Talk:The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

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Release date[edit]

I know this might have been discussed earlier, but what was the actual release date for this album? I'm finding multiple sources, including Cann, Spitz, Discogs, and AllMusic say it's 6 June while davidbowie.com says 16 June. I'm super confused as to which one it actually was. – zmbro _(talk) 15:17, 19 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

To add on to this, O'Leary and Pegg say it's June 6 as well. – zmbro _(talk) 15:12, 18 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Starman different mixes?[edit]

ISTR reading in a couple of Bowie biogs (possibly Pegg and Sandford) there were two different mixes of Starman, one being the standard version almost everyone knows, the other having the morse code style bit mixed down lower. The single version I have from the original release has the standard mix but the Canadian import album I bought at the time (there was a vinyl shortage in the UK) has the alternate version. AFAIK, no explanation has ever been given for this. I'd be very grateful if anyone can shed light on it, and, if possible, inclusion in the article itself.

SamXT (talk) 11:57, 7 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

SamXT There were two different mixes of "Starman". It is partially touched upon in the song's individual article. From the article:

""Starman" was released as the lead single of the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars on 28 April 1972 by RCA Records (as RCA 2199) with "Suffragette City" as the B-side.[12][13] According to Cann, the single was released in the US on 20 May with a slight variant from the UK single: Bowie's spoken intro was edited out and "to comply with the preferred duration among American radio stations," the song was shortened by ten seconds.[14] The US single was released in both mono and stereo formats.[15] According to Pegg, the German single was even shorter than the US single, with a length of 3:58, while the Spanish single was titled "El Hombre Estrella".[15] The single originally featured a "loud mix" of the "morse-code" piano-and-guitar section between the verse and the chorus. This single mix appeared on the original UK album, but not on other vinyl editions of the album internationally, in which the "morse-code" section was lower in the mix. While the single mix appeared on the compilation album The Best of Bowie (1980), ChangesTwoBowie (1981) and subsequent compilations featured the more subdued mix, until the "loud mix" finally reappeared on Nothing Has Changed (2014) and on Re:Call 1 as part of the 2015 box set Five Years (1969–1973).[15][16]"

Since the second mix is already mentioned there, in my opinion it isn't necessary to mention in the album article, but let me know what you think and we can see what we can do. – zmbro _(talk) 22:26, 7 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No, that's absolutely fine. I somehow overlooked the article. Duuh.SamXT (talk) 22:39, 7 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Charts and certifications[edit]

Adding !scope="row" to the weekly and year-end chart tables would follow MOS:DTAB and provide a darker shade to match the sales certifications table. Also, using both the subsection headings and table captions essentially gives two lines of headings, which looks repetitive/busy (since no other albums are mentioned, adding Ziggy Stardust to each really isn't needed either). Small point, but I've seen "Accessibility review (MOS:DTAB)"s for Featured list candidates. —Ojorojo (talk) 15:17, 16 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]