Hear the Creation of David Bowie’s Iconic ‘Ziggy Stardust,’ Step by Step, in New 5-CD ‘Rock and Roll Star’ Boxed Set: Album Review
variety.comJem Aswad Executive Editor, Music It’s probably safe to assume that anyone who clicked on this article already knows the context of David Bowie’s culture-shifting 1972 album “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars,” which is indisputably one of the greatest and most influential albums of the rock era.
If not, play the album immediately, click here and here — and save “Rock and Roll Star,” the sprawling new 5-CD, superfan’s-dream-come-true boxed set, for when you inevitably become a superfan yourself, because this definitely is not the place to start your relationship with the album.
This latest in the Bowie estate’s stellar series of archival releases includes basically everything Bowie recorded around the classic album except the classic album itself.
And for die-hards, there are several dreams-come-true in the set’s 67 tracks (with even more on a Blu-Ray disc), which continue the high standards of previous releases from the estate — beautifully remixed or remastered sound, great packaging and best of all, a gorgeous 112-page book filled with photos, liner notes, and new and old articles that amounts to the definitive record of the making of the album.
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