Bowie at the Beeb: The Best of the BBC Radio Sessions 68–72

~ Release group by David Bowie

Annotation

Corrupt editions (CD2 mispressing)

Reported mispressed CD2’s catalogue numbers (as printed on CD label)

CD2 tracklist (extract, track numbers vary with bonus tracks)

First pressings of this live compilation (around 250 000 copies) got a mispressed CD2.
Instead of containing two versions of Ziggy Stardust, recorded 18.1.72 (A. 3:22) then 16.5.72 (B. 3:24), it has twice the same Ziggy Stardust, recorded 16.5.72 (B′. 3:26 then B. 3:24 with same content).
An update CD and a digital update, containing the missing Ziggy Stardust, recorded 18.1.72 (A.) (BEEBREP 2) were issued but are now nearly impossible to find, they don’t send it and you cannot contact them any more.

The ISRC were however rightly dispersed on tracks (so linked to the wrong sound on first Ziggy Stardust track), only the sound is wrong (duplicated).
For the sake of clarity, the second track’s ISRC was removed from the first track’s MB recording.

Please ear check which release you have to select the correct release and/or to go on fixing those which still don’t have a « CD2 mispressing / fixed CD2 pressing » comment.

Clean editions (fixed CD2 pressing)

Reported fixed CD2’s catalogue numbers (as printed on CD label)

CD2 tracklist (extract, track numbers vary with bonus tracks)

Annotation last modified on 2016-10-04 07:45 UTC.

Album + Compilation

ReleaseArtistFormatTracksCountry/DateLabelCatalog#Barcode
Official
Bowie at the Beeb: The Best of the BBC Radio Sessions 68–72 (fixed CD2 pressing, limited edition 3 CD box set)David Bowie3×CD18 + 19 + 15
  • US2000-09-26
Virgin Records America, Inc. (for copyrights use only; for release labels, please refer to either “Virgin” or “Virgin America”), BBC Music7087 6 15778 2 2, 7243 528630 2 0, 7243 528631 2 9, 7243 5 28958 2 3724352895823
Bowie at the Beeb: The Best of the BBC Radio Sessions 68–72 (ミレニアム限定発売 corrupt CD2: track 5 = track 13)David Bowie3×CD18 + 20 + 15
  • JP2000-09-27
BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), 東芝EMI 株式会社 (record company, do not use as release label – check obi, back or disc for imprint! Ended 2007‐06‐29)TOCP-65631 (7243 528630 2 0), TOCP-65632 (7243 528631 2 9), TOCP-65633 (7243 5 28958 2 3)4988006786080
Bowie at the Beeb: The Best of the BBC Radio Sessions 68–72 (CD2 mispressing, track 4 = track 12)David Bowie2×CD18 + 19
BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)7243 5 28629 2 4, 7243 528629 2 4, 7243 528629 2 4 (7243 528630 2 0), 7243 528629 2 4 (7243 528631 2 0)724352862924
Bowie at the Beeb: The Best of the BBC Radio Sessions 68–72 (fixed CD2 pressing, track 4 ≠ track 12)David Bowie2×CD18 + 19
BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)7243 528629 2 4724352862924
Bowie at the Beeb: The Best of the BBC Radio Sessions 68–72 (Matrix: EMI UDEN)David Bowie3×CD18 + 19 + 15
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)7243 528629 2 4, 7243 5 28958 2 3724352895823
Bowie at the Beeb: The Best of the BBC Radio Sessions 68–72 (corrupt CD2, track 4 = track 12)David Bowie3×CD18 + 19 + 15
BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)7243 5 28629 2 4, 7243 528629 2 4, 7243 528629 2 4 (7243 528630 2 0), 7243 528629 2 4 (7243 528631 2 0), 7243 5 28958 2 3724352895823
Bowie at the Beeb: The Best of the BBC Radio Sessions 68–72David Bowie2×CD18 + 20
  • JP2001-01-17
東芝EMI 株式会社 (record company, do not use as release label – check obi, back or disc for imprint! Ended 2007‐06‐29)TOCP-65666, TOCP-656674988006787605
Bowie at the Beeb: The Best of the BBC Radio Sessions 68–72David Bowie4×12" Vinyl10 + 9 + 10 + 10
Parlophone, BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)0825646095285, DBBBCLP6872[none]
Bowie at the Beeb: The Best of the BBC Radio Sessions 68–72David Bowie2×Digital Media18 + 19
Parlophone0190295890780
Promotion
Ziggy Stardust (recorded 18.1.72, missing track update CD)David BowieCD1
  • GB2000-10-12
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)BEEBREP 2[none]
Ziggy Stardust (recorded 18.1.72, missing track MusicMatch update)David BowieDigital Media1
  • XW2000-10-23
BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)[none]

Relationships

Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/54134 [info]
reviews:http://www.5years.com/bowieatthebeeb.htm [info]
http://www.illustrated-db-discography.nl/Compi4.htm#beeb [info]
http://www.teenagewildlife.com/music/Compilations/2000/batb/ [info]
other databases:https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/david-bowie/bowie-at-the-beeb-the-best-of-the-bbc-radio-sessions-68-72/ [info]
https://www.musik-sammler.de/album/17523/ [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000619751 [info]
Wikidata:Q2324193 [info]