Divine Symmetry (4CD + Blu-Ray + Book)
Divine Symmetry is a 4CD/1 Blu-Ray book set covering the development of the 1971 album Hunky Dory and celebrating its 50th anniversary.
Featuring demos, new alternative mixes by original co-producer Ken Scott, the early mixes, a legendary live show from September, 1971, a BBC Session and BBC In Concert from 1971 all on CD.
The Blu-Ray features the definitive 2015 remaster of the original Hunky Dory album and an alternative journey through the album using the alternative mixes creating a playlist entitled A Divine Symmetry both in 96kHz/24bit stereo. Also featured is the September, 1971 BBC session in 96kHz/24bit stereo and a bonus of the ‘Life On Mars?’ 2016 mix in both 96kHz/24bit stereo and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1.
The Divine Symmetry book set is a hardcover book housed in a hard slip case along the lines of Conversation Piece from 2019.
CD 1: The Songwriting Demos Plus
- Tired Of My Life (demo)
- How Lucky You Are (aka Miss Peculiar) (demo)
- Shadow Man (demo)
- Looking For A Friend (demo)
- Waiting For The Man (San Francisco hotel recording)
- Quicksand (San Francisco hotel recording)
- King Of The City (demo)
- Song For Bob Dylan (demo)
- Right On Mother (demo)
- Quicksand (demo)
- Queen Bitch (demo)
- Kooks (demo)
- Amsterdam (demo)
- Life On Mars? (demo)
Bonus acetate dubs:
- Changes (demo)
- Bombers (demo)
CD 2: BBC Radio In Concert: John Peel
David Bowie and Friends (mono)
- Queen Bitch
- Bombers
- The Supermen
- Looking For A Friend
- Almost Grown
- Kooks
- Song For Bob Dylan
- Andy Warhol
- It Ain't Easy
David Bowie and Friends (stereo)
- Queen Bitch
- The Supermen
- Looking For A Friend
- Kooks
- Song For Bob Dylan
- Andy Warhol
- It Ain't Easy
CD 3: BBC Radio Session And Live
- The Supermen
- Oh! You Pretty Things
- Eight Line Poem
- Kooks
- Fill Your Heart
- Amsterdam
- Andy Warhol
- Introduction
- Fill Your Heart
- Buzz The Fuzz
- Space Oddity
- Amsterdam
- The Supermen
- Oh! You Pretty Things
- Eight Line Poem
- Changes
- Song For Bob Dylan
- Andy Warhol
- Looking For A Friend
- Round And Round
- Waiting For The Man
CD 4: Alternative Mixes, Singles and Versions
BOWPROMO mixes
- Oh! You Pretty Things
- Eight Line Poem
- Kooks
- Queen Bitch
- Quicksand
- Bombers – Andy Warhol intro.
- Lightning Frightening (aka The Man)
- Amsterdam (early mix)
- Changes (mono single)
- Andy Warhol (full length mono single)
- Amsterdam (single b-side mix)
- Life On Mars? (2016 mix)
2021 mixes
- Changes (2021 alternative mix)
- Life On Mars? (original ending version)
- Quicksand (2021 mix – early version)
- Fill Your Heart (2021 alternative mix)
- Bombers (2021 alternative mix)
- Song For Bob Dylan (2021 alternative mix)
- The Bewlay Brothers (2021 alternative mix)
BLU-RAY AUDIO
All PCM Stereo 96kHz/24bit
except ‘Life On Mars?’ (2016 mix):
DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and PCM Stereo 96kHz/24bit
Hunky Dory 2015 Remaster
- Changes
- Oh! You Pretty Things
- Eight Line Poem
- Life On Mars?
- Kooks
- Quicksand
- Fill Your Heart
- Andy Warhol
- Song For Bob Dylan
- Queen Bitch
- The Bewlay Brothers
A Divine Symmetry (an alternative journey through Hunky Dory)
- Changes (2021 alternative mix)
- Oh! You Pretty Things (BOWPROMO mix)
- Eight Line Poem (BOWPROMO mix)
- Life On Mars? (original ending version)
- Kooks (BOWPROMO mix)
- Quicksand (2021 mix – early version)
- Fill Your Heart (2021 alternative mix)
- Bombers (2021 alternative mix)
- Andy Warhol (original mix)
- Song For Bob Dylan (2021 alternative mix)
- Queen Bitch (BOWPROMO mix)
- The Bewlay Brothers (2021 alternative mix)
Bonus mix
- Life On Mars? (2016 mix)
Sounds Of The 70s: Bob Harris
- The Supermen
- Oh! You Pretty Things
- Eight Line Poem
- Kooks
- Fill Your Heart
- Amsterdam
- Andy Warhol