A David Bowie album with new music from ‘The Man Who Sold the World’ era is dropping soon

We’re about to be gifted one of the most amazing offerings of 2021: new David Bowie music.

As reported by Consequence of Sound, Parlophone will be releasing 21 unreleased songs from The Man Who Sold the World era, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the iconic album.

The fresh release will be titled The Width of a Circle and will be a two-disc set which has the works, think a BBBC In Concert session, the accompanying music for a TV play called Pierrot in Turquoise, remixes from Tony Visconti, one of Bowie’s longtime collaborators, as well as, drum roll… new singles!

The Width of a Circle is due for release next month on the 28th of May. See below for the full track list from the double CD release.

CD 1:

The Sunday Show Introduced by John Peel, 1970
Performed by David Bowie and The Tony Visconti Trio

01. Amsterdam (previously unreleased)
02. God Knows I’m Good (previously unreleased)
03. Buzz The Fuzz
04. Karma Man
05. London Bye, Ta-Ta
06. An Occasional Dream
07. The Width Of A Circle (previously unreleased)
08. Janine
09. Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud
10. Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed (previously unreleased)
11. Fill Your Heart
12. The Prettiest Star
13. Cygnet Committee (previously unreleased)
14. Memory Of A Free Festival (previously unreleased)

CD 2:

Pierrot In Turquoise

01. When I Live My Dream
02. Columbine
03. The Mirror
04. Threepenny Pierrot
05. When I Live My Dream (Reprise)

Singles

1. The Prettiest Star, Alternative Mix
Single mix released on March 6, 1970 on Mercury Records MF 1135. This is the unreleased alternative mix created for promotion in the US market.

2. London Bye, Ta-Ta (previously unreleased)
Originally recorded and rejected as the follow up single to “Space Oddity”. This mono mix was finally released on the Sound & Vision box set in 1989.

3. London Bye, Ta-Ta, 1970 Stereo Mix (previously unreleased)
This stereo mix of the above remained unreleased until the reformatted reissue of the Sound & Vision box set in 2003, replacing the mono mix.

4. Memory Of A Free Festival, Single Version Part 1 (previously unreleased)

5. Memory Of A Free Festival, Single Version Part 2 (previously unreleased)

6. Holy Holy (previously unreleased)

Sounds of the ’70s: Andy Ferris Show 1970

1. Waiting For The Man
2. The Width Of A Circle
3. The Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud (previously unreleased)
4. The Supermen (Bowie At The Beeb vinyl only) (previously unreleased)
Performed by David Bowie and The Hype

2020 remixes
1. The Prettiest Star
2. London Bye, Ta-Ta
3. Memory Of A Free Festival
4. All The Madmen
5. Holy Holy

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Watch David Bowie perform ‘The Man Who Sold the World’ live.