It has been announced that David Bowie will re-issue his classic 1972 album ‘The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars’ on June 5th.

The release coincides with the album’s 40th anniversary.

While the newly remastered CD will feature no bonus tracks, a bonus DVD audio disc (only to be included with the vinyl issue) will include a few unreleased mixes of ‘Ziggy’ tracks. It is not yet known whether the original ‘Ziggy’ tracks on the DVD-audio will be in 5.1 mixes or PCM 2.0 stereo.

The tracklisting is as follows:

CD Version

‘Five Years’
‘Soul Love’
‘Moonage Daydream’
‘Starman’
‘It Ain’t Easy’
‘Lady Stardust’
‘Star’
‘Hang On To Yourself’
‘Ziggy Stardust’
‘Suffragette City’
‘Rock ‘N’ Roll Suicide’

180-gram vinyl and DVD package

Side 1

‘Five Years’
‘Soul Love’
‘Moonage Daydream’
‘Starman’
‘It Ain’t Easy’

Side 2

‘Lady Stardust’
‘Star’
‘Hang on to Yourself’
‘Ziggy Stardust’
‘Suffragette City’
‘Rock ‘N’ Roll Suicide’

DVD

‘Five Years’
‘Soul Love’
‘Moonage Daydream’
‘Starman’
‘It Ain’t Easy’
‘Lady Stardust’
‘Star’
‘Hang On To Yourself’
‘Ziggy Stardust’
‘Suffragette City’
‘Rock ‘N’ Roll Suicide’
‘Five Years
‘Soul Love’
‘Moonage Daydream’
‘Starman’
‘It Ain’t Easy’
‘Lady Stardust’
‘Star’
‘Hang On To Yourself’
‘Ziggy Stardust’
‘Suffragette City’
‘Rock ‘N’ Roll Suicide’
‘Moonage Daydream’ (Instrumental) *
‘The Supermen’ *
‘Velvet Goldmine’ *
‘Sweet Head’*

*Previously unreleased mixes

REAL GONE says: New Bowie releases are always welcome. However, there’s a strong feeling that the record company have been somewhat cheeky with this anniversary issue. Big fans will undoubtedly want those unreleased mixes but why not include them on the CD? This set up means that those who wouldn’t normally shell out for expensive pieces of vinyl will now likely do so… It’s almost possible to see those in charge rubbing their hands.