Fresh From Divorce: The Scary Monsters Chronicles

~ Release by David Bowie (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (alternate take)David Bowie3:25
2It’s No Game (alternate take)
recording of:
It’s No Game, Part 1
lyricist and composer:
David Bowie
translator:
三浦久
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated), RZO Music Ltd, Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI) and Tintoretto Music
part of:
It’s No Game
David Bowie3:51
3Tired of My Life (demo for “It’s No Game”)
partial recording of:
It’s No Game, Part 1
lyricist and composer:
David Bowie
translator:
三浦久
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated), RZO Music Ltd, Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI) and Tintoretto Music
part of:
It’s No Game
David Bowie3:09
4Cameras in Brooklyn (early version of “Up the Hill Backwards”)
partial recording of:
Up the Hill Backwards
lyricist and composer:
David Bowie
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated), Fleur Music Ltd. (publisher), RZO Music Ltd, Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI) and Tintoretto Music
David Bowie3:23
5It Happens Everyday (early version of “Teenage Wildlife”)
partial recording of:
Teenage Wildlife
lyricist and composer:
David Bowie
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated), RZO Music Ltd, Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI) and Tintoretto Music
David Bowie7:06
6Laser (early version of “Scream Like a Baby”)
partial recording of:
Scream Like a Baby
lyricist and composer:
David Bowie
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated), RZO Music Ltd, Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI) and Tintoretto Music
version of:
I Am a Laser
David Bowie3:19
7Ashes to Ashes (disco remix)
recording of:
Ashes to Ashes
lyricist and composer:
David Bowie
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated), RZO Music Ltd, Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI) and Tintoretto Music
David Bowie11:44
8Kingdom Come (alternate take)
recording of:
Kingdom Come
lyricist and composer:
Tom Verlaine
publisher:
Double Exposure Music
David Bowie3:58
9I Am a Laser (alternate take)
partial recording of:
Scream Like a Baby
lyricist and composer:
David Bowie
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated), RZO Music Ltd, Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI) and Tintoretto Music
version of:
I Am a Laser
David Bowie & The Astronettes4:13
10Because You’re Young (alternate take)
recording of:
Because You’re Young
lyricist and composer:
David Bowie
publisher:
Bewlay Bros. Music, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated), RZO Music Ltd, Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI) and Tintoretto Music
David Bowie4:53
11Is There Life After Marriage?
instrumental cover recording of:
I Feel Free
lyricist:
Pete Brown (UK poet & producer, with Cream and Jack Bruce)
composer:
Jack Bruce
publisher:
Casserole Music Corp., Dratleaf Music Ltd., Unichappell Music, Inc., Warner Chappell Music, Inc. and Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019)
David Bowie4:36
12Panic in Detroit (re-recorded)
recording of:
Panic in Detroit
lyricist and composer:
David Bowie
David Bowie2:58
13Crystal Japan
recording of:
Crystal Japan (David Bowie instrumental)
composer:
David Bowie
David Bowie3:08
14Alabama Song
producer:
David Bowie and Tony Visconti
analog synthesizer [Prophet-5]:
Roger Powell (US musician, programmer, and columnist, band "Utopia") (on 1978-07-02)
drums (drum set):
Dennis Davis (drummer) (on 1978-07-02)
electric bass guitar:
George Murray (American bass guitarist) (on 1978-07-02)
electric violin:
Simon House (on 1978-07-02)
guitar:
Carlos Alomar (on 1978-07-02) and Adrian Belew (on 1978-07-02)
piano:
Sean Mayes (on 1978-07-02)
background vocals:
Carlos Alomar (on 1978-07-02), Adrian Belew (on 1978-07-02), Sean Mayes (on 1978-07-02), George Murray (American bass guitarist) (on 1978-07-02) and Tony Visconti (on 1978-07-02)
background vocals and lead vocals:
David Bowie (on 1978-07-02)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mainman S.A. (not for release label use! © & ℗ rights use only) (in 1992) and Tintoretto Music (in 1992)
recorded at:
Good Earth Studios in Soho, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1978-07-02)
cover recording of:
Alabama Song (from the songspiel “Mahagonny” & opera “Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny”) (on 1978-07-02)
lyricist:
Bertolt Brecht
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
additional translator:
Elisabeth Hauptmann
publisher:
Harms Co.
David Bowie33:52
15Ashes to Ashes (“Tonight” TV show, USA, 5 September, 1980)
recorded at:
The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson, Episode 4465 (1980-09-05)
live recording of:
Ashes to Ashes (on 1980-09-05)
lyricist and composer:
David Bowie
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated), RZO Music Ltd, Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI) and Tintoretto Music
David Bowie3:41
16Life on Mars (“Tonight” TV show, USA, 5 September, 1980)
recorded in:
Burbank, California, United States (on 1980-09-05)
recorded at:
The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson, Episode 4465 (1980-09-05)
live recording of:
Life on Mars? (on 1980-09-05)
lyricist and composer:
David Bowie
publisher:
Chrysalis Music Ltd. (music publisher), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated), RZO Music Ltd, Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI) and Tintoretto Music
David Bowie3:44
17The Man Who Sold the World (“Saturday Night Live” TV show, USA, 15 December, 1979)
guest background vocals:
Klaus Nomi (on 1979-12-15)
recorded at:
Saturday Night Live (1979-12-15)
recorded at:
NBC Studios: Studio 8H in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1979-12-15)
live recording of:
The Man Who Sold the World (on 1979-12-15)
lyricist and composer:
David Bowie
publisher:
BMG Blue, Chrysalis Music Ltd. (music publisher), Chrysalis Songs, EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated), RZO Music Ltd, Screen Gems-EMI, Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI), Tintoretto Music, Chrysalis Music (music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) (in 1974) and MainMan (in 1974)
David Bowie2:58
18Boys Keep Swinging (“Saturday Night Live” TV show, USA, 15 December, 1979)
recorded at:
Saturday Night Live (1979-12-15)
recorded at:
NBC Studios: Studio 8H in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1979-12-15)
live recording of:
Boys Keep Swinging (on 1979-12-15)
lyricist:
David Bowie
composer:
David Bowie and Brian Eno
David Bowie2:18
19TVC 15 (“Saturday Night Live” TV show, USA, 15 December, 1979)
recorded at:
NBC Studios: Studio 8H in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1979-12-15)
live recording of:
TVC 15 (on 1979-12-15)
lyricist and composer:
David Bowie
publisher:
Bewlay Bros. Music, Fleur Music Ltd. (publisher) and Moth Music
David Bowie3:16