Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture
{{short description|1983 live album by David Bowie}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2014}}
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{{Infobox album
| name = Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture
| type = live
| artist = David Bowie
| cover = dbzstmp.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|df=yes|1983|10}}
| recorded = {{start date|1973|7|3|df=yes}}
| venue = Hammersmith Odeon, London
| genre =
| length = {{duration|m=69|s=31}}
| label = RCA
| producer =
- David Bowie
- Mike Moran
- Tony Visconti (2003 re-release only)
| prev_title = Golden Years
| prev_year = 1983
| next_title = Fame and Fashion
| next_year = 1984
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture
| type = live
| single1 = White Light/White Heat
| single1date = October 1983{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/90/mode/2up|title=Great Rock discography|page=91}}
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r2481|pure_url=yes}}
| rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
| rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |publisher=Omnibus Press |edition=5th concise |year=2011 |last=Larkin |first=Colin |author-link=Colin Larkin (writer) }}
| rev3 = MusicHound
| rev4 = Pitchfork
| rev4score = 7.6/10{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21066-five-years-1969-1973/|title=David Bowie: Five Years 1969-1973 Album Review - Pitchfork|website=Pitchfork |date=October 2015 |access-date=2 October 2016}}
}}
Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture is a live album by the English musician David Bowie, released in October 1983 in conjunction with the film of the same name. The music was recorded during the Ziggy Stardust Tour at the Hammersmith Odeon in London on {{start date|1973|7|3|df=yes}}, although the album was not issued by RCA Records until 1983. Prior to that it had existed in bootleg form, notably His Masters Voice – Bowie and the Spiders From Mars' Last Stand.Roy Carr & Charles Shaar Murray (1981). Bowie: An Illustrated Record: p.116
The album documents the final show of the Ziggy Stardust tour and the last live-in-concert performance by Bowie as his Ziggy Stardust/Aladdin Sane persona/alter-ego (although it was not the final performance as Ziggy Stardust, which was three months later for the recording of the 1980 Floor Show). Before the final song, Bowie announced, "Of all the shows on this tour, this particular show will remain with us the longest, because not only is it the last show of the tour, but it's the last show that we'll ever do. Thank you." Many in the audience believed that Bowie himself was retiring.David Buckley (1999). Strange Fascination – David Bowie: The Definitive Story: p.191
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Production and release
D. A. Pennebaker filmed the concert and RCA recorded it with the intention of releasing a live album. However, the project was shelved for several reasons, rumoured to include Bowie's desire to leave Ziggy behind, and the poor quality of the recordings.Roy Carr & Charles Shaar Murray (1981). Op Cit: p.65 Reasoning that RCA would most likely issue the material sooner or later regardless, Bowie and producer Tony Visconti mixed the recordings in 1981. This mix has been heavily criticised, although Visconti describes it as "more of a salvage job than an artistic endeavor" considering the state of the source material.[http://www.tonyvisconti.com/faq/bowie.htm "FAQ: David Bowie" at TonyVisconti.com] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061024023716/http://www.tonyvisconti.com/faq/bowie.htm |date=24 October 2006 }}
The album was eventually released in October 1983 as a double LP soundtrack to Pennebaker's documentary. Partly due to the limitations of the LP record format, the release omitted, shortened or reordered several items from the original tapes. "White Light/White Heat" was issued as a single in November.
Rereleases
Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture has been released on CD three times; the first time on {{start date|1992|8|7|df=yes}} by Rykodisc. In April 2003, the '30th Anniversary 2CD Set' was released by EMI/Virgin with copy control. Remixed by Visconti, it was considered a significant improvement on the original.Nicholas Pegg (2000). The Complete David Bowie: p.320 It contains additional material, including introductions, spoken passages and the complete version of "The Width of a Circle"; "Changes" was also slotted into its correct position in the original concert's running order, following "Moonage Daydream". "The Jean Genie/Love Me Do" and "Round and Round" encore with Jeff Beck are still omitted. The continued absence of Beck's sequence has been variously attributed to an issue over royalties or to the guitarist feeling, in Tony Visconti's words, that "he didn't fit in the film". The two omissions are included as part of the 50th-anniversary edition, released in August 2023.{{cite web | url=https://superdeluxeedition.com/news/david-bowie-ziggy-stardust-the-motion-picture-50th-anniversary-edition | title=David Bowie / Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture 50th anniversary edition – SuperDeluxeEdition | date=June 2023 }}
Track listing
All songs written by David Bowie, except where noted.
= Original release (1983) =
{{Tracklisting
| headline = Side one
| title1 = Hang On to Yourself
| length1 = 2:56
| title2 = Ziggy Stardust
| length2 = 3:09
| title3 = Watch That Man
| length3 = 4:10
| title4 = Medley: Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud / All The Young Dudes/ Oh! You Pretty Things
| length4 = 6:37
}}
{{Tracklisting
| headline = Side two
| title5 = Moonage Daydream
| length5 = 6:17
| title6 = Space Oddity
| length6 = 4:51
| title7 = My Death
| length7 = 6:01
| writer7 = Jacques Brel
}}
{{Tracklisting
| headline = Side three
| title1 = Cracked Actor
| length1 = 2:52
| title2 = Time
| length2 = 5:20
| title3 = The Width of a Circle
| length3 = 9:39
}}
{{Tracklisting
| headline = Side four
| title4 = Changes
| length4 = 3:35
| title5 = Let's Spend the Night Together
| length5 = 3:08
| writer5 = Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
| title6 = Suffragette City
| length6 = 3:06
| title7 = White Light / White Heat
| length7 = 3:55
| writer7 = Lou Reed
| title8 = Rock 'n' Roll Suicide
| length8 = 4:30
}}
=30th Anniversary Edition (2003)=
{{Tracklisting
| headline = Disc one bonus tracks
| title1 = Intro
| note1 = Incorporating: Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, arranged and performed by Wendy Carlos
| length1 = 1:05
| writer1 = Ludwig van Beethoven
| title5 = Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud
| length5 = 3:15
}}
{{Tracklisting
| headline = Disc two bonus tracks
| title1 = Intro
| note1 = Incorporating: Rossini's William Tell Overture [Abridged], arranged and performed by Wendy Carlos
| writer1 = Gioacchino Rossini
| title8 = Farewell Speech
| note8 = Spoken Word
| length8 = 0:39
}}
= 50th Anniversary Edition (2023) =
{{Tracklisting
| headline = Disc two bonus tracks
| title8 = Medley: The Jean Genie/Love Me Do/The Jean Genie
| note8 = Featuring Jeff Beck
| length8 = 8:18
| writer8 = Love Me Do - John Lennon, Paul McCartney
| title9 = Round And Round
| note9 = Featuring Jeff Beck
| length9 = 4:11
| writer9 = Chuck Berry
}}
Personnel
- David Bowie – guitar, vocals, saxophone, harmonica
- Mick Ronson – lead guitar, vocals
- Trevor Bolder – bass
- Mick Woodmansey – drums
- Mike Garson – piano, Mellotron, organ
- Ken Fordham – alto, tenor, baritone saxophone
- John Hutchinson – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Brian Wilshaw – tenor saxophone, flute
- Geoffrey MacCormack – backing vocals, percussion
Production
- David Bowie, Mike Moran – live recording production and mixing
- Ken Scott – recording engineer
- David Bowie, Tony Visconti, Bruce Tergeson – 2003 remixing
Charts
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|+2022–2023 weekly chart performance for Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture ! scope="col"| Chart (2022–2023) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| {{album chart|Austria|21|artist=Soundtrack / David Bowie|album=Ziggy Stardust|rowheader=true|access-date=29 August 2023}} |
| {{album chart|Flanders|42|artist=Soundtrack / David Bowie|album=Ziggy Stardust|rowheader=true|access-date=20 August 2023}} |
| {{album chart|Wallonia|8|artist=Soundtrack / David Bowie|album=Ziggy Stardust|rowheader=true|access-date=20 August 2023}} |
| {{album chart|Netherlands|14|artist=Soundtrack / David Bowie|album=Ziggy Stardust|rowheader=true|access-date=19 August 2023}} |
| scope="row"| Hungarian Physical Albums (MAHASZ){{cite web |title=Album Top 40 slágerlista (fizikai hanghordozók) – 2023. 33. hét |url=https://slagerlistak.hu/album-top-40-slagerlista-fizikai-hanghordozok/2023/33|publisher=MAHASZ |access-date=August 24, 2023}}
| 8 |
|---|
| scope="row"| Italian Albums (FIMI){{cite web|url=https://www.fimi.it/top-of-the-music/classifiche.kl#/charts/1/2023/33|title=Album – Classifica settimanale WK 33 (dal 11.08.2023 al 17.08.2023)|publisher=Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana|language=it|access-date=19 August 2023}}
| 71 |
| {{album chart|Oricon|25|date=2023-08-21/p/3|rowheader=true|access-date=16 August 2023}} |
| scope="row"| Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan){{cite web|url=http://billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot_albums&year=2023&month=08&day=21|title=Billboard Japan Hot Albums – Week of August 16, 2023|website=Billboard Japan|language=ja|access-date=16 August 2023}}
| 25 |
| {{album chart|Portugal|14|artist=Soundtrack / David Bowie|album=Ziggy Stardust|rowheader=true|access-date=19 August 2023}} |
| {{album chart|Scotland|3|date=20230818|rowheader=true|access-date=19 August 2023}} |
| {{album chart|Switzerland|34|artist=Soundtrack / David Bowie|album=Ziggy Stardust|rowheader=true|access-date=20 August 2023}} |
| {{album chart|UK2|10|date=20230818|rowheader=true|access-date=18 August 2023}} |
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