chained and perfumed

Bowie singles bonanza. All images are from ebay so the scans/photos aren’t mine. Blame the sellers and look at the horrifying prices people are paying for all things David Bowie.

Please enjoy.

Above, the UK Space Oddity. 1969.

Dutch Space Oddity.

Portuguese Space Oddity. Issued after 1969.

Yugoslavian Space Oddity. Issued after 1969.

German Space Oddity. Issued after 1969.

UK Space Oddity. It seems as though many or most of Bowie’s singles were reissued in the UK after the success of Let’s Dance. 1983.

Italian Prettiest Star. 1970.

German Holy Holy. 1971.

Spanish Holy Holy.

French Changes. 1972.

US Starman. 1972.

Italian Starman.

French Starman.

French John, I’m Only Dancing. 1972.

Spanish John I’m Only Dancing. Issued in 1980.

UK John, I’m Only Dancing. 1983.

Spanish The Jean Genie. 1972.

Yugoslavian Jean Genie.

German Jean Genie.

UK Jean Genie. 1983.

German Drive-In Saturday. 1973.

Yugoslavian Drive-In Saturday.

Portuguese Drive-In Saturday.

Spanish Drive-In Saturday.

Dutch Drive-In Saturday.

UK Drive-In Saturday. 1983.

French Time. 1973.

Dutch Let’s Spend The Night Together. 1973.

The Brazilian Let’s Spend The Night Together is a beauty. 1973.

UK Life on Mars. 1973.

Spanish Life on Mars.

Portuguese Life on Mars.

UK Life on Mars. Issued in 1983.

French Sorrow. 1973.

German Sorrow. 1973.

Spanish Sorrow. 1973.

German Sorrow. “Re-release” issued in 1981.

UK Sorrow. 1983.

German Rebel Rebel. 1974.

Dutch Rebel Rebel.

French Rebel Rebel.

Japanese Rebel Rebel.

Australian Rebel Rebel. Seems like a later issue to me.

UK Rebel Rebel. 1983.

RCA released Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide while waiting for the Diamond Dogs LP to be delivered. The track awakened the artist in whoever designed this Turkish sleeve. 1974.

French Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide.

UK Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide. 1983.

Spanish Diamond Dogs. 1974.

French Diamond Dogs.

German Diamond Dogs.

Japanese Diamond Dogs.

UK Diamond Dogs. 1983.

Yugoslavian Knock on Wood. 1974.

German Knock on Wood.

Spanish Knock on Wood.

UK Knock on Wood. 1983.

Japanese Young Americans. 1975.

German Young Americans.

Spanish Fame. 1975.

French Fame.

Italian Fame.

UK Fame. 1983.

German Golden Years. 1975.

Japanese Golden Years.

French Golden Years.

UK Golden Years. 1983.

Dutch TVC 15. 1976.

Japanese TVC 15.

UK TVC 15. 1983.

Suffragette City got a belated single release to promote Changesonebowie. 1976.

German Suffragette City.

French Suffragette City.

German Sound and Vision. 1977.

Dutch Sound and Vision.

Belgium Sound and Vision.

Japanese Sound and Vision.

Spanish Sound and Vision.

Japanese Be My Wife. I always really loved this one. 1976.

Spanish Be My Wife.

Dutch Be My Wife.

Belgium Be My Wife.

UK Be My Wife. 1983.

German “Heroes”. 1977.

Australian “Heroes” EP.

Dutch “Heroes.”

French “Héros.”

German Helden.

UK Beauty and the Beast. 1978.

Dutch Beauty and the Beast.

Belgium Beauty and the Beast.

UK Beauty and the Beast. Issued in 1983.

UK Breaking Glass. 1978.

Belgium Breaking Glass.

Dutch Breaking Glass.

UK Breaking Glass. 1983.

UK Boys Keep Swinging. 1979.

Dutch Boys Keep Swinging.

German Boys Keep Swinging.

French Boys Keep Swinging.

Japanese Boys Keep Swinging.

UK DJ. 1979.

UK DJ reissue. 1983.

Dutch Yassassin. 1979.

Dutch Alabama Song.

UK Alabama Song.

French Alabama Song.

Yugoslavian Alabama Song.

German Alabama Song.

Another German Alabama Song.

Crystal Japan, B side of Alabama Song upgraded to A for the Japanese market. 1980.

US Ashes to Ashes. 1980.

Dutch Ashes to Ashes.

US Ashes to Ashes promo.

Australian Ashes to Ashes.

German Ashes to Ashes.

UK Ashes to Ashes.

US Fashion. 1980.

Japanese Fashion (Actually as a B side to It’s No Game – No. 1).

UK Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps). 1981.

German Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps).

US Up the Hill Backwards. 1981.

UK Up the Hill Backwards.

German Under Pressure. Queen and David Bowie. 1981.

French Wild Is the Wind. Released as a single to promote Changestwobowie. 1981.

German Wild Is the Wind.

US Cat People (Putting Out Fire). 1982.

UK Let’s Dance. 1983.

Japanese China Girl. 1983.

German China Girl.

Dutch China Girl.

German Modern Love.