David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (The Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2xLP)

Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars: The Motion Picture Soundtrack is a live album capturing David Bowie’s final Ziggy show at the Hammersmith Odeon in London on 3 July 1973, released a decade later in 1983. Genre: glam rock / art rock / proto-punk. The concert, filmed by D.A. Pennebaker, documents the end of Bowie’s Ziggy persona and features the Spiders from Mars line-up of Mick Ronson, Trevor Bolder and Mick Woodmansey. Later anniversary editions restored missing songs and improved the audio with new mixes by Tony Visconti, giving a fuller picture of the performance.

The setlist mixes Ziggy-era highlights with earlier tracks, delivered with Bowie’s trademark theatricality and urgency. Mick Ronson’s guitar adds both ferocity and flair, while the rhythm section drives the show with power and precision. Despite the rough edges of a live recording, the soundtrack captures the atmosphere of a historic night when Bowie shed one identity and moved towards another. It remains both a time capsule and a showcase of Bowie at a creative peak.

The two live albums that were housed in the David Bowie (Five Years 1969 - 1973) box set (Live Santa Monica '72 and Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (The Motion Picture Soundtrack), are now reissued as individual heavyweight 180-gram vinyl editions.

Full 1973 concert on two LPs with unedited between songs banter and upgraded artwork.

David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars soundtrack 180-gram 2LP reissue