - Originally released on the B-side of the "China Girl" 12" single on EMI America 12EA 157 (U.K.) and V-7809 (U.S.) in May, 1983
2. Blue Jean (Extended Dance Mix) - Originally released on 12" single on EMI America 12EA 181 (U.K.) and V-7838 (U.S.) in September, 1984
3. Dancing With The Big Boys (Extended Dance Mix) - Originally released on the B-side of the "Blue Jean" 12" single alongside an Extended Dub Mix of the same, release details as above
Side 2:
1. Tonight (Vocal Dance Mix) - Originally released on 12" single on EMI America 12EA 187 (U.K.) and V-7846 (U.S.) in November, 1984
2. Don't Look Down (Extended Dance Mix) - Originally released on the B-side of the "Loving The Alien" (Extended Dance Mix) 12" single alongside the "Loving The Alien" (Extended Dub Mix) on EMI America 12EA 195 (U.K.) and VG-7858 (U.S.) in May, 1985
3. Loving The Alien (Extended Dub Mix) - Originally released on the B-side of the "Loving The Alien" (Extended Dance Mix) 12" single, release details as above
Side 3:
1. Tumble And Twirl (Extended Dance Mix) - Originally released on the B-side of the "Tonight" 12" single alongside a "Tonight" (Dub Mix), release details as above
2. Underground (Extended Dance Mix) - Originally released on 12" single on EMI America 12EA 216 (U.K.) and V-19210 (U.S.) in June, 1986
3. Day-In Day-Out (Groucho Mix) - Originally released on 12" single on EMI America 12EAX 230 (U.K.) and V-19239 (U.S.) in March, 1987
Side 4:
1. Time Will Crawl (Dance Crew Mix) - Originally released on 12" single on EMI America 12EAX 237 (U.K.) in June, 1987
2. Shining Star (Makin' My Love) (12" mix) - Originally released on the "Never Let Me Down" digital E.P. on EMI 0094639278954 in May, 2007
3. Never Let Me Down (Dub/Acapella) - Originally released on the B-side of the "Never Let Me Down" (Extended Dance Mix) 12" single on EMI America 12EA 239 (U.K.) and V-19255 (U.S.) in August, 1987

Re:Call 4*
Side 1:
1. Let's Dance (single version)
2. China Girl (single version)
3. Modern Love (single version)
4. This Is Not America (The theme from The Falcon and The Snowman) - David Bowie / Pat Metheny Group
5. Loving The Alien (re-mixed version)
Side 2:
1. Don't Look Down (re-mixed version)
2. Dancing In The Street (Clearmountain mix) - David Bowie and Mick Jagger
3. Absolute Beginners (from Absolute Beginners)
4. That's Motivation (from Absolute Beginners)
5. Volare (from Absolute Beginners)
Side 3:
1. Labyrinth Opening Titles / Underground (from Labyrinth)
2. Magic Dance (from Labyrinth)
3. As The World Falls Down (from Labyrinth)
4. Within You (from Labyrinth)
5. Underground (from Labyrinth)
Side 4:
1. When The Wind Blows (single version)
2. Day-In Day-Out (single version)
3. Julie
4. Beat Of Your Drum (vinyl album edit)
5. Glass spider (vinyl album edit)
Side 5:
1. Shining Star (Makin' My Love) (vinyl album edit)
2. New York's In Love (vinyl album edit)
3. '87 And Cry (vinyl album edit)
4. Bang Bang (vinyl album edit)
5. Time Will Crawl (single version)
Side 6:
1. Girls (extended edit)
2. Never Let Me Down (7" remix)
3. Bang Bang (live - promotional mix)
4. Tonight (live) - Tina Turner with David Bowie
5. Let's Dance (live) - Tina Turner with David Bowie

*Exclusive to Loving The Alien (1983-1988) LP Box