David Bowie’s Hunky Dory songs to be revisited on A Divine Symmetry box set

The songs on David Bowie‘s landmark 1971 album Hunky Dory are being revisited in an expansive box set. A Divine Symmetry will be released as a 4xCD/1 Blu-ray box on November 22. The newly expanded release will feature 48 previously unreleased songs, including demo versions, BBC live recordings, alternate mixes and more. The box will also feature a 100-page hardback book showcasing memorabilia and photos, as well as a 60-page replica composite of Bowie’s notebooks from the era with handwritten lyrics, costume drawings, recording notes and set lists.

A vinyl compilation of tracks from A Divine Symmetry will also be released in early 2023. Take a look at the complete box set tracklist below, and hear a BBC recording of “Kooks,” presented by Bob Harris, below.

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David Bowie A Divine Symmetry tracklist:

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

CD 2
BBC RADIO IN CONCERT: JOHN PEEL
David Bowie and Friends (mono)
  1. Queen Bitch *
  2. Bombers
  3. The Supermen *
  4. Looking For A Friend
  5. Almost Grown
  6. Kooks
  7. Song For Bob Dylan *
  8. Andy Warhol *
  9. It Ain’t Easy
David Bowie and Friends (stereo)
  10. Queen Bitch *
11. The Supermen *
12. Looking For A Friend *
13. Kooks *
14. Song For Bob Dylan *
15. Andy Warhol *T
16. It Ain’t Easy *

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

CD 4
ALTERNATIVE MIXES, SINGLES AND VERSIONS
BOWPROMO mixes
  1. Oh! You Pretty Things
  2. Eight Line Poem
  3. Kooks
  4. Queen Bitch
  5. Quicksand
  6. Bombers – Andy Warhol intro
  7. Lightning Frightening (aka The Man)*
  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)*
15. Quicksand (2021 mix – early version)*
16. Fill Your Heart (2021 alternative mix)*
17. Bombers (2021 alternative mix)*
18. Song For Bob Dylan (2021 alternative mix)*
19. The Bewlay Brothers (2021 alternative mix)*