David Bowie Presents His Own Favorite Recordings From His Legendary Career on 'iSELECT: BOWIE,' Including Two Exclusive Tracks

David Bowie Presents His Own Favorite Recordings From His Legendary Career on 'iSELECT: BOWIE,' Including Two Exclusive Tracks

12-Track CD and Digital Collection to be Released October 14 by Virgin/EMI

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Sept. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Earlier this year, David Bowie was asked by a UK newspaper to compile a selection of 12 songs from his own catalog for a limited edition giveaway CD titled iSELECT: BOWIE. Rather than submitting a surface-skimming list of top hits, Bowie delivered an unexpectedly personal, career-spanning selection of recordings he "never seems to tire of," including two exclusive tracks, with his own insightful notes. Bundled with the June 29, 2008 Mail On Sunday newspaper, the CD was sold out and unavailable by the next day, becoming an out-of-print collectors' item and stirring worldwide interest. To meet demand for this eclectic and personal collection, Virgin/EMI will commercially release iSELECT: BOWIE on CD and digitally on October 14.

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For his iSELECT collection, David Bowie compiled and sequenced 12 of his own favorite tracks and accompanied all of them with annotations; personal reflections that provide fascinating insight into every selection and why each song continues to resonate with him.

Bowie reveals that "Lady Grinning Soul" "was written for a wonderful young girl whom I've not seen for more than 30 years. When I hear this song she's still in her 20s, of course. A song will put you tantalizingly close to the past, so close that you can almost reach out and touch it. The sound of ghosts again."

Bowie added another surprise by including two unavailable tracks among his selections. "There are a host of songs that I've recorded over the years that for one reason or another I've often wanted to re-record some time in the future," notes Bowie about the collection's version of "Time Will Tell." "This track from Never Let Me Down is one of those. I've replaced the drum machine with true drums and added some crickety strings and remixed. I'm very fond of this new version with its Neil Young of Shortlands accents."

The collection's other exclusive track is the dreamlike "Some Are," recorded during the Low album sessions, which Bowie describes as "a quiet little piece Brian Eno and I wrote in the Seventies. The cries of wolves in the background are sounds that you might not pick up on immediately. Unless you're a wolf. They're almost human, both beautiful and creepy."

   http://www.davidbowie.com/    iSELECT: BOWIE (CD, Digital Album)   1.   Life On Mars? (from the album Hunky Dory)   2.   Sweet Thing/Candidate/Sweet Thing (from the album Diamond Dogs)   3.   The Bewlay Brothers (from the album Hunky Dory)   4.   Lady Grinning Soul (from the album Aladdin Sane)   5.   Win (from the album Young Americans)   6.   Some Are (currently exclusive to this compilation)   7.   Teenage Wildlife (from the album Scary Monsters)   8.   Repetition (from the album Lodger)   9.   Fantastic Voyage (from the album Lodger)   10.  Loving The Alien (from the album Tonight)   11.  Time Will Crawl (MM Remix) (new remix by David Bowie)   12.  Hang On To Yourself [live] (from the album Live Santa Monica '72)  

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