This section of Promos covers a selection of singles and albums given away with newspapers and magazines. Please see Promo info for more information about which promos are included and which are not.



Record Mirror Record Mirror Flexidisc
(Lyntone 2929), 1974 (UK)

Knock On Wood/Space Oddity/The Man Who Sold The World/Life On Mars/Starman/The Jean Genie/Sorrow/Diamond Dogs.

This flexidisc, given away with the September 1974 issue of "Record Mirror", contains excerpts of the songs above.

Lyon Liberation Day-In Day-Out (4'14")
(EMI SP1334), 1987 (France).

Flexidisc that came with the 25-06-87 copy of "Lyon Liberation".

Love You Till Tuesday Love You Till Tuesday
(Deram RCD 017-2/844 117-2), 1991 (Spain)

Love You Till Tuesday/The London Boys/Ching-A-Ling/The Laughing Gnome/Liza Jane/When I'm Five/Space Oddity/Sell Me A Coat/Rubber Band/Let Me Sleep Beside You/When I Live My Dream.

CD bundled with the Spanish "Rock" magazine. This promo CD was the first to feature full length versions of 'Space Oddity' and 'Ching-A-Ling'. Contrary to the Love You Till Tuesday LP, 'Sell Me A Coat' and 'When I Live My Dream' are lifted from the debut LP.

I Miti Del Rock Live I Miti Del Rock Live 10 - Ziggy Stardust
(I Miti Del Rock), 1992 (Italy)

Ziggy Stardust/The Width Of A Circle/Waiting For The Man/Space Oddity/Andy Warhol/Moonage Daydream/John I'm Only Dancing/Changes/The Supermen/Life On Mars/Five Years/Rock 'N' Roll Suicide.

Bundled with the Italian "I Miti Del Rock Live" music magazine. The songs are from Santa Monica, Civic Auditorium, 20-10-72, but presented here in a random order. This famous concert was officially released in 1994 on Santa Monica '72.

Live In Sante Monica 1972 Live In Santa Monica 1972
(Armando Curcio Editore), 1992 (Italy)

Changes/Space Oddity/Andy Warhol/Moonage Daydream/John I'm Only Dancing/Ziggy Stardust/Life On Mars/Five Years/The Supermen/My Death.

Comparable to the above, but this disc was given away with "Il Dizionario Del Rock".

Ruby Trax Ruby Trax - The NME's Roaring Forty Records
(NME40CD 5/021449/334025), 1992 (UK)

Go Now (live).

This 3CD, celebrating the 40th anniversary of New Musical Express, has a unique Tin Machine live rendering of this Moody Blues song, recorded somewhere on the Japanese leg of the 1991/1992 tour.

For Immediate Use For Immediate Use - 10 Rare Tracks You've Got To Have
(RAW), 1995 (UK)

The Hearts Filthy Lesson (Alt. Mix).

This cassette was given away in 1995 with RAW magazine. The Alt. Mix on this tape already fades at 2'00".

Space Oddity Space Oddity
(Polygram 438-2), 1997 (Greece)

Space Oddity/The Laughing Gnome/Rubber Band/Love You Till Tuesday.

Presented with the January/February 1997 edition of the Greek "Zoo" magazine. See Early Works for further details.

Earthling In The City Earthling In The City
(BOWIE 81165-01), 1997 (US)

Little Wonder(live1)/Seven Years In Tibet (Edit)/Pallas Athena (live2)/Hearts Filthy Lesson(live1)/Telling Lies (Paradox Mix)/Seven Years In Tibet (Mandarin).

1 from Bowie's 50th birthday concert at New York, Madison Square Garden, 09-01-97 (unavailable elsewhere), and 2 from Amsterdam, Paradiso, 10-06-97.

CD originally given away with the November 1997 issue of the American "GQ" magazine. A few months later, a version with slightly different artwork (KAO SR0503872-01) was distributed to US homes and colleges.

Une Rentrée 99 Une Rentrée 99
(—), 1999 (France)

Survive.

'Survive' was released ahead of the album hours... on this promo given away with the 8-14 September 1999 edition of "Les Inrockuptibles".

Grandes Mitos Grandes Mitos
(Universal GDA BOWIE #1 CD), 2000 (Spain)

Space Oddity/Uncle Arthur/The Laughing Gnome/The London Boys/The Gospel According To Tony Day.

A sampler for The Deram Anthology, given away with a May edition of the Catalonian newspaper "La Vanguardia".

Yahoo! Internet Life Yahoo! Internet Life
(—), 2000 (US)

Seven/I'm Afraid Of Americans.

The August edition of Yahoo! Internet Life magazine featured a CD with two QuickTime videos: Seven, live at Musique Plus, 22-11-99, plus the 'I'm Afraid Of Americans' video clip.

Los Legendarios Del S.XX Los Legendarios Del S.XX
(Disqueria 80.048), 2002 (Spain)

TVC 151/Sweet Thing2/Fame1/Changes1/19842/Station To Station1/Suffragette City1/Stay1/Knock On Wood2/Time2/Space Oddity3/All The Young Dudes2/Cracked Actor2/Rock 'N' Roll With Me2/Ziggy Stardust/It's Gonna Be Me2/Big Brother2/Panic In Detroit1/Rebel Rebel2/The Width Of A Circle3/Waiting For The Man3/Diamond Dogs1/Andy Warhol3/Moonage Daydream3/John I'm Only Dancing3/The Supermen3/Life On Mars3/Five Years3/Rock 'N' Roll Suicide3.

Given away with part 7 of the "Los Legendarios Del Siglo XX" rock encyclopedia. All tracks are live versions from 1 The Thin White Duke (Idle Mind IMP 1114), 2 Strange Fascination (The Original Masters TOM CD 001/002), 3 Santa Monica '72. Reissued in 2003 as Selección 5 Estrellas.

iSELECT iSelect
(UPDB001), 2008 (UK)

Life On Mars/Sweet Thing/Candidate/Sweet Thing/The Bewlay Brothers/Lady Grinning Soul/Win/Some Are/Teenage Wildlife/Repetition/Fantastic Voyage/Loving The Alien/Time Will Crawl (MM Remix)/Hang On To Yourself (live).

Distributed with the June 29 2008 edition of Mail On Sunday in the UK and Ireland. Compiled by David himself and containing an exclusive reworking (MM Remix) of 'Time Will Crawl'. The live version of 'Hang On To Yourself' was included to promote Live Santa Monica '72.