David Bowie “Changesonebowie” released 45 years ago today, May 20th, 1976, or possibly tomorrow, May 21st. Regardless, Changesonebowie is one of the top comps ever released; it includes singles and albums tracks Bowie recorded from ‘69-’76 and it holds a particularly dear spot in my heart as I got really into Bowie for the first time with about a million repeated listens when I was a teen. The only song to not appear on a Bowie LP is “John, I’m Only Dancing” which he released as a UK single-only in ‘72 and then again with the “sax version” in ‘73; the sax version appeared on the first Changesonebowie pressings and then was replaced with the original. And though “Suffragette City” is on The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust (1972) and was the b-side to “Starman,” Bowie released it as a single from Changesone in the summer of ‘76 to promote the comp. (“Suffragette City” was a big fave of mine and my friends in high school, mainly for the line “Wham bam thank you ma’am” because of course it was.) I love each and every song but also really love “Ziggy Stardust,” “Rebel Rebel” (Diamond Dogs, ‘74) and “Fame” (Young Americans ‘75).