Set will be released in Nov

Parlophone Records will explore David Bowie’s “Hunky Dory” era with an expansive Divine Symmetry box set on November 25th. The 4 CD/Blu-ray box celebrates the 12 months running up to the release of the album Hunky Dory in December 1971 via home demos, BBC radio sessions and live and studio recordings. A Divine Symmetry (An Alternative Journey Through Hunky Dory) LP will be released on February 24, 2023.

The collection contains 48 previously unreleased tracks/demos from the period, and new alternative mixes of Hunky Dory tracks by original co-producer Ken Scott.

Two books accompany Divine Symmetry, a 100-page hardback book featuring exclusive memorabilia and photos alongside a 60-page replica composite of Bowie’s notebooks from the era featuring handwritten lyrics, costume drawings, recording notes and set lists.

The sleeve notes have been written for the release by Bowie expert Tris Penna, along with contributions from Hunky Dory co-producer Ken Scott, lifelong Bowie friends Geoff MacCormack and George Underwood, singer Dana Gillespie, guitarist Mark Pritchett, Friars Aylesbury promoter David Stopps, publisher Bob Grace and photographer Louanne Richards.

1971 was a pivotal year for Bowie. He signed a record deal with RCA, he met Andy Warhol, Lou Reed, and Iggy Pop while in New York, became a father and penned the song “Kooks” as a show of paternal pride, played live for the first time that June with Mick Ronson, Woody Woodmansey and Trevor Bolder, the band that would later be christened The Spiders From Mars and recorded the classic album Hunky Dory.

“Kooks,” recorded by Bowie and guitarist Mick Ronson for the BBC’s Sounds Of The 70s presented by Bob Harris is available now for download and streaming single. It was recorded at Kensington House, Shepherds Bush, London, Studio T1 for BBC Radio on September 21, 1971 and broadcast on October 4, 1971

CD 1: The Songwriting Demos Plus

  1. Tired Of My Life (demo) [Previously Unreleased]
  2. How Lucky You Are (aka Miss Peculiar) (demo) [Previously Unreleased]
  3. Shadow Man (demo)
  4. Looking For A Friend (demo) [Previously Unreleased]
  5. Waiting For The Man (San Francisco hotel recording) [Previously Unreleased]
  6. Quicksand (San Francisco hotel recording) [Previously Unreleased]
  7. King Of The City (demo) [Previously Unreleased]
  8. Song For Bob Dylan (demo) [Previously Unreleased]
  9. Right On Mother (demo) [Previously Unreleased]
  10. Quicksand (demo)
  11. Queen Bitch (demo) [Previously Unreleased]
  12. Kooks (demo) [Previously Unreleased]
  13. Amsterdam (demo) [Previously Unreleased]
  14. Life On Mars? (demo) [Previously Unreleased]
  15. Changes (demo) [Previously Unreleased]
  16. Bombers (demo) [Previously Unreleased]

CD 2: BBC Radio in Concert: John Peel

  1. Queen Bitch – David Bowie & Friends (Mono) [Previously Unreleased]
  2. Bombers – David Bowie & Friends (Mono)
  3. The Supermen – David Bowie & Friends (Mono) [Previously Unreleased]
  4. Looking For A Friend – David Bowie & Friends (Mono)
  5. Almost Grown – David Bowie & Friends (Mono)
  6. Kooks – David Bowie & Friends (Mono)
  7. Song For Bob Dylan – David Bowie & Friends (Mono) [Previously Unreleased]
  8. Andy Warhol – David Bowie & Friends (Mono) [Previously Unreleased]
  9. It Ain’t Easy – David Bowie & Friends (Mono)
  10. Queen Bitch – David Bowie & Friends (Stereo) [Previously Unreleased]
  11. The Supermen – David Bowie & Friends (Stereo) [Previously Unreleased]
  12. Looking For A Friend – David Bowie & Friends (Stereo) [Previously Unreleased]
  13. Kooks – David Bowie & Friends (Stereo) [Previously Unreleased]
  14. Song For Bob Dylan – David Bowie & Friends (Stereo) [Previously Unreleased]
  15. Andy Warhol – David Bowie & Friends (Stereo) [Previously Unreleased]
  16. It Ain’t Easy – David Bowie & Friends (Stereo) [Previously Unreleased]

CD 3: BBC Radio Session & Live

  1. The Supermen
  2. Oh! You Pretty Things
  3. Eight Line Poem
  4. Kooks [Previously Unreleased]
  5. Fill Your Heart [Previously Unreleased]
  6. Amsterdam [Previously Unreleased]
  7. Andy Warhol [Previously Unreleased]
  8. Introduction [Previously Unreleased]
  9. Fill Your Heart [Previously Unreleased]
  10. Buzz The Fuzz [Previously Unreleased]
  11. Space Oddity [Previously Unreleased]
  12. Amsterdam [Previously Unreleased]
  13. The Supermen [Previously Unreleased]
  14. Oh! You Pretty Things [Previously Unreleased]
  15. Eight Line Poem [Previously Unreleased]
  16. Changes [Previously Unreleased]
  17. Song For Bob Dylan [Previously Unreleased]
  18. Andy Warhol [Previously Unreleased]
  19. Looking For A Friend [Previously Unreleased]
  20. Round And Round [Previously Unreleased]
  21. Waiting For The Man [Previously Unreleased]

CD 4: Alternative Mixes, Singles & Versions

  1. Oh! You Pretty Things [BOWPROMO Mix]
  2. Eight Line Poem [BOWPROMO Mix]
  3. Kooks [BOWPROMO Mix]
  4. Queen Bitch [BOWPROMO Mix]
  5. Quicksand [BOWPROMO Mix]
  6. Bombers – Andy Warhol intro
  7. Lightning Frightening (aka The Man) [Previously Unreleased]
  8. Amsterdam (early mix)
  9. Changes (mono single)
  10. Andy Warhol (full length mono single)
  11. Amsterdam (single b-side mix)
  12. Life On Mars? (2016 mix)
  13. Changes (2021 alternative mix)
  14. Life On Mars? (original ending version) [Previously Unreleased]
  15. Quicksand (2021 mix – early version) [Previously Unreleased]
  16. Fill Your Heart (2021 alternative mix) [Previously Unreleased]
  17. Bombers (2021 alternative mix) [Previously Unreleased]
  18. Song For Bob Dylan (2021 alternative mix) [Previously Unreleased]
  19. The Bewlay Brothers (2021 alternative mix) [Previously Unreleased]

Blu-ray Audio:

  1. Changes (Hunky Dory 2015 Remaster)
  2. Oh! You Pretty Things (Hunky Dory 2015 Remaster)
  3. Eight Line Poem (Hunky Dory 2015 Remaster)
  4. Life On Mars? (Hunky Dory 2015 Remaster)
  5. Kooks (Hunky Dory 2015 Remaster)
  6. Quicksand (Hunky Dory 2015 Remaster)
  7. Fill Your Heart (Hunky Dory 2015 Remaster)
  8. Andy Warhol (Hunky Dory 2015 Remaster)
  9. Song For Bob Dylan (Hunky Dory 2015 Remaster)
  10. Queen Bitch (Hunky Dory 2015 Remaster)
  11. The Bewlay Brothers (Hunky Dory 2015 Remaster)
  12. Changes (2021 alternative mix)
  13. Oh! You Pretty Things (BOWPROMO mix)
  14. Eight Line Poem (BOWPROMO mix)
  15. Life On Mars? (original ending version) [Previously Unreleased]
  16. Kooks (BOWPROMO mix)
  17. Quicksand (2021 mix – early version)
  18. Fill Your Heart (2021 alternative mix) [Previously Unreleased]
  19. Bombers (2021 alternative mix) [Previously Unreleased]
  20. Andy Warhol (original mix) [Previously Unreleased]
  21. Song For Bob Dylan (2021 alternative mix) [Previously Unreleased]
  22. Queen Bitch (BOWPROMO mix)
  23. The Bewlay Brothers (2021 alternative mix) [Previously Unreleased]
  24. Life On Mars? (2016 mix)
  25. The Supermen — Sounds of the 70s: Bob Harris
  26. Oh! You Pretty Things — Sounds of the 70s: Bob Harris
  27. Eight Line Poem — Sounds of the 70s: Bob Harris
  28. Kooks — Sounds of the 70s: Bob Harris
  29. Fill Your Heart — Sounds of the 70s: Bob Harris
  30. Amsterdam — Sounds of the 70s: Bob Harris
  31. Andy Warhol — Sounds of the 70s: Bob Harris