Description

Loving the Alien (1983–1988) is a box set by English singer-songwriter David Bowie, released on 12 October 2018. Sealed and still in it’s original box. This is in immaculate condition. Due to the nature of this expensive item, we are only accepting collection from TW12.

Exclusive to the box set are Never Let Me Down 2018, a re-engineered version of his 1987 album, and Dance, an alternate 2018 version of a previously planned but scrapped 12″ collection. Initially exclusive to this box set, but released separately later, are live albums from his Serious Moonlight and Glass Spider tours from 1983 and 1987, respectively. The Serious Moonlight live album was the first official audio release from the tour, using the same setlist and audio as the Serious Moonlight concert film (save for the addition of a live performance of “Modern Love”, recorded in Montreal and originally released as the B-side to the song’s studio recording), while the Glass Spider live album had been previously included with the 2007 DVD release of the Glass Spider concert film. The Serious Moonlight live album was originally proposed by Bowie as a stopgap release following Let’s Dance, owed to writer’s block following the 1983 tour and his lack of familiarity with his newfound audience.[10]

The box set includes remastered editions of Let’s Dance (1983), Tonight (1984) and Never Let Me Down (1987). It also includes Re:Call 4, a compilation of non-album singles, single versions, and B-sides from his albums and soundtrack releases for Labyrinth, Absolute Beginners and When the Wind Blows, all from 1986.

The set comes with a hardcover book with rarely seen and previously unpublished photos by photographers including Denis O’Regan, Greg Gorman, Herb Ritts and many others as well as historical press reviews and technical notes about the albums from producers/engineers Nile Rodgers, Hugh Padgham, Mario McNulty and Justin Shirley-Smith.[9]